Mary Catherine Schmeekle 
EUSTIS — Mary Kay Shmeeckle, 76, of Eustis, died Jan. 14, 1999, at a Lincoln hospital.
She was born April 5, 1922, at Cozad to William and Vivian Ochs Lemke. She attended Cozad schools and graduated from Gothenburg High School. On Sept. 6, 1942, she married Roy Schmeeckle and they made their home on a farmsite northeast of Eustis where her husband was born. They moved to Eustis in the mid 1970s.
Mrs. Schmeekle worked as an operator at the Eustis Telephone Company and as a pre-school teacher. She had worked for 16 years for Drs. Hranac and Rosenau and had served as city clerk for Eustis until her retirement in 1989.
She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church where she was recently elected to the church council and was a longtime choir member. She was a delegate to the Nebraska Synod Assembly of ELCA and attended the last Tri-Annual Convention of the women of ELCA. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a charter member of the Eustis Rescue Squad. She had served as treasurer for the Eustis Community Chest and as coordinator of the Life Line at Eustis. She had donated more than 100 baby quilts that she made to the Lutheran Family Services in Lexington. She was a recipient of the Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor Award. While on the farm, she and her husband had received the Ak-Sar-Ben Pioneer Family Award. Along with her work and civic activities, she was still known for her many hours of volunteer work and she enjoyed quilting, dancing, baking, canning and gardening.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy (Neil) Betty of North Platte; two sons, Jim (Sharolyn) and Jerry Joe all of Eustis; two sisters, Anna Marie (Ves) Miller of Papillion and Lois (Stan) Zoucha of Cedar Rapids; three brothers, Louis (Dorothy) Lemke and Raymond (Gwen) Lemke of Papillion and Lloyd (Marie) Lemke of Gretna; four grandchildren, Jason and his fiancee, Debbie Maring, Casey, Kristine (Scott) Morton and Shelly (Lannie) Miller; three great-grandchildren, Mallory and Jacob Morton and Evan Miller.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1991 and also by three half sisters, Viola, Ellen and LaReine.
Memorials are suggested to St. John’s Lutheran Church of Eustis.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Eustis with Pastor Don Hunzeker officiating. Burial will be in the East Cemetery at Eustis.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Berryman Funeral Home of Cozad is in charge.