William Lemburg
William “Bill” W. Lemburg, age 98, of Cairo, died on December 7, 2023, at Brookefield Park in St. Paul.
Funeral services were held Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the United Methodist Church in Cairo. Pastor Cathryn “Cat” Love and Pastor Kalaba Kapundu officiated. Interment was held in the Loup Fork Cemetery, near Boelus.
Memorials are suggested to the Cairo Fire and EMTs.
Online condolences may be directed to the family at www. jacobsengreenway.com.
Bill was born on May 1, 1925, in Boelus, to William “Willie” and Anna Katherine (Hansen) Lemburg. He attended country school in Dannebrog through the ninth grade. He graduated from Boelus High School in 1942 where he was the valedictorian and served as the senior class president. In his younger
years, Bill was a phenomenal baseball player whose pitch was known as the “school boy” round house curve with a batting average of 444. Bill was offered scholarships to play baseball at different colleges, but he chose farming instead. He enjoyed motorcycles and raising game birds.
He entered the United States Army on June 20, 1945, in Leavenworth, Kansas, and was honorably discharged on December 13, 1946, in Camp Beale, California. Bill was a First Radio Squadron and spent his post-war duties in the Philippines and Japan. He received the Philippine Independence Ribbon, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Army of Occupation Medal.
Bill was united in marriage to Pearl Bremer on July 30, 1951, at the United Methodist Church in Boelus. The couple farmed and raised their two sons, Mickey and Rodney. The couple enjoyed dancing and playing cards. Bill farmed until his father passed away in 2000. He then worked for Hornady Manufacturing for eight years until his retirement.
Bill was a member of the United Methodist Church in Cairo, Boelus American Legion Club, and the Platt Duetsche Club in Grand Island. He also belonged to the American Pheasant Waterfowl Society, International Wild Waterfowl Association, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, National Rifle Association, and the National Audubon Society.
Bill was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed farming, game breeding, hunting, fishing, bird watching and banding. He spent hours in the garden and was very proud of his watermelon and cantaloupe plants. He was a gunsmith, taxidermist, conservationist, wood worker and carver. Bill’s hobbies also included photography, stamp collecting, and reading bird books. One of his greatest enjoyments in life was just being with his grandkids. He was so good with all of them.
Those left to cherish his memory include his sons and daughters-in-law, Mickey and Jane Lemburg, of Cairo, and Rodney and Amy Lemburg, of College Station, Texas; grandchildren, Toby Lemburg, Jessica Scheer, and Joshua Lemburg; great-grandchildren, Cortland, Stacia, Dawson, Sterling, Grey, Maddeline, Paxton, Josey, Tessa, and Emery; and great-great-grandchildren, Oliver and Franklin.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Pearl; granddaughter, Christa Lee Lemburg; infant sister, Eunice Lemburg; sisters, Janice Hansen and Faye Powers; brother, Earl; and nephew, Ron Hansen.