Raymond
Raymond Prouty
d. September 25, 2001
Raymond A. Prouty, 92, of Lincoln formerly of Columbus, died Tuesday September 25 at the Lancaster Manor in Lincoln. Funeral services are 10:00 am on Friday September 28 at the First United Methodist Church in Columbus with the Rev. Gary Main officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4-8 pm at McKown Funeral Home and continues on Friday from 9:00 am until service time at the Methodist Church. Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery.
Ray A. Prouty was born January 19, 1909 in Holt County to Harry and Nelly (Hendricks) Prouty. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1928 then went on to attend Wesleyan University in Lincoln where he sang in the mens chorus. Ray traveled to the Great Lakes area following college where he preached and sold Bibles. On December 24, 1934 he married Ruth Crowley at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Ray worked for 3 years at a lumberyard in Rock Rapids, Iowa before joining the Champlin Petroleum Company where he later served as manager of the Champlin Pipeline Terminal in Richland. He came to Columbus in 1955 and retired in 1971. He designed and built his home at Duncan Lakes. After his wife's death in 1982, he moved into Columbus Place apartments where he started and teamed with another resident to write a newspaper for the complex called the Advocate. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the Memorial Committee and was the sunday school superintendent and was active in the Columbus Noon Lions Club where he was past President and 40+ year member.
Son: Kenneth (Rita) Prouty of St. Louis, MO
Daughter: Lucy Russell of Lincoln, NE
Brother: John Prouty of Holt County, NE
Brother: Rob Prouty of Oneill, NE
Sister: Nina Strickler of Omaha, NE
Ray is preceded in death by his wife Ruth, parents, Step-Mother Lorena Prouty, four brothers, and one sister
Ray A. Prouty was born January 19, 1909 in Holt County to Harry and Nelly (Hendricks) Prouty. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1928 then went on to attend Wesleyan University in Lincoln where he sang in the mens chorus. Ray traveled to the Great Lakes area following college where he preached and sold Bibles. On December 24, 1934 he married Ruth Crowley at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Ray worked for 3 years at a lumberyard in Rock Rapids, Iowa before joining the Champlin Petroleum Company where he later served as manager of the Champlin Pipeline Terminal in Richland. He came to Columbus in 1955 and retired in 1971. He designed and built his home at Duncan Lakes. After his wife's death in 1982, he moved into Columbus Place apartments where he started and teamed with another resident to write a newspaper for the complex called the Advocate. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served on the Memorial Committee and was the sunday school superintendent and was active in the Columbus Noon Lions Club where he was past President and 40+ year member.
Son: Kenneth (Rita) Prouty of St. Louis, MO
Daughter: Lucy Russell of Lincoln, NE
Brother: John Prouty of Holt County, NE
Brother: Rob Prouty of Oneill, NE
Sister: Nina Strickler of Omaha, NE
Ray is preceded in death by his wife Ruth, parents, Step-Mother Lorena Prouty, four brothers, and one sister
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