OSBURN, JIM D. AND MARY BELLE (JOHNSON)

by Mary Belle Osburn

Entry F322 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Jim Osburn Family, 1977. Standing- Cindy, Lynn. Front- Jay Dee, Mary Belle, Jim.

I, Mary Belle was born 1944 to
Richard A. Johnson and Lessie Belle (Boyer)
Johnson at the home of my grand-parents
Fielden S. and Mary Enice (James) Boyer in
Mullen, Nebr.

My earliest memories are of my Grand-
parents, Aunts and Uncles and the love I
received at their home which is still lived in
by Uncle and Aunt, Roy and Luceil Boyer. I
attended school in many different places but
most of my school years were spent in Mullen
and graduated from Mullen High in 1962.

On Sept. 15, 1963, I married Jim D.
Osburn, son of Ervy and Gladys (Breuklan-
der) Osburn of Valentine, Nebr. To this
union were born three children Lynn Kay,
Cindy Rae, and Jay Dee.

After working on road construction for a
number of years the Osburn's moved to
Valentine where Jim now works for U.P.S. I
was a homemaker while our children were
small and then in 1978 went to work as
bookkeeper for Keeley Implement until the
business closed due to the depressed farm
economic conditions. I now work for Lewis W.
Johnson C.P.A.

Lynn married Randy Graeff, son of Harold
and Bonnie Graeff of Valentine. They reside
in Valentine where Randy is employed by the
Nebraska Dept. of Roads.