Published in the Pilot-Tribune April 23, 2002

WILMA KASTL, 100

Funeral services for Wilma Kastl, 100, of Herman, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at the Herman Community Church. Interment will be in the Herman Cemetery. Mrs. Kastl died Saturday, April 20, at the Tekamah Nursing Center.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair, with the family receiving friends from 5 to 8 p.m.

Wilma E. Kastl was born May 11, 1901, in rural Herman to William and Mary Alice (Packwood) Lowe.

She began her teaching career at age 17, and taught at Golden Springs, Jefferson, Crawford and Rose Hill schools for nine years, in and around the Herman and Decatur area.

Following her marriage to Ray Kastl on Feb, 12, 1927, in Logan, Iowa, she stayed at home as a wife and mother to her children.

During a teacher shortage in 1944, Mrs. Kastl went back to the classroom and continued teaching in Vacoma, Broderson, Herman Public and New England schools until 1960.

She stayed in her home until 1999, when she moved into the Tekamah Nursing Rehab Center.

Mrs. Kastl’s daughter noted that “in the last 100 years, Wilma has seen the advent of electric lights, telephone, radio, automobiles, air transportation, washing machines, electric irons and stove, indoor plumbing, hot water in general use, space exploration, computers, TVs, VCRs, two World Wars, and three other military involvements.”

She is survived by her daughter, Nona Christensen of Baltimore, MD; two grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; son, Ray “Bas” Jr; four brothers; and one sister.

Memorials are suggested to the Herman Legion Auxiliary, Herman Community Church or St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church scholarship fund.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair is in charge of arrangements.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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