Conrad L. Anderson

Conrad L. Anderson, 79 of Long Pine, NE died Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, NE. Funeral services will be Friday, April 25, 2014 at 10:30 am at the First Lutheran Church in Kearney with Pastor Eric Lesher and Pastor Rebecca McDermott officiating. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Axtell, NE. Visitation will be Friday morning one hour prior to the funeral at First Lutheran Church. Memorials are suggested to the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth or Hospice of O’Neill. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. Conrad was born June 28, 1934 in Kearney to LaVern and Bernice (Peterson) Anderson. Conrad attended and graduated from Bertrand High School in 1952. He moved to Hastings, NE and was hired on at the Naval Ammunition depot. Early in 1953 he met Shirley Aulner and they were married on August 21, 1954 in Hastings, Nebraska. During this time Conrad enlisted in the local Army Reserve Unit, he became; ER17397826 and stayed a reservist until his honorable discharge eight years later. In August of 1956 Conrad attended nursing school at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, NE, and graduated on August 8, 1959. After working in Jennie Melham Memorial Hospital in Broken Bow, Nebraska for one year he was accepted into Creighton Memorial Hospital Anesthesia School. In October 1962 he graduated from Creighton as a CRNA and went to “Doctor’s” Hospital to work. Within the year he interviewed for a position as Administrator and Anesthesia provider for Schuyler Memorial Hospital, Inc. in Schuyler, NE. While in Schuyler he was on the Church Council, President of Schuyler Rotary Club, President of the Nebraska Association of Nurse Anesthetist, President of the Regional areas of the Nebraska Hospital Association and free lance anesthesia in many area hospitals. In 1972 he took a position working for two Surgeons in Kearney. After about one year he joined the Kearney Anesthesia Group. He was also President of the Midwest Anesthesia Group, PC. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Kearney. In 1993 he resigned from the group, and moved to Long Pine, NE with his wife Shirley and worked free-lance until July 1997. They joined St. Peter Lutheran Church in Bassett, NE where he served four years on the Church Council as Treasurer and Secretary. Later he served for two plus years on the Long Pine Chamber of Commerce as Secretary and Treasurer. Conrad is survived by his wife Shirley Anderson of Long Pine, NE, daughters; Janell Jorgensen and her husband Brad of Omaha, NE, Renee Tucker and her husband Tracy of St. Paul, NE, Aletha Sands and her husband Don of Lincoln, NE, son, Keven Anderson and his wife Sara of Holdrege, NE, brother Byron Anderson of Holdrege, NE, sister Marilynn Smith and her husband Bob of Milligan, CO, 9 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, 19great grandchildren. Conrad is preceded in death by his brother LeMoyne Anderson. PDF Printable Version

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Conrad L. Anderson

June 28, 1934 - April 20, 2014