| Betty Jane (Glause) Scheer |
Betty Jane (Glause) Scheer, 95, of St. Paul, formerly of St. Libory, died on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at Matelyn Retirement Community in St. Paul.
Services were held on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Zion Lutheran Church in Worms. Reverend Craig K. Niemeier officiated. Marilyn Bader was the organist. Congregational hymns included “What A Friend We Have In Jesus,” “How Great Thou Art,” and “Lift High The Cross.” Burial was in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Worms. Honorary bearers included Melissa Berning, Danielle Graham, Melanie Mustion, Chelsea Scheer, Megan Zabel, and Rochelle Ross.
Casketbearers included Christopher Turner, Jasper Scheer, Cory Turner, Jesse Scheer, Shawn Scheer, Chase Ludden, Michael Scheer, Robert Ludden, Michael Scheer, Robert Ludden, and Zachary Ludden.
Peters Funeral Home of St. Paul is assisting the family.
Memorials are suggested to Zion Lutheran Church.
Betty was born October 15, 1927, near St. Libory, the daughter of John and Linda (Stelk) Glause.
She and her siblings rode Shetland ponies to their rural elementary school.
She graduated from Grand Island Senior High School in 1945.
She was united in marriage to Elton F.
Scheer on June 1, 1947, at Zion Lutheran Church in Worms. The couple were lifetime farmers and ran a dairy east of Worms for fifty years.
Betty was also an accomplished seamstress and cook. She was active in her community and Zion Lutheran Church as a devoted Christian.
She also served as a Sunday school teacher, was involved in Ladies Aide, and had belonged to several extension clubs over the years. Each day she prayed for her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews, naming each of them individually.
She is survived by her The Phonograph-Herald | September 27, 2023
children and spouses, Pamela and Ron Turner of Augusta, Kansas, Stanley and Laurie Scheer of Grand Island, Lyle and Karin Scheer of Yankton, South Dakota, Gordon Scheer of Chapman, and Candace and Ron Ludden of Bellevue; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren; one great great grandson; sister, Wanda Hershberger of Lincoln; brother, John Glause of Chapman; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Kurz of Grand Island.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elton on August 28, 2013; her parents; brother and sister-in-law, Melvin and Deanna Glause; sisterin- law, Betty Glause; brothers-in-law, Bryan Lacy, Maynard Hershberger, and Albert Kurz; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ervin and Lorena Scheer.