Kenneth R. Rahlfs, 66, of Blair, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at Good Shepherd Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Kenneth Roy Rahlfs was born May 11, 1938, on the family farm northeast of Orum to Roy and Ella (Jensen) Rahlfs. He was baptized on May 17, 1942, and confirmed on April 12, 1953, at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Orum.

He graduated from Blair High School in 1955. He served six years in the Nebraska National Guard and was called to active duty for one year during the Berlin Crisis.

He worked at Rolland Farm Supply for nearly 40 years, then worked for Monke Brothers at Nickerson.

He is survived by his mother, Ella; sister and brother-in-law, Marilyn and Jim Leehy; brothers and sister-in-law, Mitchell and Mary Jean Rahlfs, and John Rahlfs, all of Blair; and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Roy.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.

#2 Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory of Kenneth Roy Rahlfs

Born May 11, 1938 Orum, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest February 5, 2005 Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Service 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, February 8, 2005 First Lutheran Church, Blair, Nebraska. Officiating: Rev. Stanley Reinemund. Organist: Clare Cowing. Vocalist: Mark Dickinson. Vocal Selection: “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”. Congregational Hymns: “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, “How Great Thou Art”

Casketbearers: Bill Leehy, Don Leehy, Douglass Koster, Brad Wrich, Bob Leehy, Thomas Rahlfs, Gary Rasmussen

Final Resting Place: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Arrangements by Campbell-Aman Funeral Home

~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

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