Lester Lowell SutherlinLester Lowell Sutherlin, 85, passed away Dec. 21, 2019. Preceded in death by parents, Lester and Ruby Sutherlin; daughter Cindy Lu Spencer; and son-in-law Marty Phillips. Survived by daughters, Monica Phillips, and Lindy (Russell) Gillis; brother, Tommy Sutherlin; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials to the charity of your choice. Celebration of Life will be conducted at a later, unspecified date. Lowell was born April 6, 1934, in Warsaw and came to Omaha when he was 5 years old. He grew up in South Omaha and attended Omaha South High School. He married and was blessed with three daughters (Monica, Cindy and Lindy). Lowell worked at the Union Stockyards in South Omaha for 10 years before moving to Kirkland, Wash., in 1963. In Kirkland, he worked for a brief time at the Seattle Door Company, then 27 years at Puget Sound Power and Light as a storekeeper. He took great pride in his work and retired in 1992.
He lived out his remaining years in Kirkland enjoying his daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
