Robert "Bob" E. Dempster

Robert  "Bob" Earl Dempster, age 83, of Dixon, Nebraska, died Monday, July 22, 2024, at Providence Medical Center in Wayne, Nebraska.

 Funeral services will be will be on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Faith Community Church in Laurel, Nebraska with the Rev. Doug Collins officiating. Burial will be at the Laurel Cemetery in Laurel. Visitation will be on Friday, at church, from 5-7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Laurel. 

Pallbearers will be Brandon Abts, Jesse Mandina, Ty Krommenhoek, Trey Mandina, Dustin Showen, Camden Stephenson.

Honorary pallbearers will be Brook Krommenhoek, Chaylea Mandina, Bailey Abts, and Granger Abts.

 Robert Earl was born on March 1, 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska to Wayne Ross and Bernice (Whitney) Dempster. He grew up in rural Laurel and graduated from Laurel High School. Bob attended the Logan Center Church. Bob grew up farming with his family. Bob married Vonda Lee Herfel on June 18, 1961 in Maskell, Nebraska. Bob and Vonda moved to Dixon, NE in 1961 where he worked for Johnny Young in the service station. Shortly after, they both moved to Wayne, Nebraska and he then worked at the Ford Garage. Bob then began a career as a mechanical engineer at the Northern National Gas which lasted 47 years as a faithful employee.

 Bob had cows and calves on the farm and loved raising, training, trading, and shoeing his horses, which numbered over hundreds through the years. He also worked with teams of horses. Bob liked to hunt and fish and took many trips to hunt grizzly bear, moose, elk, deer – which even took him to Alaska.

 Bob is survived by his wife Vonda of 63 years of Dixon; three daughters Denise (Richard) Abts of Dixon, Nancy Krommenhoek of Allen, Penny Mandina of Omaha; six grandchildren - Brandon Abts, Jesse Mandina, Ty Krommenhoek, Trey Mandina, Brook Krommenhoek, and Chaylea Mandina; one great grandchild Granger Abts, and one on the way; a sister Betty (Richard) Doerr of Bloomfield.

 Robert was preceded in death by his parents Wayne and Bernice Dempster; a son Clint Dempster at the age of 18 years.