LaRue Rader

Trumbull resident, LaRue Ivor Rader, 84, died Saturday, July 26, 2014, at Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Nebraska.

Services will be Wednesday, July 30, 2014; 2:00 P.M. at Trumbull United Methodist Church, Trumbull with Rev. Kelly Karges officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Trumbull, Nebraska. Memorials may be given to the Trumbull Community Foundation. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 29, 2014; 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at Butler Volland chapel in Hastings. Visitation will also be one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.

LaRue Ivor Rader was born on May 20, 1930, the first child of Glen & Lila Rader. His paternal grandparents were Charles & Martha Rader, and his maternal grandparents were Reverend Arvin G. Swanson, and wife, Bertha. LaRue graduated from Trumbull High School in 1947, and attended a summer program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He married Dolores C. Clason in January 1951; they moved into the house where his grandparents, Charles & Martha Rader had lived. In December of 1951 he received his draft notice, and was inducted in February, 1952 into the U. S. Army. Basic training was in Camp Gordon, Georgia, and he then was transferred in May, 1952 to radio school in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Having completed that school by November, 1952 he was shipped to Korea. During all of 1953 he served in North Korea on the eastern front, with the 5th Field Artillery Group. He began his assignment as a field radio repairman, and moved up in rank to Sergeant and became Chief of the Radio Section. LaRue was very proud to have served his country. Returning home in January, 1954, LaRue began farming and trucking. He enjoyed his work, his friends, and his family. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Trumbull Rural Fire District for more than fifty years, and was Chair of the Administrative Council of the Trumbull United Methodist Church. He was a member of the American Legion, and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He learned to play a trombone and joined several local bands. He enjoyed water skiing, snow skiing, and traveling.

LaRue Ivor Rader was preceded in death by his parents.

SUVIVORS:
Wife:
Dolores Rader - Trumbull, NE
Daughter & Son-in-law:
Donna & Matthew Johnson - Grand Island, NE
Son:
Charles Rader - Trumbull, NE
Foster son:
Claudio Faundez - Osborne, KS
Grandchildren:
13
Great-Grandchildren:
3
Brother & Sister-in-law:
Merlyn & Lucile Rader
Sisters & Brother-in-law:
Ardyce Barnett
Tanya & Bob Jaeggi
Many nieces & nephews