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Laurina A. Sperling, 93

Laurina A. Sperling, 93, of Fremont, formerly of Arlington, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Nye Legacy in Fremont.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Monday and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday, all at the funeral home. Interment will be at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Arlington.

Laurina A. Hilgenkamp was born May 29, 1920, near Arlington to Henry and Sophie (Kruger) Hilgenkamp.

She grew up on the family farm north of Arlington. She attended St. Paul’s Lutheran grade school and graduated from Arlington High School in 1938.

After completing a course of study at Von Sant School of Business, she was employed in Omaha until her marriage to Leonard Sperling on August 15, 1943, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Arlington.

They farmed the Sperling home place southeast of Arlington until 1981, when they retired and moved to an acreage north of Arlington.

The couple moved to Fremont in 2008.

Mrs. Sperling was an active member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Arlington and the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, and later was an active member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont.

She was a 4-H leader, an accomplished seamstress and avid quilter. She enjoyed square-dancing and traveling throughout the United States.

She is survived by her husband, Leonard; her children and their spouses, Rita and Warren Thompson of Atwood, Colo., Ralph and Heike Sperling of El Paso, Texas, Carol Anderson of Rochester, Minn., and Connie and Paul Luther of Grand Island; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her sister and brother, Esther Hilgenkamp and Raymond Hilgenkamp; and by three sons-in-law, Donald Lambrecht, Gary Anderson and Gale Ransdell.

Memorials may be directed to The Lutheran Hour.

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