This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamer, Bock, Harmon, Watson, Hanson, Terry, Matthews Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2255 Message Board Post: Dwight Elwood Hamer, 81, Pisgah, died Nov. 18 at Longview Home, Missouri Valley. Dwight was born Aug. 16, 1923, in Pisgah, to Wilson & Emma (Bock) Hamer. He graduated from Pisgah High School in 1941. Dwight then worked at the bomber plant in Buffalo, New York and then the Bomber Plant in Omaha. January 23, 1943, he married Margaret Harmon at the RLDS Church in Omaha. In June of 1943 he entered the Army Air Corps. He served his basic training at Denver, Colorado then took pilot training at Washington State College in Pullman, Wash. After his schooling he was stationed in Amarillo, Tex. as a cockpit instructor for the B-17 and B-29's. After his discharge he returned to Pisgah and operated a service station and tank wagon. Dwight then began trucking with his brother Vernon. Later on he became a dispatcher at the Livestock Exchange in Omaha. He retired as a dispatcher in the 1980's. Dwight was an avid sports fan since the age of seven. He loved to follow all of the high school sports as well as other sports. Later he enjoyed fishing, hunting, and golfing. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Vernon Hamer; and sister, Joy Watson. Dwight is survived by his wife Margaret, Pisgah; four children, Diane and her husband, Curt, Hanson, Fairfield; Linda Terry, Ralston, Neb.; Tim Hamer and his wife, Mary, Chariton; and Terry Hamer and his wife, Judy, Sioux City; eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; sister, Cecile and her husband, Ben, Matthews, Pisgah; and many other relatives and friends. Memorial Services were held Nov. 23 at the Community of Christ Church, Pisgah, Elder Steve Holben and Evangelist John Lizer, officiants. Honorary Pall Bearers were Don Terry, Russ Hamer, Gina Kesselring, Jeff Hamer, Scott Hanson, Terry Hamer, Emily Hamer, and Andy Hamer. Interment was in the Soldier Valley Cemetery, Pisgah. Fouts Funeral Home of Woodbine handled the arrangements. ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2004