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Elaine J. W. Bartling, age 91, of Fremont, formerly of Hooper,
died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Nye Pointe.
Elaine was born June 1st, 1933 at St. Joseph's Hospital in West Point, NE to Erwin and Leona (Stuckenschmidt) Jahnke. She attended Zion Bancroft District 28 Cuming County through 8th grade before graduating from West Point High. Elaine married Harvey Bartling on April 24, 1955, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pender. Elaine and Harvey were blessed with two sons, Russell and David. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hooper, NE, belonging to the Lutheran Laymen's League (LLL) and Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) holding various offices over the years. Elaine loved to sew and was a member of the Pots and Patches Extension Club for many years as well as the quilting group at Church.
Survivors: sons, Russell (Jennifer) Bartling of Fremont, David (Jill) Bartling of Hooper; grandchildren, Lindsay (Chris) Hunt of Austin, Texas, Brandon (Brandy) Bartling of Omaha; great-granddaughter, Noelle Hunt; sisters, Beverly Novak of Macy, Geraldine Crom of Decatur, Shirley (Gene) Mackey of Antigo, Wisconsin, Lina Rahn of Omaha, sister-in-laws, Vera Kuss of Elkhorn and Marilyn Bartling of Fremont, brother-in-law Lorin Woltemath, and many nieces and nephews.
Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harvey, brother, Lloyd Jahnke, sisters-in-law Marian Jahnke-Woltemath and Erma Stigge, brothers-in-law Donald Bartling, Charles Crom, Ronald Kuss, Sheldon Novak, and Wilbert Stigge.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at Immanuel Lutheran Church east of Winslow. Burial will follow in the Immanuel Cemetery. Visitation will be on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Ludvigsen's Hooper Funeral Chapel in Hooper. Memorials are suggested to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hooper, LCMS Mission Central (Mapleton, IA), or the Lutheran Hour.
Online guestbook at www.hooper-scribner.com
died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Nye Pointe.
Elaine was born June 1st, 1933 at St. Joseph's Hospital in West Point, NE to Erwin and Leona (Stuckenschmidt) Jahnke. She attended Zion Bancroft District 28 Cuming County through 8th grade before graduating from West Point High. Elaine married Harvey Bartling on April 24, 1955, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pender. Elaine and Harvey were blessed with two sons, Russell and David. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hooper, NE, belonging to the Lutheran Laymen's League (LLL) and Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) holding various offices over the years. Elaine loved to sew and was a member of the Pots and Patches Extension Club for many years as well as the quilting group at Church.
Survivors: sons, Russell (Jennifer) Bartling of Fremont, David (Jill) Bartling of Hooper; grandchildren, Lindsay (Chris) Hunt of Austin, Texas, Brandon (Brandy) Bartling of Omaha; great-granddaughter, Noelle Hunt; sisters, Beverly Novak of Macy, Geraldine Crom of Decatur, Shirley (Gene) Mackey of Antigo, Wisconsin, Lina Rahn of Omaha, sister-in-laws, Vera Kuss of Elkhorn and Marilyn Bartling of Fremont, brother-in-law Lorin Woltemath, and many nieces and nephews.
Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harvey, brother, Lloyd Jahnke, sisters-in-law Marian Jahnke-Woltemath and Erma Stigge, brothers-in-law Donald Bartling, Charles Crom, Ronald Kuss, Sheldon Novak, and Wilbert Stigge.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at Immanuel Lutheran Church east of Winslow. Burial will follow in the Immanuel Cemetery. Visitation will be on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Ludvigsen's Hooper Funeral Chapel in Hooper. Memorials are suggested to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hooper, LCMS Mission Central (Mapleton, IA), or the Lutheran Hour.
Online guestbook at www.hooper-scribner.com