Elvin H. Beerman, 95, of Fremont, died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at the Fremont Area Medical Center.

The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Hooper. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, Ludvigsen's Funeral Chapel in Hooper, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitation will be at the church Tuesday morning for an hour before the service.

Elvin H. Beerman was born Feb. 23, 1915, on the family farm near Herman to Fred and Marie (Seelmeyer) Beerman. While growing up, he attended Bell Center rural school. He had lived on and been actively engaged in farming the home farm until 1976, but remained on the farm until moving into Fremont and Nye Square in 1996. Lately, he was residing in Shalimar Gardens.

He was a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church (rural Hooper) where he had been baptized and confirmed. He had been a church usher and had served as a trustee. Mr. Beerman was the oldest member of the church. He also had served on the board of directors of what is now the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Co.

He enjoyed playing cards and, in his earlier years, he was an avid fisherman.

He is survived by his nephew, Vernon Brandert of Hooper, niece and husband, Jean and Kenneth Tonjes of Hooper; great-nieces and great-nephews and their families.

He was preceded in death by an infant brother Clarence, and a sister, Olinda Brandert.

Memorials are suggested to Immanuel Lutheran Church.