BAMESBERGER, Louis Otto

Louis Bamesberger, age 89, of Aurora died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, May 15th at the St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hampton. Rev. Loren Cooper will officiate. Interment will be in the Hampton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 P.M. Sunday at Higby-McQuiston Mortuary in Aurora. The family will greet friends from 4 – 5. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through the mortuary website at higbymortuary.com. OBITUARY: LOUIS BAMESBERGER Louis Otto Bamesberger, the son of Carl G. and Martha Marie (Troester) Bamesberger, was born on the family farm southwest of Hampton, Nebraska, on July 24, 1916, and died in Aurora, Nebraska on May 10, 2006, at the age of 89. He grew up in the rural Hampton area and attended St. Peter Lutheran School and graduated from Hampton High School. Louis worked on the family farm with his father and grandfather. Louis was united in marriage to Velma Arline Kamtz on April 13, 1941, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hampton. He continued to farm for 33 years southeast of Hampton. For a short time he was the cook at Helen’s Restaurant in Hampton. In 1974, he turned over the farming to his sons and went to work as sales manager for Todd Hybrid Seed Corn. In 1975, Louis and Velma moved to Aurora. At the same time Louis took over as manager of the Hampton Co-Op Feed Mill until he retired in 1981. Velma passed away June 26, 2004. Louis was a lifelong member of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hampton, where he sang in the choir, was Sunday School Superintendent for many years and held other church offices. Louis was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church southwest of Hampton and was confirmed at St. Peter Lutheran. Louis enjoyed doing yard work and helping Velma with the gardening. Louis always enjoyed spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife; sister, Violet Stettner and a brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Those left to cherish his memory are his children, Kathleen (Gwynuel) Johnson of Hampton, LaVerne (Gloria) Bamesberger of Marquette, Eugene (Petra) Bamesberger of Hampton, Dale ‘Red’ (Karen) Bamesberger of Hampton and Dean (Susan) Bamesberger of Hampton; 9 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Harold Bamesberger of Hampton.
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