Marie E. Mierau
Marie E. Mierau, 87 of St. Libory, died Thursday – January 18,
2007 at Heritage Living Center in St. Paul, Nebraska.
Services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday at the Harvest Time Baptist Church
in Grand Island. The Reverend Rob Inge will officiate. Burial will be
at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Friesen Cemetery at Henderson, NE.
Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Monday at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island.
Mrs. Mierau was born November 16, 1919 at Henderson, NE the daughter
of Henry and Anna (Penner) Ediger.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband Frank, sons and daughters-in-law,
Steven and Gwen Mierau of Bolivar, MO and Mike and Judy Mierau of Grand
Island, two sisters, Bertha Benson of Tyler, TX and Mable Mierau of Aurora,
CO., six grandchildren.
She was raised on the family farm in York County, attending District 73 School near Henderson. On December 19, 1947 she was united in marriage to Frank Mierau at York, NE. They farmed five miles west of York until moving to Grand Island in 1952. They moved to St. Libory in 1980. Marie worked at the Nebraska Veterans Home, the Ordinance Plant and she and her husband were custodians for the St. Libory School from 1984-1996.
She is a member of Harvest Time Baptist Church and some of her enjoyments was sewing, quilting and gardening.
Her daughter Diana Gartner and a brother Panley Ediger preceded her in death.
Memorials are suggested to Harvest Time Baptist Church