Loren Paul Entz of Brownville, NE
passed away unexpectedly from heart failure on August 9
Born August 29, 1949, in Newton,
Kansas, Loren had a keen love for both art and nature from an early
age. During breaks from busy farm and ranch life, he could often be
found drawing in the fields or forests. Many an hour was spent simply
observing nature, especially before a storm when wildlife was the
most active. In elementary school, he filled his school books with
drawings and quickly became known as the ?school artist.? In high
school, he nurtured his love of art through the Famous Artists
Correspondence School, which he highly
Upon leaving his childhood home, he
worked as a Montana ranch hand by day and artist by night, until
becoming a full-time artist in 1981. In 1992, he was honored to be
elected into the Cowboy Artists of America, a prestigious
organization of artists that has greatly influenced the landscape of
contemporary Western realism. Throughout his life, he was honored
with numerous awards, including the coveted Robert Lougheed Memorial
Award at the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition, which is voted
on by participating artists. His work has been featured in several
magazines, including Western Horseman and Art of the West. He has
artwork in the permanent collections of The Montana State Historical
Society in Helena, Montana, the Booth Western Art Museum in
Cartersville, Georgia, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in
Cody, Wyoming. He was so inspired by many artists and mentors, and in
turn touched many, many lives through gracious mentorship and
friendship. Far beyond his love of art, Loren had a deep love for his
family, for ?mountains, trees, and streams wild, unspoiled nature,?
(in his words), and for Jesus. He often spoke of these things, and
also of being ready for what lay beyond this life. He valued his many
friends, too numerous to be counted, and he would often talk about
the far-away people who meant a lot to him. He cherished time with
his friends in Brownville, Nebraska, and could often be found
shooting the breeze with the fine folks of Nemaha County. On any
given day you could find Loren in his garden, planting trees,
bringing his family produce and flowers, and his grandkids bugs and
butterflies to draw, tending Audubon bluebird nesting boxes,
planning, building, improving, dreaming, drawing inventions and
contraptions, or cracking someone up with his wild card humor in
freshly written poems and sketched cartoons. Other times he would be
found reading his Bible, staying to be the last remaining helper for
someone in need, seeing the good in others, traveling far and wide on
roads less traveled, and passing on stories about the people he met
along the way. His heart was humble and tender, and in many ways as
immense, wild, free, and creative as the nature he loved. His
unconcern with fitting in with crowds made him both incredibly
genuine in his care for others, and often a goofball. These qualities
were cherished by so many he met along the way. Over the course of
his life, he learned to turn sadness and loss into positive, inspired
thinking. At these moments, he would guide us with gentleness,
compassion, and humor, and encourage us to show love and appreciation
for each other and for those we meet along the way. He is survived by
his daughters, Rebecca Timmerman and Janene Bolt, Son-in-laws Jeffrey
Timmerman and Daniel Bolt, granddaughters Elise & Mae Timmerman
and Maggie & Eleanor Bolt, Previous Wife and lifelong friend
Christine Entz, Brothers Marvin Entz and John Entz, many nieces,
nephews and cousins, and many more lives too numerous be counted.
Thank you all for what you meant to him. VISITATION: 11:30 AM 1:30
PM, Saturday, August 20, 2022 FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 PM Saturday,
August 20, 2022 Hemmingsen Funeral Home, 801 ?S? Street, Auburn,
NE 68305 In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to ?Loren Entz
Memorial Scholarship?, c/o Peru State College Art Department, P.O.
Box 10, Peru, NE 68421-0010.
