ALICE A. SHAMBURG, 68

Alice A. Shamburg, 68, died Monday, April 26, 2010, at her home in Herman after a 5½ year battle with cancer.

Funeral services were Thursday, April 29, at the Herman Community Church. Interment was in the Herman Cemetery.

Alice A. Dunlap was born Feb. 12, 1942, at Decatur to Walter and Mildred (Ferguson) Dunlap. She attended rural elementary school in north Decatur and graduated from Decatur High School in 1960.

She married William Shamburg on April 15, 1978, at Tekamah. They farmed west of Herman her entire life.

Mrs. Shamburg was a member of Herman Community Church and the Herman American Legion Auxiliary. Her special interest was taking care of her cattle.

She is survived by husband Bill; son and daughter-in-law, Ray and Thea Shamburg of Herman; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob and Virginia Dunlap, Roy and Rita Dunlap, all of Decatur, and Jim and Margaret Dunlap of Zearing, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters, Donna Rawson and Mary Holst.

Memorials may be directed to the Herman Community Church building fund.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

#2 OMAHA WORLD-HERALD, April 28, 2010

SHAMBURG, ALICE A., Age 68

Herman, NE. Survived by husband Bill; son and daughter-in-law, Ray and Thea Shamburg, Herman, NE; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob and Virginia Dunlap, Roy and Rita Dunlap, all of Decatur, NE, Jim and Margaret Dunlap, Zearing, IA.

SERVICES 10:30 am Thursday, Herman Community Church. Burial Herman Cemetery.

VISITATION begins 12 pm Wednesday with family receiving friends 6 – 8 pm. Memorials may be directed to the Herman Community Church building fund.

CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME, Blair, NE 402-426-2191

#3 Funeral Leaflet

Tribute to my wife Alice Shamburg

Alice was a dedicated, hard working person. She liked the farming way of life, and always helped with whatever needed to be done, from helping take care of the cattle to milking cows when we had them. Getting ready for the milk inspector, vaccinating, de-horning, and handling bales, working on equipment, operating the equipment, grinding feed—whatever the task was, she was always there to do it or help.

Even when Ray was born, she went about, right from milking cows to the hospital. She was a devoted mother, a stay-at-home mom, and she taught Sunday School when Ray was growing up. We never traveled much in our married life—one trip to New Orleans to a Legion Convention not too long after were married—but she said she never wanted to go back there. We took one trip to the Black Hills about 20 years ago.

She always said she hated sheep, but she still helped with the chores. She was my first call for vet services, pulling lambs or whatever needed to be done. This spring lambing season, she said she would like to help but just didn’t feel up to it. I understood and somehow made it through. One night this spring, after coming home from one of her trips to the hospital, I came to the house and told her about my unsuccessful attempts to deliver a tangled-up pair of lambs, and told her we would get a vet in the morning. Then I went to bed. In the morning, when I got up, a pair of messy plastic sleeves were in the trash. I said, “You surely didn’t go up there and try to do that yourself.” She had. She got on the 4-wheeler in cold weather, went to the sheep she and made an attempt. She said that she couldn’t sleep knowing that mother was trying to give birth to a lamb with no help. I call that devotion to the cause. Her pet project was her stock cows. She liked to help check on them and keep track of which cows had which calves. Entertainment was going to a few bull sales.

We thought that she had her own obituary written up. She always said that it was over there in the filing cabinet. Ray went through them several times, finding lots of things but no obituary. I see he did find a few worthless power ball tickets which she bought occasionally. Another thing she liked to do was watch at least the Triple Crown horse races on TV. No matter what else was going on, she took time to watch them. We also went to Horseman Park in Omaha a few times, which she enjoyed.

One thing that we knew was that she wanted her pallbearers to be some of our former employees that worked for us when we were in the dairy business. She knew that they could carry the load.

Alice, we miss you.

Bill

In Loving Memory of Alice A. Shamburg

Born February 12, 1942 Decatur, Nebraska ~ April 26, 2010 Herman, Nebraska

Funeral Services 10:30 A.M. Thursday, April 29, 2010 Herman Community Church Herman, Nebraska. Officiating: Pastor Doug Russell. Organist: Gracie Husk. Vocalist: Scott Wachter. Musical Selections: “Old Rugged Cross”, “Amazing Grace”

Casket Bearers: Mark Hansen, Ron Kelly, Dan Shamburg, Ron Hansen, Mark Stang, Jim Wakefield

Graveside Services: Herman Cemetery, Herman, Nebraska

Arrangements by Campbell-Aman Funeral Home

~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

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