Former publisher of The Superior Express, Howard M.
Crilly, died last Thursday at the Brodstone Memorial Nuckolls
County Hospital at the age of 94 years, 8 months and 5 days. He
was also the author of two novels.
The son of Hugh and Caroline Merriott Crilly, he was born
Sept. 6, 1894, on a farm near Riverton, in Franklin County,
Nebraska. He grew up in the Riverton community, attending
Campbell schools and graduating from Campbell High
School. He went on to continue his education by attending the
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and graduated from Peru
State College in 1918.
Oct. 21, 1921, he took Lenore Hagel as his wife. This union
was blessed with the birth of two children, a son, Donn, and a
daughter, Janis.
Crilly answered the call of his nation by joining the United
States Army and serving with the Army, being honorably
discharged.
He was a Nebraska newspaper publisher for more
than 50 years. World War I was just over and he was riding a
train home to Riverton. Enroute he learned the banker he was
sitting beside had a newspaper to sell, which he purchased and
operated as the Campbell Citizen.
From his beginning in Campbell, Crilly owned and operated several small
newspapers in succession-The Bird City Eagle, The McCook Evening News and the
Wilbur Republican which he published 11 years. For nearly 35 years, he published
The Superior Express. While operating The Express, it grew from a community newspaper
to an area wide publication with more than 3,600 subscribers.
At the age of 75, he sold The Superior Express but continued
to write his weekly column, "Among Ourselves." In addition, he wrote and published
two novels, the first, "The Tinted Photograph," and his second, "The Night The Opera
House Burned."
In 1953 Crilly accepted an invitation to go to Europe as a member of the Press Corps to
view air-sea maneuvers. In 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Crilly toured Europe for five months, touring
every country except East Germany. In 1961, he was one of 100 publishers on an around the
world trip which included interviews with Chiang Kaishek, Prime Minister Neru and King
Hussein.
Crilly had been active in civic, fraternal and newspaper organizations; a member of the
Nebraska Press Association, past director of the association and past president of the
Southeast Nebraska Editorial Association; Master Mason of the York Rite Order of Masonry
and Tehama Shrine; Past High Priest, Tadmor Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Past
Illustrious Master of Damascus Council Royal and Select Masters; Superior American
Legion; World War I Barracks; lifetime member and past president of the Kiwanis Club;
Superior Country Club; the Superior Elks Lodge; the Superior Methodist Church;
and attended the monthly meetings of the South Platte United Chamber of Commerce.
Interested in soil conservation program in Nuckolls County and other areas, he advocated soil conservation and irrigation. He also played a vital part in the passage of the bond issues for the construction of the Nuckolls County Hospital and the Superior High School.
Survivors are his wife, Lenore; son, Donn Crilly M.D., San Leandro, Calif.; daughter,
Congresswoman Janis Meyers (Mrs. Louis "Dutch"), Overland Park, Kan.; three
grandchildren, Valerie and Phillip Meyers and Ryan Crilly; nieces and nephews; and many
other relatives.
The funeral was Tuesday at 10 a.m., in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev.
Jerry Heydenberk was the officiant. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Graveside Masonic rites were by Superior Lodge, No. 121, A.F.and A.M. Military honors
were by the VFW Post, No. 3355, and the American Legion St. Mihiel Post, No. 103.
The Williams Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Superior Express May 18, 1989.
From Who's Who in Nebraska:
CRILLY, HOWARD M: Publisher; b Riverton, Neb Sept 6, 1894; s of Hugh Crilly-Mary Caroline Merriott; ed Campbell HS; U of N; Bushnell Guild; m Lenore N Hazel Oct 21, 1921 Beatrice; s Donn H; d Janis L; 1919-20 owner & publisher Campbell Citizen; 1920-21 printer, Neb State Journal, Lincoln; 1921-22 opr & printer, Beatrice Express; 1922-23 owner & publisher Bird City Eagle, Bird City Kas; 1923-25 owner & publisher McCook Evening News; 1925-36 owner & publisher Wilber Republican; 1936- owner & publisher The Superior Express; during World War in hdqrs detachment 24th machine gun batt, 8th div; Amer Leg; NPA; Kiwanis; C of C; Superior Golf Club; Superior Rod & Gun Club; AF&AM 64; Rep; off 148 East 3rd; res 848 Washington, Superior.
