Esther Alvina (Loseke) Moeller, 85 of Oakland, NE

ESTHER ALVINA (LOSEKE) MOELLER 85 years, of Oakland, Nebraska, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014, at Oakland Heights in Oakland.

Esther was born August 24, 1928, on a farm nine miles south of Leigh, Nebraska, to Oscar and Pauline (Cattau) Loseke. She was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church, rural Leigh, Nebraska, in Colfax County.

The family moved to rural Columbus, Nebraska, when Esther was eight. She attended school at District No. 10 in Platte County until the tenth grade and graduated from Kramer High School in Columbus in 1946. After moving to the Columbus area, her folks joined the Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus, where she was confirmed in April 1942. Esther was active in Luther League and choir until moving to Scribner in 1948, where she worked as a cosmetologist and manager of Cleons Beauty Shop until 1949.

On September 27, 1949, Esther married Verdell G. Moeller at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus. They lived in Scribner for three years and were blessed with one son, Lyle. The family moved to a farm 3 ½ miles south of Craig, and were blessed with two daughters, Becky and Connie. Lefty and Esther retired and moved to Oakland in 1993. Lefty preceded her in death on  July 9, 2012.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, mother- and father-in-law, two sisters and three brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law.

Survivors include her son, Lyle (Judith) Moeller of Norfolk, NE, daughter, Becky (Tim) Stromquist, Connie (Steve) Rokusek all of Oakland; nine grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren with one on the way; brother, Norman Loseke of Columbus; brother- and sisters-in-law, Glenville (Valera) Moeller, Joyce Moeller all of Scribner; many nieces and nephews.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, May 19, 2014, at 10:30 am, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland.

VISITATION: Sunday from 4-8 pm with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Home. Visitation will also be held at the church one hour prior to services.

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery

MEMORIALS: To the family

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Esther Moeller