KEARNEY — LaVonne M. Loseke, 90, of Kearney died Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Mount Carmel Home and Rehabilitation Center.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church in Kearney. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery in Columbus. O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of the arrangements.
LaVonne was born May 26, 1928, in rural Colfax County to Emil and Marie (Henke) Schaefer. She attended elementary school in Lyons, continued her schooling in Schuyler and was a 1946 graduate of Kramer High School in Columbus.
On April 18, 1954, LaVonne was united in marriage to Elno Durkop. Mr. Durkop passed away in November 1966. She would later marry A. Glenn Kluck until his death in 1993. On April 22, 1994, LaVonne married Gilbert Loseke in Columbus, after which the couple moved to Kearney.
She was an active member of First Lutheran Church of Kearney and served on the board for Camp Carol Joy Holling for many years. LaVonne volunteered at the Red Cross and the Humane Society. She and Gilbert enjoyed being members of Golden K Kiwanis Club. Gilbert passed away in October 2012.
Survivors include her daughter, Sue Russell and her husband, Rod, of Kearney; grandchildren, Brenda Kitabatake and husband Yuji and their children, Koji, Yumi, Kazuki and Hanami, of Kearney, John Russell and wife Stephanie and their children, Nehemiah and Eliakim, of Windsor, Colo., Jim Russell and wife Heather and their children, Annalise and William, of Kearney; stepchildren, Genene Pook and husband Doug of Olympia, Wash., Galen Kluck and wife Pam of Richland, Dianne Brown of Lincoln, Donn Loseke and wife Cathy of Dubois, Wyo., Sherry Loseke of Tacoma, Wash., Kristine Kluck of Lincoln, Nathan Brown and wife Alyssa of California, Anna Dunn and husband Stephen of Murrieta, Calif., Alexandra Sepulveda and husband Jeremy Morgan of Brisbane, Calif., Adam Kluck of Columbus, Mike Loseke and wife Jenn of Frederick, Colo., Shawn Loseke and wife Jaclyn of Johnstown, Colo., Aaron Chileski and wife Kelly of Dubois and Melissa Woodland and husband Ben of North Carolina; 10 stepgreat-grandchildren; brother, Donald Schaefer of Hillsboro, Ore.; sister, Donna Lindeman of Columbus; and sister-in-law, Joyce Schaefer of Broken Arrow, Okla.
LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Edwin Schaefer; and brother-in-law, Eldon Lindeman.
KEARNEY — LaVonne M. Loseke, 90, of Kearney died Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Mount Carmel Home and Rehabilitation Center.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church in Kearney. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery in Columbus. O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of the arrangements.
LaVonne was born May 26, 1928, in rural Colfax County to Emil and Marie (Henke) Schaefer. She attended elementary school in Lyons, continued her schooling in Schuyler and was a 1946 graduate of Kramer High School in Columbus.
On April 18, 1954, LaVonne was united in marriage to Elno Durkop. Mr. Durkop passed away in November 1966. She would later marry A. Glenn Kluck until his death in 1993. On April 22, 1994, LaVonne married Gilbert Loseke in Columbus, after which the couple moved to Kearney.
She was an active member of First Lutheran Church of Kearney and served on the board for Camp Carol Joy Holling for many years. LaVonne volunteered at the Red Cross and the Humane Society. She and Gilbert enjoyed being members of Golden K Kiwanis Club. Gilbert passed away in October 2012.
Survivors include her daughter, Sue Russell and her husband, Rod, of Kearney; grandchildren, Brenda Kitabatake and husband Yuji and their children, Koji, Yumi, Kazuki and Hanami, of Kearney, John Russell and wife Stephanie and their children, Nehemiah and Eliakim, of Windsor, Colo., Jim Russell and wife Heather and their children, Annalise and William, of Kearney; stepchildren, Genene Pook and husband Doug of Olympia, Wash., Galen Kluck and wife Pam of Richland, Dianne Brown of Lincoln, Donn Loseke and wife Cathy of Dubois, Wyo., Sherry Loseke of Tacoma, Wash., Kristine Kluck of Lincoln, Nathan Brown and wife Alyssa of California, Anna Dunn and husband Stephen of Murrieta, Calif., Alexandra Sepulveda and husband Jeremy Morgan of Brisbane, Calif., Adam Kluck of Columbus, Mike Loseke and wife Jenn of Frederick, Colo., Shawn Loseke and wife Jaclyn of Johnstown, Colo., Aaron Chileski and wife Kelly of Dubois and Melissa Woodland and husband Ben of North Carolina; 10 stepgreat-grandchildren; brother, Donald Schaefer of Hillsboro, Ore.; sister, Donna Lindeman of Columbus; and sister-in-law, Joyce Schaefer of Broken Arrow, Okla.
LaVonne was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Edwin Schaefer; and brother-in-law, Eldon Lindeman.
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