The Lincoln Police Department said Kevin Clements, 59, died when the chimney fell through the home after being hit by the tree branch.
Watch now: One person killed when tree falls on home in Country Club Neighborhood, LFR says
The Nebraska State Fair has granted a liquor walk permit for the 2022 event
Debris landed on Clements, who was inside, Lincoln Fire and Rescue Chief Michael Smith said Thursday. Clements was pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency crews responded to the 2700 block of Manse Avenue at about 1:10 p.m. On Friday, Mike Murman choked up when talking about Clements, with whom he has worked for several years. Murman, who founded Pen-Link, hired Clements in the late 1980s when the company, which provides communications, surveillance and other software to law enforcement and military customers, was just getting started. When Murman retired and left the company in 2013, Clements was vice president and one of the company’s top executives.
People also read…
He recalled that Clements on Friday was excellent at marketing and writing proposals for many of the government contracts the company sought, as well as being a very hard worker. “He liked to be in the office all night if that was necessary,” Murman said.
Dog dies after intentional poisoning, Lincoln police say
The two didn’t hang out much outside of work, but Clements reached out to Murman earlier this year when he retired from the company and invited him to a retirement party. That party never happened because of the spike in COVID-19 cases at the time, but Moorman said he was able to see Clements a few weeks ago at a celebration of Pen-Link’s 35th anniversary. “In retrospect, that was something special,” he said. Clements was also active in the trapshooting community and served on committees in Lincoln’s Izaak Walton League. Murman said the accident that killed Clements is an event that “kind of shows people that you have to live every day like it’s your last.” Crews from LPD, Lincoln Electric System and members of Nebraska Task Force One’s urban search and rescue team assisted at the scene.
Top Journal Star photos for June
Top Journal Star photos for June
Members of a pride color guard perform their routine during the second Star City Pride Parade at the Capitol on Saturday, June 18, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Campers participate in drills during Nebraska football camp Friday, June 17, 2022, at Memorial Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star JAIDEN’S TRIP Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Jake Owen plays with his band during a show at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park on Thursday, June 16, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Nebraska freshman guard Kalyn Hake gets a high five from head women’s basketball coach Amy Williams during practice Thursday, June 15, 2022, at Hendricks Training Complex. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Former Husker Jordan Larson demonstrates during a volleyball camp, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Kinetic Sports Complex. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Trent Claus, VFX supervisor and collector of animation art, reminisces with some of his art on a couch watching Saturday morning cartoons at the Eisentrager/Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the UNL campus on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA , Star Magazine KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Daniel Bartek lies by the waters of Holmes Lake after a long day of work on Friday, June 10, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Top Journal Star photos for June
Carpet Land’s Caden Cetak (left) slides for home as Judds Brothers’ Chase Blanchard tags him during the annual Mike Peterson/Coach K Legion tournament championship game Sunday, June 11, 2022, at Den Hartog Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star …
