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Robert Leeroy “Bob” Vitera

Birth	:	12 Dec 1937 Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colorado, USA
Death	:	10 Jun 2016 Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Minden Cemetery, Minden, Kearney County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.4950400, -98.9619900
Description	:	MINDEN — Robert Leeroy Vitera, 78, of Minden died Friday, June 10, 2016, at the Kearney County Health Services-LTC. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Minden with the Rev. James Benton officiating. Burial will be at Minden Cemetery. Layton-Craig Funeral Home in Minden is in charge of arrangements. Bob was born Dec. 12, 1937, in Cheyenne Wells, Colo., to Cyril and Ruth (Brooks) Vitera. He attended grade school at Sacred Heart Catholic School through the 10th grade. When Bob was 10 years old, he had polio and spent that summer in a... Read More	MINDEN — Robert Leeroy Vitera, 78, of Minden died Friday, June 10, 2016, at the Kearney County Health Services-LTC. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Minden with the Rev. James Benton officiating. Burial will be at Minden Cemetery. Layton-Craig Funeral Home in Minden is in charge of arrangements. Bob was born Dec. 12, 1937, in Cheyenne Wells, Colo., to Cyril and Ruth (Brooks) Vitera. He attended grade school at Sacred Heart Catholic School through the 10th grade. When Bob was 10 years old, he had polio and spent that summer in a Colorado Springs, Colo., hospital. His junior and senior years he attended Cheyenne Wells High School where he helped the basketball team win back-to-back state championships and was an all-state selection. He also played football and baseball in high school. Bob’s parents owned and operated a Skelly service station so he learned to pump gas, change tires and other automotive duties. He also was a lifeguard and manager of the city swimming pool. Bob did farm labor for Harold Wales, owner of several small grain elevators. Harold was a mentor and taught Bob about the grain business and later about grain fumigation. After graduating from high school in 1955, Bob enrolled at Colorado A&M in Fort Collins. His major was agriculture, and he did his student teaching in Montrose, Colo., but never taught school. Bob was a proud member of the FarmHouse Fraternity. During Bob’s sophomore year of college, the school went through a name change, and in 1959 Bob graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He enlisted in the Colorado Army Reserve and had basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. From there, the U.S. Army sent him to Fort Devens, Mass., just outside of Boston, for intelligence and communications training. Bob returned to Denver and for a short time was an assistant county agent for Thornton County. Harold Wales asked Bob in May 1960 to come back to work for him as a salesman in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. Bob got so much business Harold told him to select a second location for Harmack Fumigation Company. Bob chose Minden and set up the business just outside the city limits north of the cemetery. Harmack Fumigation Co. became Harmack Inc. and sold agricultural chemicals. In fall 1961, Bob met Karen Long, a fifth-grade teacher in Minden, and they married on June 23, 1962, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Minden. From this union four children were born: Lorraine, Valerie, Robert and David. In 1972, when Bob was president of the Minden Lions Club and Minden City Recreation Committee, he started the T-ball program. He coached for a number of years. In addition Bob organized the Lions Club newspaper recycling program and kept it running until the city of Minden started picking up weekly curbside. He was a member of the Minden Lions Club for more than 33 years. Harmack was in business for over 45 years, and his brother-in-law, Bob Long, worked alongside him from 1970 until it closed in 2006. Bob enjoyed all of his family and particularly watching the grandchildren in all of their activities. He was a lover of all sports; especially Husker football and KC Royals baseball. He also enjoyed duck and goose hunting. Bob is survived by his wife of nearly 54 years, Karen Vitera of Minden; their four children Lorraine Swanson and her husband, Toger, of Bellevue, Valerie Wentworth and her husband, David, of Omaha, Rob Vitera and his wife, Laura, of LaVista and Dave Vitera and his wife, Deb, of Grand Island; 12 grandchildren, Rachel Swanson of Chicago, Audrey Swanson of Lincoln, Evan and Lindsay Swanson of Bellevue, Jessica Wentworth of Kirksville, Mo., Tiffany Wentworth of Omaha, Lillian, RJ and Isaac Vitera, all of LaVista, and Brianna, Ryan and Mitchell Vitera, all of Grand Island; and brother-in-law Bob Long of Minden. He is preceded in death by a sister, Mary Francis (Vitera) Kliesen.

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Robert Leeroy “Bob” Vitera's memorial is located at: Minden Cemetery, Minden, Kearney County, USA.
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Robert Leeroy “Bob” Vitera death on 10 Jun 2016 in Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.4950400
Longitude: -98.9619900

Family Members:

Parent

Cyril A. Vitera

(1903 - 1985)

Ruth Brooks Vitera

(1915 - 1978)

Spouse

Karen S. Long Vitera

(1939 - unknow)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Minden Cemetery
Minden, Kearney County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4950400, -98.9619900

2. Fredericksburg Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4261560, -98.9319700

3. White Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5675011, -98.9805984

4. Bethany Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4665413, -99.0843201

5. Liberty Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5833015, -98.9041977

6. Free Mission Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4030991, -98.9139023

7. Keene Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4270500, -99.0658900

8. Keene Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4227700, -99.0747900

9. May Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4599991, -98.8191986

10. Bethphage Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4882750, -99.1190130

11. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4870000, -99.1235000

12. Garden Plain Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.3792000, -99.0186005

13. Norman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4728012, -98.7992020

14. Eaton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5614014, -98.8003006

15. Fort Kearney Post Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6429000, -99.0066400

16. Mound Valley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5849341, -99.1428820

17. Osco Cemetery
Kearney County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3725014, -98.8118973

18. Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
Axtell, Kearney County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4528000, -99.1790000

19. Hildreth Cemetery
Hildreth, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3293991, -99.0294037

20. Saint Peters Cemetery
Hildreth, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3280983, -99.0475006

21. Holy Family Cemetery
Heartwell, Kearney County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5960999, -98.7605972

22. Wilcox Cemetery
Wilcox, Kearney County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3657990, -99.1511002

23. Upland Cemetery
Upland, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3078003, -98.8974991

24. Fridhem Cemetery
Funk, Phelps County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4678001, -99.2174988