Raymond Lynn Hendrickson

Lynn Hendrickson, age 78, of Gibbon, passed away peacefully with family by his side at Kearney Regional Medical Center on August 29, 2023.

Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Shelton United Methodist Church, with a visitation from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 8, 2023, at the church. Interment following the services will be at the Shelton Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

He was born January 10, 1945, in Kearney to Elmer and Lorene (Nellsen) Hendrickson.

He attended grade school at District 17, north of Shelton and graduated with the class of 1963 from Shelton High School. He married Judith Wyman in Shelton on February 23, 1964.

Lynn began his farming career with a State Farmer award as an FFA member and continued his farm career for over sixty years. He also worked for Yellow Freight for thirty-one years while farming and earned a two million miler award. He enjoyed hunting, reloading, gun shows, coffee with friends, and Sunday dinners with his family. He found joy in his rural life raising Angus cattle with his father, helping harvest and treasured times with his beloved horse, Pecos. A life well lived.

Surviving relatives include his wife of 59 years Judith (Wyman) Hendrickson; sons, Michael and wife Laurie Hendrickson, of Kearney, and Russell and wife Maura Hendrickson, of Shelton; grandchildren, Blake and wife Auriel Hendrickson, of Lincoln, and Gavin and Luryn Hendrickson of Shelton; and great-grandchildren, Hamish and Finn Hendrickson, of Lincoln.

Lynn was preceded in death by his mother and father; two sisters, Pat Bateman (Les) and Barbara Rayback (Jim); and brother, Bill Hendrickson (Sue).