LOUISE ALENE (WARNKE) KLITZKE SEVERSON was born March 27, 1923, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to Charles Wilhelm and Bennie Myrtle (Noff) Warnke. She passed away Thursday, March 4, 2013, at Oakland Heights Nursing Home after a brief illness.
The family moved from Arkansas back to Nebraska, living in Bellwood and Albion, where Louise attended high school.
Louise married Clarence A. Klitzke, June 30, 1941, in Grand Island, Nebraska. The couple lived in Newman Grove, working on the family farm during the war. In the spring of 1950, they moved to Oakland, where Clarence worked as a butcher for a few years before returning to farming, eventually living on three farms around Oakland. They had three children, Janice, David, and Christine. They retired from farming in 1983 and moved into town.
Louise was baptized and confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church at the age of 19. When the country church closed, they joined the Evangelical Free Church in Newman Grove where Louise accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior. Louise was a member of the Oakland Evangelical Free Church and served as a Sunday School teacher and in many other capacities.
Louise worked in the kitchen at Oakland Heights for many years when her younger children were in high school and college. She was a member of the Oakland Art Klub. She was a gifted artist, more than once winning a best of show ribbon at the club's art show. She helped others create Swedish murals around Oakland and did her share of hand painting Swedish Dala horses for the local Swedish Festival.
After Clarence's death, July 22, 1992, Louise married James Severson, August 13, 1994, in the Oakland Free Church. They enjoyed traveling, taking trips to the West Coast to visit family as well as participating in many bus tours. They would go to the Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday evenings and then out to dinner with friends. They would also go to the Evangelical Free Church on Sunday mornings, keeping up with their many friendships at both churches.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Clarence Klitzke and James Severson; sisters, Thelma Reese and Mabel Church; brothers, Charles and Orville Warnke; grandson, Darrel Von Seggern; great-grandson, Nicholas Meyer.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Dale Von Seggern of Hooper, NE, Christine and Dwayne LaGore of Portland, OR; son and daughter-in-law, David and Jody Klitzke of Lincoln, NE, eight grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, March 11, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Oakland.
VISITATION with the Family receiving friends will be Sunday, March 10, 2013, 4 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation Monday will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.
BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery
MEMORIALS: To the Family to be given to Louise's favorite charities at a later time.
The family moved from Arkansas back to Nebraska, living in Bellwood and Albion, where Louise attended high school.
Louise married Clarence A. Klitzke, June 30, 1941, in Grand Island, Nebraska. The couple lived in Newman Grove, working on the family farm during the war. In the spring of 1950, they moved to Oakland, where Clarence worked as a butcher for a few years before returning to farming, eventually living on three farms around Oakland. They had three children, Janice, David, and Christine. They retired from farming in 1983 and moved into town.
Louise was baptized and confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church at the age of 19. When the country church closed, they joined the Evangelical Free Church in Newman Grove where Louise accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior. Louise was a member of the Oakland Evangelical Free Church and served as a Sunday School teacher and in many other capacities.
Louise worked in the kitchen at Oakland Heights for many years when her younger children were in high school and college. She was a member of the Oakland Art Klub. She was a gifted artist, more than once winning a best of show ribbon at the club's art show. She helped others create Swedish murals around Oakland and did her share of hand painting Swedish Dala horses for the local Swedish Festival.
After Clarence's death, July 22, 1992, Louise married James Severson, August 13, 1994, in the Oakland Free Church. They enjoyed traveling, taking trips to the West Coast to visit family as well as participating in many bus tours. They would go to the Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday evenings and then out to dinner with friends. They would also go to the Evangelical Free Church on Sunday mornings, keeping up with their many friendships at both churches.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Clarence Klitzke and James Severson; sisters, Thelma Reese and Mabel Church; brothers, Charles and Orville Warnke; grandson, Darrel Von Seggern; great-grandson, Nicholas Meyer.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Dale Von Seggern of Hooper, NE, Christine and Dwayne LaGore of Portland, OR; son and daughter-in-law, David and Jody Klitzke of Lincoln, NE, eight grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, March 11, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Oakland.
VISITATION with the Family receiving friends will be Sunday, March 10, 2013, 4 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation Monday will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.
BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery
MEMORIALS: To the Family to be given to Louise's favorite charities at a later time.
