Helen L. Bauermeister, 77, Arlington

Dairy Farmer, Gift Shop Owner, Mother

Helen L. Bauermeister, 77, of Arlington, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Shalimar Gardens in Fremont where she had lived for the past year.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 23, at First Lutheran Church in Fremont. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 to 8 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home in Arlington. Visitation will also be at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in Omaha at 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

Helen Louise Lund was born November 12, 1934, at Omaha, to George and Christine (Witthinrich) Lund.

She attended school in Benson, then graduated from Concordia High School in Seward.

She married Roy Edward Bauermeister on May 2, 1953, in Benson. They were founding members of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Omaha.

The couple farmed near Omaha and moved to Arlington in 1962, where they continued their dairy operation. They were members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Arlington and later joined First Lutheran Church in Fremont.

Mrs. Bauermeister was a dairy farmer, a gift shop owner (Grandma’s Gift Haus in Arlington) and a full-time mother. She delighted in entertaining, creative pursuits such as sewing, home décor and ceramics, and loved music and teaching children. She was a member of the Town & Country Extension Club in Arlington.

In their retirement years, the couple traveled throughout much of the United States.

She is survived by her husband, Roy; three daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Ned Groelz of Syracuse, Utah, Nancy and Gary Penna of Shawnee, Kan., and Eileen and Jan Tjeerdsma of Cherokee, Iowa; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Christopher Penna, Tara and Nathan Eberline, Benjamin and Andrea Groelz, Jonathan Groelz, Annie and Matt Simons, Katherine Tjeerdsma and Mary Elizabeth Tjeerdsma; two great-grandchildren, Lydia Eberline and Carter Groelz; sister, Betty Nelson of Bennington; aunt, Helene Langmaack of Rumohr, Germany; several cousins in Nebraska and Germany; her husband’s sister and brothers and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Sandra.

Memorials may be given to the First Lutheran Church Endowment Fund or to the donor's favorite charity.