John Jesse Ladd Jr. (2014)
LADD, WHITED, FERGUSON
Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 8/7/2014 at 22:12:53
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 6, 2014JOHN LADD JR., NEBRASKA
John J. Ladd Jr., 86, of Murray, Neb., died Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at Bellevue Medical Center in Bellevue, Neb.
John Jesse Ladd Jr. was born July 17, 1928, in Winterset, Iowa, to John Jesse Sr. and Laura Ellen Ladd.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 6) at Roby Funeral Home Chapel in Plattsmouth, Neb. At the age of five, his family moved to Linden, Iowa, then moved back to Winterset when he was nine. John was raised and schooled in Winterset, then worked with his father on the family farm. He enlisted in the US Army in August 1947 to December 1947. John was married to Betty Whited on Aug. 10, 1948, at Murdoch, Neb. He was discharged until March 1951, when he enlisted in the US Air Force, where he served until retiring Jan. 1, 1970. He had lived in rural Murray, Neb., since December 1969. John worked at Wilson Concrete, then at National By Products until 1987. After retiring, he worked as a bagger at the commissary at Offutt Air Force Base, to stay busy and be around people.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty; five brothers, William, Everette, Walter, Marvin and Boyd; two sisters, Rose Ladd and Georgeanna Ferguson and his wife, Betty.
He is survived by three sons, John J. Ladd the III and David W. Ladd, both of Bennington, Neb., and Henry H. Ladd of Louisburg, Kan.; three granddaughters, and three great-granddaughters.
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