Living married Helen Hightshoe [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Nov 1911, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
• Confirmation: 23 May 1926

Richard married Pearl Olive Johnson in Jun 1967 in Bethlehem Covenant Church, Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Pearl was born on 25 Mar 1912 in Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 20 Oct 1990 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LINCON STAR -OCTOBER 22, 1980

DEATHS

BRODD - Pearl O., 78, 601 N 67th St., died Saturday. Homemaker. Former employee gas company, Lincoln. Born, Ceresco. Member, First Lutheran Church, Young at Heart Club, Elliot Club, Pilot Lights Club. Past matron Ceresco Chapter 198 OES. Survrs: husband, Richard O.; sons, Gerald R., Lincoln, Ronald, White Rock, N.M.; daughters, Donna R., Richmond, Va., Nancy L. Maxson, Lincoln; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, First Lutheran Church, 1551 S. 70th St. Visitation, 10 a.m. - 9p.m.,Monday; 8-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N 27th St.; one hour before services, church. Memorials to church or Tabitha Home.

LINCON STAR -OCTOBER 23, 1980

DEATHS

BRODD - Pearl O., 78, 601 N 67th St., died Saturday. Additional survivors: sons, daughters-in-law, Gerald R., and Helen, Lincoln, Ronald and Ann, White Rock, N.M.; daughter, son-in-law., Nancy L. and Lyle K. Maxson, Lincoln.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, First Lutheran Church, 1551 S. 70th St. The Rev. LaVern Grosc, Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Tracy, Larry, Elton Brodd, Bryan Maxson, Dayle, Richard Johnson. Visitation 8-11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Metcalf Funeralme, 245 N 27th St.; one hour before services, church. Memorials to church or Tabitha Home.

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NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Oct 1879, Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
• Confirmation: 1 Apr 1894, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska

Notes:

Herman was born in Carbon, Wyoming, and at the age of 3, moved with his family to Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at the Grace Lutheran Church in Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. Herman had the gene that carried Red Hair! He and Lillie farmed, and later moved to a home in Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska. Lillie named Florence Moline.

WAHOO NEWSPAPER - AUGUST 7, 1957

CARL BRODD DIES ON FRIDAY

Carl Herman Brodd, seventy-five year member of the Ceresco community, passed away Friday, August 2nd.
Mr. Brodd, born in Carbon, Wyoming, October 17,1879, moved to the Ceresco Community when he was only three years old, and has been a resident there, all his life.
He and his wife Lillie are both charter members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ceresco.
Survivors are: wife, Lillie, four sons, Virgil, Richard, Lawrence, and Kenneth; one brother, August; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Walin and Mrs. Clara Pearson; fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ceresco with Pastor Nels Olson officiating.
Internment was at Grace Lutheran Cemetery at Swedeburg.

Herman married Lillie Bengtson on 18 Dec 1901 in Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. Lillie was born on 12 Feb 1878 in Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 11 Jul 1964 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska; was buried on 13 Jul 1964 in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Feb 1878, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
• Confirmation: 1 Apr 1894, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska