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Leota Martha Marie Hagerbaumer was born to Charles and Marie (Niebuhr) Geisler on September 9, 1917 in rural Winslow, Nebraska. She graduated from Hooper High School in 1935. She married Melvin "Shorty" Hagerbaumer on April 17, 1938 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Winslow. They farmed east of Winslow until they moved to Hooper in 1976. She moved to Fremont in 2009 and had been residing at Shalimar Gardens.
She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Hooper where she was active in Bible Study, served on the Banner Committee and held various offices in Ladies Aid. She volunteered at the Hooper Care Center, loved tending to her plants and beautiful pots of flowers and always enjoyed playing a good game of cards.
Survivors include: a daughter, Virginia (and husband Gary) Meyer of Hooper; grand-daughter, Kim (and husband Karl) Engdahl of Fremont, and grandson Kirt Moseman of Sheldon, Iowa. Great-grandchildren: Brandon Engdahl (and girlfriend Kiley Johnson) of Fremont, Brooke (and husband Matt) Lunneborg of Minneapolis, MN, and Mason Randall; sister-law, Edith Geisler of Clinton Township, MI.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Melvin; two brothers, Erwin and Alois Geisler.
The funeral will be 10:30 A.M. Friday September 10, 2010 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hooper. The Rev. Bruce Schut will officiate. Burial will follow in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery east of Winslow. Memorials are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church. Visitation will be at Ludvigsen's Hooper Funeral Chapel on Thursday September 9 from 3pm to 8pm with the family receiving friends from 5pm to 7pm.
Ludvigsen's Hooper Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements
Online guestbook at www.hooper-scribner.com
She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Hooper where she was active in Bible Study, served on the Banner Committee and held various offices in Ladies Aid. She volunteered at the Hooper Care Center, loved tending to her plants and beautiful pots of flowers and always enjoyed playing a good game of cards.
Survivors include: a daughter, Virginia (and husband Gary) Meyer of Hooper; grand-daughter, Kim (and husband Karl) Engdahl of Fremont, and grandson Kirt Moseman of Sheldon, Iowa. Great-grandchildren: Brandon Engdahl (and girlfriend Kiley Johnson) of Fremont, Brooke (and husband Matt) Lunneborg of Minneapolis, MN, and Mason Randall; sister-law, Edith Geisler of Clinton Township, MI.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Melvin; two brothers, Erwin and Alois Geisler.
The funeral will be 10:30 A.M. Friday September 10, 2010 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hooper. The Rev. Bruce Schut will officiate. Burial will follow in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery east of Winslow. Memorials are suggested to St. John's Lutheran Church. Visitation will be at Ludvigsen's Hooper Funeral Chapel on Thursday September 9 from 3pm to 8pm with the family receiving friends from 5pm to 7pm.
Ludvigsen's Hooper Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements
Online guestbook at www.hooper-scribner.com