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Grand Island Daily Independent,
Grand Island, Hall Co., NE
February 24, 2003
RAYMOND VETTEL
Raymond Milton Vettel, 75, of Golden Valley, Ariz., formerly of
Aurora*, died on Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, at his home. Services will be
at 7 p.m. Friday at the Higby-McQuiston Chapel in Aurora.
Mr. Vettel was born on Feb. 6, 1928, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to Milton E. and Helen Kusick (Haskins) Vettel.
Survivors of the immediate family include five sons and
daughters-in-law, David and Crystal Vettel of Mount Zion, Ill., Raymond
(Lou) and Shari Vettel of Aurora, Kenny and Dana Vettel of Phillips,
and Mike and Ann Vettel of Aurora, Danny Vettel of Akron, Ohio; three
daughters and son-in-law, Rebecca Schaffert and her fiancé, Gary
Jones of Hickman, Debbie (Vettel) Morgan of Lakewood, Ohio, and Chris
(Vettel) Buxa and Gary Buxa of North Ridgeville, Ohio; three brothers,
Jim Vettel of Carlsbad, Calif., Al Vettel of Grafton, Ohio, and Bill
Vettel of Fairfield, Texas; and three sisters and brothers-in-law,
Marge and Ed Tatum of Carlsbad, Calif., Irene and Web Gates of Elyria,
Ohio, and Mary and Bob Sharp of Mesa, Ariz.
Also surviving are 16 grandchildren, Todd Vettel of Camp Pendleton,
Calif., Timothy and Trevor Vettel of Mount Zion, Ill., Jacki and Joshua
Vettel of Aurora, Jessica and Tyler Vettel of Phillips, Dalton, Bailey
and Hunter Vettel of Aurora, Vincent and Jordan Schaffert of Hickman,
Autom and Aimee Morgan of Lakewood, Ohio, and Marla and Eric Buxa of
North Ridgeville, Ohio; and cousins in Ashtabula, Ohio, Mace family and
family of Louis Vettel, Jr.
Mr. Vettel grew up on a small farm outside of Ashtabula, Ohio, where he
attended Plymouth schools in his early years and then Ashtabula High
School. He sailed on the Great Lakes in the Merchant Marines and then
joined the U.S. Army. Ray served in World War II, seeing action
throughout Europe and Russia. He was a veteran who belonged to the
American Legion in Aurora and then to the Legion in Kingman, Ariz. Ray
was also a member of the V.F.W.
Ray worked in the transportation industry most of his life after
returning from the war. He was owner/operator for years and then was a
shop foreman in Norfolk for a trucking company. He moved to Aurora with
his family in 1971, where he was a dispatcher for Coldway Food Express.
In 1972, he built a shop and offices in Aurora in partnership with
Coldway. The business was known as Vet-Co.
Ray retired from trucking in 1986, when he started a business
rebuilding starters and alternators. The business was called Del-Ray.
He later moved to Golden Valley, Ariz.
Ray enjoyed fishing, camping, race cars and rebuilding almost
everything. His latter years were spent visiting with his children and
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant son, John; granddaughter, Tessa; and ex-wife, Phyllis.
*Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE
Grand Island Daily Independent,
Grand Island, Hall Co., NE
February 9, 2000
Ava Fulmer
Ava O. Fulmer, 93, of Grand Island died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center*.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral
Home. The Rev. Richard M. Bacon will officiate. Burial will be in the
Wood River Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m., with the
family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral
home. Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church.
Miss Fulmer was born on July 23, 1906, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to Wilson H.
and Emma J. (Allen) Fulmer. She grew up in Valley County, Ohio, and was
educated at Jackson School.
She moved to Grand Island in 1937. She worked at the Cornhusker Army
Ammunition Plant until 1945, when she went to work for Safeway Stores.
She went to work for Montgomery Ward Stores in 1953 as a sales clerk in
Grand Island. She also worked for Dreisbach's and retired from Crick's
Grocery in 1978.
She was a member of the First Christian Church and Church Circle 1. She
served as treasurer of the Residents Council at Lakeview Rehab/Nursing
Center.
Survivors include a nephew, Jim Krull of Grand Island; and other nieces
and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Jim, Ray and
Harvey Fulmer; and two sisters, Zeola Krull and Gertrude Christsen.
*In Grand Island
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