Thomas Dean Wakefield

May 11, 1944 - October 1, 2015

Memorial services for Thomas Dean Wakefield age 71 of Kennard will be held Thursday October 8, 2015 at 10:00AM at South Creek Conference Center, 715 Grant Street, Blair, Nebraska. Visitation will be held Wednesday October 7 with family receiving friends from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Mr. Wakefield was taken suddenly on October 1, 2015 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center by an aortic aneurism. Thomas Dean Wakefield was born on May 11, 1944 in Blair, Nebraska to Barbara Gibbons Wakefield and Marion T. Wakefield. He graduated from Blair High School in 1962. Tom served as a lineman with OPPD in Omaha for 33 years and retired in 2000. He married Sue Wolfe Wakefield at Fremont, Nebraska on February 1, 1970. He is survived by his wife Sue of Kennard, his children; Troy (Beth) Wakefield of Blair, Mike (Susan) Wakefield of Kennard, Jacqueline Welchert and friend Tom Muff of Blair, and Chad (Sheila) Lippincott of Blair, 11 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, and brother John (Jeanne) Wakefield of Omaha. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, and sister Cheryl Meier of Omaha. He enjoyed the challenges and rewards of raising livestock with his faithful Australian Shepherd Maggie, it was their life’s work. Tom’s fishing trip to Canada was a yearly event. Tom had an infectious laugh and a work ethic that was bigger than life itself. Memorials are suggested to the Kennard Volunteer Fire Department, Kennard, Nebraska.