Lamont Englund

Celebration of Life Services for LaMont Englund will be held on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the Moses Hill Evangelical Covenant Church in rural Holdrege, Nebraska with Pastor Craig Roberts officiating. Private family burial will be held at the Moses Hill Cemetery in rural Phelps County, prior to the services at the church.

LaMont Englund, 93 years of age, of Holdrege, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the Christian Homes Care Community in Holdrege.  LaMont was born October 26, 1923 on a farm north of Holdrege, in Phelps County, Nebraska, the eldest of seven children born to Arthur G. and Judith A. (Carlson) Englund.  He was confirmed at the Trinity Evangelical Free Church, where he accepted Christ at that time and as an adult he was baptized at the Moses Hill Covenant Church.  He received his primary education from rural school District #25 and graduated with the Holdrege High School the class of 1941.

Following his graduation, LaMont engaged in his lifelong passion of farming.  On March 21, 1949, LaMont was united in marriage to Jean Hendrickson and the couple was blessed with four children:  Lee, Carol, Bradley and Ronald.  They made their home on the farm four and three-fourths miles north of Holdrege on the Lincoln Street gravel road where LaMont was born.  They operated a family farm corporation known as Golden Tassel Farms, Inc. with their three sons.  He was very proud of his heritage and of Phelps County and considered it to be the garden spot of the nation.

LaMont loved to work on old tractors and enjoyed traveling with Jean.  He was a member of the Moses Hill Evangelical Covenant Church, serving on the church board, the Moses Hill Cemetery Board, the Sheridan Township Board and the R-6 School Board throughout the years.

LaMont was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Carol (Englund) Dolnicek in 2003; brother, LaVern Englund; sister, Inez McElvain and her husband, Bob and brothers-in-law:  Donald Petersen, Roger Pentz and Roger Moline; and sister-in-law, Joy Berquist.

He leaves to celebrate his life; his wife of 67 years, Jean Englund of Holdrege; his three sons:  Lee Englund and his wife, Connie, Brad Englund all of Kearney and Ron Englund and his wife, Linda of Holdrege; son-in-law, Terry Dolnicek of Ralston, Nebraska; nine grandchildren;  twelve great-grandchildren; three brothers:  Paul Englund and his wife, Shirley and James Englund and his wife, Edna all of Holdrege and Dale Englund and his wife, Donna of San Jose, California; one sister, Grace Petersen of Holdrege; sisters-in-law:  LaDonna Weismann and her husband, Max of Holdrege and Pat Pentz of Lexington, Nebraska; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege.

A memorial has been established in LaMont's honor and kindly suggested to the Moses Hill Covenant Church, the Moses Hill Cemetery or the Open Door Missions of Omaha.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com .

The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.