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Betty Heidbreder

[September 09, 2009]  Betty Jo Heidbreder, 69, of Lincoln, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at 4:14 a.m. at her home.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Lutheran Church with the Rev. Mark Peters officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be at a later date.

Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Mrs. Heidbreder previously was a day care provider, owned a business called The Tannery, and she was a homemaker.

She was born Sept. 28, 1939, at Atlanta. She married Vernon Heidbreder on March 5, 1968, in Lincoln.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; her children, Dave (and Fran) Gehrke of Apache Junction, Ariz., Pamela Richards of Mesa, Ariz., Rhue Heidbreder of Pensacola, Fla., and Kenneth (and Heidi) Heidbreder of Belleville; one sister, Kay Thompson of Lincoln; and six grandchildren, David Lee Gehrke, Vernon Keith Gehrke, Tashia Nichole Richards, Dakota Rhue Heidbreder, Summer Heidbreder and Jenna Nichole Heidbreder.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Johnson and Margaret Brandt Hart.

She was a faithful member of Faith Lutheran Church.

She loved to cook and bake; she loved nature and flowers, especially flower gardens; and she loved being with her family.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Faith Lutheran Church, the American Cancer Society or the donor's choice.

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