David E. Escritt, son of G. W. and Edythe Escritt, was born in 1920 and graduated from Neligh High School in 1939.  He was inducted into the Army on June 25, 1942 and was assigned to the 89th Division, 342nd Field Artillery.  He attended Military Police and Intelligence School and was transferred to the 448th MP Company in Iceland in 1945.  He returned to the US later that year and was discharged on December 6, 1945.  He married Aurelia Sheldon and returned to Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He worked as a farm hand and mechanic until 1952 when he enrolled at Kearney State College, graduating in 1955.  He taught school for 10 years in Nebraska and then moved to Iowa.  He had to have eye surgery and then worked as a Diesel mechanic and equipment repairman until his retirement in 1974.  They were the parents of eight children.