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From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, March 2, 2003-
Esther P. Wurdeman, 94, of Columbus, Nebraska died Saturday, March 1, 2003
at the Beverly Healthcare in Columbus. Services will be held at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Columbus on Friday, March 07, 2003 at 10:30 AM with Rev.
Roland A. Jank officiating. Interment will be at the Leigh City Cemetery in
Leigh, Nebraska at 1:30 PM on Friday. Visitations will be held at the Gass
Haney Funeral Home on Thursday, from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM and at Immanuel
Lutheran Church on Friday, from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM. There will be a family
prayer service on Friday at 10:15 AM at the church.
Esther P. Wurdeman was born October 27, 1908 in Leigh, Nebraska to Wilhelm
and Anna (Loseke) Hespe. She graduated from Leigh High School in 1927 and
attended State Teacher's College in Wayne, Nebraska. She taught in Genoa for
two years. She worked in the Rynearson bakery in Leigh until she married. She
married Elmer Wurdeman, July 16, 1935 at Zion Lutheran Church in Leigh, the
same church where she was baptized and confirmed.
After her marriage, she worked for 15 years in her father's hardware and
furniture store, Hespe Hardware in Leigh. She also worked and co-owned B&W
Manufacturing, Co. of Columbus, a family owned business, since 1958.
She resided in Leigh all her married life, moving to Columbus in 1982. She
was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Leigh and currently a member
of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus.
During her life she was active in Walther League, Sewing Circle, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and was a member of the Zion choir in Leigh. In Columbus, she was an active volunteer of the Columbus Hospital Auxiliary.
Esther is survived by:
Daughter - Faye Kolder - Omaha, NE
Son - James (Anne Marie) Wurdeman - San Diego, CA
Son - M.E. "Mike" (Beverly) Wurdeman - Columbus, NE
Son - Richard (Jolene) Wurdeman - Omaha, NE
Sister - Alice Duncan - Portland, OR
Brother - Arnold Hespe - Alexandria, VA
Brother - Paul Hespe - Portland, OR
13 Grandchildren
3 Great Grandchildren
Esther was preceded in death by:
Father - Wilhelm Hespe
Mother - Anna (Loseke) Hespe
Husband - Elmer Wurdeman
Brother - Arthur Hespe
Brother - Edmund Hespe
Brother - Harold Hespe
Brother - Laurin Hespe
[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]
From THE COLUMBUS (NE.) TELEGRAM, March 2, 2003-
Esther P. Wurdeman, 94, of Columbus, Nebraska died Saturday, March 1, 2003
at the Beverly Healthcare in Columbus. Services will be held at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Columbus on Friday, March 07, 2003 at 10:30 AM with Rev.
Roland A. Jank officiating. Interment will be at the Leigh City Cemetery in
Leigh, Nebraska at 1:30 PM on Friday. Visitations will be held at the Gass
Haney Funeral Home on Thursday, from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM and at Immanuel
Lutheran Church on Friday, from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM. There will be a family
prayer service on Friday at 10:15 AM at the church.
Esther P. Wurdeman was born October 27, 1908 in Leigh, Nebraska to Wilhelm
and Anna (Loseke) Hespe. She graduated from Leigh High School in 1927 and
attended State Teacher's College in Wayne, Nebraska. She taught in Genoa for
two years. She worked in the Rynearson bakery in Leigh until she married. She
married Elmer Wurdeman, July 16, 1935 at Zion Lutheran Church in Leigh, the
same church where she was baptized and confirmed.
After her marriage, she worked for 15 years in her father's hardware and
furniture store, Hespe Hardware in Leigh. She also worked and co-owned B&W
Manufacturing, Co. of Columbus, a family owned business, since 1958.
She resided in Leigh all her married life, moving to Columbus in 1982. She
was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Leigh and currently a member
of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus.
During her life she was active in Walther League, Sewing Circle, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and was a member of the Zion choir in Leigh. In Columbus, she was an active volunteer of the Columbus Hospital Auxiliary.
Esther is survived by:
Daughter - Faye Kolder - Omaha, NE
Son - James (Anne Marie) Wurdeman - San Diego, CA
Son - M.E. "Mike" (Beverly) Wurdeman - Columbus, NE
Son - Richard (Jolene) Wurdeman - Omaha, NE
Sister - Alice Duncan - Portland, OR
Brother - Arnold Hespe - Alexandria, VA
Brother - Paul Hespe - Portland, OR
13 Grandchildren
3 Great Grandchildren
Esther was preceded in death by:
Father - Wilhelm Hespe
Mother - Anna (Loseke) Hespe
Husband - Elmer Wurdeman
Brother - Arthur Hespe
Brother - Edmund Hespe
Brother - Harold Hespe
Brother - Laurin Hespe
Original individual @I00739@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I1704@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@)
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