Marsha Dillon
Crilly, died last Thursday at the Brodstone Memorial Nuckolls
County Hospital at the age of 94 years, 8 months and 5 days. He
was also the author of two novels.
The son of Hugh and Caroline Merriott Crilly, he was born
Sept. 6, 1894, on a farm near Riverton, in Franklin County,
Nebraska. He grew up in the Riverton community, attending
Campbell schools and graduating from Campbell High
School. He went on to continue his education by attending the
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and graduated from Peru
State College in 1918.
Oct. 21, 1921, he took Lenore Hagel as his wife. This union
was blessed with the birth of two children, a son, Donn, and a
daughter, Janis.
Crilly answered the call of his nation by joining the United
States Army and serving with the Army, being honorably
discharged.
He was a Nebraska newspaper publisher for more
than 50 years. World War I was just over and he was riding a
train home to Riverton. Enroute he learned the banker he was
sitting beside had a newspaper to sell, which he purchased and
operated as the Campbell Citizen.
From his beginning in Campbell, Crilly owned and operated several small
newspapers in succession-The Bird City Eagle, The McCook Evening News and the
Wilbur Republican which he published 11 years. For nearly 35 years, he published
The Superior Express. While operating The Express, it grew from a community newspaper
to an area wide publication with more than 3,600 subscribers.
At the age of 75, he sold The Superior Express but continued
to write his weekly column, "Among Ourselves." In addition, he wrote and published
two novels, the first, "The Tinted Photograph," and his second, "The Night The Opera
House Burned."
In 1953 Crilly accepted an invitation to go to Europe as a member of the Press Corps to
view air-sea maneuvers. In 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Crilly toured Europe for five months, touring
every country except East Germany. In 1961, he was one of 100 publishers on an around the
world trip which included interviews with Chiang Kaishek, Prime Minister Neru and King
Hussein.
Crilly had been active in civic, fraternal and newspaper organizations; a member of the
Nebraska Press Association, past director of the association and past president of the
Southeast Nebraska Editorial Association; Master Mason of the York Rite Order of Masonry
and Tehama Shrine; Past High Priest, Tadmor Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Past
Illustrious Master of Damascus Council Royal and Select Masters; Superior American
Legion; World War I Barracks; lifetime member and past president of the Kiwanis Club;
Superior Country Club; the Superior Elks Lodge; the Superior Methodist Church;
and attended the monthly meetings of the South Platte United Chamber of Commerce.
Interested in soil conservation program in Nuckolls County and other areas, he advocated soil conservation and irrigation. He also played a vital part in the passage of the bond issues for the construction of the Nuckolls County Hospital and the Superior High School.
Survivors are his wife, Lenore; son, Donn Crilly M.D., San Leandro, Calif.; daughter,
Congresswoman Janis Meyers (Mrs. Louis "Dutch"), Overland Park, Kan.; three
grandchildren, Valerie and Phillip Meyers and Ryan Crilly; nieces and nephews; and many
other relatives.
The funeral was Tuesday at 10 a.m., in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev.
Jerry Heydenberk was the officiant. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Graveside Masonic rites were by Superior Lodge, No. 121, A.F.and A.M. Military honors
were by the VFW Post, No. 3355, and the American Legion St. Mihiel Post, No. 103.
The Williams Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Superior Express May 18, 1989.
From Who's Who in Nebraska:
CRILLY, HOWARD M: Publisher; b Riverton, Neb Sept 6, 1894; s of Hugh Crilly-Mary Caroline Merriott; ed Campbell HS; U of N; Bushnell Guild; m Lenore N Hazel Oct 21, 1921 Beatrice; s Donn H; d Janis L; 1919-20 owner & publisher Campbell Citizen; 1920-21 printer, Neb State Journal, Lincoln; 1921-22 opr & printer, Beatrice Express; 1922-23 owner & publisher Bird City Eagle, Bird City Kas; 1923-25 owner & publisher McCook Evening News; 1925-36 owner & publisher Wilber Republican; 1936- owner & publisher The Superior Express; during World War in hdqrs detachment 24th machine gun batt, 8th div; Amer Leg; NPA; Kiwanis; C of C; Superior Golf Club; Superior Rod & Gun Club; AF&AM 64; Rep; off 148 East 3rd; res 848 Washington, Superior.
