Warren B. Messman

Warren B. Messman, 100, of Papillion, NE and formerly of Kearney, NE died Wednesday, March 09, 2016 at Hillcrest Country Estates in Papillion, NE. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Kearney. Rev. Gary Main will officiate. Burial will follow at Kearney Cemetery. Visitation is planned March 19 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church. Memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to the Messman Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund at the University of Nebraska at Kearney or First United Methodist Church in Kearney. Please visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. Warren was born October 11, 1915 in Strang, NE to Jesse and Iva (Brown) Messman. He grew up on a farm near Hebron then attended Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney from 1936-1937 and returned in 1939 after teaching at country schools in Thayer and Fillmore counties. His education was again interrupted in 1941 by his assignment to the War Department as an instructor of aircraft maintenance and later in flight engineering. He returned to Kearney in 1946 to complete his bachelor of arts in education. On May 20, 1942 he married Mable M. Clark in Lewellen, NE, she passed away in 2012. After teaching several years in Aberdeen, SD he returned in 1953 to what is now the University of Nebraska at Kearney as an instructor in the Industrial Arts Department. In 1963, he completed his doctorate and served as Professor of Industrial Education at UNK, teaching industrial arts and safety education. He was department head from 1969-1973 and served on the Graduate Council from 1963 until he retired in 1981. Warren was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Kearney. He also belonged to the National Education Association, Nebraska State Education Association, American Industrial Arts Association, Nebraska Industrial Education Association, Buffalo County Historical Society and the Ft. Kearney Genealogical Society. Surviving relatives include daughters and sons-in-law, Lorene Marie (Sam) Bliss of Council Bluffs, Iowa and Marcia Fae (John) O’Donovan of Omaha; four grandchildren, Kember (John) Kane of Silver Spring, MD, Freeman White III of Venice CA, Jessica (Jason) Scheopner of Omaha and Betsy O’Donovan of Boston, MA, seven great-grandchildren; sister Faye Van Boskirk of Omaha, NE; sister-n-law, Neva Richter of Kearney, NE and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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Warren B. Messman

October 11, 1915 - March 9, 2016