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Lilyan Sixta Scheinost
11 Dec 1915 – 6 Jul 2016
| Birth | 11 Dec 1915 |
| Death | 6 Jul 2016 |
| Cemetery | Memorial Cemetery Fremont , Dodge County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Jo C on 07 Jul 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166539335 |
Bio
"Lilyan Scheinost, age 100, of Fremont; passed away in her home early Wednesday morning, July 6, 2016. She was born at home on the farm near Lynch, NE on December 11, 1915 to Louis and Anna (Fillipi) Sixta. Her mother died when Lilyan was 11 years old. She had to quit school after the 8th grade to take over household chores and caring for her father and 4 brothers. She enjoyed baking, gardening, canning, raising chickens, and making all her laundry soap which she still made in later years. Her family held barn dances in their newly constructed barn and she played piano and guitar in the family band. It was there she met Edwin Scheinost who was from Gross, NE, and they were married December 2, 1937. They moved to the Valley and Elk City area in 1940 where they farmed several places until 1946 when they moved to an acreage on the east edge of Fremont where she still resided. Her husband died in 1994. They loved farming, nature, traveling, music and dancing. Survivors: 2 daughters – RaeGene (Bill) Warner of Prague Marlene Kilgore of El Paso, Tex 4 grandchildren – Monique (Jeff) Raitt of Schuyler, Jesse (Paige) DeBord of Omaha, Sean (Dena) Eskilsen of Sacramento, CA, Chad Eskilsen of El Paso, Tex. 5 great grandchildren – Miranda, Shyanna, and Dallas Raitt, Samantha DeBord and Kimberly Eskilsen Lilyan was preceded by her husband Edwin, sister Sylvia Klasna, 4 brothers, Jerry, Elmer, Ernest, and Leonard and their spouses, and an infant sister. There will be visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel on Friday from 5 to 8 PM, and a Graveside Service Saturday morning at 10:30 in Memorial Cemetery next to her husband Edwin. The family requests no flowers. Memorials are suggested to the Dodge County Humane Society." Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, Nebraska.
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- Sylvia Vlasta Sixta Klasna 1905–2000
- Jerry Sixta 1906–1928
- Elmer A. Sixta 1908–1983
- Ernest Sixta 1910–1995
- Leonard A. Sixta 1918–2010
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