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Emilie Meisner Obituary
Her funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, July 16, at Emmanuel Congregational Church in Scottsbluff with Pastor John Adams officiating. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Gering.
Friends may visit from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff. A memorial has been established to The Festival of Hope (in honor of her daughter). Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.dugankramer.com
Emilie was born May 6, 1911, on a ship coming from Germany to the United States, to George and Dorothy Haun. She married Herman Meisner March 15, 1933. They farmed in the Lake Alice area for many years.
She was a member of Emmanuel Congregational Church at Scottsbluff and the Happy Hour Club at Lake Alice. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, playing cards and board games.
Survivors include her son, Randy (Lana) Meisner of Studio City, Calif.; son-in-law, Art Benzel of Gering; grandchildren, Jana (Steve) Richter of Gering, Dana (Lana) Meisner of Torrington, Wyo., Heather Leigh of Scottsbluff, and Eric (Stacey) Meisner of Scottsbluff; six great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; and sister, Lydia Ohlund of Wisconsin.
Preceding Emilie in death were her parents, her husband, daughter Carol Benzel, and sisters, Elizabeth, Mollie, and Alice.
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July 25, 2010
Sorry to hear about your Mother I didnt know her but she looked to be a grand lady. Mark Sandbeck Grass Valley,Ca.
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Duane Baggs
July 17, 2010
Randy, Sorry to read of your mothers passing. She was a great ady and still remember her Lake Alice. Please except my condolances.
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