Wilma and Willis Lemburg

73, 72

CAIRO -- Wilma L. Lemburg, 73, of Cairo died on Dec. 14, 2001, and her husband, Willis A. Lemburg, 72, of Cairo died on Dec. 16, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center.

Services for the couple will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Christ Lutheran Church in Cairo. The Rev. Glen Keylon will officiate. Burial will be in Cameron Cemetery with military honors by Fort Riley, Kan., for Mr. Lemburg. Mrs. Lemburg's services were changed due to her husband's death.

Visitation will be from noon until services Thursday at the church.

Memorials are suggested to the church or the family's choice.

Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Lemburg was born on Nov. 13, 1928, at Hazard to Henry and Minnie (Brewer) Smith. She grew up in the area and graduated from Hazard High School in 1949. She then attended medical school in Omaha.

Mr. Lemburg was born on Sept. 14, 1929, on a farm near Dannebrog to Gustav and Dora (Becker) Lemburg. He grew up in Dannebrog and attended District 16 School until 1942, when they moved to Grand Island.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army on Oct. 17, 1946, and served during World War II. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 17, 1949.

The couple was married on Feb. 18, 1951, in Ravenna. They lived in Cheyenne, Wyo., for a short while and then returned to Nebraska. Mrs. Lemburg worked for Omaha Cold Storage in Ravenna and at the Gibbon Turkey Plant. They later moved to Cairo, where the couple ran Cairo Bowl for many years. Mrs. Lemburg also candled eggs. Mr. Lemburg first worked for the sugar beet factory and then worked for Supersweet Feeds for more than 32 years.

They were members of Christ Lutheran Church in Cairo, where Mr. Lemburg was very active. They were also members of the Eagles Club. Mr. Lemburg was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and National Rifle Association.

Mrs. Lemburg enjoyed bingo, reading, sewing and bowling. Mr. Lemburg enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling and, in his youth, swimming.

Survivors of the couple include a son and daughter-in-law, Brent and Stephanie Lemburg of Giltner; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Delphine and Michael Ciemnoczolowski and Doreen Lemburg, all of Kearney, and Sharon and Dan Lindell of Cairo; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Lemburg was also survived by three brothers, Lyle "Skeeter" Smith of Hazard, Mervin Lemburg of Mesa, Ariz., and Lowen Lemburg of Lincoln; and four sisters, Shirley Palasek of Fullerton, Arlone Breiner of Grand Island, Elaine Grim of Dannebrog and Lois Drake of New Johnsonville, Tenn.

Mr. Lemburg was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Mrs. Lemburg was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Smith.