Jimmie Hoegemeyer
October 12, 2008
Jimmie Walter Hoegemeyer age 68
of Fremont, passed away quietly at his home in Fremont in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 12, 2008 after a 4 ½ month battle with cancer. It was a disease he fought with the same courageous spirit and steady resolve with which he faced everything in life. He was born to Walter and Elaine (Conrad) Hoegemeyer on the family farm in rural Scribner, on May 30, 1940. He attended District 92 as well as St. Peter's Parochial School and was a 1958 graduate of Scribner High School. He went on to the University of Nebraska Lincoln and graduated from the College of Agriculture in 1963. Upon graduation from UNL he was commissioned as an officer in the Air Force. He rose to the rank of Captain and his service to the country included time in Viet Nam in 1964. On May 15 of that same year he married Sara Springer, the love of his life. He went to work for Valmont Industries in 1969 and worked there for 33 years before retiring. He loved golf and organized and played in several leagues. He was an avid outdoorsman and was especially fond of hunting white tail deer. He enjoyed coin collecting and was a member of both the Fremont and Wahoo Coin Clubs. He and his wife also square danced as members of the Star Lighter square dance club. He was active in his church, Trinity Lutheran, having served on the school board as well as serving as an Elder. After a car accident nearly took his life in 1969 he decided to donate blood and out of gratitude for the sacrifice that once saved him, he donated 16 gallons of whole blood and 160 units of platelets over the course of his life. Jim was an honest, kind, gentle, and sincere man who will be greatly missed by the friends and family he leaves behind.
Including his wife of 44 years Sara, daughter Ami Sims of Idaho Springs, CO; son Tim and wife Jennifer Hoegemeyer and grandsons Levi and Canaan, all of Holly Springs, NC; Brother Jerry and wife Sally Hoegemeyer, of Sedro Wooley, WA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister Marge and brother-in-law Eugene Peterson.
Visitation will be Tuesday October 14, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. with family receiving friends from 6:30 - 8:00 at Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Internment will follow at Memorial Cemetery with Military Honors by the Fremont Honor Guard. Memorials may be donated to Trinity Lutheran School or the Kidney Cancer Association.
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