Mable Riekenberg

Mable S. Riekenberg, age 84 of Odell died on Friday, February 16, 2007 at the Beatrice Community Hospital. She was born July 4, 1922 at Herkimer, Kansas the daughter of Herman and Sophie Niemeier Luedders.

Services will be on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Odell. Burial will be in the Odell Cemetery. Memorials are to the church in lieu of flowers. Family prayer service prior to the funeral service will be at 1:40 p.m. in the church basement. Visitation will be at the Vance-Gerdes Funeral Home in Odell on Sunday from 3:00-9:00 p.m., Monday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with family greeting friends at the funeral home from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
On-line condolences may be left at gerdesmeyerfh.com .

Survivors include sons Dale Riekenberg and wife Lisa of Lincoln, Nebraska, Roger Riekenberg and wife Rachel of Kearney, Nebraska, Dennis Riekenberg and wife Susan of Omaha, Nebraska, daughters Joyce Meyer and husband Ken of Seneca , Kansas, Betty Warnsing and husband Wayne of Beatrice, Nebraska, Sharon Nelson and husband Joel of Lincoln, Nebraska, grandchildren, Jill and Jeff Larson of Valparaiso, Indiana, Terri and Jeff Stahly of Spring Hill, Tennessee, Kelli Meyer and Nate Blum, of Lincoln, Nebraska, Matt and Mary Warnsing of Galesburg, Illinois, Brandi Riekenberg of Kearney, Nebraska, Rebecca Riekenberg of Omaha, Nebraska, Leslie, Anna, Grant Riekenberg, of Omaha, Nebraska, Jenna and Jared Nelson, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Trevor Riekenberg, of Lincoln, Nebraska, great-grandchildren, Alissa and Danielle Larson of Valparaiso, Indiana, Brandon Carr, Dawson and Sophia Stahly of Spring Hill, Tennessee, Brendan Rauner of Lincoln, Nebraska, Cole Warnsing of Galesburg, Illinois, and Kelsy and Liam Blum, of Lincoln, Nebraska, brothers, Lavern Luedders and wife Mildred of Pawnee City, Nebraska, sisters, Edna Wilkinson of Beatrice, Nebraska, Wilma Moon and husband Lee of Beatrice, Nebraska, and Leona Maddox and husband Fred of Lincoln, Nebraska, sisters-in-law Bernice Luedders of Herkimer, Kansas, Marge Luedders of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, Aurelia Fuchs of Marysville, Kansas, as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold in June 2001, her parents, Herman and Sophie Luedders, and brothers Helmuth, Arthur, and Orville.