Long time residents who knew Leon (Johnny) Douglass, son of Guy and Edith (McFarland)
Douglass, were sorry to hear of his death on Feb. 16, 2006 in Golden Ours Convalescent Home at Grant, Neb. He was 76. The funeral was held Feb. 25 in Draucker Funeral Home at Ogallala. Internment, with military honors by the Nebraska National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team was in the Ash Hollow Cemetery.
Leon, better known by his school friends as Johnny, graduated from Haigler High School with the class of 1947. After attending McCook CommunityCollege, he taught a country school southeast of Haigler. He then served in the army during the Korean Conflict. Some time after his marriage to Rita Noetzelmann at Lewellen, Neb., in 1951, he attended the University of Nebraska. In 1969 the family moved
to Ogallala.
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