Leo Thietje
Leo Thietje
22 Dec 1938 - 1 Aug 2010
Died at Fremont Area Medical Center Sunday August 1.
He was born in Norfolk, Nebraska December 22, 1938 to George and Edith
(Chamberlin) Thietje and attended rural schools in Stanton and Madison
Counties. Leo graduated from Norfolk Senior High School in 1957 and then
attended Metropolitan Technical Community College and the University of
Nebraska at Omaha. He moved to Fremont in 1960.
Leo Thietje married Joanne Kayl August 14, 1960 in Norfolk, Nebraska.
He served in the Nebraska National Guard, Troop E, 167th Calvary in Fremont
from 1959 to 1960. He worked as a lineman for Northwestern Bell in Fremont
and in production control, custom fabrication engineering at Western
Electric, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies for 37 years.
Leo was a past president of the Telephone Pioneers of America Cornhusker
Chapter, Past President of Fremont Izaak Walton League, past President of
the Fremont Golf Club, a member of the Fremont Cosmopolitan Club, He served
on the board of the Dodge County Historical Society and was a committee
member of the Dodge County Historical Society Travel Series. He was also on
the Fremont Board of Public Works, a Dodge County Supervisor, and the Dodge
County Board liaison to the Fremont Area Medical Center Board. He was a
coordinator of the Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner at Midland College and
a member of Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church and the church treasurer.
Leo had a lifetime love of automobiles, often doing his own work on
restoration, most recently of classic British sports cars. He was a member
of the Midwest MGA club, Flatwater Austin Healey club, and Her Majesty's
Royal Nebraska Patrol.
He is survived by his wife Joanne, two sisters Judy Hasenkamp (husband Ken)
of Beemer, Carolyn Tollefson (husband John) of Norfolk, and one brother
George Thietje (wife Arlene) of Norfolk. Several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be Thursday at 10:30 A.M. at Dugan Funeral Chapel.
Rev. officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00. There have been memorials
established to the Fremont Area Community Foundation, Fremont Area Medical
Center Foundation, the May Museum and the Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran High
School at Waco, Nebraska. Condolences may be left at www.duganchapel.com
Interment in Ridge Cemetery in Fremont.
Dugan Funeral Chapel
721-2880
http://www.duganchapel.com