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Florian Pelster

21 Oct 1927 – 22 Apr 2010

Birth	21 Oct 1927
Death	22 Apr 2010
Cemetery	Saint Boniface Cemetery Elgin , Antelope County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Laurie Ober-Young Twibell on 14 Sep 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52580047

Bio

Florian Pelster, 82, of Kearney died Thursday, April 22, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born Oct. 21, 1927, in Elgin to John and Veronica (Buddecke) Pelster. On Aug. 19, 1947, he married Joy Hawks in Long Pine. She preceded him in death. Survivors are: his children, Beverly Walton of Kearney, John Pelster and his wife, Debra, of Burwell, La Vern Pelster and his wife, Echo, of North Platte, Suzanne Cheeks and her husband, Doug, of Midland, Texas, and Karla Hehnke and her husband, Jim, of Ravenna; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Lucille Jillson of Lincoln; sisters-in-law, Alfreda Pelster, Mildred Pelster, Bessie Hawks and Marilyn Krause; brother-in-law, Orland Krause; nieces, nephews and a host of friends and relatives.. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1945. He received his auctioneering degree in fall 1947. He farmed, raised cattle and had a dairy in addition to auctioneering. In 1979, the family moved to Loup City, where he was a hog buyer. They retired to Kearney in May 1995, and he moved to Mother Hull Home in 2007. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Diane; his parents; brothers, Raymond, Wilfred, Maynard, La Vern, Phillip and Jerome; sisters, Irene Moser, Laura Speiker, Esther and infant twins; and an infant grandson. Published in the Kearney Hub on 5/19/2010

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Family

Parents

• John Peter Pelster 1885–1957
• Veronica Margaret Buddecke Pelster 1889–1972

Spouse

• Joy Hawks Pelster 1927–1996 FaG

Siblings

• Raymond Herman Pelster 1913–1997
• Esther Philomena Pelster 1914–1924
• Irene Catherine Pelster Moser 1916–2003
• PFC Wilfrid Bernard Pelster 1917–1969
• Maynard Louis Pelster Sr 1919–1951
• Corp LaVern Pelster 1921–1943
• Laura Hedwig Pelster Spieker 1922–1998
• Phillip Peter "Pete" Pelster 1924–2009
• Jerome A. Pelster 1930–1942

Children

• Diane Pelster 1949–1950 FaG

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