Daughter of Reiner and Grace (Tjaden) Ackerman.
Baptized into the Lutheran faith, Jan. 16, 1917, at Zion American Lutheran Church in Macon; confirmed on June 20, 1931.
Lived near Macon, Ragan and Upland for most of her early years; graduated from Upland High School, 1935.
Married: Feb. 20, 1936, to Gustave H.R. Lieske in Upland
She and husband farmed in the Macon area, 1936- 1946; moved to Kearney.
Farmed southeast of Kearney until 1972; moved to Hayes Center and farmed until he died, Sept. 27, 1993
She remained on the farm until 2003; moved to St. John's Center in Kearney.
Activities: past member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Culbertson and of the Welcome In Club of Hayes Center; helped make lap robes that were given to Veterans Affairs Hospitals and nursing homes
Enjoyed embroidery, cross-stitch and quilting for friends and family. Before she retired, she enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include: sons, Gustave of Lincoln and Dallas of Hayes Center; also grandsons, Donald and his wife, Rhonda, and Charles and wife, Vicki, all of Lincoln; granddaughters, Carmela Menking and her husband, Scott, of Matsue, Japan, and Dana Buchbinder and husband, Marco, of Boston; and three great-grandsons.
Was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Larry, and her parents.
Baptized into the Lutheran faith, Jan. 16, 1917, at Zion American Lutheran Church in Macon; confirmed on June 20, 1931.
Lived near Macon, Ragan and Upland for most of her early years; graduated from Upland High School, 1935.
Married: Feb. 20, 1936, to Gustave H.R. Lieske in Upland
She and husband farmed in the Macon area, 1936- 1946; moved to Kearney.
Farmed southeast of Kearney until 1972; moved to Hayes Center and farmed until he died, Sept. 27, 1993
She remained on the farm until 2003; moved to St. John's Center in Kearney.
Activities: past member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Culbertson and of the Welcome In Club of Hayes Center; helped make lap robes that were given to Veterans Affairs Hospitals and nursing homes
Enjoyed embroidery, cross-stitch and quilting for friends and family. Before she retired, she enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include: sons, Gustave of Lincoln and Dallas of Hayes Center; also grandsons, Donald and his wife, Rhonda, and Charles and wife, Vicki, all of Lincoln; granddaughters, Carmela Menking and her husband, Scott, of Matsue, Japan, and Dana Buchbinder and husband, Marco, of Boston; and three great-grandsons.
Was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Larry, and her parents.
Daughter of Reiner and Grace (Tjaden) Ackerman.
Baptized into the Lutheran faith, Jan. 16, 1917, at Zion American Lutheran Church in Macon; confirmed on June 20, 1931.
Lived near Macon, Ragan and Upland for most of her early years; graduated from Upland High School, 1935.
Married: Feb. 20, 1936, to Gustave H.R. Lieske in Upland
She and husband farmed in the Macon area, 1936- 1946; moved to Kearney.
Farmed southeast of Kearney until 1972; moved to Hayes Center and farmed until he died, Sept. 27, 1993
She remained on the farm until 2003; moved to St. John's Center in Kearney.
Activities: past member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Culbertson and of the Welcome In Club of Hayes Center; helped make lap robes that were given to Veterans Affairs Hospitals and nursing homes
Enjoyed embroidery, cross-stitch and quilting for friends and family. Before she retired, she enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include: sons, Gustave of Lincoln and Dallas of Hayes Center; also grandsons, Donald and his wife, Rhonda, and Charles and wife, Vicki, all of Lincoln; granddaughters, Carmela Menking and her husband, Scott, of Matsue, Japan, and Dana Buchbinder and husband, Marco, of Boston; and three great-grandsons.
Was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Larry, and her parents.
Baptized into the Lutheran faith, Jan. 16, 1917, at Zion American Lutheran Church in Macon; confirmed on June 20, 1931.
Lived near Macon, Ragan and Upland for most of her early years; graduated from Upland High School, 1935.
Married: Feb. 20, 1936, to Gustave H.R. Lieske in Upland
She and husband farmed in the Macon area, 1936- 1946; moved to Kearney.
Farmed southeast of Kearney until 1972; moved to Hayes Center and farmed until he died, Sept. 27, 1993
She remained on the farm until 2003; moved to St. John's Center in Kearney.
Activities: past member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Culbertson and of the Welcome In Club of Hayes Center; helped make lap robes that were given to Veterans Affairs Hospitals and nursing homes
Enjoyed embroidery, cross-stitch and quilting for friends and family. Before she retired, she enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include: sons, Gustave of Lincoln and Dallas of Hayes Center; also grandsons, Donald and his wife, Rhonda, and Charles and wife, Vicki, all of Lincoln; granddaughters, Carmela Menking and her husband, Scott, of Matsue, Japan, and Dana Buchbinder and husband, Marco, of Boston; and three great-grandsons.
Was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Larry, and her parents.
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