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Donald H. Larson

Donald H. Larson was born in Kimball on Jan. 26, 1939, and passed away at his home in Costa Mesa, Calif., on March 22, 2015. Services were held April 10 at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, Calif.

His parents were Fred H. Larson and Evelyn (Wilger) Larson. He attended the Kimball public schools graduating in 1957 from Kimball County High School. As an eighth grader his first job was at Morgan Drug Store making 33 cents an hour. Other jobs included working for the Western Nebraska Observer as a "printer's devil," a box boy at Safeway, ticket taker at the drive-in movie theater and for a laboratory...