Gosper County NeArchives Obituaries.....Schwenninger, Pansy Marie Mills December 3, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Dec. 9, 2009
Pansy Marie Schwenninger, age 78 of Elwood, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at 
the Tri-County Hospital in Lexington.

Services were held on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in 
Elwood with Pastor Jeff Ernstmeyer officiating.

Burial was at the Elwood Cemetery.

Visitation was held on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 
in Elwood. 

She was born March 26, 1931, at Smithfield to Lee and Sylvia Mills.  She 
graduated from Eustis High School.

On Feb. 14, 1948, she married Ivan W. Schwenninger in Kearney.  They moved to 
the Schwenninger farm west of Elwood and lived there together until Ivan’s 
death in 1987.  She continued to live on the farm until her move to Elwood in 
1998. She was very proud of the Nebraska Pioneer Farm Award that the farm 
received for 100 years of continuous family ownership in 2006.

She was a member of Alexis Club, Federated Women’s Club of Kearney, Plum Creek 
Garden Club, LWML and Thrivent. As quilt coordinator at the Lutheran Church, 
she created many quilts for missions with other ladies of Our Redeemer 
Lutheran Church.

In addition to her husband, Ivan, she was preceded in death by her parents Lee 
and Sylvia Mills, her brother Donald Mills, and her sister Shirley Houser.

Survivors include her three children, Geraldine (Allen) Steinbrink of 
Arapahoe, Sherle Schwenninger of New York City, Sharlette Schwenninger of 
Elwood; two grandsons, Nathaniel (Cortney) Steinbrink of DeQuoin, Ill., and 
Jonathan Steinbrink of Sahuarita, Ariz.; brothers Everald (Pat) Mills, of 
Arlington, Wash., and Dwayne (Grace) Mills of Port Hueneme, Calif.; sisters, 
Beverly (Kenneth) Johnson of Lincoln, and Georgetta (Jack ) Harris of Gordon; 
sister-in-law Grace (Don) Mills of Lincoln and nieces, nephews, other 
relatives and many friends, young and old.

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