Elmer L. Schroer

January 17, 1938 - July 12, 2019

Elmer Lee Schroer of Gibbon, 81, died Friday, July 12, 2019 at the Bethany Home in Minden. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at the Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Chapel with Pastor Dean Pofahl officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the Gibbon Volunteer Fire Department. Visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. He was born on a farm outside of Kearney on January 17, 1938 to Charles and Bettie (Fox) Schroer. He was the youngest of seven siblings. After completing a tour in the Navy, he married Karen Marie Lyons of Kearney in 1958. Survivors include his wife, Karen of Gibbon; his brother Fay of Kearney; children Bruce (Eva) of Lead Hill, Ark., Bryon of Lincoln, and Thrisha (Terry) Webster of Peachtree City, Ga, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and five siblings.