D R Cass, 53 Burwell earthmoving contractor passed away Monday evening of this week, December 17th about 11:00 o’clock after having suffered a severe heart attack earlier in the evening.

Mr Cass went to the Malicky Service Station just across the street from his home in Burwell after he had eaten supper, and shortly after arriving at the station suffered the attack. He was taken immediately by the emergency unit to the Burwell hospital, where he passed away at the above time.

Funeral services will be conducted from the Methodist church in Burwell at 2:00 pm Thursday afternoon, with the Rev A J Hindmand in charge. Interment will be made in the Burwell cemetery. 
Mr Cass was in the earth moving contracting business, and had some very fine projects in this territory, which showed the high quality of workmanship.

He is survived by his wife, Doris; and four daughters, Mrs Marilyn (Kenneth) Hoffa, of National City, California, Mrs Yvonne (Charles) Dearmont of Burwell, Mrs Shirley (Ray) Lalicker of Burwell, and Mrs Linda (Keith) Pelton of Beatrice, Nebraska.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DONALD R. CASS CONDUCTED DEC 20

Funeral services for the late Donald R Cass were conducted from the Methodist Church in Burwell, Thursday, December 20th with Rev A J Hindmand and Mr Dean Donner officiating. The selections "Sometime We’ll Understand" and "Face to Face" were sung by Shirley Johnson and Marjorie Goff, Mrs Sally Edghill, accompanist. Pall bearers were Willard Johnson, Marvin Malicky, Eldon Dent, Howard Paulsen, Marvin Donner, and Thomas Meuret. Jr. Military rites were conducted by Clifford Clark Post No 298, Interment was made in Cottonwood Cemetery, Burwell, Nebr.

OBITUARY

Donald Ray (Spud) Cass, son of Henry D and Hattie Cass was Born February 17,1909 at Burwell, Nebraska, and departed from this life December 17, 1962 at Burwell Memorial Hospital at the age of 53 years and 10 months.

He grew to manhood on his father’s ranch north of Burwell. In his youth he was baptized into Christ at the Christian Church in Burwell. From childhood he had a deep rooted love for powerful machinery, which remained with him thruout his life and this led him to choose his life’s work in the construction field which in turn took him to many different localities.

On December 27,1934 he was united in marriage to Doris Chaffin. To this union four children were Born; Marilyn, Yvonne, Shirley and Linda.

They moved to California in 1941 and remained there until he entered the Navy in the spring of 1944. In the Navy he was on ship repair and also amphibious forces. He spent several months on Okinawa. 

On release from the Navy in the fall of 1945 he again turned to his favored vocation and developed his conservation contracting business.

He was a member of the Burwell Wrangler’s Club, IOOF , the VFW and the 40 et 8. He too was a past commander of the American Legion.

He is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Lewis and Clarence.

He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Doris, his four daughters, Marilyn Hoffa of San Diego, California, Yvonne Dearmont, Shirley Lalicker of Burwell, and Linda Pelton of Beatrice. Four sons-in-law, seven grandchildren, and six sisters, Vernon Butcher of Annandale, Virginia, Vista Kendall, Omaha, Belva Lowery, Burwell; Mabel Procter, Freeport, Michigan; Eva Benton, Lexington, Nebraska; Dorothy Lewis, Istanbul, Turkey; and a host of other relatives and friends.

His aptitude for doing things with his hands was miraculous as it ranged from making music on improvised instruments to the repair and operation of equipment ranging in size from a broken toy to a bulldozer .

His infectious sense of humor, which brought joy to so many, will be greatly missed by his family and friends.