Marsha Dillon
Former publisher of The Superior Express, Howard M.
Crilly, died last Thursday at the Brodstone Memorial Nuckolls
County Hospital at the age of 94 years, 8 months and 5 days. He
was also the author of two novels.
The son of Hugh and Caroline Merriott Crilly, he was born
Sept. 6, 1894, on a farm near Riverton, in Franklin County,
Nebraska. He grew up in the Riverton community, attending
Campbell schools and graduating from Campbell High
School. He went on to continue his education by attending the
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and graduated from Peru
State College in 1918.
Oct. 21, 1921, he took Lenore Hagel as his wife. This union
was blessed with the birth of two children, a son, Donn, and a
daughter, Janis.
Crilly answered the call of his nation by joining the United
States Army and serving with the Army, being honorably
discharged.
He was a Nebraska newspaper publisher for more
than 50 years. World War I was just over and he was riding a
train home to Riverton. Enroute he learned the banker he was
sitting beside had a newspaper to sell, which he purchased and
operated as the Campbell Citizen.
From his beginning in Campbell, Crilly owned and operated several small
newspapers in succession-The Bird City Eagle, The McCook Evening News and the
Wilbur Republican which he published 11 years. For nearly 35 years, he published
The Superior Express. While operating The Express, it grew from a community newspaper
to an area wide publication with more than 3,600 subscribers.
At the age of 75, he sold The Superior Express but continued
to write his weekly column, "Among Ourselves." In addition, he wrote and published
two novels, the first, "The Tinted Photograph," and his second, "The Night The Opera
House Burned."
In 1953 Crilly accepted an invitation to go to Europe as a member of the Press Corps to
view air-sea maneuvers. In 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Crilly toured Europe for five months, touring
every country except East Germany. In 1961, he was one of 100 publishers on an around the
world trip which included interviews with Chiang Kaishek, Prime Minister Neru and King
Hussein.
Crilly had been active in civic, fraternal and newspaper organizations; a member of the
Nebraska Press Association, past director of the association and past president of the
Southeast Nebraska Editorial Association; Master Mason of the York Rite Order of Masonry
and Tehama Shrine; Past High Priest, Tadmor Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Past
Illustrious Master of Damascus Council Royal and Select Masters; Superior American
Legion; World War I Barracks; lifetime member and past president of the Kiwanis Club;
Superior Country Club; the Superior Elks Lodge; the Superior Methodist Church;
and attended the monthly meetings of the South Platte United Chamber of Commerce.
Interested in soil conservation program in Nuckolls County and other areas, he advocated soil conservation and irrigation. He also played a vital part in the passage of the bond issues for the construction of the Nuckolls County Hospital and the Superior High School.
Survivors are his wife, Lenore; son, Donn Crilly M.D., San Leandro, Calif.; daughter,
Congresswoman Janis Meyers (Mrs. Louis "Dutch"), Overland Park, Kan.; three
grandchildren, Valerie and Phillip Meyers and Ryan Crilly; nieces and nephews; and many
other relatives.
The funeral was Tuesday at 10 a.m., in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev.
Jerry Heydenberk was the officiant. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Graveside Masonic rites were by Superior Lodge, No. 121, A.F.and A.M. Military honors
were by the VFW Post, No. 3355, and the American Legion St. Mihiel Post, No. 103.
The Williams Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Superior Express May 18, 1989.
From Who's Who in Nebraska:
CRILLY, HOWARD M: Publisher; b Riverton, Neb Sept 6, 1894; s of Hugh Crilly-Mary Caroline Merriott; ed Campbell HS; U of N; Bushnell Guild; m Lenore N Hazel Oct 21, 1921 Beatrice; s Donn H; d Janis L; 1919-20 owner & publisher Campbell Citizen; 1920-21 printer, Neb State Journal, Lincoln; 1921-22 opr & printer, Beatrice Express; 1922-23 owner & publisher Bird City Eagle, Bird City Kas; 1923-25 owner & publisher McCook Evening News; 1925-36 owner & publisher Wilber Republican; 1936- owner & publisher The Superior Express; during World War in hdqrs detachment 24th machine gun batt, 8th div; Amer Leg; NPA; Kiwanis; C of C; Superior Golf Club; Superior Rod & Gun Club; AF&AM 64; Rep; off 148 East 3rd; res 848 Washington, Superior.
