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Stanley William Linnertz ( Missoula 1961 )

posted: Mar 21, 2017

Stan, 81, died March 20, 2017, in Loveland, Colorado. He was born April 1, 1935, in Minot, ND. He attended Minot State Teacher's College. Stan had a career that included railroad brakeman, smokejumper, military photographer and Lincoln (NE) radio personality covering the Husker football teams of both Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne.

He was President of the Nebraska Broadcasters Assoc. and the Nebraska Pork Producers, a member of the Lincoln Board of Education, a driver for Berthoud Rural Alternative for Transportation, a participant in the NSA Trails Program and active in Truckers Against Trafficking programs. Stan jumped at Missoula in 1961 and was an NSA Life Member.