Leta V. Stengel

May 12, 1925 - March 1, 2019

Leta V. Stengel, 93, of Kearney, died Friday, March 1, 2019 at St. Luke’s Good Samaritan Village in Kearney. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney. Rev. Dean Pofahl will officiate and burial will be at Kearney Cemetery. There will be no public visitation. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Association or to Diabetes Research, care of the family. Online condolences may be submitted by visiting www.hlmkfuneral.com Arrangements are under the direction of Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney. Leta was born on May 12, 1925 in Albion, NE to Martin W. and Emma M. (Atwater) Brown. She graduated from Longfellow High School in 1942. Leta married Jack G. Stengel on February 15, 1945 in Phillipsburg, KS. Leta worked as a sales clerk at Earl May in Kearney for many years before her retirement in 1995. She liked to sew, draw, bake and paint. She also liked all flowers and enjoyed collecting dolls. She loved her family and was very proud of her children and grandchildren and they will dearly miss her. Surviving relatives include her children, Joe Stengel, Lynn Kelly and Joann Tumbleson; 13 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 7 great great grandchildren; numerous other extended family and friends. Leta was preceded in death by her husband, Jack in 1979; 2 daughters, Nancy Henry and Trudy Gillming; 3 brothers and 2 sisters