Lorin C. McIntyre, 96, Gregory, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Gregory, with the Rev. Gary Oreshoski officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Gregory.
Arrangements are under the direction of Kotrba Funeral Home, Gregory.
He was born on April 14, 1912, in a sodhouse near Kent, Neb., to Alvin and Sophie (Bohy) McIntyre.
The family moved to a farm south of Gregory while he was a young boy.
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He attended a country school near the farm through the eighth grade, and then stayed home to help operate the farm.
He and his brothers left the farm to work in California during the Great Depression, eventually going to Mexico, Florida and then back to Gregory.
On June 25, 1932, he married Vera D. St. Pierre and they farmed south of Gregory.
He served on the school board and with his church, helping build St. Joseph's Church in Gregory.
In 1979, they retired from farming and moved into Gregory.
His wife died in 1992.
He is survived by his four children: Lorin and wife Linda, Burke; Marta Nixon, Conyers, Ga.; Monty and wife Beth, Point Reyes, Calif.; and Craig and wife Roxanne, Pierre; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, a daughter, Sharon Jackson and husband Carl, his parents, four brothers and a sister.