NORFOLK - Services for Richard H. Carstens, 75, of Norfolk will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites by American Legion Post 16 and VFW Post 1644. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Home for Funerals.
He died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the Norfolk Veterans Home.
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Richard Hans Carstens, son of Hans Christian and Irene (Myers) Carstens, was born Aug. 14, 1932, on a farm near Winside. Dick attended rural grade school and graduated from Winside High School in 1949.
He worked on Winside area farms until entering the United States Army on Dec. 8, 1952. Dick served in Korea until Oct. 28, 1954, earning the rank of sergeant. He was discharged from the XVI U.S. Army Corps Standby Reserves in December 1960.
Dick was united in marriage to June Vaught at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Norfolk on July 22, 1956. The couple farmed and raised their family near Winside. In 1984, he joined the maintenance staff at Shopko in Norfolk. Dick worked as maintenance supervisor until his retirement in 2001.
Dick was baptized and confirmed in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Winside. He was a member of St. Paul's for most of his life. He and June later joined Our Savior Lutheran Church in Norfolk. The last years of his life Dick was a resident of the Norfolk Veterans Home. Dick's greatest joy was spending time with June, the love of his life, and his family.
Holidays, birthdays and Sunday summer dinners spent with his family were always happy times. Dick was quick to help a neighbor and enjoyed visiting with friends at Winside Old Settlers and the Wayne County Fair. Attending the activities and milestones in his children lives were very special to him. Dick dearly loved his 10 grandchildren, and the time spent with them was precious to him.
Dick Carstens is survived by his wife June of Norfolk; sons Greg Carstens of Norfolk; Jeff and Mary Carstens, Eric and Emma of Wayne; Curt and Lisa Carstens, Sam of Osceola, Iowa; daughter Dawn and Ken Stephens, Derek and Allie of Hiawatha, Kan.; Joel and Mary Beth Carstens, Claire of Ewing, N.J.; David and Ann Carstens, Morgan, Chris, Leslie and Phillip of Meadow Grove; three brothers, Jack and Annette Carstens of Lincoln, Dean and Sharon Carstens of Norfolk, George and Barbara Carstens of Hoskins; two sisters, Mary and Bruce Otto of Lincoln, Nancy and Clark Bauer of Lincoln; brother in-law Harry Dohren of Wisner; sister-in-law Gloria Carstens of York; nieces and nephews.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Ethel Dohren and his brother LeRoy Carstens.
He died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the Norfolk Veterans Home.
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Richard Hans Carstens, son of Hans Christian and Irene (Myers) Carstens, was born Aug. 14, 1932, on a farm near Winside. Dick attended rural grade school and graduated from Winside High School in 1949.
He worked on Winside area farms until entering the United States Army on Dec. 8, 1952. Dick served in Korea until Oct. 28, 1954, earning the rank of sergeant. He was discharged from the XVI U.S. Army Corps Standby Reserves in December 1960.
Dick was united in marriage to June Vaught at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Norfolk on July 22, 1956. The couple farmed and raised their family near Winside. In 1984, he joined the maintenance staff at Shopko in Norfolk. Dick worked as maintenance supervisor until his retirement in 2001.
Dick was baptized and confirmed in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Winside. He was a member of St. Paul's for most of his life. He and June later joined Our Savior Lutheran Church in Norfolk. The last years of his life Dick was a resident of the Norfolk Veterans Home. Dick's greatest joy was spending time with June, the love of his life, and his family.
Holidays, birthdays and Sunday summer dinners spent with his family were always happy times. Dick was quick to help a neighbor and enjoyed visiting with friends at Winside Old Settlers and the Wayne County Fair. Attending the activities and milestones in his children lives were very special to him. Dick dearly loved his 10 grandchildren, and the time spent with them was precious to him.
Dick Carstens is survived by his wife June of Norfolk; sons Greg Carstens of Norfolk; Jeff and Mary Carstens, Eric and Emma of Wayne; Curt and Lisa Carstens, Sam of Osceola, Iowa; daughter Dawn and Ken Stephens, Derek and Allie of Hiawatha, Kan.; Joel and Mary Beth Carstens, Claire of Ewing, N.J.; David and Ann Carstens, Morgan, Chris, Leslie and Phillip of Meadow Grove; three brothers, Jack and Annette Carstens of Lincoln, Dean and Sharon Carstens of Norfolk, George and Barbara Carstens of Hoskins; two sisters, Mary and Bruce Otto of Lincoln, Nancy and Clark Bauer of Lincoln; brother in-law Harry Dohren of Wisner; sister-in-law Gloria Carstens of York; nieces and nephews.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Ethel Dohren and his brother LeRoy Carstens.
NORFOLK - Services for Richard H. Carstens, 75, of Norfolk will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites by American Legion Post 16 and VFW Post 1644. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Home for Funerals.
He died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the Norfolk Veterans Home.
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Richard Hans Carstens, son of Hans Christian and Irene (Myers) Carstens, was born Aug. 14, 1932, on a farm near Winside. Dick attended rural grade school and graduated from Winside High School in 1949.
He worked on Winside area farms until entering the United States Army on Dec. 8, 1952. Dick served in Korea until Oct. 28, 1954, earning the rank of sergeant. He was discharged from the XVI U.S. Army Corps Standby Reserves in December 1960.
Dick was united in marriage to June Vaught at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Norfolk on July 22, 1956. The couple farmed and raised their family near Winside. In 1984, he joined the maintenance staff at Shopko in Norfolk. Dick worked as maintenance supervisor until his retirement in 2001.
Dick was baptized and confirmed in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Winside. He was a member of St. Paul's for most of his life. He and June later joined Our Savior Lutheran Church in Norfolk. The last years of his life Dick was a resident of the Norfolk Veterans Home. Dick's greatest joy was spending time with June, the love of his life, and his family.
Holidays, birthdays and Sunday summer dinners spent with his family were always happy times. Dick was quick to help a neighbor and enjoyed visiting with friends at Winside Old Settlers and the Wayne County Fair. Attending the activities and milestones in his children lives were very special to him. Dick dearly loved his 10 grandchildren, and the time spent with them was precious to him.
Dick Carstens is survived by his wife June of Norfolk; sons Greg Carstens of Norfolk; Jeff and Mary Carstens, Eric and Emma of Wayne; Curt and Lisa Carstens, Sam of Osceola, Iowa; daughter Dawn and Ken Stephens, Derek and Allie of Hiawatha, Kan.; Joel and Mary Beth Carstens, Claire of Ewing, N.J.; David and Ann Carstens, Morgan, Chris, Leslie and Phillip of Meadow Grove; three brothers, Jack and Annette Carstens of Lincoln, Dean and Sharon Carstens of Norfolk, George and Barbara Carstens of Hoskins; two sisters, Mary and Bruce Otto of Lincoln, Nancy and Clark Bauer of Lincoln; brother in-law Harry Dohren of Wisner; sister-in-law Gloria Carstens of York; nieces and nephews.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Ethel Dohren and his brother LeRoy Carstens.
He died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the Norfolk Veterans Home.
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Richard Hans Carstens, son of Hans Christian and Irene (Myers) Carstens, was born Aug. 14, 1932, on a farm near Winside. Dick attended rural grade school and graduated from Winside High School in 1949.
He worked on Winside area farms until entering the United States Army on Dec. 8, 1952. Dick served in Korea until Oct. 28, 1954, earning the rank of sergeant. He was discharged from the XVI U.S. Army Corps Standby Reserves in December 1960.
Dick was united in marriage to June Vaught at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Norfolk on July 22, 1956. The couple farmed and raised their family near Winside. In 1984, he joined the maintenance staff at Shopko in Norfolk. Dick worked as maintenance supervisor until his retirement in 2001.
Dick was baptized and confirmed in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Winside. He was a member of St. Paul's for most of his life. He and June later joined Our Savior Lutheran Church in Norfolk. The last years of his life Dick was a resident of the Norfolk Veterans Home. Dick's greatest joy was spending time with June, the love of his life, and his family.
Holidays, birthdays and Sunday summer dinners spent with his family were always happy times. Dick was quick to help a neighbor and enjoyed visiting with friends at Winside Old Settlers and the Wayne County Fair. Attending the activities and milestones in his children lives were very special to him. Dick dearly loved his 10 grandchildren, and the time spent with them was precious to him.
Dick Carstens is survived by his wife June of Norfolk; sons Greg Carstens of Norfolk; Jeff and Mary Carstens, Eric and Emma of Wayne; Curt and Lisa Carstens, Sam of Osceola, Iowa; daughter Dawn and Ken Stephens, Derek and Allie of Hiawatha, Kan.; Joel and Mary Beth Carstens, Claire of Ewing, N.J.; David and Ann Carstens, Morgan, Chris, Leslie and Phillip of Meadow Grove; three brothers, Jack and Annette Carstens of Lincoln, Dean and Sharon Carstens of Norfolk, George and Barbara Carstens of Hoskins; two sisters, Mary and Bruce Otto of Lincoln, Nancy and Clark Bauer of Lincoln; brother in-law Harry Dohren of Wisner; sister-in-law Gloria Carstens of York; nieces and nephews.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Ethel Dohren and his brother LeRoy Carstens.
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