Funeral services for Ferdinand J. Guenther, 78 , of Fordyce
were held Friday, April 26 at 10:oo a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church in Fordyce, Nebr. Rev. Cyril Werner officiated and interment
was in the parish cemetery under the direction of the Smith Wintz Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers were Kenneth Guenther, James Hames, Michael and
Gordan Steffen, Ralph Guenther and Dennis Wortmann, all grandsons of the
deceased.
Mr. Guenther died Tuesday, April 23, 1968, at Sacred Heart
Hospital following and illness of about three years. He had strokes.
Ferdinand J. Guenther was born August 28, 1889 at West
Point, Nebr. the son of Fred and Catherine (Ortmeier) Guenther. He
married Mary Foxhoven October 12, 1915 at Crofton, where they lived, engaged
in farming, until 1961, when he retired and moved to Fordyce. He was a
member of St. John the Baptist Catholi c Church and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors include his wife, Mary; five daughters: Mrs. Ted
(Catherine) Dreismeier and Mrs. Victor (Elizabeth) Hames both of Crofton,
Mrs. Anthony ( Mary) Steffen, Mrs. Rudolph ( Anna) Wortmann and Mrs. Roman (Roseline)
Burbach, all of Hartington; five sons: Fred of Yankton, John of Wynot,
Joseph of Sioux City, Ia. Clarence of Bloomfield and Albert of Norfolk: 63
grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and three brothers: Casper and Fritz,
both of Crofton, and Joseph of Beaver Dam, Wis.
Five brothers preceded him in death.
