February 3, 1934 - September 10, 2000

A graveside service with Masonic rites was held September 4 at Tekamah Cemetery for Larry Lloyd Hennig, 66, of Decatur.  He died September 10, 2000, at the Pleasant View Care Center, Whiting, Iowa, following a lengthy battle with cancer.  Rev. Steven P. Eggum officiated.

Casket bearers were Trey Neermann, Don Drummond, Lyle Farrens, John Maryott, Glenn Brewer and Paul Warren.  Honorary bearers were Paul Tobin, Merle Farrens, Eldon Farrens, and Robert Baker.

He was born February 3, 1934, in Omaha to Lloyd M. and Ella (McDonald) Hennig and graduated from Decatur High School in 1951.

July 1, 1956, he married Ardeth Wedgewood at the First Baptist Church in Tekamah.  They lived briefly in Hawthorne, CA, and most of their lives on a farm located on Hwy. 75 between Tekamah and Decatur.  Following a move to Decatur in 1982, he was employed by P&W until his retirement in 1997.

Hennig served in the U.S. Army in 1954 and 1955.  He was a member of the Tekamah Masonic Lodge.

Preceding him in death wre his father, Lloyd; wife Ardeth on Augsut 4, 2000; and sister, Laura Pultz.

Surviving are his daughters, Vicki (Mrs. Greg) Stutzman of Missoula, Mont., and Susie (Mrs. Trey) Neemann of Phoenix,  AZ; mother, Ella Hennig of Whiting, IA; four grandchildren; one great granddaughter; and sister, Theola (Mrs. Ronald) Sherod of Lincoln, CA.

Memorials may be directed to Pleasant View Care Center.