Dodge County NeArchives Obituaries.....Franzluebbers, Bernard December 2, 1974 ************************************************ 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: Catherine Placzek cplaczek@cox.net February 28, 2011, 4:33 pm Humlicek Funeral Home Dodge, Ne Dec. 2, 1974 Funeral services for Ben Franzluebbers, 86, of Dodge, NE were Monday, December 02, 1974, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Rev. Leo Kuhn officiated and burial was at St. Boniface Cemetery at Monterey, NE. Pallbearers were: Kenny, Tom, and Barney Franzluebbers, Donald Ernesti, Leo Grovijohn, and Jim Ortmeier. Mr. Franzluebbers was born November 29, 1888, in Delbruck, Westphalia, Germany to Joseph and Josephine (Newkirk) Franzluebbers. He came to the United States at the age of 21, residing in Nebraska. He was married October 1, 1929, at St. Boniface Church to Catherine Ortmeier. They farmed near Monterey till 1960 when they retired and moved to Dodge where they lived since. He had been in Valley View Nursing in Pender since September of this year. Survivors include his wife Catherine, five sons: Joseph of West Point, Charles of Dodge, Wenzel of Beemer, Emil of Oakland, Tony of Dodge. And two daughters: Mrs. Richard (Gertrude) Ernesti, Mrs. Melvin (Bernadine) Kampschneider of Richland. And twenty-six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two daughters, Mary Ann, in 1942 and Marie Moser in 1967, Brother George in Nebraska and two brothers and two sisters in Germany. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dodge/obits/f/franzlue23ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/nefiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb