Eldon Howard Rhodig

Eldon Howard RHODIG, was born the first son of two children



of Ora Leonard RHODIG (1905-1969) and Helen Florence HAYES (1907-1985), on



October 12, 1930 on a farm north of Norton County, Kansas. Eldon was baptized in the Methodist Church of



Alma, NE in 1952 and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church of Omaha, NE in 1958.



He attended first and second grade in



Frontier and Buffalo Schools in Kansas, third and fourth grade in Alemena, KS, fifth



grade at Bloomington, NE, sixth grade at Grand Island, NE , seventh and eighth



at Alma, NE and graduating from Alma High School in 1948. He participated in football, basketball,



track and two years of boxing. After



graduating, he worked for Roy Hogeland Painting, painting bridges all over the



state of Nebraska and hauling cattle into Omaha.















February 1952, Eldon Rhodig was inducted into the U.S. Army



training at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He served



with Company L, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division and



arrived in Korea on August 14. During



his service, Private First Class Rhodig is cited for heroism in against an



armed enemy near Taebanggok, Korea on Dec 2, 1952 receiving the Combat Infantry



Badge and The Bronze Star with a"V", device for heroic achievement in



connection with military operations against an armed enemy. He was honorably discharged from Camp



Atterbury, Indiana in November 1953. Eldon



enrolled at Milford Trade School in the Body and Fender Department and



graduated. He was employed with Hulac Chevrolet



Company from 1954 -1960, Allstate Insurance Company as an adjustor for 31



years, 1960-1991. Upon retiring he



continued to work on cars restoring two Model T's and assortment of small



engines. Eldon was a charter member of Atonement



Lutheran church and the American Legion Post #1, V. F. W. Post 2503 of Omaha.















He was united in marriage to Phyllis Marie Seybold Golter on



August 21, 1954 in Lincoln, NE and moved to Omaha, NE. Eldon was preceded in death by his parents, Ora



and Helen Rhodig and son, Allen Leroy Rhodig, grandson, Ethan Anderson Rhodig. He



is survived by his wife, Phyllis; brother, DeWayne(Lorene) Rhodig; son, Brian (Laura) Rhodig; grandchildren,



Joshua, Jacob, Benjamin, Nicholas and great grandson, Carter; brother, DeWayne (Maxine) Rhodig; nieces and nephews.