Alfred Elmer Bauer

1939 - 2025

Alfred Elmer Bauer, 85, of Pleasanton, Neb., died Oct. 11, 2025, at St. Luke's Home, Kearney.

Alfred was born Oct. 20, 1939, to Elmer John and Minnie Dorothy (Lammers) Bauer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.  Alfred attended Brown Rural School and Litchfield High School.  

On Dec. 22, 1961, he married Frieda JoAnn Cherry at New Life Assembly Church in Kearney and they farmed northwest of Pleasanton. He and Frieda were baptized on May 31, 1964, in the South Loup River. 

Alfred had a love for horses and longhorn cattle. He enjoyed working with machinery and tractors, especially two-cylinder John Deere tractors which he pulled at tractor pulls. He farmed, worked for Rochford's Construction and the Buffalo County Highway Department.

During retirement he continued to work for VC Howard Hay Co., Reese Farms and neighbors. He served on the Sartoria Township Board and attended the Pleasanton Evangelical Free Church.

Surviving relatives include his sons Randy Bauer and wife Karla of Pleasanton, Ricky Bauer and wife Renee' of Elm Creek and his daughter Brenda Paitz and husband Brian of Pleasanton; grandchildren include Kristi (Shaun) Fisher, Kelli (Tanner) Taubenheim, Keri Bauer, Justine Bauer, Allison (Matthew) Hinrichs, Whitney Bauer, Ashley Bauer, Madeline (Zach) Schmidt, Brodrick Paitz, and Cassidee Paitz; great-gfrandchildren Kaydn Fisher, Lincoln Fisher, Brooks Fisher, Jace Taubenheim, Dayton Taubenheim, Kinley Taubenheim and Hazel Hinrichs; and sisters Dorothy (Kim) Phillips of Pleasanton and Marilyn (David) Cyboron of Boelus.

Alfred was preceded in death by wife Frieda JoAnne (Cherry) Bauer; parents Elmer John Bauer and Minnie Dorothy (Lammers) Bauer; and brothers Ervin (Ilene) Bauer and Bertis Lee Bauer (infant brother).

Services are at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at Pleasanton Evangelical Free Church with George Reitz officiating. Burial will be at Mason City Cemetery. The family will greet friends at visitation Sunday, Oct. 19, 4-7 p.m. at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.

Memorials are suggested to the Homeward Trail Bible Camp.