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Memorials for the Class of 1959
Philip O'Keefe Crowley, age 66, of Houston, Texas, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in Houston. A funeral mass was held at on Friday, April 25, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, in Houston, Texas.
Survivors include his mother, Edith Crowley of Lexington; his wife of 38 years, Ann; three daughters, Maggie (Corey Brown), Anna and Mary; and grandchildren, Tobias and Adelaide Brown. He was preceded in death by his father, A. Keefe Crowley, in December 1981.
Philip was born Nov. 5, 1941 in McCook, and grew up in Lexington. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1959, where he lettered in track and football. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Boy Scouts National Order of the Arrow. Philip served in the US Army as a Sergeant in military intelligence from 1961 to 1965. He received a B.A. in journalism in 1971 and J.D. in 1974, both from Creighton University in Omaha. He practiced law in Omaha and moved to Houston in 1986 with the merger of InterNorth and Houston Natural Gas that created Enron. He retired from Enron in 2001. Philip had a passion for reading, enjoyed politics and music, and was actively involved in youth sports.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Houston Area Parkinson's Society, 2700 Southwest Freeway, Suite 284, Houston, TX 77098 or Lewy Body Dementia Association, www.lewybodydementia.org.
Patrick T. O'Callaghan, 66, of Hastings, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until service time, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. Funeral services will be Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at 2 p.m., at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington, with Pastor Irwin Edwards officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home of Lexington is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include one son, Randy (Lori) O'Callaghan of Hastings; two daughters, Connie L. O'Callaghan and partner Jay Poland of Hastings, and Glatha (John) Calvin of Callaway; one brother, David (Connie) O'Callaghan of Georgetown, Calif.; one sister, Alyce (Charles) Olsen of Albuquerque, N.M.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews and many friends. Patrick was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Margaret, in 2000; and his step-father, Larry Hermann. Patrick was born Sept. 24, 1940, at Omaha, to Alvin Eugene and Alyce (Parkhurst) O'Callaghan. He moved to Lexington as a young man with his family and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1959. Following graduation, he entered the United States Air Force serving in Korea. Following his stint in the service, he returned to the States where he married Margaret Baier on May 9, 1964, at Walla Walla, Wash.
The couple moved to Nebraska in 1966, in the Lexington/Cozad area. He worked at Monroe Auto in Cozad and in 1994, they moved to Albuquerque, N.M., until 1996, when they moved to Hastings. As a collector, Patrick would find old toys to refurbish and share with the kids, along with his talent of wood-working. Memorials are suggested to the Family for later designation.
Obituary obtained from The Clipper-Herald newspaper on-line.
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