LaVern W. Scheidies, 94 years of age of Minden passed away Sunday June 14, 2020 at CHI Health - Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney after a brief illness. The son of Albert and Fern (Woodward) Scheidies, LaVern was born November 24, 1925 on their farm in Kearney County. His family later moved to Juniata where he graduated from high school in 1943. While still in high school, LaVern enlisted in the Air Force Cadet program, and he eventually served in World War II as a tail gunner on a B-17 with the 326th Army Air Force unit, flying eight combat missions over occupied territory in Europe. After being discharged in January 1946, he attended Hastings College for two years before going to work the family farm.
LaVern met his beloved wife Roberta “Bert” Meyer at a dance in Grand Island. They married October 12, 1951 and had five children – Keith, Mark, Randy, Rhonda and Tim. In 1963 they moved to the Scheidies’ family farm near Lowell, living there until moving to Minden at retirement in February 1996. LaVern moved to Bethany Home in Minden in October 2018, where he lived until his passing.
LaVern was a farmer and agricultural entrepreneur, with side businesses selling seed corn, sweet corn and popcorn, custom hay baling, and clerking farm and household auctions for many years. He was active in the St. Paul Lutheran churches, both in Lowell while on the farm, and after moving into Minden. He was known to many by his longtime nickname “Jiggs”.
LaVern was preceded in death by his parents and brother Robert; wife Roberta, son Mark and granddaughter Nichole.
He is survived by many who loved him, including his children Keith (Carolyn), daughter-in-law Jennifer, Randy (Nancy), Rhonda McCarthy, and Tim (Lisa); grandchildren Chris, Cassie, Tiffany, Crystal, Nick, Whitney, Anne, and Sara; great grandchildren Devon, Dane, Tori, Colton, Mason, Paxton, Josh, Aniah, Ellery and Zeke; and other relatives, friends and neighbors over the years.
LaVern met his beloved wife Roberta “Bert” Meyer at a dance in Grand Island. They married October 12, 1951 and had five children – Keith, Mark, Randy, Rhonda and Tim. In 1963 they moved to the Scheidies’ family farm near Lowell, living there until moving to Minden at retirement in February 1996. LaVern moved to Bethany Home in Minden in October 2018, where he lived until his passing.
LaVern was a farmer and agricultural entrepreneur, with side businesses selling seed corn, sweet corn and popcorn, custom hay baling, and clerking farm and household auctions for many years. He was active in the St. Paul Lutheran churches, both in Lowell while on the farm, and after moving into Minden. He was known to many by his longtime nickname “Jiggs”.
LaVern was preceded in death by his parents and brother Robert; wife Roberta, son Mark and granddaughter Nichole.
He is survived by many who loved him, including his children Keith (Carolyn), daughter-in-law Jennifer, Randy (Nancy), Rhonda McCarthy, and Tim (Lisa); grandchildren Chris, Cassie, Tiffany, Crystal, Nick, Whitney, Anne, and Sara; great grandchildren Devon, Dane, Tori, Colton, Mason, Paxton, Josh, Aniah, Ellery and Zeke; and other relatives, friends and neighbors over the years.
LaVern W. Scheidies, 94 years of age of Minden passed away Sunday June 14, 2020 at CHI Health - Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney after a brief illness. The son of Albert and Fern (Woodward) Scheidies, LaVern was born November 24, 1925 on their farm in Kearney County. His family later moved to Juniata where he graduated from high school in 1943. While still in high school, LaVern enlisted in the Air Force Cadet program, and he eventually served in World War II as a tail gunner on a B-17 with the 326th Army Air Force unit, flying eight combat missions over occupied territory in Europe. After being discharged in January 1946, he attended Hastings College for two years before going to work the family farm.
LaVern met his beloved wife Roberta “Bert” Meyer at a dance in Grand Island. They married October 12, 1951 and had five children – Keith, Mark, Randy, Rhonda and Tim. In 1963 they moved to the Scheidies’ family farm near Lowell, living there until moving to Minden at retirement in February 1996. LaVern moved to Bethany Home in Minden in October 2018, where he lived until his passing.
LaVern was a farmer and agricultural entrepreneur, with side businesses selling seed corn, sweet corn and popcorn, custom hay baling, and clerking farm and household auctions for many years. He was active in the St. Paul Lutheran churches, both in Lowell while on the farm, and after moving into Minden. He was known to many by his longtime nickname “Jiggs”.
LaVern was preceded in death by his parents and brother Robert; wife Roberta, son Mark and granddaughter Nichole.
He is survived by many who loved him, including his children Keith (Carolyn), daughter-in-law Jennifer, Randy (Nancy), Rhonda McCarthy, and Tim (Lisa); grandchildren Chris, Cassie, Tiffany, Crystal, Nick, Whitney, Anne, and Sara; great grandchildren Devon, Dane, Tori, Colton, Mason, Paxton, Josh, Aniah, Ellery and Zeke; and other relatives, friends and neighbors over the years.
LaVern met his beloved wife Roberta “Bert” Meyer at a dance in Grand Island. They married October 12, 1951 and had five children – Keith, Mark, Randy, Rhonda and Tim. In 1963 they moved to the Scheidies’ family farm near Lowell, living there until moving to Minden at retirement in February 1996. LaVern moved to Bethany Home in Minden in October 2018, where he lived until his passing.
LaVern was a farmer and agricultural entrepreneur, with side businesses selling seed corn, sweet corn and popcorn, custom hay baling, and clerking farm and household auctions for many years. He was active in the St. Paul Lutheran churches, both in Lowell while on the farm, and after moving into Minden. He was known to many by his longtime nickname “Jiggs”.
LaVern was preceded in death by his parents and brother Robert; wife Roberta, son Mark and granddaughter Nichole.
He is survived by many who loved him, including his children Keith (Carolyn), daughter-in-law Jennifer, Randy (Nancy), Rhonda McCarthy, and Tim (Lisa); grandchildren Chris, Cassie, Tiffany, Crystal, Nick, Whitney, Anne, and Sara; great grandchildren Devon, Dane, Tori, Colton, Mason, Paxton, Josh, Aniah, Ellery and Zeke; and other relatives, friends and neighbors over the years.
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