Dwight Kendall Pruss, 71, born December 24, 1950 in Alamosa, CO to Carl and Evelyn (Hof) Pruss, ran into the arms of Jesus on Jan 14, 2022, surrounded by his daughters. Dwight married Deanne Heidemann June 5, 1970 and they brought his 3 girls, the delights of his life, into this marriage. Dwight started his career in law enforcement with Denver Police Dept in 1970. The family then relocated to Potter, NE in 1978 & Dwight worked for his father-in-law in haying and hauling, then starting his own business shortly after. In the early 80’s he began working as a motor grader operator north of Potter, for Cheyenne County. He greatly enjoyed this job and the families he got to know on his route.
Following his divorce, Dwight then went back into law enforcement in 1993 working for Sidney PD as a Sargent. In 2001 he relocated to Chappell and worked for Deuel Co. Sheriff’s Dept until his retirement in 2009. Dwight will be infamously remembered for mentoring so many youth and young adults in his time of law enforcement. He had an abundant heart, was happy and always wanted to share how Jesus was his Savior and King. Other hobbies and highlights were guns, trains, cars, hunting and fishing. Dwight was always tinkering and was a scholar of so much useless information – he read and studied anything.
He left this life so quickly and unexpectedly leaving a void in the lives of his family and friends. He will be greatly missed, but he is living his best life with Jesus.
Dwight leaves behind his 3 daughters, Victoria (Steven) Stickley of Wichita, KS, Christina Pruss of Tulsa, OK, Kimberly (Jason) Nacke of Lincoln, NE. He had 6 grandchildren he loved very much. Ashley (Justin) Walls, Austin Stickley, Skylar Stickley, Ethan Stickley, McKenna Stickley, and Conner Nacke. He also leaves behind his sweet dog, Daphne.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Dennis Pruss.
By his request, celebration of life will be this Summer in southern Colorado with family where Dwight spent the happiest years of his childhood.
Dwight my dear friend, fly high!! You will be so missed here but we will meet again my friend!!
Especially to Kim; My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Cherish the good memories!
So sorry to hear this…Dwight was a good man
I was the secretary in the deuel county sheriff office during the time your dad was a deputy. He was a tremendous asset to the department and a great investigator plus a good friend to me and someone I looked forward to working with. I called him on his birthday and he was so excited to be near his girls and grandkids. He told me now he wouldn’t miss any event that his grandson in Lincoln was involved in. I send my sympathy to you all.
Your father Officer Pruss was 1 in a million and I will miss him dearly. He was a GREAT MAN… Fly high and we will meet again.
Love ya
Dwight, you will be greatly missed. Prayers and hugs to the family. Dwight was a great friend of many years. God Bless and see you in heaven my friend 🙏 ❤️
Thinking of all of you and lots of prayers and thoughts God Bless and Dwight you will be missed
Dwight your are an amazing person.. I will never forget our Sunday BBQ and on my Birthday when you were eating the green ice cream I looked up at you and you had a green mustache and mouth we had a good laugh about that.. We will never for get you!! Until we meet again RIP..
My condolences and love and hugs to you all your dad was such an amazing man! When I was younger he was my next door neighbor and I ended up getting into some trouble and he was one of the first people to help me go down a different path, I looked up to him so much and had tremendous amount of respect for that man! RIP Pruss until we meet again friend.
Dear Kim & Family, we were so sorry to hear about the loss of your dad. He was a great guy! The last time I had the pleasure of visiting with him he stopped me on a dark highway south of Oshkosh because I had a headlight out after hitting a dear. I was so pleasantly surprised to see it was your dad. We had a nice conversation before I headed home. He was always a gentleman.