Don Clement

Donald G. Clement, 95, of Ord passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, February 14, 2022; at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in North Loup with Jim Goodrich officiating. Military Honors will be presented at the Church by the Ralph R. Rich American Legion Post #285 and the Nebraska Military Honor Guard

In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the North Loup Fire and Rescue Department, Ord Fire and Rescue Department or TeamMates Mentoring Program of Ord.

Donald Guy was born November 11, 1926, on the family farm in the Mira Valley area of Valley County, Nebraska to George B. and Bertha M. (Foth) Clement. He was raised on the family farm where he attended country school and graduated from Ord High School in 1945.

Don enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and served from March of 1945 to October of 1946. During the Occupation Period, he served in Germany. Following the service he attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and obtained a BS in Animal Science and Economics.  After graduation in 1950, he taught "On the Farm" training to WWII Vets in Valley County.

On June 11, 1950, Don was united in marriage to Phyllis Babcock at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in North Loup, Nebraska. To this union four children were born.

While living in Kearney, Don was the Farm Manager for Farmer's National Company from 1967 to 1980, serving Central Nebraska and Kansas.  They returned to the family farm in Mira Valley and Don continued Farm Management in Central Nebraska while farming and raising cattle.

Don's life revolved around purebred Hereford Cattle that he raised since childhood until the age of 85. He was devoted to animals and the land all of his life. Don and Phyllis moved into Ord in 2008.

Don was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, VFW, American Hereford Association, and Nebraska Cattlemen's Association. He served on the Valley and Buffalo County Fair Boards, Ag College Advisory Board and the Nebraska State Fair Board and was President in 1975-76.

Survivors include his wife of 71 years, Phyllis of Ord; three sons and daughters-in-law, Edwin and Dianne of Eads, TN, Victor of Ord; and Rex and Julie of Lafayette, TN; son-in-law, David Heider of Amarillo, TX; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Kathleen Clement of Mexico City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Theresa Heider; and two brothers, Russell and Kenneth.