Elwood Lynn DeLaet
Elwood Lynn DeLaet, age 92, of Kearney, formerly of Lexington, passed away on January 25, 2023, at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney.
Services were held Monday January 30, 2023, at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home. Burial was at the Riverdale Cemetery with Military Honors.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to AseraCare Hospice and the Peterson Senior Center in Kearney. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.
Lynn was born July 1, 1930, on the farm northeast of Riverdale to Henry C. and Mattie (Leslie) DeLaet. He grew up in the Riverdale and Kearney area. Lynn attended Buffalo County grade schools and then Kearney High School where he graduated in 1949.
He was united in marriage to Anna Marie (Oliver) on March 16, 1952, at the Bethel EUB Church, northwest of Gibbon.
Lynn was drafted into the United States Army in 1955 at the age of 25. While in the service he was stationed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Germany.
He received an honorable discharge in 1957.
Lynn spent most of his career in sales, management, and purchasing at Precision Bearing, Rocky Mountain Bearing, and Orthman Manufacturing. He was active in Lexington Jaycees and Lexington Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Elks, Eagles and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was very active in the church he loved for 44 years. He served as a Trustee, Elder, Sunday School teacher and usher and served on many committees for the First Presbyterian Church, of Lexington.
Lynn enjoyed camping, playing cards, gardening, and working in the garage. One of his favorite hobbies was to restore red Radio Flyer wagons. He gifted over 35 wagons to his grandchildren and family friends. He was a collector of many things, he had over 250 rubber tire ashtrays and over 100 John Deer toy tractors.
Survivors include his wife, Anna; children, Doyle (Roxann) DeLaet, of Shelton, Deb (Brad) Slocum, of Gretna, Pam (Sam) Tingelhoff, of Lexington, and Lynna (David) Wilke, of The Villages, Florida; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Lynn was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, David, Henry, and Robert; and sisters, Inez and Alice.