| Alvin Lee Bose |

Alvin Lee Bose, 84, of Ord passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2024, with his family by his side at the Valley County Health System in Ord.

A celebration of life was held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024, at the Evangelical Free Church in Ord. Pastor Doug Olson officiated. Inurnment will be in the Ord City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Flag Fund at Aubles Pond. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left at www. ordmemorialchapel.com Alvin Lee was born July 21, 1939, on the family farm twelve miles west of Arcadia, near Ansley, to Edgar and Mary Elizabeth (Twombley) Bose. He was raised on the family farm in the Clear Creek area and received his early education at a country school. He attended Arcadia High School to the eleventh grade, then graduated from Loup City High School in 1959.

Following high school, Alvin moved to Arizona, where he drove a wrecker and learned the body and fender trade. On June 3, 1961, Alvin married Muriel Cate. To this union two daughters were born, Teresa and Cynthia.

In 1967, Alvin returned to Nebraska. The family lived in St. Paul, where Alvin purchased and operated Ken’s Body Shop. Later, Alvin and his daughter, Teresa, settled in Ord. Alvin worked at Warner’s Body Shop and also was a deputy for the Howard County Sheriff’s Department in the 1970s and 1980s. Following his retirement, Alvin and his nephew, Marty Sell, ran a tree cutting business.

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Alvin enjoyed tinkering in his shop and fixing things and was always available to help others.

He is survived by his two daughters, Teresa Vancura of Ord and Cynthia Hoffman of Derby, Kansas; grandchildren, Lindsey (Josh) Dzingle of Elba and Matthew Hoffman and Rachel Hoffman (Brock Fisher) all of Derby, Kansas; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Ralph and April Bose of Arcadia and Harold Bose of Palisade; a sister and brother-in-law, Nina and Don Griebel of Comstock; and a host of relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a son-in-law, Dean Vancura.