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Esther Louise Marjorie Meyer Stehl

Birth	:	3 Dec 1913 Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	5 Feb 2013 Bertrand, Phelps County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Smithfield, Gosper County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5667500, -99.6800000
Description	:	Esther Louise Marjorie (Meyer) Stehl, 99 years of age, of Bertrand, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Bertrand Nursing Home - Assisted Living. Esther was born December 3, 1913 on a farm in Phillips County, Kansas near Phillipsburg, the eldest of five children born to Herman A. and Mary M. (Schroeder) Meyer. Esther was baptized on December 17, 1913 in Kansas at the German Lutheran Church. The family moved to the Smithfield area in 1919, when Esther was six years of age. Esther received her education from the Tracyville School District #20 in rural Gosper County... Read More	Esther Louise Marjorie (Meyer) Stehl, 99 years of age, of Bertrand, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Bertrand Nursing Home - Assisted Living. Esther was born December 3, 1913 on a farm in Phillips County, Kansas near Phillipsburg, the eldest of five children born to Herman A. and Mary M. (Schroeder) Meyer. Esther was baptized on December 17, 1913 in Kansas at the German Lutheran Church. The family moved to the Smithfield area in 1919, when Esther was six years of age. Esther received her education from the Tracyville School District #20 in rural Gosper County through the 8th grade. Esther stayed at home and did domestic housework and child care for the neighborhood and church families. Esther was united in marriage to Harold W. Stehl on February 19, 1936 at the Hope Lutheran Church by Esther's uncle, Pastor Streetz. The couple engaged in farming southwest of Bertrand for a year. Later moving southeast of Bertrand for seven years, where they continued farming. To this union three children were born: Gloria Gaye, Karen Kaye and Ralph Harold. In 1944, the family moved two miles west of Loomis, where Esther was a devoted wife and mother and helped with all the chores and farming. With the children grown and gone they moved to Bertrand in 1965. On June 25, 1973 she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold. Esther was very active in her church and community with volunteer work. She served Bethphage Mission in Axtell, made many quilts for the nursing home to sell and pieced many, many quilts for church distribution. She also enjoyed quilting for the Senior Center. Esther also loved following her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's school activities, even attending some state competitions in wrestling. Esther was a great "clipper" and picture collector for the family. Besides her husband, Harold, Esther was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Darwyn Samuelson; son-in-law, Lowell Nelson; grandson-in-law, Bill Elliott; sister, Olga Meyer; and brothers: Adelbert Meyer and wife, Susie, Walter Meyer and Martin Meyer. Esther leaves to mourn her passing: daughters, Gloria Nelson of Bertrand, Karen Samuelson and her husband, Darryl of Loomis; son, Ralph Stehl and his wife, Barb of Bertrand; sister-in-law, Mildred Meyer of Bertrand; 10 grandchildren: Melodee Nelson of Aurora, CO, Monica Nedler and her husband, Michael of Denver, CO, Merry Rybolt of Aurora, CO, Blake Nelson and his wife, Andrea of Littleton, CO, Darren Samuelson and his wife, Marlynn of Bertrand, Denise Laird and her husband, Steve of Funk, Nebraska, DeAnna Bartruff of Loomis, Darla Knoble and her husband, Gary of Funk, Brenda Johnson and her husband, Jerry of Bertrand, and Bretta Lund and her husband, Scott of Bertrand; 21 great-grandchildren; 3 great great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. Interment was in the Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Gosper County, Nebraska. Published in Kearney Hub on February 5, 2013

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Esther Louise Marjorie Meyer Stehl death on 5 Feb 2013 in Bertrand, Phelps County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.5667500
Longitude: -99.6800000

Family Members:

Parent

Herman Adolph Meyer

(1879 - 1958)

Mary M. Schroeder Meyer

(1886 - 1967)

Spouse

Harold W. Stehl

(1915 - 1973)

Siblings

(1916 - 2005)

(1918 - 2009)

(1921 - 2013)

(1925 - 1989)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hope Lutheran Cemetery
Smithfield, Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5667500, -99.6800000

2. Keely Cemetery
Smithfield, Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5727500, -99.6563500

3. Immanuel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5682983, -99.6283035

4. Highland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5194016, -99.6430969

5. Yoder Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4957000, -99.6845500

6. Sandstrom Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5983009, -99.5661011

7. Adullam Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6265000, -99.5856000

8. Robb Cemetery
Smithfield, Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6710691, -99.6996001

9. Quakerville Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6189003, -99.8097000

10. Fairfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4672012, -99.7549973

11. Plum Creek Massacre Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6726840, -99.6058220

12. Elwood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5999300, -99.8397300

13. Loomis Cemetery
Loomis, Phelps County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4801860, -99.5128300

14. Platte Valley Cemetery
Phelps County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6425018, -99.5028000

15. Shaw Cemetery
Phelps County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4303017, -99.5781021

16. Zion Cemetery
Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4085999, -99.7005997

17. Homerville Cemetery
Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4668999, -99.8593979

18. Williamsburg Cemetery
Phelps County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6490290, -99.4543150

19. McGuire Cemetery
Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4380989, -99.8664017

20. Moses Hill Cemetery
Loomis, Phelps County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5104490, -99.4388600

21. Evergreen Cemetery
Lexington, Dawson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7639008, -99.6791992

22. Overton Cemetery
Overton, Dawson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7317009, -99.5222015

23. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Elwood, Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4206500, -99.8672000

24. Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Gosper County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4664001, -99.9250031