Earl Wayne Sheets

Earl Wayne Sheets

April 17, 1941 - July 18, 2016

GOTHENBURG, Neb. -- Earl W. Sheets, 75, of Gothenburg died Monday (July 18, 2016), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb.

He was born April 17, 1941, at Arnold, Neb., to Claude and Etta (Wilson) Sheets. He graduated from Cozad High School in 1960. He married Jane Brooks in 1962 at Gothenburg. He worked as a farm laborer for Dean Baalhorn and Elton Griffis near Cozad, Gengenbach Farms near Eustis and as a farm manager for Fly In Farms in McCook. Before retiring in 2006, he worked for Bellamy Grain and Agriliance in Cozad.

He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; siblings, Esther, Georgia, Claude Jr., Russ, Leonard, Loyal, Lawrence, Allen and an infant sister; brother-in-laws, Wilbert Kruse and Wayne Bartlett; and sister-in-law, Charlotte Sheets.

Survivors include his children, Rodney (Brenda) Sheets of Elwood, Joy Sheets of Gothenburg and Patricia Sheets of Kearney; sister, Betty (Orville) Schmidt; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation is Thursday, July 21, 2016, from 1 to 8 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5 to 8 p.m. at Berryman Funeral Home in Cozad, 620 East 22nd Street.

Graveside services are Friday, July 22, 2016, 10:30 a.m. at Fairview Cemetery south of Cozad. Berryman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.