In Memory
Eva Margaret Meissner Carstensen
- Birth
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 14 Dec 2011 (aged 94)
Laurel, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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Laurel, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA
Eva Margaret Carstensen was born January 21, 1917 at McCook to Louis and Clara May (Simmerman) Meissner. She attended school and graduated from McCook High School in 1935. Eva married Otto Carstensen November 18, 1936 in Oberlin, KS. She worked in the ship yards at Portland, OR when Otto was in the service. The couple went to Edmonton, Canada for two years. Eva did custodial maintenance and worked at Lockhead Commissary Cafeteria during World War II. Following World War II the couple moved to a farm north of Laurel in Dixon County and into Laurel in 1972 where Eva worked at the Corner Cafe for ten years. She was a member of United Lutheran Church and Women's Missionary Federation. Eva enjoyed reading and visits from her grandchildren.
Eva is survived by her children, David (Leanne) Carstensen of Laurel, Susan Lebbin of Calfin, KS, and Tracey Teboe of Elk Point SD; ten grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
Eva was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Otto in 1975; daughter, Cathy Patsios in 2000; two grandsons; one great-granddaughter; one brother; and one sister.
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