Minnie Tillie Schultze

Minnie Tillie Schultze, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born to Fred and Mary (Lange) Schultze on a farm south of Mason City, Nebraska on December 23, 1913. She was baptized January 25, 1914, in Litchfield, Nebraska. In 1920, she moved with her family to a farm north of Lexington. She was confirmed May 29, 1929. She graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1933, and in 1948, moved into Lexington where she spent the rest of her life. Minnie taught rural school for 2 years, worked in a home in Lexington, then became a cook in Sweet Shop for Chas May, Mark Mallet and Carl Kastbahn for fifteen years. She then worked for Baumgartner Variety Store for a year and then For Likes Studio and later for Lee Stewart Studio for more than twenty years retiring in 1978. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and was the last charter member. She enjoyed working in and for the Church and taught Sunday School for many years and enjoyed singing in the choir Minnie loved playing cards and both Minnie and Millie lived together and enjoyed visiting with friends around Lexington and attending all the community functions. She is survived by nieces and nephews: Stanley (Claudine) Neben of Avondale, AZ Wesley (Ramona) Neben of Lexington, NE Richard “Dick” Neben of Miller, NE Jeanette (Vance) Ulmer of Pawnee City, NE Verna (Dean) Wood of Kearney, NE Karen Good (Clem Thorlacson) Polson, MT Joan (Gailard) Longmore of Otis, CO Ellen (Thomas) Priel of Overton, NE Gail Neben of Fort Collins, CO Marlene Coleman of Benkleman, NE Minnie was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Ernest Neben, Arthur and Walter Schultze and sisters, Elsie and Amelia “Millie” Schultze. Services will be held Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington, Nebraska with Pastor Michael Gruhn, officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, January 7, 2008, from 4-7 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5-7 p.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery at Lexington. Memorials are kindly suggested to the Trinity Lutheran Church or The Lutheran Hour. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.