Glenard "Orval" Leverington was born October 14, 1937 in Burlington, Colorado to Glenard W. and M. Irene (Pinnell) Leverington. He passed away November 19, 2020 at Kearney Regional Center Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 83.
A private service will be held on Wednesday November 25, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the Oconto Cemetery at Oconto, Nebraska with Pastor Arun Peters officiating. Govier Brothers Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. An online guestbook may be signed at www.govierbrothers.com for words of encouragement and remembrance.
Orval's family moved to Custer County, NE. in July 1939 and to Broken Bow, NE in 1943. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1956 and enlisted in the Army. He worked for the Broken Bow Public Schools from January 1982 to October 1999 (with several students calling him Uncle Orval and some still called him that to present day). He enjoyed volunteering at the Community Connection on Tuesdays from June 2006 to present day.
He was preceded in death by his parents, infant twin brothers, brother, William Leverington, & infant sister Rosa Marie, and sisters: Lillian Harmon & Marjorie New Rider.
He is survived by his sisters Myrtle (Bill,Jr) Shirkey of Broken Bow, NE, Mary Veverka of Grand Island, NE, and Jannie (Steve) Parker of Lincoln, NE; brothers Kenneth (Pearl) Leverington of Grand Island, NE, Robert (Evia) Leverington of Kennett, MO, Larry Leverington of Broken Bow, NE, and Glennard James Leverington of Broken Bow, NE; brother-in-law John Harmon of Broken Bow, NE; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
"Asleep in Yahshua! Blessed sleep, from which none ever waked to weep! Tis a calm and undisturbed repose. Not unbroken by the last of foes. Asleep in Yahshua! 0 how sweet to be for such a slumber sleep! With holy confidence to sing, that death hath lost its venom sting. Asleep in Yahshua is a peaceful rest. Whose waking is supremely blest! No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour. That manifests the Savior's power. Asleep in Yahshua! 0 for me may such a blissful refuge be! Securely shall my ashes lie and wait the summons from on high." By: Margaret Mackay