Charles Wohlgemuth

Charles L. Wohlgemuth, 81 of Kearney and formerly of the Funk area, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, January 14, 2011 at the Evangelical Free Church in Kearney with Revs. Mike Shields and Jerry Classen officiating. Interment will be in the Fridhem Lutheran Cemetery near Funk. Visitation will be from 5:30 - 7:30 PM, Thursday at the O'Brien - Straatmann Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Phelps County Museum or the Evangelical Free Church Building Fund. O'Brien - Straatmann Funeral Home of Kearney is in charge of arrangements. He was born August 10, 1929 in Omaha to George and Yvena (Smith) Wohlgemuth. He was baptized as an infant in the Fridhem Lutheran Church. He grew up on a farm in Phelps County and graduated from Holdrege High School in 1947. On February 19, 1955, he married Bonita Broberg in Axtell. They lived and farmed in the Funk area for 61 years. He was active in many community and church activities. He was a charter member of the Funk Lions Club, served on the Funk School Board, served as assistant scout master for Troop 222 and was a member of the Emmaus Evangelical Free Church, where he served as an elder and taught Sunday School. In April of 1991, he retired from farming and moved to Kearney. He was a member of the Kearney Evangelical Free Church and served on the Maintenance and Building Commission for several years. He sang with Barbershop Quartets in Funk and Kearney, the Axtell Master Singers and in the church choir. He and his family sang together for church programs. Survivors include his wife of Kearney; sons, Daniel and wife, Kim of Dickinson, TX, David and wife, Branda of Holdrege, Donald and wife, Brenda of Holdrege, Daron of Kansas City, MO, and Delwin and wife, Ellen of Bonita Springs, FL; daughters, Denise Larsen and husband, Doug of Lincoln and DeAnn Watermeier and husband, Nathan of Lincoln; grandchildren, Danielle and Dustin Wohlgemuth of Hagerstown, MD, Jessica, Kohl, Morgan and Carli Wolfington of Texas, Morgan and LeAnna Wohlgemuth of Holdrege, Colby Wohlgemuth of Holdrege, Kelsi and Brandon Foster of Overland Park, KS, Shane and Jayde Wohlgemuth of Funk, Chase Wohlgemuth of Funk, Caleb Exstrom of Kearney, Jada Exstrom of Rochester, MN, Weston, Kennedy, London, Peyton and Kendal Wohlgemuth of Fort Myers and Bonita Springs, FL, and Elise and Camryn Watermeier of Lincoln; and 1 great-granddaughter, Elaina Grace of Funk. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Donald.

Charles Wohlgemuth

August 10, 1929 - January 9, 2011