Lee
G. Hauptmeier
Lee G. Hauptmeier, 65, of Grand Island, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 at St. Francis Medical Center.
Service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sterling, Nebraska. The
Reverend Mark Jamison will officiate. Burial will be in St.
John’s Lutheran Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island. Additional visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church.
Mr. Hauptmeier was born August 11, 1944 in Tecumseh, NE the son of Henry and Eva (Sacha) Hauptmeier.
Survivors are his friend and companion of 27 years, Sheila Robertson of Grand Island; daughters and sons-in-law, April and Brad Labedz of Omaha and Wanda and Randy Corum of Hickman; brothers and sisters-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Hauptmeier of Yorba Linda, CA, Daniel and Genniene Hauptmeier of Sterling and Jim and Jean Hauptmeier of Lincoln; and sisters and brother-in-law, Verna Boden of Sterling and Maxine and John Focken of Cook, NE.
Other survivors are grandchildren, Elizabeth Corum, Sophia Corum and Beau Labedz and Sheila’s grandchildren, Crystal Robertson and Amanda Henry.
He was preceded in death by his parents and Sheila’s children, Jeff Robertson and Barb Mendoza.
Lee was raised on the family farm near Sterling, graduating from Sterling High, Class of 1962. He graduated from the Radio Engineering Institute in Omaha. Lee entered the United States Army in 1965 serving in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1967. He married Susan Morton in 1970.
Throughout Lee's professional career he was in risk and loss prevention with several insurance companies and was a security guard at the Army Ammunition Plant in Grand Island. Most recently he was employed with Continental Western Group as a Risk and Loss Prevention Manager, where he retired in 2009.
Throughout his life Lee was a singer-songwriter, played the guitar, enjoyed restoring antique cars and antique tractors and loved the outdoors and being on the farm.
A memorial will be established in his name.