Richard "Dick" Lee Lovgren

Memorial Services for Dick Lovgren will be held on Friday, October 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Holdrege, Nebraska with Pastor Dan Wiese officiating.  Private family inurnment will follow at the Harvard Cemetery at Harvard, Nebraska.

Richard "Dick" Lovgren 82, of Holdrege, died on September 26, 2018 at the Christian Homes Care Community in Holdrege.  He was born on October 19, 1935, on the farm near Harvard, the youngest child of Floyd and Edna Lovgren.  He received his education in Harvard, graduating from Harvard High School with the class of 1953.

Following his education, he was united in marriage to Margaret "Maggie" Plambeck, on December 29, 1957, and to this union three children were born: Bill, Laurie, and Dan.  The family made their home in Hastings and Kearney, Nebraska, before moving to Holdrege in 1973, where he spent the remainder of his life.

Survivors include: his wife, Maggie Lovgren of Holdrege; two sons: Bill Lovgren and his wife, Joan of Omaha, Nebraska and Dan Lovgren and his wife, Lisa of Belmond, Iowa; one daughter, Laurie Murphy and her husband, Patrick of Leawood, Kansas; also survived by seven grandchildren; one great- grandchild; two sisters; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

There will be no Memorial Book Signing or Visitation.  The family is honoring Dick's wish for cremation.

A memorial has been established in Dick's honor, and kindly suggested to the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church or the Holdrege Public Library.

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.