In Memory
Burdean M. Geihsler Melchert
- Birth
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Hayes Center, Hayes County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 3 Jun 2019 (aged 81)
Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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Trenton, Hitchcock County, Nebraska
- Plot
- 14 C
Burdean M. Melchert was born to Harold and Sophia (Kircher) Geihsler on December 16, 1937, in Hayes Center, Nebraska. She grew up in McCook, Nebraska, and graduated from McCook High School in 1955.
Burdean married Alfred Melchert on May 26, 1956, in Oberlin, Kansas. They lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, for one year before settling in Stratton, Nebraska. Burdean sewed draperies for Komacs and JCPenney's in McCook and later started her own drapery business. She did all this while helping her husband run and manage their car business, A&B Motors in Stratton.
Burdean passed away Monday evening, June 3, 2019. at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. She was 81 years of age.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Alfred, eldest son Steve, and her siblings.
Funeral services will be Friday morning, June 7, 2019; 10:00 am (CT) at the Community United Methodist Church in Stratton, with Pastor Rod Helibrun officiating. Interment will follow services in the Trenton Cemetery, Trenton, Nebraska. Visitation will be Thursday afternoon, June 6, from 4:00-6:00 pm (CT) at the Community United Methodist Church in Stratton.
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