Gertrude Anna Bednasek

Services for Gertrude Anna Bednasek, 93, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ellsworth. Burial will be in Ellsworth Cemetery.

Mrs. Bednasek died Monday, Oct. 20, 2003, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community.

She was born Jan. 3, 1910, in Ellsworth County, the daughter of Pauline Burmeister and Ferdinand Schmoekel. She lived most of her life in Ellsworth before recently moving to Lawrence.

Mrs. Bednasek was a homemaker and a practical and private duty nurse. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.

She married James Bednasek on April 29, 1945, in Ellsworth. He died Sept. 15, 2002. A son, Larry Dean, died Jan. 14, 1953.

Survivors include a daughter, Judith Ann Juneau, Lawrence, and a granddaughter.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Parsons Funeral Home in Ellsworth, and from 8 a.m. to the service time Thursday at the church.

The family suggests memorials to the church, sent in care of the funeral home, 307 N. Lincoln Ave., Ellsworth 67439.