Gary E. Henning, 61, of Kearney, died Aug. 6, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney after a battle with cancer.
He was born on Jan. 28, 1951, in Kearney to Harvey and Betty (Saathoff) Henning.
On May 3, 1975, he married Judy Monson.
Gary was educated in Kearney Public Schools and graduated from Kearney High School in 1969. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Kearney State Collage in 1973. He worked his entire life at Cash-Wa Distributing where he was executive vice president. He also owned and managed Broken Bow Wholesale, of Broken Bow, from 1980-89.
Gary was an avid hunter. He was a past shooter and board member of the Nebraska One Box Pheasant Hunt in Broken Bow. He was a member of the 2006 Nebraska One Box Pheasant Hunt Past Shooter Champion Team. He was also a member of the Nebraska One Box Foundation Board. He enjoyed fishing and playing golf.
His yellow lab “Jake” was a master hunter and a Grand Hunting Retriever Champion. He competed in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 HRCH International Grand Competitions.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Kearney and Our Savior Lutheran Church in Broken Bow. He attended Bible Camp as a youth and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Gary was also a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Ron Morris Lodge, Scottish Rite and Fort Kearney Shrine Club.
Survivors include his wife, of Kearney; daughters, Nicole (Jason) Henning-McNeil, of Greenville, S.C.; Stacy (friend Jeremy Hurt) Henning, of Kearney; brothers, Tom (Mary), Bob (Michele), all of Kearney, Greg (Suanne), of North Platte, Stephen (Stacey), of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; sister-in-law, Janice (Mario) Garza, of Pembroke Pines, Fla.; nephews, Chad (Melissa), of Kearney, Mathew, of North Platte, and Christopher, of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; nieces, Michelle (Andy) Harter, of Kearney, and Kaleena (Brian) Shannon, of Lincoln, Bianca Aravena and Crystal Busciglio, both of Tampa, Fla.; also included are eight grand-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents; niece, Bari Lou Henning; and father-in-law, Russell Monson.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, at First Lutheran Church in Kearney, with the Revs. Eric Lesher and Rebecca McDermott officiating. Burial will be at the Kearney Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., today, O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney.
Memorials are suggested to the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, Nebraska One Box Pheasant Hunt Foundation and the Harvey and Betty Henning Family Scholarship Fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation. On-line condolences may be submitted to osrfh.com.
O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.
Month: August 2012
Toddler found dead in pool at daycare
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a toddler found in a backyard pool at an in-home day care in Blair.
Authorities say the accident occurred a little before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The 17-month-old girl was found in about 4 feet of water. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. An autopsy has been ordered.
Her name has not been released.
She was one of a half-dozen children at the state-licensed day care. The pool is gated, and a deck connects it to the house. Police say there was an adult on the premises.
The Blair Police Department and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services are investigating.
One dead after tractor trailer rear ending accident
YORK, Neb. (AP) — A truck driver has died after one tractor-trailer rammed into the back of another on Interstate 80 in southeast Nebraska.
The fiery crash occurred late Wednesday afternoon just west of the Bradshaw exit.
Bradshaw Fire Department Chief Todd Hellerich says his department responded to a call about a grass fire just east of the highway exit a little before 4:20 p.m. While firefighters were putting out that fire, one eastbound semi hit the rear of another on the nearby interstate.
The driver whose truck did the ramming was ejected and later died. The driver of the other semi was taken to a hospital. Their names have not been released.
The crash is being investigated.
Norfolk native Jeremy Scott failed to qualify for Olympic finals
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska native Jeremy Scott failed to qualify for the Olympic finals in the pole vault competition.
Scott, who grew up in Norfolk, Neb., cleared the qualifying height of 5.5 meters Wednesday in London. But Scott didn’t advance because it took him two attempts and he failed to clear 5.6 meters.
The 31-year-old Scott was competing in his first Olympics.
He was the runner-up at the last two U.S. outdoor championships and won the indoor competition in 2003. He also won the indoor and outdoor title in NCAA Division III while he was a student at Allegheny College.
Scott trains with Bell Athletics in Jonesboro, Ark.
Thursday Weather
Today: Sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Dinner train in Fremont to relocate after 23 years
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The Fremont Dinner Train likely will rumble out of town for the last time later this year and head to Kansas.
The train will end its run after 23 years in Fremont.
Train manager Bruce Eveland says he’s working to relocate the dinner train to Baldwin City, Kan.
The train includes a multi-course dinner as passengers travel along a scenic 18-mile round-trip route.
Eveland says the train needs to end service in Fremont because of a decline in riders and questions about needed repairs to the locomotive and railroad line, owned by Railroad Materials Salvage Inc.
Eveland has told officials he intends to shut down by the end of the year.
Man pokes officer, ends up in jail
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 27-year-old Lincoln man who has a history of run-ins with police has been sent to prison for assaulting an officer.
Matthew Heath was sentenced Tuesday to four to five years in prison. He was convicted in July of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.
Prosecutors say Heath poked Lincoln officer Alan Grell in the chest, which touched off a fight during which Heath kicked Grell and touched his holstered handgun. Heath said he was defending himself.
Court records say Heath served jail and prison time for resisting arrest in 2008 and 2009 and for assaulting an officer in 2006.
traffic delays to be expected near Lincoln next week
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Department of Roads says traffic on two major roadways in and near Lincoln will be interrupted 
next week for maintenance.
Lincoln’s Interstate 180, a short spur linking U.S. Interstate 80 with downtown Lincoln, will be closed from 6 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Detour routes for I-180 traffic from westbound and eastbound I-80, as well as US Highway 34, will be marked.
Also, work on U.S. Highway 77 from Lincoln to six miles north of Beatrice is expected to force traffic into one lane and reduce the speed limit to 45 mph. The work starts Monday and is expected to last four days.
The disruption is to allow road crews to spray oil to seal fine cracks in the roadways.
Nebraska Farmers spending more money this year
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The amount of money Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers invested in their businesses grew 10 percent last year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Nebraska farmers and ranchers spent $17.32 billion in 2011.
Livestock expenses remained the biggest category accounting for about 21 percent of spending. Those expenses stayed roughly flat at $3.58 billion.
Land rent grew 8 percent to $2.08 billion in 2011.
The average expenditure per farm or ranch grew 11 percent to $370,085 in 2011. That’s up from $333,475 the previous year.
The USDA says the results are based on data from Nebraska farmers and ranchers who took part in the Agricultural Resource Management Study.
Man given chance to avoid prison goes to prison
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 41-year-old Lincoln man has been given four to eight years in prison for selling crack cocaine.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Jaquant Ford twice sold crack to an undercover officer in 2011.
Ford pleaded guilty in January and was given a chance to avoid prison if he completed the Drug Court program. But Ford didn’t complete it, so he was sentenced to prison.