He served in the United States Army from June of 1953 to May of 1955.
On June 29, 1957, he was married in Seward, Nebraska to Phyllis Moyer. They lived briefly in Omaha, then Blair, before moving to Fremont in 1959. Thomas had been a welder for Independent Metal Co., which became Fruehauf Trailer Co. He went to work for Hormel's in Fremont in 1959 and retired from there in 1993.
He was a member of VFW Post 854 of Fremont and the Fremont Eagles Aerie 200.
Survivors: wife - Phyllis
2 daughters - Judy and husband Shawn Brooks of Fremont
Jan and husband Greg Hively of Fremont
1 son - Robert Klindworth of Fremont
4 grandchildren
1 great grandson
3 step great grandchildren
3 sisters - Ruby Christen of Anselmo
Iris Prell of New Castle, Wyo.
Kathryn Scot of Hot Springs, So. Dakota
and many nieces and nephews
The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday (July 30th, 2010) in the First Lutheran Church, 3200 E. Military, Fremont, with the Rev. Matt Knopf officiating. The committal will follow in Ridge Cemetery with Military Honors by the Fremont Honor Guard of American Legion Post 20 and VFW Post 854. Memorials are suggested to the American Lung Association.
Visitation will be today, Thursday, July 29th, at the Ludvigsen Mortuary from 2 to 8 PM. and on Friday morning at the church for an hour before the service.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
Condolences(1)
Amy O'Daniel
Bennington, Ne Thursday, July 29, 2010 I wish to extend my sincere sympathies to the family. Jan and Judy your dad was a special patient of mine. I enjoyed sharing stories of cattle and horses with him. I even brought in pictures of my show calves from when I was a kid for him to see once, I think he enjoyed this. I was his barrel racer nurse and he will always have a place in my heart. He was a person who made me feel my job was really worth it. Again, you are all in my thoughts, Amy O'Daniel, RN