Verle Henry Vogler, 91, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.

Services will be Saturday, March 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Louisville. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. Visitation will also be one hour prior to the service at the church.

Verle Henry Vogler was born July 18, 1922, the youngest of eight children, to Henry Carl and Amelia (Kraft) Vogler on the family farm in Louisville.

He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Louisville, one mile from the family home.

He went to grade school with a horse and buggy 2.5 miles away and took the drinking water along because the well at school was bad. He drove to high school in Louisville in a 1928 Chevy car and graduated in 1939.

On Oct. 1, 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Corp. He was a P51 fighter plane mechanic and was honorably discharged on Feb. 28, 1946.

On Aug. 21, 1948, he married Betty Jean Thornton in Omaha and raised three children: Douglas, Darlene and Pamela.

He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church, loved nature, loved farming, loved the land, was an avid reader and enjoyed watching men’s and women’s college sports.

He lived on a farm all his life: in Louisville, 1948 to 1952; by Springfield, 1952-1968; by Tekamah, 1968-1994; and on an acreage by Herman until the present. He was a lifelong farmer and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair.

He is survived by his three children: Douglas of Tekamah, Darlene (Steve) Bacon of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, and Pamela Vogler-Benson of Omaha; four grandchildren: Dylan and Dalton Benson of Omaha, Heather Vogler-Fischer of Omaha and Teresa Braniff of Tekamah; six great-grandchildren: Alivia, Ethan, Julianna, Lukus, Thomas and Savannah Braniff; 10 nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Herman and Willis; sisters: Pauline Kupke, Hilda Vogler, Iola Wendt, Lonella Koterzina and Elda Waracka.

Memorials are suggested to the family to be directed at a later date.

Published in Omaha World-Herald from Mar. 13 to Mar. 14, 2014

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Vogler, Verle Henry Jul 18, 1922 - Mar 11, 2014

FUNERAL SERVICE Saturday, March 15, 2014, at 10:30am, from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska. Burial: Immanuel Cemetery, Louisville, NE.

VISITATION Friday, March 14, 4-8pm with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. VISITATION will also be held one hour prior to services, Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Memorials to the family with memorials to be directed at a later date. PELAN FUNERAL SERVICES TEKAMAH Tekamah, NE 402-374-1551 www.pelanfuneralservices.com

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

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