Eikenhorst, Orval 1922-2017
EIKENHORST, BAUMBACH, SCHULDT, REINHOLDT
Posted By: Mary Burroughs (email)
Date: 3/18/2022 at 12:47:57
Le Mars Sentinel, Friday, May 26, 2017
Orval Eikenhorst, 72, of Osceola, Nebraska, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Monarch House in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Orval was born June 14, 1922 in rural Seward County, Nebraska to Carl and Elsie (Baumbach) Eikenhorst. He graduated from Seward High School in 1940.
Orval and Bernice K. Schildt were married in Seward, Nebraska on July 15, 1944 and had four children: Kathy, Joel, Steven, and Sue.
Orval worked for the USDA. In April 1954, he started a farm services business in Osceola, drilling irrigation wells, selling Ford farm machinery, seed corn and fertilizer. He retired from this business in 1985.
Orval was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Osceola, was treasurer for the Big Blue Natural Resources Board and served for many years as treasurer of the Polk County Republican Party. Orval was named an Admiral in the Nebraska Navy by Gov. Brooks for his work with the Boy Scouts.
Bernice died in 2004.
Orval married Esther Reinholdt of Le Mars, on Jan. 6, 2006 in Pharr, Texas.
He is survived by his children Kathy Will of Lincoln, Joel Eikenhorst of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, Steven (Pam) Eikenhorst of Osceola, and Sue (Mark) Kramer of Lincoln, Nebraska; eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Orval was preceded in death by his parents; wife Bernice; sister Verna Plautz and her husband Vern; brother-in-law Melvin Schildt and his wife Viola; brother-in-law Harold Schildt; son-in-law Clark Will; daughter-in-law Karen Eikenhorst; and infant grandson Daniel Eikenhorst.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 22, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Osceola, Nebraska with the Rev. Dan Cloeter officiating. Interment was in the Osceola Cemetery. Dubas Funeral Home of Osceola and Stromsburg has been entrusted with arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
Photo of Orval Eikenhorst
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