Doris Lela Reinert, 92 of Tekamah, NE

Doris Reinert

DORIS LELA REINERT was born June 27, 1921, seven miles northwest of Tekamah, Nebraska, to Earl and Grace (Johnson) Gill. She passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Tekamah, at the age of 92 years.

Doris was a life-long resident of the Tekamah area. She graduated from Tekamah High School in 1939. Doris became a member of the Silver Creek Baptist Church in 1932 and later transferred her membership to First Baptist Church in Tekamah.

On September 4, 1941, Doris married Byron G. Reinert at the Gill homestead in the Silver Creek Township. To this union four children were born, Larry, Dan, Linda and Sandra.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Byron; son, Larry; grandson, Monte; great grandson, Justin; brother, Leland Gill; niece, Marilyn Hahn; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Melvin and Vi Reinert, Eldred and Blanch Reinert, Jeanette and David Cantley, Eva and Carl Swanson, Veda and Bob Loftis, Margaret and Clayton Anthony.

Survivors include her son, Dan of Fremont, NE; daughters, Linda Johnson of Correctionville, IA, Sandra Metz of Tekamah; fourteen grandchildren; sister, Betty (Gill) Deaver of Dallas Center, IA.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Tekamah.

VISITATION: Monday, with the family receiving friends from 5 – 7 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. Visitation Tuesday will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.

BURIAL: Tekamah Cemetery

MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church and Tekamah Food Pantry.

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