Services: Monday, Shelton United Methodist Church
Burial: Shelton Cem, military honors by American Legion Post 297 of Shelton
Mortuary: Apfel-O'Brien-Straatmann, Wood River, Cairo and Shelton
Memorials suggested to the United Methodist Church in Shelton or the Shelton Rescue Squad
Born March 17, 1917, on a farm north of Shelton Parents: Cleo and Millie (Ross) Mayfield Was baptized at First Presbyterian Church, Kearney
Attended Districts 10 and 34 rural schools, graduated from Shelton Public Schools, 1936; attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha on a football scholarship
Military: U.S. Navy; enlisted February 1942; was honorably discharged
Married: June 20, 1942 to Charlotte Hall in Kearney
Employment: brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad about 10 years; worked for seed corn companies for about 12 years
Farmed for 25 years in the Shelton and Wood River area
Activities: 62-year member of the American Legion Post 297 in Shelton; life member of the National Rifle Association of America; was also a member of the Platt-Deutsche Society and the Eagles Club of Grand Island; was an avid hunter and fisherman; enjoyed sports, especially Nebraska football
Survivors include: wife; son, Dan of Shelton, and sister, Laurene Helser of Kearney; also daughter-in-law, Gerda of Shelton; granddaughter, Sandra Mayfield of Omaha; and great-grandchildren, Jennifer and Colin Mayfield of Omaha Kearney Hub, 26 June, 2004
Services: Monday, Shelton United Methodist Church
Burial: Shelton Cem, military honors by American Legion Post 297 of Shelton
Mortuary: Apfel-O'Brien-Straatmann, Wood River, Cairo and Shelton
Memorials suggested to the United Methodist Church in Shelton or the Shelton Rescue Squad
Born March 17, 1917, on a farm north of Shelton Parents: Cleo and Millie (Ross) Mayfield Was baptized at First Presbyterian Church, Kearney
Attended Districts 10 and 34 rural schools, graduated from Shelton Public Schools, 1936; attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha on a football scholarship
Military: U.S. Navy; enlisted February 1942; was honorably discharged
Married: June 20, 1942 to Charlotte Hall in Kearney
Employment: brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad about 10 years; worked for seed corn companies for about 12 years
Farmed for 25 years in the Shelton and Wood River area
Activities: 62-year member of the American Legion Post 297 in Shelton; life member of the National Rifle Association of America; was also a member of the Platt-Deutsche Society and the Eagles Club of Grand Island; was an avid hunter and fisherman; enjoyed sports, especially Nebraska football
Survivors include: wife; son, Dan of Shelton, and sister, Laurene Helser of Kearney; also daughter-in-law, Gerda of Shelton; granddaughter, Sandra Mayfield of Omaha; and great-grandchildren, Jennifer and Colin Mayfield of Omaha Kearney Hub, 26 June, 2004
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