Nelle Jane Scheuerman, age 91, died Thursday, February 21, 2013, at the High Plains Retirement Village in Lakin, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1921 in Stafford, Kansas the daughter of James Henry and Anna May Heimuller Mathias. A resident of Deerfield since 1936 she had worked with AAA in Lakin, Kansas and then with her husband on the farm.
She was a member of the Kearny County Historical Society serving as secretary for 10 years and was a leader for 15 years with the Prairie View 4-H Club. Nelle was also a lifetime member of the New England Historical & Genealogical Society, the Kansas Historical Society and the Finney County Genealogy Society.
On August 22, 1943, she married Leon E. Scheuerman in Deerfield, Kansas. He died August 12, 2001 in Garden City, Kansas.
Survivors Include:
One Brother, Roland Mathias of Garden City, Kansas;
Two Sisters, Nadine Landon of Deerfield, Kansas and
Shirley Graves of Stanton, Illinois;
Three Grandchildren and Five Great-Grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Two Sons, Rodney & Roger Scheuerman, Two Brothers and One Sister.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30am on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at the Deerfield United Methodist Church in Deerfield, Kansas.
Friends may call from 10:00am to 3:30pm on Tuesday at the Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City and from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at the United Methodist Church in Deerfield, KS.
Interment will be held in the Deerfield Cemetery in Deerfield, Kansas.
Memorials may be given to the Emmaus House or to the Finney County Public Library both in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home.