Homer Macklin

Minden resident, 80

MINDEN - Homer Macklin, 80, of Minden died Friday, March 23, 2012, at Kearney County Health Services-Hospital in Minden.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Minden United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Lambert officiating. Burial of cremains will be at Minden Cemetery with military honors by the Minden American Legion, Heartwell Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Nebraska Military Detail Team.

There will be no visitation. Layton-Craig Funeral Home in Minden is in charge of arrangements.

He was born May 6, 1931, in Riverton to Charles and Anna (Berlie) Macklin.

In 1953, he married Peggy Bos.

On Dec. 15, 1960, he married Marilyn Anderson.

On March 17, 2005, he married Marlene Onwiler Shearer.

Survivors include his wife; children, Tracy Johnson of Denver, Scott Peterson and his wife, Deb, of Elkhorn and Shane Macklin of Sioux Falls, S.D.; stepchildren, Penny Talbert and her husband, Matt, and Rob Shearer, all of Minden; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

His family moved to the Minden area, and Homer graduated in 1949 from Minden High School, where he was on the football and basketball teams.

Homer served in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 until 1953. He returned to the Minden area and was the manager of Friends Motor in Minden for 35 years.

Homer was a member of the United Methodist Church in Minden. Homer had a passion for racing. In his early years he drove race cars, and then he became the "Head Wrench" on the crew of "Mighty Mouse."

Homer was proud to have had two of his cars displayed at the Knoxville Sprint Car Racing Hall of Fame. He was notified last week that he will be inducted into the Nebraska Racing Hall of Fame.

He was a fix-it man and would tinker in his shop for many hours. He was a collector of parking meters and a huge Nebraska football fan.

Memorials are suggested to the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame.