Elmer F. Dasenbrock, 81, of Grand Island died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at the Grand Island Veterans Home.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Joel Schroeder will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Dasenbrock was born on the family farm near Leigh to Henry and Anna (Jenny) Dasenbrock. He was educated at District 45 and District 20 and graduated from Liberty Consolidated High School in Madison County in 1936.
He entered the University of Nebraska in September 1941 and, because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, left school in January 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943.
He married Adeline Wilke on Dec 29, 1945, in Columbus. From 1946 until 1964, the couple lived on and operated the family farm, including 13 years of operating a Grade A dairy. In 1965, the couple moved to Hooper, and he was employed as a field man for the Hooper Cooperative.
He retired in 1982 and moved to Lincoln in 1983. In 1994, he moved to Grand Island and had been a resident of the Grand Island Veterans Home since May 2000.
He was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church and the American Legion in Wood River.
Surivors include four daughters and sons-in-law; 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Elaine Houfek of LaGrange, KY.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Herbert, Edmund and Maurice Dasenbrock; and two sisters, Irma Luchsinger and Estella Gee.
Edited to remove the names of his survivors.
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Second wife: Evelyn M. (Heye) Dasenbrock, married 17 August 1975 in Hastings, Nebraska.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Joel Schroeder will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Dasenbrock was born on the family farm near Leigh to Henry and Anna (Jenny) Dasenbrock. He was educated at District 45 and District 20 and graduated from Liberty Consolidated High School in Madison County in 1936.
He entered the University of Nebraska in September 1941 and, because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, left school in January 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943.
He married Adeline Wilke on Dec 29, 1945, in Columbus. From 1946 until 1964, the couple lived on and operated the family farm, including 13 years of operating a Grade A dairy. In 1965, the couple moved to Hooper, and he was employed as a field man for the Hooper Cooperative.
He retired in 1982 and moved to Lincoln in 1983. In 1994, he moved to Grand Island and had been a resident of the Grand Island Veterans Home since May 2000.
He was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church and the American Legion in Wood River.
Surivors include four daughters and sons-in-law; 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Elaine Houfek of LaGrange, KY.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Herbert, Edmund and Maurice Dasenbrock; and two sisters, Irma Luchsinger and Estella Gee.
Edited to remove the names of his survivors.
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Second wife: Evelyn M. (Heye) Dasenbrock, married 17 August 1975 in Hastings, Nebraska.
Elmer F. Dasenbrock, 81, of Grand Island died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at the Grand Island Veterans Home.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Joel Schroeder will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Dasenbrock was born on the family farm near Leigh to Henry and Anna (Jenny) Dasenbrock. He was educated at District 45 and District 20 and graduated from Liberty Consolidated High School in Madison County in 1936.
He entered the University of Nebraska in September 1941 and, because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, left school in January 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943.
He married Adeline Wilke on Dec 29, 1945, in Columbus. From 1946 until 1964, the couple lived on and operated the family farm, including 13 years of operating a Grade A dairy. In 1965, the couple moved to Hooper, and he was employed as a field man for the Hooper Cooperative.
He retired in 1982 and moved to Lincoln in 1983. In 1994, he moved to Grand Island and had been a resident of the Grand Island Veterans Home since May 2000.
He was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church and the American Legion in Wood River.
Surivors include four daughters and sons-in-law; 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Elaine Houfek of LaGrange, KY.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Herbert, Edmund and Maurice Dasenbrock; and two sisters, Irma Luchsinger and Estella Gee.
Edited to remove the names of his survivors.
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Second wife: Evelyn M. (Heye) Dasenbrock, married 17 August 1975 in Hastings, Nebraska.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Joel Schroeder will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Dasenbrock was born on the family farm near Leigh to Henry and Anna (Jenny) Dasenbrock. He was educated at District 45 and District 20 and graduated from Liberty Consolidated High School in Madison County in 1936.
He entered the University of Nebraska in September 1941 and, because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, left school in January 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943.
He married Adeline Wilke on Dec 29, 1945, in Columbus. From 1946 until 1964, the couple lived on and operated the family farm, including 13 years of operating a Grade A dairy. In 1965, the couple moved to Hooper, and he was employed as a field man for the Hooper Cooperative.
He retired in 1982 and moved to Lincoln in 1983. In 1994, he moved to Grand Island and had been a resident of the Grand Island Veterans Home since May 2000.
He was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church and the American Legion in Wood River.
Surivors include four daughters and sons-in-law; 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Elaine Houfek of LaGrange, KY.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Herbert, Edmund and Maurice Dasenbrock; and two sisters, Irma Luchsinger and Estella Gee.
Edited to remove the names of his survivors.
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Second wife: Evelyn M. (Heye) Dasenbrock, married 17 August 1975 in Hastings, Nebraska.
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