Doloras V. "Duffy" Garrison, 86 years of
age, of Beatrice, Neb., passed away at the Parkview Center in Beatrice
on Sunday morning, Jan. 21, 2007. Memorial service will be held
Thursday, Jan. 25, at Trinity Lutheran Church in DeWitt, Neb. Burial of
ashes and graveside service will be held in Clear Lake at a later date.
There will be no viewing, but a register book will be available for
signatures Wednesday from 1-6 p.m. at the Venrick-Griffiths-Hovendick
Chapel in DeWitt. A memorial has been established to the Sesostris
Shrine and the DeWitt Historical Society with the family in charge.
Messages of condolence may be sent to rich@griffithshovendick.com [1]. They
will be forwarded to the family. Duffy was born on May 7, 1920 in DeWitt
to Milo M. and Louise M. "Lizzie" (Essman) Garrison. He attended DeWitt
High School in DeWitt, Neb. and earned his GED. He served his country in
the United States Army during World War II, serving from 1942-1945. He
received his training in Hawaii, served at Saipan, Okinawa and on other
various islands in the Pacific Theater. He served in very hazardous
locations of the war. He and Norma Jene Chamberlain of Beatrice were
married on Sept. 6, 1945 in Pasadena, Calif. He worked briefly at
Petersen Manufacturing in DeWitt and then for Northern Natural Gas
(later known as Enron) in Clear Lake for 37 years, retiring in 1982. He
moved to back to DeWitt in 1998 and then to Beatrice in 2006. He was a
member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mason City, Iowa and was a
former member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in DeWitt. He enjoyed
fishing and boating (especially in Canada), and making wooden yard
ornaments. Survivors include his brother, Jack Garrison and wife, Mary,
of DeWitt; nephews, their spouses and families, Robert Mead of San
Antonio, Texas, Terry Higgins of Copperas Cove, Texas, Randy and Dustin
Garrison of Beatrice, Steve and Tim Garrison of DeWitt; nieces, their
spouses and families, Kerri Thornburg and Kristi Rahe of DeWitt, and
Jennie Dorrough of Fort Worth, Texas; numerous grand-nephews and nieces;
step-nephews and nieces; step-grand-nephews and nieces. He was preceded
in death by his parents, Milo and Louise "Lizzie" (Essman) Garrison; his
wife, Norma Jene Garrison on June 8, 1995; sisters, Rose Higgins, Fern
Otto Welch, and Idell Mead; brothers-in-law, Jim Higgins, Bob Otto,
Russel "Bud" Welch, and Loren "Pete" Mead; and grand-nephew Holden Rahe.