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Patricia Aper

[February 22, 2008]  EMDEN -- Patricia R. Aper, 81, of Emden, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at 8:53 a.m. in the emergency room at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln. Prior to the visitation, there will be a rosary service at 3:45 p.m.

Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln, with Father Jeffrey G. Laible officiating.

Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, rural Hartsburg. 

Mrs. Aper was retired from Kmart. She had taught at Rabbit Flat, Birks and Emden grade schools. 

She was born Jan. 24, 1927, in Lincoln to Frank and Rose Mary Weber Murray. She married Lowell Aper on July 10, 1954, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Lincoln. 

She is survived by her husband; her three sons, Michael (and Dawn) Aper of Savoy, David (and Roxanne) Aper of Geneseo and Stephen (and Susan) Aper of St. Louis; and 10 grandchildren.

Two sisters, three brothers and one grandson preceded her in death.

She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and the Linpro Square Dance Club.

She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1944 and Lincoln College in 1946.

Pat will be remembered for her kind and gentle heart. She will forever be loved and missed by her family.  

Memorials may be made to Carroll Catholic School in Lincoln or Emden Fire and Rescue.

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