- Garnet Edna (Christensen) Pelter, 90 of Lincoln,
Nebraska, (formerly of Columbus, Nebraska) died Monday, November 5,
2007, at her home in Savannah Pines in Lincoln.
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- Memorial services will be held on
Thursday November 8 at 10:30 AM at the Gass Haney Funeral Home in
Columbus with Rev. Harlan Heier officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Bethany
Lutheran Cemetery in rural Lindsay, Nebraska. A lunch
will be served in Newman Grove, Nebraska, at the Senior Citizen
Center after the interment.
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- Garnet E. Pelter was born in
Lindsay, Nebraska, on December 1, 1916, to Herman C. and
Sylvina (Rood) Christensen. She attended rural school District 40 (Looking Glass) and graduated from Newman Grove High School in 1933. She was a rural school teacher for six years in Nebraska. She was a member of The First Lutheran Church of Lincoln, PEO, WELC Circle member, and Life membership in PTA Organization. Garnet was a church organist in several churches she attended in Nebraska and California. While living in California, she was employed by the Gould Medical Group as a medical records clerk for five years and later for Pelter Distributing Company as a partner and book-keeper.
She married Willis C. Pelter on February 15, 1941, at the St. Joseph Rectory in York, Nebraska. They resided in Monroe, Newman Grove, and Norfolk, Nebraska, where they owned and operated Newman Grove, Battle Creek, and Enola Grain Elevators. They moved to Modesto, California, in 1971, and started a new business, Pelter Distributing Company, which they operated until 1983 when they retired and moved back to Columbus, Nebraska.
Garnet is survived by:
- Son - Larry (Peg) Pelter of Lincoln,
NE
- Son -
Thomas (Debra) Pelter of Bella Vista, AR
- Daughter -
Barbara Pelter of Denver, CO
- Daughter - Mary Jane (Gary) Metzger of Pleasant Dale,
NE
- Daughter
- Judith (Robert) Binger of Spokane, WA
- Twelve grandchildren and two great
grandchildren
- Sister - Evelyn Jensen of
Lincoln, NE
- Brother - Herman (Chris) Christensen of Modesto,
CA
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- Garnet was preceded in death by:
- Parents - Herman and Sylvina
Christensen
- Husband
- Willis (Bill) Pelter
- Brothers
- Douglas, Duane, Clayton, and Dale Christensen
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- SERVICE FOLDER
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If I should ever leave you,
whom I love;
To go along the Silent Way,
grieve not;
Nor speak of me with tears
But laugh and talk
Of me as if I were
Beside you there.
I'd come, I'd come
Could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief
Be barriers?)
And when you hear a song
Or see a bird
I'd loved, please do not let
The thought of me
Be sad-------for I am
Loving you just as
I always have.
You've been so good to me!!
There are so many things
To say to you----
Remember that I
Did not fear----it was
Just leaving you
That was so hard to face.
We cannot see Beyond
But this I know
I loved all of you so
T'was heaven here with you!!
In Memory Of
Garnet E. Pelter
Born
Friday, December 1, 1916
Lindsay, NE
Entered Into Rest
Monday, November 5, 2007
Lincoln, NE
Memorial Service
Thursday, November 8, 2007 10:30 AM
Gass Haney Funeral Home
Columbus, NE
Officiating
Rev. Harlan Heier
Music
Deanna Barnes - Accompanist
Luther Bakenhus - Soloist
"Unto The Hills" & "How Great Thou Art"
Congregational Hymns
"God Be With You" & "Beneath The Cross Of Jesus"
"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go"
Interment
Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
Rural Lindsay, NE
A lunch will be served at the Sr. Citizens Center in Newman Grove following the interment.
