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                          ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                               FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
                   LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 25
Introduced by Wayne, 13; McKinney, 11.
       WHEREAS, Elmer Joseph Crumbley passed away on July 31, 2024; and WHEREAS, Elmer graduated from North High School in Omaha, Nebraska, in
1971; and WHEREAS, Elmer attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was the first African American to be admitted to the Innocents Society, and earned a master's degree in education administration; and WHEREAS, Elmer was an educator for Omaha Public Schools for over thirty-
four years, from 1975 to 2008; and WHEREAS, Elmer served in various roles for Omaha Public Schools including as principal at Beals Elementary School, Druid Hill Elementary School, and Skinner Elementary School; and WHEREAS, Elmer was a devoted teacher and mentor to his many students,
which included future leaders of Omaha; and WHEREAS, Elmer was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and served as the seventeenth Middle Western Province Polemarch; and WHEREAS, Elmer was an active member of his home parish, St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, where he worked on the parish's finance committee for many years, was a member of the morning fish fry crew during Lent, and led the rosary before mass every Sunday he could; and WHEREAS, Elmer is preceded in death by his parents, George and Helen Crumbley, his wife, Velma Lee Crumbley, his sisters, Barbara Jean, Sandra Peterson, Linda Daigre, and his brother, James Crumbley; and WHEREAS, Elmer is survived by his children, Jason Allen, Nicole Marie, and
D'onna Paige, his granddaughters, Tulip and Brooklyn, and six of his siblings,
George Crumbley, Wayne Crumbley, Sister Gayle Lwanga, Judy Gregory, Catherine
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Deleon, and Mary Crumbley; and WHEREAS,   Elmer also leaves many beloved cousins,   nieces,   nephews,
students, friends, and members of his church family to mourn his passing; and WHEREAS, words can hardly express the depth of the impact Elmer had on his community and all those around him; and WHEREAS, Elmer will be deeply missed by his family, friends, students, and community.
       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, FIRST SPECIAL SESSION:
       1. That the Legislature offers its condolences to the family, friends,
students, and community of Elmer Joseph Crumbley.
       2. That a copy of this resolution be sent to the family of Elmer Joseph Crumbley.
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