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Gary Ray Bergstrom
1953 - 2025
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1953
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2025
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Gary Bergstrom Obituary
September 20, 1953 - October 31, 2025
Gary Ray Bergstrom, 72, of Shelton, Neb., passed from this world on October 31, 2025, after a brief battle with illness.
A celebration of life service will be held at Shelton United Methodist Church on Friday, November 7, 2025, at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. tr
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Minden Gun Club. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.
Born on September 20, 1953, in Greeley, Colorado, Gary was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and a friend to many. After growing up working on his family's dairy farm in Hudson, Colorado, he moved his family to St. Ansgar, Iowa in 1982 where he began farming before beginning work in carpentry. In 1993, he moved his family to Gibbon, Nebraska where he started his own construction company, Rafter GB Construction. His work in carpentry wasn't just a means of income, it was his way to teach his sons the value of hard work and the importance of treating people right.
While his retirement was short, it gave him the opportunity to reconnect with his life-long joy. Always a cowboy at heart, Gary loved working with cattle and greatly enjoyed the opportunity that a new friendship provided him…working cattle in the open sandhills north of Burwell on the Broweleit Ranch, a passion he enjoyed sharing with his grandsons, Riley and Reid. Gary also enjoyed leatherworking, trapshooting, and fishing with his grandkids at Calamus Reservoir.
Gary is survived by his wife of 45 years, Kathreen Bergstrom; his sister, Jenny Cummings of Hudson, Colorado; his children, Gary Bergstrom Jr. (Jennifer) of Lincoln, Nebraska, Kacey Bergstrom (Shanna) of Gibbon, Nebraska, and Cody Bergstrom of Kearney, Nebraska; and his four grandchildren, Riley, Reid, Kristiana, and Garrett. Chelsie Bergstrom of Gibbon, Nebraska was also close to Gary's heart.
Gary was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Deloris Bergstrom of Hudson, Colorado.
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