Lloyd Freburg

Lloyd R. Freburg, 86 of Kearney died Tuesday June 21, 2011 at Holdrege Memorial Homes in Holdrege. Funeral services will be 9:30 AM, Saturday June 25th at Faith United Methodist Church in Kearney. The Rev. Michelle Reed will officiate. Interment will be in the Kearney Cemetery. The Navy Honors Team, VFW Post 759 and the American Legion Post 52 of Kearney will conduct military rites at graveside. Visitation will be 5-7 Friday with family receiving friends during that time at Brien Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney. Memorials are suggested for Faith United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be submitted to osafh.com. O’Brien Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. He was born July 10, 1924 in Loomis, Nebraska to Reno and Emma (Jacobson) Freburg. He grew up on a farm north of Loomis and received his education at a rural school outside of Loomis until eighth grade and then attended Loomis High School for two years prior to moving to Pasadena, CA when he was 14 years old. He graduated from Pasadena High School in 1941 and completed two years of college at Pasadena Junior College and also attended Kearney State College. He enlisted in the United States Navy on June 9, 1945 and served during WWII. He was honorably discharged on July 20, 1946. He was united in marriage to Cleo Gibreal on September 1, 1951 in Kearney, NE. The couple lived on a farm south of Loomis, where he was self-employed farmer and also served as Phelps County Assessor for eight years, and as Phelps County Supervisor for an additional eight years. He and his wife moved to Kearney in 1971 where he was employed by the Nebraska Department of Revenue as a field agent for the real estate division. H was a member of Williamsburg Methodist Church in rural Phelps County, Faith United Methodist Church of Kearney, Farm Bureau, American Legion, and enjoyed gardening, traveling, his pets, and following national politics. Survivors include his wife, Cleo Freburg of Kearney, daughter, Nancy Freburg and husband, Andrew Hoffmeister of Kearney, grandchildren, Nicole and Danielle; and sister Luella Epping. Other survivors include numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Reno and Emma Freburg, brother Chester and sister Gladys.

Lloyd Freburg

July 10, 1924 - June 21, 2011