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Gertrude Tharnish Effle

21 Mar 1920 – 7 Mar 2013

Birth21 Mar 1920
Death7 Mar 2013
CemeterySaint Ludgers Catholic Cemetery
Creighton , Knox County , Nebraska , USA
Added bySLEH on 05 Aug 2015
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106373801

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Gertrude (Tharnish) Effle, daughter of Ernest and Julia T.(Huigens) Tharnish, was born March 21, 1920, at Creighton, Nebraska. Gertrude died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at the Avera Creighton Care Centre. Gertrude attended St. Ludger Catholic School in Creighton, and after receiving her education, taught rural school at various locations. On January 16, 1946, Gertrude was married to Lester "Bud" Effle at St. Ludger Catholic Church. The couple was blessed with eight children: Jim, Bruce, Janet, Dave, Dan, Sue, Mary, and Duane. Gertrude and Bud raised their family and farmed west and north of Creighton, in Logan Township. After Bud's death in 1987, Gertrude moved back to her hometown of Creighton, where she resided until her death on March 7, 2013, at the Avera Creighton Care Centre, two weeks prior to her 93rd birthday. Gertrude is survived by her sons, Jim (Linda) Effle, Bruce (Deb) Effle, Dave (Diane) Effle, Dan (Wendy) Effle, and Duane (Roxanne) Effle, all of Lincoln, Nebraska; daughters, Sue (Tom) Stephenson of Dacula, Georgia, and Mary (Gary) Johnson of O'Neill, Nebraska; 18 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Ernie Tharnish, Irene Thomas, Margaret Hansen, Elmer Tharnish, John Tharnish, Anne Schumacher, Rita Wagner, Pat Neuman, Bob Tharnish, and Ruth Jankiewcz. She was preceded in death by: husband, Lester "Bud" Effle; daughter, Janet; parents, Ernest and Julie Tharnish; brothers, Raymond and Alfred Tharnish and sister, Pauline McMaine. burial was in the St. Ludger Catholic Cemetery, Creighton, NE.

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