Lavern C. Stuehm

May 19, 2019 - January 12, 2021

Lavern Chris Stuehm, 88, of Kearney, passed away January 12, 2021 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 15, 2021 at Zion Lutheran Church in Kearney with Pastor James DeLoach officiating. The service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live at Zion Lutheran Kearney. Burial will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 15, 2021 at St. John’s Cemetery south of Wilcox. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Zion Lutheran Church. Memorials are suggested to the Zion Lutheran Church Radio Broadcast. Lavern was born May 19, 1932 in Hildreth, to Frank and Erna Staben Stuehm. He was raised on the family farm near Hildreth and graduated from Hildreth High School where he played basketball winning a state championship. He sold tires for many years then drove truck until retirement, logging over a million miles traveled. He loved watching basketball, hunting and fishing, cooking, and sharing his catch. He never knew a stranger. Lavern is survived by his wife, Elaine; children Alan (Arelda) Stuehm, Deb (Tim) Pressley, Lynn (Kirk) Hagan, Mark (Farzaneh) Coffey, Teresa (Mike) Tonn; a sister, Mildred Adam; grandchildren Kim, Evan, Seth, Eric, Steven, Jennifer; great-grandchildren Caden, Riley, Makaylee, Rilee, Hagan, Monroe, Marvin, Aneka, Grace, Chris, Loren, Carson and Brayden; and a great great granddaughter Mariah. He was preceded in death by his parents and a great grandson Spencer Stuehm.