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Lela Scheffelmaer Obituary
A joint funeral service for Lela and her husband, Otto, is 11 a.m. Thursday at Dodson High School, with burial in Hillside Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Dodson Lutheran Church. Adams Kirkwood Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Survivors include sons Otto Scheffelmaer of Lewistown and Robert Scheffelmaer and Mitch Scheffelmaer of Harlem; a daughter, Donna Brese of Pocatello, Idaho; a brother, James Arthur Nielsen of Florida; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Her husband, Otto Scheffelmaer, died Sunday.
Condolences may be posted online at www.gftribune.com/obituaries.
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Ken & Delores Cumber
April 1, 2009
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