- Date Of Birth: May 2, 1944
- Date Of Death: February 6, 2023
- State: Nebraska
Obit Melvern Lee Naiman-78 of Belvidere, NE
Melvern grew up in the Belvidere-Bruning area attending grade school in Belvidere, NE and graduated from Bruning High School.
He was baptized October 1944 in Gilead, NE and confirmed August 9, 1964 at Grace Lutheran Church in Hebron, NE.
He married Donna Worm April 12, 1964 at Grace Lutheran Church in Hebron, NE. This union was blessed with three children.
Melvern worked 27 years for the Thayer County Road Department, operating a road maintainer taking care of roads in the county until his retirement.
He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Hebron, NE and Belvidere Volunteer Fire Department where he was instrumental in building the new fire station and raising funds for new equipment.
After retirement you could find Melvern working on small engines out in the shop, fixing the kids’ and grandkids’ cars, gardening, enjoyed playing carpenter, and working on their family home.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and sister Judy Jasperson and husband Roger.
He is survived by his wife Donna of Belvidere, NE, son Mitchell Naiman of York, NE, two daughters, Melody Turpin and husband Michael of Bassett, NE and Michelle Sybrant of Bruning, NE, grandchildren; Preston Sybrant of Fairbury, NE, Samantha Sybrant of Hastings, NE, and Adam Turpin of Bassett, NE, other family members, and a host of friends.