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Gayle Esther Bruhn Schwieger
17 Dec 1920 – 30 Nov 2020
| Birth | 17 Dec 1920 |
| Death | 30 Nov 2020 |
| Cemetery | Westlawn Memorial Cemetery Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | GLG on 02 Dec 2020 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219244404 |
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Gayle Schwieger, 99, of Grand Island, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney, NE. A private service will be held for the immediate family with Pastor Bill Pavuk of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Gayle was born December 17, 1920 in rural Hall County to Chris and Mary (Joehnck) Bruhn. She was a great-granddaughter of Henry and Margaretha Joehnck who were original settlers of Grand Island. She attended school at District 42.On May 7, 1942 she married Edwin Schwieger in Hastings, NE. While Mr. Schwieger was in the Army they lived in California, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. When he was sent overseas, she moved back to Grand Island to live with her father. Her mother died in 1943. After Mr. Schwieger’s discharge from the Army they made Grand Island their home. Edwin died in 1990. She worked at the Model Laundry, Twin Rivers Egg Plant in Grand Island and Leon’s Plastics in Alda. After retiring in 1977 she did some babysitting. Gayle enjoyed her family the most but enjoyed dancing, bowling, reading, and traveling. She was a big Husker football fan. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, VFW Auxiliary, a life member of the DAV Auxiliary, the Platt-Deutsche Ladies Society and the Grand Generation Center. She is survived by her daughter, Darlene (Ron) Reams of Atchison, KS; son, Tom Schwieger of Grand Island; four grandchildren, Chuck (Christina) Reams and Mike Reams both of Atchison, KS, Chris (Cindy) Schwieger and Carrie Schwieger both of Grand Island; two great-grandchildren, Derek (Amber) Reams of Liberty, MO and Chance Reams of Atchison, KS; two great-great-granddaughters, Arbor and Willow of Liberty, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; infant daughter, Teresa; four brothers, Carl, Homer, Wayne and Kenneth and five sisters, Edna Maier, Hazel Day, Mary Dickson, Joan Spiehs and Laura Claussen. Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
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- Dale Carl Bruhn 1909–1986
- Edna R Bruhn Maier 1910–1994
- Hazel Augusta Bruhn Day 1912–1993
- Homer H. Bruhn 1913–1998
- Wayne Bruhn 1915–1983
- Mary Louise Bruhn Dickson 1917–2015
- Joan E. Bruhn Spiehs 1923–2011
- Kenneth Leon Bruhn 1927–1988
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