Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Karlberg, Leland V. January 3, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Jan. 6, 2010
Leland V. Karlberg, 88, of Lexington, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at Plum Creek 
Care Center in Lexington.

Funeral Services will be Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the United 
Church of Sumner-East Campus with Pastor Ken Hutson officiating. 

Burial will be at the Jewell Cemetery at Sumner with Military Honors by 
American Legion John Lloyd Post No. 41 of Sumner.  

There will be no visitation.  The casket will be open at the church one hour 
prior to service time. 
 
He was born July 13, 1921, on the family farm south of Sumner to Gust and Anna 
(Carlson) Karlberg.  As a young man he accepted Christ as his personal 
Savior.  He graduated from Sumner High School in 1938.  In 1941, Lee moved to 
California, working for Vega and Lockheed Aircraft companies before enlisting 
in the Army in 1944.  He was honorably discharged from the service in 1946 and 
returned to Nebraska to farm.   

On Sept. 4, 1949, he was united in marriage to Marjorie A. Thomas at the 
Evangelical Free Church in Sumner.  He was a farmer in the Sumner area all of 
his life until a stroke incapacitated him in December of 2006.  He was a 
resident of Plum Creek Care Center until his death.   

Lee was a member of the United Church of Sumner and a lifetime member of the 
American Legion John Lloyd Post #41 of Sumner, as well as serving on several 
church, community and county boards.  
 
Survivors include two daughters, Marilee (Dale) Kabes of LaVista, Peggy (Dave) 
Stenberg of Lexington; one son:  Tom (Kim) Karlberg of Eaton, Colo.; one 
brother, Maurice (Ellen) Karlberg of Sumner; one sister, Arlene (Lovell) 
Potter of Flagstaff, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Joel (Jill) Stenberg of Omaha; 
Andrew Kabes of Sidney; Jeffrey Stenberg of Lexington and Jordan, Cade and 
Morgan Karlberg of Eaton, Colo., and one great-granddaughter, Lis Stenberg of 
Omaha.  

Leland was preceded in death by his wife, Marge, in March 2009 and his 
parents.  

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