ARRANTS, JOHN AND ETHEL (NEUMEYER)
John J. Arrants was born to John B. Arrants and Elsie (Fiscus) Arrants Date-xxx, 1930 in Morrill County. He was the third of four children.
Ethel M. Neumeyer was born at Hyannis, Nebraska Date-xxx, 1930 to Perry and Ila (Shackelford) Neumeyer. Ethel started to school in south Hooker county, went to school one year in Mullen, then in various schools around the sandhills graduating from Sioux County High in 1950. Coming to Mullen and helping her father run the Jewel Diner until the fall of 1950 when she taught the Reigle school south of Mullen.
John and Ethel were married July 3, 1951 at Bridgeport, Neb. John was working for the Rex Ranch in Hooker County. In Sept. 1951 he was drafted into the Army. He took his basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. In November he was sent to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Ethel joined him there, giving up her teaching job. In April John was sent to Korea, Ethel returned to Bayard, Neb. where their son James Roy was born in October 1952. John returned home in August 1953. In September we went to work for E.C. Douglass seventeen miles south of Agate, Nebr. on the Douglas Ranch. Where our second child was born Ila Beryl. In March 1958 we moved to Mullen and operated the Jewel Diner due to the Death of Ethel's father Perry Neumeyer. We managed this for several years. Our third child was born Violet Irene. We moved to Burwell, Nebr. where we both worked at the hospital there. John got a better opportunity at the hospital in Kearney at the Good Samaritan Hospital in 1972 and Ethel went to work for Volkswagen of Kearney, Inc. as bookkeeper and office manager, where we have been ever since.
James Roy married Ginger Shewsberry and they have three children Shawn Marie, and twin boys Dustin Butler and Deaver James. Jim has a daughter by a previous marriage Corrie LeAnn. Ila lives in Kearney and works for Good Samaritan hospital as a receptionist and Kearney State College as a research assistant.
Violet married Robert K. Van Horn they have two boys, Seth William and Eric John. They also reside in Kearney. Robert is employed for a concrete Company. Violet is self employed.