Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Robert D. " Bob"Prettyman January 5, 1940 - May 7, 2014


Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Alma Cemetery, Alma, NE.
Visitation will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, 2014, at the Apfel Funeral Home Chapel, Hastings. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com. Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings, is in charge of the arrangements.
Memorials may be given to the First Baptist Church, Good Samaritan Society-Hastings, the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association in Nebraska.


 
 Robert Dee Prettyman was born January 5, 1940, to John and Lola “Polly” (Stauffer) Prettyman in Alma, NE. He attended Alma schools, graduating in 1958. He served in the United States Army dur- ing the early 1960s and was stationed in Germany.
He married Jeanne Harkens and they later divorced.
In 1965, he married Lorraine Kohl in Superior, NE. To this union two sons were born, Curtis and John. They later divorced.
On May 22, 1982, he married Marjorie Marr Fuller and they lived in Blue Hill, NE, with their blended family of three sons and two daughters.
They moved to Hastings, Good Samaritan Society, December 2004.
He worked as a truck driver and for the BNSF Railroad from 1979 to 2002.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Harness Hustlers/ Horse and Wagon Group, AARP and the Hastings Caregivers Coalition, all in Hastings, NE, and the American Legion Post 0176 in Blue Hill, NE.
He volunteered at Good Samaritan Society in Hastings.
 He is survived by his wife Marjorie of Hastings; son, John (Lesyle) Prettyman, of Yuma, CO; three stepchildren, Michelle Michener of Doniphan, Vicki Fuller of Hastings and Rick Fuller (Tara Nielsen) of Hastings; two grandchildren, Daniel and Micaela Prettyman of Yuma, CO; four stepgrandchildren, Jason (Jessica) Michener, Shane Michener Sidnee and Rylee Fuller; five stepgreat- grandchildren, Jocelyne and Lillyan Michener, Kadence, Bradyn and Cimarron Michener; numerous nieces, nephews and friends; and his beloved horse Willow.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Curtis Dee Prettyman; one sister, Pearl Atkison; one brother, Paul Prettyman; two nephews, Gale and Dennis Stone; and a grand-nephew, Jason Stone. uneral Home, Hastings, is in charge of the arrangements. 

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