AURORA — William ‘Bill’ Moderow, 83, of Aurora, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Chapel of Higby-McQuiston Mortuary in Aurora. Pastor Tim Wells will officiate. Interment will be in the Aurora Cemetery. Higby-McQuiston Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
William Emil Moderow, the son of Benjamin A. and Florence M. (Meerkatz) Moderow, was born at Scribner, Neb., on April 27, 1933, and passed away at Omaha, Neb., on July 29, 2016, at the age of 83.
Except for three years in southern California and south Texas, Bill grew up in Aurora. He graduated from Aurora High School in 1951. Bill enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a navigator-bombardier on a B-47 bomber during the Cold War. Bill was honorably discharged in June 1957.
Bill attended Colorado State at Trinidad where he majored in gunsmithing with a minor in art. While pursuing a career in art and writing, he worked at a number of occupations, mostly home and church construction. His writing and artwork appeared in many national magazines.
Bill was a member of the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, James and Thomas.
Those left to cherish his memory are his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Glen Frey of DeSoto, Kan., several nieces and nephews and friends.
AURORA — William ‘Bill’ Moderow, 83, of Aurora, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Chapel of Higby-McQuiston Mortuary in Aurora. Pastor Tim Wells will officiate. Interment will be in the Aurora Cemetery. Higby-McQuiston Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
William Emil Moderow, the son of Benjamin A. and Florence M. (Meerkatz) Moderow, was born at Scribner, Neb., on April 27, 1933, and passed away at Omaha, Neb., on July 29, 2016, at the age of 83.
Except for three years in southern California and south Texas, Bill grew up in Aurora. He graduated from Aurora High School in 1951. Bill enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a navigator-bombardier on a B-47 bomber during the Cold War. Bill was honorably discharged in June 1957.
Bill attended Colorado State at Trinidad where he majored in gunsmithing with a minor in art. While pursuing a career in art and writing, he worked at a number of occupations, mostly home and church construction. His writing and artwork appeared in many national magazines.
Bill was a member of the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, James and Thomas.
Those left to cherish his memory are his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Glen Frey of DeSoto, Kan., several nieces and nephews and friends.
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