SON OF FORMER BLAIR COUPLE KILLED IN CRASH AT FREMONT

Lance Donaldson, a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Donaldson and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gilbert, all of Blair, was killed in an automobile accident which took place in Fremont last Thursday evening. Lance is the son of Tom Donaldson, a former Blair man, and the former Joyce Gilbert, also of Blair.

Lance, who was 18 years of age, was killed when the car in which he was riding went out of control while passing another vehicle and slammed into an embankment and rolled over in a ditch.

Driver of the car was Stephan Burgen, 16, of Fremont, who was taken to the Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha in serious condition.

The driver of the other car, Gary Stodola of Fremont, was not injured.

Police say both vehicles were eastbound on Military Avenue when the mishap occurred about 11:30 p.m. Burgan and Donaldson were both pinned in the wreckage. The Fremont Fire Department was called to the scene when the car began to burn.

Lance was a senior at Fremont High School. He was born at Denver, Colorado on September 19, 1957 and lived at Blair and in California before moving to Fremont.

Survivors include his parents, Joyce Paulisinecz of Fremont and his father, Tom Donaldson of Ontario, California. A brother, Robin, lives at Memphis, Tennessee, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Donaldson and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gilbert all live in Blair.

Funeral services were held at the First United Methodist Church in Blair at 11:00 a.m. last Monday morning. The Rev. Gordon Patterson conducted the service. Burial, under the direction of the Campbell Mortuary, was made in the Blair Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Larry West, Gaylen Baker, Donald Barry, Kent Clements, Bobby Leehy, and David Gilbert.

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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