Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Esslinger, Leora M. Barta April 16, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com April 26, 2011, 12:27 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald April 27, 2011 Leora M. Esslinger, 82, of Greeley, Colo., and formerly of Sterling, Colo., died April 16, 2011, at Bonell Good Samaritan in Greeley. Visitation was Tuesday, April 26, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, at Peace Lutheran Church with the Rev. Eugene Zeller officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery. She was born Oct. 15, 1928, in Sumner, to Mike G. and Eva E. (Warner) Barta.  On May 21, 1969, she married Elmer R. Esslinger in Hot Springs, S.D. She is survived by her daughters, Evia (Robert) Leverington of Kenneh, Mo., Darlene (Ronald) Hoagland of Greeley, and Bett (Dennis) Cumpston of Grand Island; sons, Richard (Helen) Burkey of Kearney, Fred (Shelia) Burkey and Steve (Jennifer) Burkey, all of Sterling; brothers, Donald Barta, Harmon Barta and Lloyd Barta, all of Lexington; sister, Dorothy Linder of Cozad; 15 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Esslinger was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Esslinger in 1982; sisters, Mildred Stiner, Martha Root, Edna Dewey and brothers, Chester, George, Ed, Frank and Francis Barta. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/e/esslinge704gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb