Kenneth (Ken) P Self of Gretna Nebraska Oct 10, 1952 – Dec 25, 2024.
Retired Marine & Retired Captain of the Omaha Fire Dept. Local Union 385, Survived by his wife Bonnie, children Colleen (Russ) Eddy, Jake (Ashley), Chelsea (George Tanguy) Self, Zach (Amanda), 6 grandchildren – Parker Eddy, Nora Eddy, Jet Self, Riker Self, Everly Self and Hadley Self – including the Omaha Fire Dept family of Brothers and Sisters serving the City of Omaha. He served on the Board of Directors on the Omaha Fire Dept Credit Union and was an active member of the American Legion in Gretna, Nebraska.
Ken, your legacy will go on and you will be missed.
You don’t just lose them once
No, you lose them over and over again.
A thousand times in a thousand different ways.
Every day.
Sometimes multiple times in a day.
It is a continuous never-ending cycle.
One you’ll have to endure with each reminder of their absence.
You will feel as if you’re traveling in two different directions.
Every second of every minute.
For each moment that passes.
You are crawling further and closer to them.
All at once.
And it takes a lot of courage to look forward to the future.
When you wish you could just go back to yesterday.
It gets lonely.
And you’re never really okay.
But that’s the reality of loss.
It cant be fixed.
Only carried.
We will Carry your Legacy and Memories forever Ken.