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LaVerne Tompkin Obituary

LaVerne M. Tompkin, 76, Lincoln, died Wednesday (1/19/05). Born, Seward (6/22/28). Graduate, Seward High School, 1945. Food service employee, Lincoln Public Schools. Member: Faith Lutheran Church, Lincoln; AARP; Lancaster County elections board.

Survivors: husband, Harold L. Sr.; sons, daughters-in-law, Harold L. "Harry" Jr. and Lisa, Lincoln, Steve and Vicky, St. Charles, Mo.; daughters, son-in-law, Becky and Morey Cade, Parkville, Mo., Trudy Tompkin, Des Moines, Iowa, Rachel Tompkin, Lincoln; grandchildren, Travis, Jared Tompkin, Austin, Morgan Cade; sisters-in-law, spouses, Shirley Schuknecht, Lincoln, Betty and Ralph Mooney, Holdrege, Nyleve and James Grove, Bethlehem, Pa., Marianne and Bobby Beisel, Funk; brother-in-law, Clifford D. Tompkin, Lincoln; nieces; nephews. Preceded in death by: parents, Otto M. and Matilda C. (Roehrkasse) Schuknecht; brother, Robert Schuknecht.

Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Saturday, Faith Lutheran Church, 8701 Adams St. The Rev. Mark T. Hannemann. Graveside services: 3 p.m. today, Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today, church. Memorials in lieu of flowers: church or Alzheimer's Association of the Great Plains, 5601 S. 27th St., Suite 201, Lincoln 68512. Wood-Zabka Funeral Home, Seward.
Published by Lincoln Journal Star on Jan. 21, 2005.

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Tom and Patty Hellwig

February 5, 2005

Steve and Vickie,



Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Gary & Mary Steyer

January 24, 2005

Steve and Vickie, our prayers for your mother, may she enjoy eternal happiness with the Lord.

joyce Robinson

January 22, 2005

Harold and Family,



Dave and I are keeping you in our prayers.



Dave and Joyce former members of Faith. Now we live in Alabama

Bob & Marie Shaner

January 21, 2005

To Steve, Vicky and the Tompkin Family,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you for the loss of your cherished Family member. God Bless.

Jaymie Ware

January 21, 2005

Rachel and I were best friends in high school, and I knew her mother, who was a sweet woman!

Rachel, I am sorry for you loss, take comfort in the momories y ou have of her!

Jaymie (Rice) Ware

Cheryl Lee

January 21, 2005

Rachel,

Our family just wants you to know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

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