Lancaster-Phelps County NeArchives Obituaries.....Carlson, Elsie Marie Sienknecht July 3, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald July 8, 2009
Elsie Marie Carlson, 74, of rural Overton, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at the 
Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand. 
 
Funeral services will be conducted from the Adullam Lutheran Church, north of 
Bertrand on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Gary Panko 
officiating.  Interment will be in the Adullam Cemetery in Phelps County.

Visitation was held at the Sandstrom Funeral Home in Bertrand on Tuesday, July 
7, 2009.  
   
Survivors include her four children, Kirk (Kim) Carlson of Ralston, Kathy 
(Jim) Griess of Fremont, Peg (Sid) Moeller of Hooper and Jeff  (Bertina) 
Carlson of Overton; nine grandchildren, Micheal, Brian, Shawn and Joseph 
Carlson, Robb and Brett Moeller and Alexandra, Ashley and Dalton Carlson; four 
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Kurt Sienknecht of Colburt, Okla., and Paul 
(Henny) Sienknecht of Midland, Mich.; sister-in-law, Alice Sienknecht of 
Littleton, Colo., and a host of other relatives and friends. 
 
Elsie was preceded in deathy by her husband, Marvin; her parents; two 
brothers, Fritz Sienknecht and Helmut Sienknecht and his wife, Merle; and two 
brothers-in-law, Alton Carlson and his wife, Florence and Doyle Carlson.

Elsie was born Sept. 10, 1934 in Lincoln, the youngest of five children of 
Ferdinand and Dora (Callsen) Sienknecht.  Elsie was baptized and confirmed in 
Lincoln at St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church.  She received her 
education at Lincoln, graduating from Lincoln Central High School, where she 
was a member of the National Honor Society.  She then pursued higher education 
on a full scholarship at the Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing, where 
she received her RN degree in August of 1955.  Following her education, Elsie 
began her nursing career at the Brewster Medical Clinic in Holdrege.  She then 
began employment at the Kearney Clinic in Kearney and later her caring ways 
excelled as the school nurse for the Kearney Public School System.    

On June 14, 1966, Elsie was united in marriage to Marvin W. Carlson and the 
couple was blessed with four children:  Kirk, Kathy, Peg and Jeff.  The couple 
engaged in the family farming operation and fed cattle with Marvin’s brothers, 
Alton and Doyle.  Marvin and Elsie loved to spend time together dancing, 
traveling and simply the time together on their every Saturday night, “date 
night” throughout their married life.  Marvin died May 9, 2008.

Elsie was an active member of the Adullam Lutheran Church, where she played 
organ for over 40 years for Sunday services, and many weddings and funerals.  
She also served the church as a past Sunday school superintendent, taught 
Sunday school and served on the Church Council.   
      
Elsie volunteered on the election board, was active with blood drives through 
the Red Cross, and volunteered on a weekly basis at the Bertrand Nursing 
Home.  


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