LOUISE ALENE (WARNKE) KLITZKE SEVERSON was born March 27, 1923, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to Charles Wilhelm and Bennie Myrtle (Noff) Warnke. She passed away Thursday, March 4, 2013, at Oakland Heights Nursing Home after a brief illness.
The family moved from Arkansas back to Nebraska, living in Bellwood and Albion, where Louise attended high school.
Louise married Clarence A. Klitzke, June 30, 1941, in Grand Island, Nebraska. The couple lived in Newman Grove, working on the family farm during the war. In the spring of 1950, they moved to Oakland, where Clarence worked as a butcher for a few years before returning to farming, eventually living on three farms around Oakland. They had three children, Janice, David, and Christine. They retired from farming in 1983 and moved into town.
Louise was baptized and confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church at the age of 19. When the country church closed, they joined the Evangelical Free Church in Newman Grove where Louise accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior. Louise was a member of the Oakland Evangelical Free Church and served as a Sunday School teacher and in many other capacities.
Louise worked in the kitchen at Oakland Heights for many years when her younger children were in high school and college. She was a member of the Oakland Art Klub. She was a gifted artist, more than once winning a best of show ribbon at the club's art show. She helped others create Swedish murals around Oakland and did her share of hand painting Swedish Dala horses for the local Swedish Festival.
After Clarence's death, July 22, 1992, Louise married James Severson, August 13, 1994, in the Oakland Free Church. They enjoyed traveling, taking trips to the West Coast to visit family as well as participating in many bus tours. They would go to the Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday evenings and then out to dinner with friends. They would also go to the Evangelical Free Church on Sunday mornings, keeping up with their many friendships at both churches.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Clarence Klitzke and James Severson; sisters, Thelma Reese and Mabel Church; brothers, Charles and Orville Warnke; grandson, Darrel Von Seggern; great-grandson, Nicholas Meyer.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Dale Von Seggern of Hooper, NE, Christine and Dwayne LaGore of Portland, OR; son and daughter-in-law, David and Jody Klitzke of Lincoln, NE, eight grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, March 11, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Oakland.
VISITATION with the Family receiving friends will be Sunday, March 10, 2013, 4 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation Monday will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.
BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery
MEMORIALS: To the Family to be given to Louise's favorite charities at a later time.
The family moved from Arkansas back to Nebraska, living in Bellwood and Albion, where Louise attended high school.
Louise married Clarence A. Klitzke, June 30, 1941, in Grand Island, Nebraska. The couple lived in Newman Grove, working on the family farm during the war. In the spring of 1950, they moved to Oakland, where Clarence worked as a butcher for a few years before returning to farming, eventually living on three farms around Oakland. They had three children, Janice, David, and Christine. They retired from farming in 1983 and moved into town.
Louise was baptized and confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church at the age of 19. When the country church closed, they joined the Evangelical Free Church in Newman Grove where Louise accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior. Louise was a member of the Oakland Evangelical Free Church and served as a Sunday School teacher and in many other capacities.
Louise worked in the kitchen at Oakland Heights for many years when her younger children were in high school and college. She was a member of the Oakland Art Klub. She was a gifted artist, more than once winning a best of show ribbon at the club's art show. She helped others create Swedish murals around Oakland and did her share of hand painting Swedish Dala horses for the local Swedish Festival.
After Clarence's death, July 22, 1992, Louise married James Severson, August 13, 1994, in the Oakland Free Church. They enjoyed traveling, taking trips to the West Coast to visit family as well as participating in many bus tours. They would go to the Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday evenings and then out to dinner with friends. They would also go to the Evangelical Free Church on Sunday mornings, keeping up with their many friendships at both churches.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Clarence Klitzke and James Severson; sisters, Thelma Reese and Mabel Church; brothers, Charles and Orville Warnke; grandson, Darrel Von Seggern; great-grandson, Nicholas Meyer.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Dale Von Seggern of Hooper, NE, Christine and Dwayne LaGore of Portland, OR; son and daughter-in-law, David and Jody Klitzke of Lincoln, NE, eight grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, March 11, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Oakland.
VISITATION with the Family receiving friends will be Sunday, March 10, 2013, 4 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation Monday will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.
BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery
MEMORIALS: To the Family to be given to Louise's favorite charities at a later time.
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