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Ruby Aper

[July 26, 2010]  LINCOLN -- Ruby Aper, 91, of Lincoln died Saturday, July 24, 2010, at 7:55 a.m. at her home.

Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg, with the Rev. David Russell officiating.

Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg.

Mrs. Aper was a homemaker.

She was born July 12, 1919, in New Holland. Her parents were Herman and Bertha Stolzenburg Knollenberg. She married Harold R. Aper on Nov. 28, 1942, in St. Charles, Mo. He preceded her in death on March 8, 1998.

She is survived by one son, Larry (and Nancy) Aper of Hartsburg; one daughter, Cheryl (and Robert) Swords of Elmhurst; two grandsons, Dirk (and Ashley) Aper of Hartsburg and Brad Aper of Hartsburg; two great-grandchildren, Devin Harold and Madison Sue Aper; three brothers, Bill Knollenberg, Norman Knollenberg and Kenneth (and Norma) Kollenberg, all of Lincoln; and one sister, Dorothy (and Richard) Hampe of Lincoln.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Walter Knollenberg.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg and the Ladies Aid of the church. She was also a member of the Lin-Pro Square Dance Club.

Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church of Hartsburg.

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