LeRoy A. Lammers

LeRoy A. Lammers, age 84, of Hazard, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Rose Lane Nursing Home in Loup City surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be 10:30 am, September 3, 2019 at Grace Lutheran Church in Pleasanton with Pastor Dean Hanson officiating. Burial will be at the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, September 2, 2019 at Grace Lutheran Church in Pleasanton and one hour prior to the service. Memorials are suggested to the Grace Lutheran Church, Mission Central, and Valley County Hospice. LeRoy Arnold Lammers was born 8 miles North of Riverdale, July 16, 1935 to Herb and Alma (Kohls) Lammers. He was baptized and confirmed as a youth at Peake Lutheran Church. He became a member of Grace Lutheran Church where he was on several committees, taught Sunday School, and remained a member until his passing. LeRoy attended Kings School North of Riverdale until the 8th grade and then Riverdale High School, where he graduated in 1953. He entered basic training in the U.S. Marine Corps. In San Diego, CA. He spent 15 months in Japan returning to twenty-nine Palms in California. After his discharge he worked in construction and hauling livestock and grain over the road and in 1961 came back to the farm. He hauled cream to Aurora, Nebraska from the Co-Op stations which is how he met his wife Luetta Baade. The couple married on December 10, 1961 at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney. They moved to Elm Creek, Nebraska for one year and then moved their present farm south of Hazard, where they had a dairy farm/farming business. LeRoy enjoyed his cows, riding his four wheelers, and spending time with his family. LeRoy is survived by his wife Luetta Lammers of Hazard, NE; sons, Kevin Lammers and wife Cheryl of Omaha, NE, Kurt Lammers and wife Ann of Waco, NE; daughter, Cindy Kathman and husband Steve of Juniata, NE; grandsons, Brett Lammers and wife Jessica of Litchfield, NE, Kasey Lammers of Goldfield, IA, Justin Kathman and wife Rachel of Topeka, KS, Darrin Lammers of Waco, NE; granddaughters, Katie Kathman of Arapahoe, NE, Kristie Lammers of South Sioux City, NE, Nicole Kathman of Juniata, NE; great grandchildren, Rex and Luke Lammers of Litchfield, NE, Ravenna Kathman of Topeka, KS; brothers-in-law, Robert Lopeman of Aurora, CO, Gerald Taubenheim and wife Velma of Broken Bow, NE; sisters-in-law, Ruby Hatfield of Kearney, NE, Vivian Fichtner of Racine, WI; special family members, Bruna Pes, Nilson Nolasco, and Rahja Porter of Omaha, NE; numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. LeRoy was preceded in death by his parents; son, Kyle Lammers; sisters, Loretta Ohlman, Marcella Fisher, and Pauline Lopeman.

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LeRoy A. Lammers

July 16, 1935 - August 29, 2019