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Grace H. Herbert Meysenburg

2 Mar 1926 – 20 Nov 2022

Birth	2 Mar 1926
Death	20 Nov 2022
Cemetery	Greenwood Cemetery Sidney , Cheyenne County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	The Cemeterian on 24 Nov 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245840354

Bio

Grace H. Meysenburg, age 96, of Sidney, NE passed away in Sidney, NE on Sunday, November 20, 2022. Grace was born March 2, 1926 in Sidney, NE the third child of Francis J. and Gertrude (Heeg) Herbert. Her father died when she was six months old and her mother raised the children alone until marrying Frank Bruckner when Grace was ten years old. Grace attended St. Patrick's Grade School, St. Joseph's in Platte Center, and then back to Sidney attending St. Patrick's, graduating as a Junior. From 1942-1943 she attended Duchesne College in Omaha for one year to become a secretary. Grace lived and worked in Omaha from 1942-1950. During this time, she met the love of her life. Henry J. "Hank" Meysenburg and Grace were united in marriage on November 28, 1948 at Platte Center, NE. The couple lived in Stanton, NE from 1950-1951 and Albion, NE from 1951-1952 before moving back to Sidney in 1952 where she made her home until her death. Grace worked at Sidney National Bank, now Security First, retiring in 1993. She spent the next 20 years working as the secretary/treasurer for CA Story. Grace was the last member of the 6 Women Coffee Group which met in Sidney weekly for several decades. Grace had a deep love for the Catholic faith and devotion to Mary. She prayed several decades of the Rosary daily. She was an active member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sidney serving funeral dinners, working at the rummage house and church bizarre, and a member of the Altar Society and the Catholic Daughters of America. Grace was preceded in death by her father Francis Herbert, mother and step-father Gertrude and Frank Bruckner, husband Hank Meysenburg, daughter Theresa Zimmer and husband Andrew, grandson-in-law Bruce Sieg and her siblings: Jim Herbert, Ruth Snyder, Joyce Kreski, Mary Jean Richards, and Max Bruckner. Interment at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney.

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Family

Parents

• Francis James Herbert 1893–1926
• Gertrude Catherine Heeg Herbert Bruckner 1899–1987

Spouse

• Henry John "Hank" Meysenburg Jr 1926–1999 FaG

Siblings

• James A. "Jim" Herbert 1922–2010
• Ruth Frances Herbert Snyder 1923–1995
• Joyce A. Bruckner Kreski 1927–2014

Children

• Theresa Susan Meysenburg Zimmer 1949–1995 FaG

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