Conrad Klingelhoefer

Amherst resident, 88

GRAND ISLAND - Conrad A. Klingelhoefer, 88, of Amherst died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Amherst with the Rev. Herbert Mueller officiat-ing. Burial will be at Stanley Cemetery with military honors by Amherst American Legion Post 351 and the Nebraska National Guard Military Honors Team.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Horner-Lieske-Horner Mortuary in Kearney and one hour before services Friday at the church.

He was born March 1, 1920, in Amherst to Conrad and Emelie (Wuehler) Klingelhoefer.

On May 29, 1943, he married Maxine Chapin in Tucson, Ariz.

Survivors include his sons, Robert Klingelhoefer, Kenneth Klingelhoefer and his wife, Sharon, and Steven Klingelhoefer and his wife, Melanie, all of Amherst; daughters, Carol Tjernagel and her husband, Luther, of St. Paul and Janelle Ward and her husband, Tim, of Frisco, Texas; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and special friend, Berniece Slack of Gibbon.

He graduated from Amherst High School in 1936. He joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and served during World War II. After the service, he and his wife moved back to Amherst where he farmed.

He started Klingelhoefer well drilling service in 1964. He then worked at the Glenwood Hay Mill and Eaton Corp. until he retired in 1982. He had his own sawmill that he used to cut lumber.

He enjoyed collecting and rebuilding Massey-Harris tractors, going to auctions, reading, gardening, music and dancing, and he was a good cook. He also enjoyed airplanes and flying. He loved his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Memorials are suggested to the Buffalo County Hero Flight.

A message of condolence, tribute or memory can be left at www.hlhmortuary.com.