Marsha Dillon
Crilly, died last Thursday at the Brodstone Memorial Nuckolls
County Hospital at the age of 94 years, 8 months and 5 days. He
was also the author of two novels.
The son of Hugh and Caroline Merriott Crilly, he was born
Sept. 6, 1894, on a farm near Riverton, in Franklin County,
Nebraska. He grew up in the Riverton community, attending
Campbell schools and graduating from Campbell High
School. He went on to continue his education by attending the
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and graduated from Peru
State College in 1918.
Oct. 21, 1921, he took Lenore Hagel as his wife. This union
was blessed with the birth of two children, a son, Donn, and a
daughter, Janis.
Crilly answered the call of his nation by joining the United
States Army and serving with the Army, being honorably
discharged.
He was a Nebraska newspaper publisher for more
than 50 years. World War I was just over and he was riding a
train home to Riverton. Enroute he learned the banker he was
sitting beside had a newspaper to sell, which he purchased and
operated as the Campbell Citizen.
From his beginning in Campbell, Crilly owned and operated several small
newspapers in succession-The Bird City Eagle, The McCook Evening News and the
Wilbur Republican which he published 11 years. For nearly 35 years, he published
The Superior Express. While operating The Express, it grew from a community newspaper
to an area wide publication with more than 3,600 subscribers.
At the age of 75, he sold The Superior Express but continued
to write his weekly column, "Among Ourselves." In addition, he wrote and published
two novels, the first, "The Tinted Photograph," and his second, "The Night The Opera
House Burned."
In 1953 Crilly accepted an invitation to go to Europe as a member of the Press Corps to
view air-sea maneuvers. In 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Crilly toured Europe for five months, touring
every country except East Germany. In 1961, he was one of 100 publishers on an around the
world trip which included interviews with Chiang Kaishek, Prime Minister Neru and King
Hussein.
Crilly had been active in civic, fraternal and newspaper organizations; a member of the
Nebraska Press Association, past director of the association and past president of the
Southeast Nebraska Editorial Association; Master Mason of the York Rite Order of Masonry
and Tehama Shrine; Past High Priest, Tadmor Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Past
Illustrious Master of Damascus Council Royal and Select Masters; Superior American
Legion; World War I Barracks; lifetime member and past president of the Kiwanis Club;
Superior Country Club; the Superior Elks Lodge; the Superior Methodist Church;
and attended the monthly meetings of the South Platte United Chamber of Commerce.
Interested in soil conservation program in Nuckolls County and other areas, he advocated soil conservation and irrigation. He also played a vital part in the passage of the bond issues for the construction of the Nuckolls County Hospital and the Superior High School.
Survivors are his wife, Lenore; son, Donn Crilly M.D., San Leandro, Calif.; daughter,
Congresswoman Janis Meyers (Mrs. Louis "Dutch"), Overland Park, Kan.; three
grandchildren, Valerie and Phillip Meyers and Ryan Crilly; nieces and nephews; and many
other relatives.
The funeral was Tuesday at 10 a.m., in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev.
Jerry Heydenberk was the officiant. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Graveside Masonic rites were by Superior Lodge, No. 121, A.F.and A.M. Military honors
were by the VFW Post, No. 3355, and the American Legion St. Mihiel Post, No. 103.
The Williams Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Superior Express May 18, 1989.
From Who's Who in Nebraska:
CRILLY, HOWARD M: Publisher; b Riverton, Neb Sept 6, 1894; s of Hugh Crilly-Mary Caroline Merriott; ed Campbell HS; U of N; Bushnell Guild; m Lenore N Hazel Oct 21, 1921 Beatrice; s Donn H; d Janis L; 1919-20 owner & publisher Campbell Citizen; 1920-21 printer, Neb State Journal, Lincoln; 1921-22 opr & printer, Beatrice Express; 1922-23 owner & publisher Bird City Eagle, Bird City Kas; 1923-25 owner & publisher McCook Evening News; 1925-36 owner & publisher Wilber Republican; 1936- owner & publisher The Superior Express; during World War in hdqrs detachment 24th machine gun batt, 8th div; Amer Leg; NPA; Kiwanis; C of C; Superior Golf Club; Superior Rod & Gun Club; AF&AM 64; Rep; off 148 East 3rd; res 848 Washington, Superior.
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