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Anna C. Bougger Ekeler

7 Mar 1904 – 20 Oct 1994

Birth	7 Mar 1904
Death	20 Oct 1994
Cemetery	Exeter Cemetery Exeter , Fillmore County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	M. Jensen Seggerman on 09 Apr 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127678494

Bio

Anna C. (Bougger) Ekeler, daughter of Frank P. and Catherine (Hein) Bougger was born March 7, 1904. She passed away at Tabitha Hospice in Lincoln on Oct. 20, 1994, at the age of 90 years, 7 months and 13 days. she was born on a farm near David City. She was united in marriage to Frank Ekeler Jr., on Sept. 24, 1929. She moved to Exeter after marriage and spent most of her life there on the farm, in town and at the Community Care. To this union five children were born. In 1954, she lost the use of one arm, and lived 40 years accepting this cross, caring for grandchildren and everyone. She had been a lifetime member of the Catholic Church and St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Exeter since 1929. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank on Sept. 1, 1965; two sons, Frank Joe (July 24, 1954) and John (April 15, 1984); her parents; three sisters, Frances, Josephine and Catherine; and two brothers, Leo and August. She is survived by one sister, Caroline Bougger of David City; two daughters, Mary Anne (Dwight) Doran of Omaha and Frances Ekeler of Lincoln; one son, Wilfred Ekeler of Exeter, 22 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Exeter at 10 a.m. on Oct. 24, with Father John Glaves officiating. Serving as pallbearers were grandsons, Donald Ekler, Joe Doran, Mike Ekeler, David Ekeler, Paul Doran and Greg Ekeler. Honorary pallbearers were grandsons Stephen Ekeler, John Ekeler, Patrick Ekeler, Fred Doran and Frank Doran. Her 11 granddaughters carried white roses at the Offertory of the Mass. Interment was in the Exeter Cemetery. The Nebraska Signal October 1994

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Family

Parents

• Francis P. "Frank" Bougger 1872–1927
• Catherine A. "Kate" Hein Bougger 1880–1944

Spouse

• Frank J. Ekeler Jr 1902–1965

Siblings

• Caroline Bougger 1906–1994
• Josephine Marie Bougger 1907–1981
• Frances A. Bougger 1909–1930
• Leo Bougger 1910–1994
• Augustine "August" Bougger 1912–1994
• Catherine Cecilia Bougger Homan 1914–1992

Children

• Mary Anne Ekeler Doran 1930–2015
• John Leo Ekeler 1932–1984
• Frances D. "Fran" Ekeler 1934–2017
• Wilfrid Joseph "Willy" Ekeler 1938–2007
• Frank Joseph Ekeler 1939–1954

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