CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Benjamin Louis Pinkelman

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HARTINGTON - Benjamin Pinkelman, 19, died March 3,1999, southwest of 
Randolph, in a motor vehicle accident.

Visitation was March 5, 1999, at the Wintz Funeral Home, Coleridge. A 
vigil service was held later that evening at St. Michael's Catholic 
Church, Coleridge.

Funeral services were held March 6, 1999, at Holy Trinity Catholic 
church, Hartington, with Rev. Stan Schmit officiating.

Burial was in St. Michael's Cemetery, Coleridge.

Pallbearers were Richard Rickett, Dennis Naslund, Jeremy Johnson, Todd 
Pinkelman, Troy Pinkelman and Jeff Schmidt.

Benjamin was born Nov 1979, to Keevin L. and Lorraine J. (Stanley) Pinkelman 
in Yankton, S.D. 

He grew up ten miles west of Coleridge and graduated from Coleridge High 
School in 1998. 

He was a member of the Coleridge High School Football Championship Team.
He was a member of the choraleers while in high school.

Ben was a member of 4-H and was attending Northeast Technical Community 
College in Norfolk, majoring in diesel mechanics.

Survivors include: his parents: Keevin and Lorraine Pinkelman, Hartington; 
three brothers and spouse; Jason and Jennifer Pinkelman, Hartington; Josh 
Pinkelman, Lincoln; Luke Pinkelman, Hartington; Leah Pinkelman, Hartington; 
and Sheila Pinkelman, Hartington; maternal grandmother, Rita Stanley, South 
Sioux City; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Dale Stanley; paternal 
grandparents Louis and Margaret Pinkelman.

 

Wednesday, March 10, 1999-CEDAR COUNTY NEWS