Lucille M. Fechtner, 85, of Palmer died on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at Golden LivingCenter-Park Place in Grand Island.
Lucille was born on Feb. 11, 1926, in Merrick County to Frank and Minnie (Glause) Fechtner.
Survivors are: sisters, Loris Dankert of Palmer and Doris Beyersdorf of Bellevue; sister-in-law, Marian Fechtner of Fresno, CA. and a host of relatives and friends.
Lucille attended rural School District 58 east of Palmer. She attended Palmer High School, where she graduated in 1944. She received her baptism as a teenager. She moved with her family into Palmer in 1946 and began working for a family doing domestic work, which she did for eight years.
In 1955, Lucille began working at the Palmer Coolidge Hospital and Rest Home. After the hospital was closed, she continued to work at the rest home until 2000.
Lucille continued to live in Palmer, moving to Maplewood Corners in June 2003.
When she was 80, she got to ride on a Harley motorcycle with her nephew Dale Dankert.
Lucille enjoyed working outside in the garden, her lawn and raising flowers. She also enjoyed baking.
Lucille was a member of the Church of Christ in Palmer.
Lucille was preceded in death by: parents; brothers, Harold and Donald Fechtner; sister, Viola Shinn; brothers-in-law, Melvin Dankert, Ed Shinn and Arnold Beyersdorf; and sister-in-law, Elsie Fechtner.
Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Palmer, NE.
Published in The Grand Island Independent on December 29, 2011
Lucille was born on Feb. 11, 1926, in Merrick County to Frank and Minnie (Glause) Fechtner.
Survivors are: sisters, Loris Dankert of Palmer and Doris Beyersdorf of Bellevue; sister-in-law, Marian Fechtner of Fresno, CA. and a host of relatives and friends.
Lucille attended rural School District 58 east of Palmer. She attended Palmer High School, where she graduated in 1944. She received her baptism as a teenager. She moved with her family into Palmer in 1946 and began working for a family doing domestic work, which she did for eight years.
In 1955, Lucille began working at the Palmer Coolidge Hospital and Rest Home. After the hospital was closed, she continued to work at the rest home until 2000.
Lucille continued to live in Palmer, moving to Maplewood Corners in June 2003.
When she was 80, she got to ride on a Harley motorcycle with her nephew Dale Dankert.
Lucille enjoyed working outside in the garden, her lawn and raising flowers. She also enjoyed baking.
Lucille was a member of the Church of Christ in Palmer.
Lucille was preceded in death by: parents; brothers, Harold and Donald Fechtner; sister, Viola Shinn; brothers-in-law, Melvin Dankert, Ed Shinn and Arnold Beyersdorf; and sister-in-law, Elsie Fechtner.
Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Palmer, NE.
Published in The Grand Island Independent on December 29, 2011
Lucille M. Fechtner, 85, of Palmer died on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at Golden LivingCenter-Park Place in Grand Island.
Lucille was born on Feb. 11, 1926, in Merrick County to Frank and Minnie (Glause) Fechtner.
Survivors are: sisters, Loris Dankert of Palmer and Doris Beyersdorf of Bellevue; sister-in-law, Marian Fechtner of Fresno, CA. and a host of relatives and friends.
Lucille attended rural School District 58 east of Palmer. She attended Palmer High School, where she graduated in 1944. She received her baptism as a teenager. She moved with her family into Palmer in 1946 and began working for a family doing domestic work, which she did for eight years.
In 1955, Lucille began working at the Palmer Coolidge Hospital and Rest Home. After the hospital was closed, she continued to work at the rest home until 2000.
Lucille continued to live in Palmer, moving to Maplewood Corners in June 2003.
When she was 80, she got to ride on a Harley motorcycle with her nephew Dale Dankert.
Lucille enjoyed working outside in the garden, her lawn and raising flowers. She also enjoyed baking.
Lucille was a member of the Church of Christ in Palmer.
Lucille was preceded in death by: parents; brothers, Harold and Donald Fechtner; sister, Viola Shinn; brothers-in-law, Melvin Dankert, Ed Shinn and Arnold Beyersdorf; and sister-in-law, Elsie Fechtner.
Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Palmer, NE.
Published in The Grand Island Independent on December 29, 2011
Lucille was born on Feb. 11, 1926, in Merrick County to Frank and Minnie (Glause) Fechtner.
Survivors are: sisters, Loris Dankert of Palmer and Doris Beyersdorf of Bellevue; sister-in-law, Marian Fechtner of Fresno, CA. and a host of relatives and friends.
Lucille attended rural School District 58 east of Palmer. She attended Palmer High School, where she graduated in 1944. She received her baptism as a teenager. She moved with her family into Palmer in 1946 and began working for a family doing domestic work, which she did for eight years.
In 1955, Lucille began working at the Palmer Coolidge Hospital and Rest Home. After the hospital was closed, she continued to work at the rest home until 2000.
Lucille continued to live in Palmer, moving to Maplewood Corners in June 2003.
When she was 80, she got to ride on a Harley motorcycle with her nephew Dale Dankert.
Lucille enjoyed working outside in the garden, her lawn and raising flowers. She also enjoyed baking.
Lucille was a member of the Church of Christ in Palmer.
Lucille was preceded in death by: parents; brothers, Harold and Donald Fechtner; sister, Viola Shinn; brothers-in-law, Melvin Dankert, Ed Shinn and Arnold Beyersdorf; and sister-in-law, Elsie Fechtner.
Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Palmer, NE.
Published in The Grand Island Independent on December 29, 2011
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