LINCOLN -- Reinhold B. "Lefty" Feldkamp departed this life on Sept. 8, 2013. Born Oct. 19, 1918, in Natoma, Kan., he was the son of George and Mary (Hiitter) Feldkamp. He grew up on a farm in the Vesper community, where he graduated from high school in 1936. He attended Oklahoma A and M (Oklahoma State) University on a baseball scholarship, achieving a Bachelor of Science degree. While there, he met and subsequently married Anna Mae Howell on Jan. 16, 1942.
He was a successful pitcher for his college team, played semi-pro ball and was forced to forfeit his chance to play for the St Louis Cardinals when he was drafted and served almost four years in the United States Army, European theater, during World War II. He taught vocational agriculture for 33 years and influenced countless young men through his role as advisor in the Future Farmers of America.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Leo H. Feldkamp; and an infant sister, Delma. Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Feldkamp, of the home; daughter, Mary Lynn Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas; son, Ron (Cindy) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper; five grandsons, Jared Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jevin Snyder, of Dallas, Texas, Seth (Rachel) Feldkamp, of Mission, Ty (Jennifer) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper, and Will Feldkamp, of Sylvan Grove; and four great-grandchildren, Anna, Abby and Ben Feldkamp, all of rural Vesper, and Zoe Luster, of Denton, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at Hall Chapel, 111 E. Elm St., in Lincoln. Interment will be immediately following in Immanuel Cemetery, south of Vesper. Reinhold was in the care of Hall Funeral Home, Lincoln.
He was a successful pitcher for his college team, played semi-pro ball and was forced to forfeit his chance to play for the St Louis Cardinals when he was drafted and served almost four years in the United States Army, European theater, during World War II. He taught vocational agriculture for 33 years and influenced countless young men through his role as advisor in the Future Farmers of America.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Leo H. Feldkamp; and an infant sister, Delma. Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Feldkamp, of the home; daughter, Mary Lynn Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas; son, Ron (Cindy) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper; five grandsons, Jared Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jevin Snyder, of Dallas, Texas, Seth (Rachel) Feldkamp, of Mission, Ty (Jennifer) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper, and Will Feldkamp, of Sylvan Grove; and four great-grandchildren, Anna, Abby and Ben Feldkamp, all of rural Vesper, and Zoe Luster, of Denton, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at Hall Chapel, 111 E. Elm St., in Lincoln. Interment will be immediately following in Immanuel Cemetery, south of Vesper. Reinhold was in the care of Hall Funeral Home, Lincoln.
LINCOLN -- Reinhold B. "Lefty" Feldkamp departed this life on Sept. 8, 2013. Born Oct. 19, 1918, in Natoma, Kan., he was the son of George and Mary (Hiitter) Feldkamp. He grew up on a farm in the Vesper community, where he graduated from high school in 1936. He attended Oklahoma A and M (Oklahoma State) University on a baseball scholarship, achieving a Bachelor of Science degree. While there, he met and subsequently married Anna Mae Howell on Jan. 16, 1942.
He was a successful pitcher for his college team, played semi-pro ball and was forced to forfeit his chance to play for the St Louis Cardinals when he was drafted and served almost four years in the United States Army, European theater, during World War II. He taught vocational agriculture for 33 years and influenced countless young men through his role as advisor in the Future Farmers of America.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Leo H. Feldkamp; and an infant sister, Delma. Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Feldkamp, of the home; daughter, Mary Lynn Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas; son, Ron (Cindy) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper; five grandsons, Jared Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jevin Snyder, of Dallas, Texas, Seth (Rachel) Feldkamp, of Mission, Ty (Jennifer) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper, and Will Feldkamp, of Sylvan Grove; and four great-grandchildren, Anna, Abby and Ben Feldkamp, all of rural Vesper, and Zoe Luster, of Denton, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at Hall Chapel, 111 E. Elm St., in Lincoln. Interment will be immediately following in Immanuel Cemetery, south of Vesper. Reinhold was in the care of Hall Funeral Home, Lincoln.
He was a successful pitcher for his college team, played semi-pro ball and was forced to forfeit his chance to play for the St Louis Cardinals when he was drafted and served almost four years in the United States Army, European theater, during World War II. He taught vocational agriculture for 33 years and influenced countless young men through his role as advisor in the Future Farmers of America.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Leo H. Feldkamp; and an infant sister, Delma. Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Feldkamp, of the home; daughter, Mary Lynn Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas; son, Ron (Cindy) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper; five grandsons, Jared Snyder, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jevin Snyder, of Dallas, Texas, Seth (Rachel) Feldkamp, of Mission, Ty (Jennifer) Feldkamp, of rural Vesper, and Will Feldkamp, of Sylvan Grove; and four great-grandchildren, Anna, Abby and Ben Feldkamp, all of rural Vesper, and Zoe Luster, of Denton, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at Hall Chapel, 111 E. Elm St., in Lincoln. Interment will be immediately following in Immanuel Cemetery, south of Vesper. Reinhold was in the care of Hall Funeral Home, Lincoln.
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