Olga M Meyer

Funeral Services for Olga M. Meyer will be conducted from the Hope Lutheran Church of rural Smithfield, Nebraska on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Cathi Braasch, officiating. Interment will be in the Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Gosper County, Nebraska.

Olga Marie Meyer, 91 years of age, of Bertrand, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege. Olga was born May 22, 1918 at Phillipsburg, Kansas, the third of five children of Herman A. and Mary (Schroeder) Meyer. At one year of age, the family relocated and homesteaded east of Smithfield. She attended the Tracyville Country School through the eighth grade and was confirmed as a member of the Hope Lutheran Church.

She helped on the farm as a child and in later years was a nanny to a young boy in Holdrege. At the start of WW II, Olga helped load bombs with TNT at Grand Island, Nebraska ammunition depot. After two years, she went to Lincoln, Nebraska and worked as a riveter on B52 Bomber Planes. Following the war, Olga returned to Gosper County, before moving to Denver, Colorado where she was employed by Gates Rubber Company for 32 years. After ten years of retirement in Denver, Olga returned to her home roots, which were tugging, to the farm with her brother.

In January of 2001 she fell and broke her hip, Olga made her home at the Bertrand Nursing Home for recovery. She continued to reside in Assisted Living until late in 2008 when she moved to skilled nursing.

She and her friends enjoyed many travels here and abroad. Olga was an avid photographer during these trips and loved to share her pictures with family. In addition, she enjoyed traveling with a lot of Elderhostel's throughout the United States.

Olga was immaculate with her needlework, often taking lessons and loved to share her crocheting and needlework with family and friends. She will be remembered for her crocheted booties and sweaters for babies. Many friendship bonds were formed throughout the years, quilting at the Senior Center and loved the community of Bertrand.

She leaves to mourn her passing her sister, Esther Stehl of Bertrand; brother, Martin Meyer of rural Smithfield; sister-in-law, Mildred Meyer of Bertrand; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers: Walter W. Meyer and Adelbert Meyer and his wife, Susie; and brother-in-law, Harold Stehl.

Visitation will be held at the Sandstrom Funeral Home in Bertrand, on Friday, June 26, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

A memorial has been established in her memory and will be designated at a later date.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com.

The Sandstrom Funeral Home of Bertrand is in charge of the arrangements.