Thomas Edward Percival

1919 - 2013  (93 years)

• Name	Thomas Edward Percival  [1]
  Birth	29 Sep 1919	McCook, Red Willow, Nebraska   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Mar 2013	Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska   [4, 5]
  Burial	Calvary Cemetery, Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska   [4]
  Person ID	I67014	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Alexander Percival,   b. 1 Nov 1885, Harefield, Middlesex, England d. Sep 1976 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Fannie Louise Biddlecom,   b. 4 Mar 1886, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois d. Sep 1982 (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1913	Havelock, Lancaster, Nebraska   [1, 3, 6]
  	The Lincoln Daily Star October 16, 1913 The marriage of Miss Fannie Biddlecom to Thomas A. Percival took pla ce at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Biddlecom.
  Family ID	F31284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Eileen O'Keefe,   b. 19 Jun 1922, Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska d. 9 Aug 2010, Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1943	Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska   [7]
  Children	1. Ned Percival   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F31352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Bates-Gould Funeral Home Thomas Edward (Ted) Percival, 93, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Highland Park Care Center. He was born September 29, 1919 in McCook, Nebraska to Thomas Alexander and Fannie (Biddlecomb) Percival. He grew up in Denver, Colorado and attended East Denver High School. He won the Colorado State Champion Wrestling Tournament two consecutive years. On August 16, 1943 he was united in marriage to Ellen Eileen O'Keefe in Alliance, Nebraska. He was inducted into the Army Air Corp at Sheppard Field near Wichita Falls, TX on August 30, 1943 and was separated on December 13, 1945 at Lowry Field in Denver. Ted worked for the Denver Rio Grande Railroad, Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Burlington Northern Railroad for total of 46 years retiring in 1982. Ted enjoyed fishing, pheasant hunting, gardening and was a skilled wood worker. He also refereed high school and college wrestling and high school football. His favorite activity was raising racing pigeons, which was an interest shared with his twin brother throughout both their lives. He was a member of Holy Rosary Parish, Alliance American Legion and the Colorado Homing Pigeon Club. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, his sister, Louise Murray and his identical twin brother, James Percival. He is survived by his children Tom Percival (Maureen) of Fairview TX, Jane Kelly (Ronald) of Alliance NE, Helen Dafney (Michael) of Alliance NE, Ned Percival (Ramsey MN), and Kay Hanf (Ted) of Las Vegas NV; his grandchildren Kim, Chrissa, Tommy, Rochelle, Anne, Joan, Nicholas, Adrianne, Dana, Erin, Lana, Drew, Mackenzie, Morgan, Chloe and Camryn; 20 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S31560] 1920 census, Nebraska, Willow Grove county. [S35278] Naturalization papers for Thomas Alexander Percival. [S54668] Cemetery index, Calvary Cemetery, Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, (Find-a-Grave). [S54670] Obituary, Bates-Gould Funeral Home, Thomas Edward Percival. [S28116] Marriage announcement, The Lincoln Daily Star, Thomas A. Percival and Fannie Biddlecom, (October 16, 1913). [S54669] Obituary, Bates-Gould Funeral Home, Ellen Eileen Percival.