Dr. Delwyn Joseph "D.J." Nagengast M.D.

Nagengast, Dr. Delwyn
Joseph M.D., "D.J."
May 1, 1931 - Nov 17, 2009
A long time physician of Bloomfield, NE. He was born on a farm near Howells, NE, the son of the late Julius and Emma Nagengast. He graduated from Howells High School in 1948 and received his Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from Creighton University in 1952. He graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine with honors in 1956. He then served a one year rotating membership at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL and received the Dr. Bruno Epstein Award as the Outstanding Intern in his class. He then served in the U.S. Air Force in southern Japan. In 1955, he married Norma Palensky Nagengast, and, after returning from Japan, they moved to Bloomfield, NE where he practiced medicine for over fifty years and raised his six children. In 1983, he married Josephine Payne Nagengast. In 1962, Dr. Nagengast was instrumental in organizing and building the Good Samaritan Center in Bloomfield and served on the Advisory Board of the Good Samaritan Center from its inception until his recent illness. In 1998, the Good Samaritan Center named its new rehabilitation center after him. In 1991, Dr. Nagengast was honored by the Academy of Family Physicians when he was chosen the Nebraska Family Physician of the Year, and, in 1996, his alma mater, Creighton University, honored him with the Alumni Merit Award. Dr. Nagengast was certified by the American Academy of Family Practice and was a member of the Nebraska State Medical Society, Knox County Medical Society, the Northeast Nebraska Medical Society, the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Medical Honorary Society, the Knights of Columbus and Archdiocese Advisory Board. Dr. Nagengast actively supported numerous charitable and civic organizations. He was a member of the Bloomfield Community School Board for thirteen years and served as its President. He was a past President of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Nebraska Medical Society, and Creighton University National Medical School Alumni Advisory Board. He also served on the advisory board of the Avera Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota. He was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. For all his many accomplishments, what he loved most was his wife, Josephine, his children and grandchildren and being a country doctor in rural Nebraska. He is survived by his wife, Josephine; his children, Patricia Lindner and husband Roger, David Nagengast, Kay Scott and husband Daryl, Stephen Nagengast and wife Carla, John Nagengast and wife Sunny, Jim Nagengast and wife Vicki; stepsons Anthony Payne and wife Margaret, and Frank Payne and wife Barbara, and numerous grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Norma, and two grandchildren, Angela Jasnoch and Joseph Jasnoch.
MEMORIAL SERVICE Saturday November 21, 2009, at 10:30am at Bloomfield High School Gymnasium in Bloomfield, NE. Fr. Michael Schmitz will be the celebrant with inurnment in the Bloomfield Cemetery. VISITATION Friday from 5-8pm with a 7:30pm Wake Service at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given to the Norma Nagengast Scholarship Foundation, a foundation established by Dr. Nagengast in honor of his first wife, c/o Bloomfield Community High School, P.O. Box 308, Bloomfield, Nebraska 68718, the Bloomfield Medical Clinic, a new medical facility being constructed by the city of Bloomfield, c/o City of Bloomfield, P.O. Box 157, Bloomfield, NE 68718 and Creighton University, c/o Office of Development, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68718. BROCKHAUS FUNERAL HOME
Bloomfield, NE 402-373-2345