Myrl "Bob" George Hadenfeldt

Myrl "Bob" George Hadenfeldt, 91 of Shelton, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska.



Family will greet friends from 4-7 P.M. Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Private inurnment will be at the Shelton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Shelton/Gibbon Legion Baseball or the Shelton Volunteer Fire Department.



Bob was born on February 22, 1923 to George and Nellie (Pope) Hadenfeldt just north of Shelton, Nebraska, where he attended country school. He was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church and graduated from Shelton High School in 1940. Following graduation, Bob taught one year at District #30 north of Gibbon and then worked for the Burlington Railroad in Edgemont, SD. Bob served in WWII from 1943-1946 in the Merchant Marines where he traveled extensively in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of war. Bob was united in marriage to Marcella Richards on September 5, 1944 in Smith Center, Kansas. After his military discharge, he returned to Shelton where he raised four children, played baseball, and worked several rewarding jobs including George Bogues Motor Inn, Klein Chevrolet, Meadow Gold delivering for 20 years in the Gibbon/Wood River/Shelton areas, Continental Grain Co., and Shelton Ag-Services.



Bob enjoyed family, friends, golfing, fishing, baseball, handiwork, and driving his vintage Caddy El Dora. He spent many hours working in his woodshop, and loved giving away his prized wooden creations. In 2008, Bob was honored as part of the WWII Hero's Flight to Washington D.C. He was a member of the Shelton Fire Department, Shelton American Legion, and was a manager for the Shelton Legion Baseball Team. Bob was inducted into the "Shelton Athletic Baseball Hall of Fame" in 2013, and recently learned that he will be inducted into the class of 2015 "Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame" in February in Beatrice, NE.



Survivors include his sons, Mark Hadenfeldt of Shelton and Todd Hadenfeldt of Kearney; daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Glenn Schanou of Omaha; son-in-law, Dale Bockmann of Grand Island; sisters Wanda Hesse of Mattoon, IL, Dolores Williams of Shelton, and Carol Hansen of Lincoln; and honorary daughter, Sherry Ogden of Hot Springs, SD.



Other survivors include his grandchildren and their spouses, Melinda and Jim Allen of Waukee, Iowa, Brad and Shanie Bockmann of Grand Island, Steve and Jolene Bockmann of Grand Island, Kyle and Heather Berzina of Wilmington, N.C., Tyler and Kristina Berzina of Omaha, and Erik and Tracy Schanou of Omaha; 11 great-grandchildren, 5 nephews and 4 nieces; and honorary granddaughter Penny Sullivan of Omaha.



Bob was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and daughter, Marilyn Bockmann.