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Loretta Smeal

1931 - 2025

Loretta Smeal obituary, 1931-2025, Scribner, NE

BORN

1931

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Ludvigsen Mortuary - Scribner

509 Main St.

Scribner, Nebraska

Loretta Smeal Obituary

Loretta Smeal

April 7, 2025

Loretta Smeal, age 93, of Snyder, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2025, at St. Joseph's Hillside Villa in West Point.

The funeral mass will be 10 a.m., Friday, April 11, 2025, at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Snyder. Burial will follow in St. Leo's Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Snyder Fire and Rescue or may be directed to the family. Visitation will be Thursday, from 4 to 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. all at the church. A rosary will be said at 7 p.m.

Ludvigsen's Scribner Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Fremont Tribune on Apr. 9, 2025.

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Apr

10

Visitation

4:00 p.m.

St. Leo's Catholic Church

NE

Apr

10

Rosary

7:00 p.m.

St. Leo's Catholic Church

NE

Apr

11

Funeral Mass

11:00 a.m.

St. Leo's Catholic Church

Snyder, NE

Funeral services provided by:

Ludvigsen Mortuary - Scribner

509 Main St., Scribner, NE 68057

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