Doug Wilkinson

D ouglas W ilkinson, age 92, of Kearney, died at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney on Saturday, October 17, 2020.

Doug was born August 23, 1928, in Rawlins County, Kansas, to Jesse and Esther Wilkinson. He grew up in Colorado and Nebraska where he graduated from Stratton High School in 1945. Doug joined the U.S. Navy in ’46 and served on the U.S.S. Holder DD819.

Following his discharge in 1947, Doug returned to Stratton. He married Dolores Damrow on June 5, 1949, in Benkelman where they lived until moving to North Platte in ‘53. Doug managed grain elevators throughout Nebraska then bought a place in Elba in 1974 where he ran a cow-calf operation and did painting and sand blasting. He and Dolores eventually returned to North Platte in 2004.

Doug was preceded in death by his wife, and parents; brothers, Ellis and Leon Wilkinson; sister-in-law,Marsaleen Wilkinson; brother-in-law, Fonce Brynoff; and sister-in-law, Jackie and husband, Burdette Wilson.

Survivors include his children, Thomas (Pattie) Wilkinson, of Broken Arrow, OK, and Gary (Cindy) Wilkinson and Sherri (Ron) Morris, all of Kearney; his sister, Twila Brynoff, of North Platte; sister-in-law, Nedra Wilkinson, of Revenna; 6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and other family members.

Cremation was chosen and a private family service will be held in Fort McPherson National Cemetery at a later date. The memorial book may be signed online at odeanchapel.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore is in charge of arrangements.