Vera Belle Thiem

Vera Belle Thiem (Brengelman) of Lincoln, Nebraska died on Friday, December 30, 2022 at The Independence House in Lincoln. Funeral services will be 10 AM Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island, NE with the Reverend Kelly Karges officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Friday January 6, 2022 at Apfel Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Trinity United Methodist Church for kitchen renovation.

She was born June 6, 1926 at Albion (Boone County), Nebraska the daughter of Ernest and Bessie (Clark) Brengelman. She grew up on a farm northwest of Albion and received her education at Boone County District 13, graduating from Albion High School in 1943. She was united in marriage to Gerald Thiem on July 19, 1946 at Norfolk, Nebraska. After which, the couple lived in Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island, Nebraska and in Hobbs, New Mexico. She retired from the City of Grand Island Public Works Dept. in 1992.

She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Prairie Pioneer Genealogy Society and Grand Island Amateur Radio Society. She enjoyed crocheting, crossword and wordsearch puzzles.

Those left to cherish her memory are children, Rhonda Carlson of Sonora, California, G. Lynn (Laurie) Thiem of Lincoln, Tim (Liz) Thiem of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Gail (Don) Ingledew of Fairmont, Minnesota; 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Bette (Harold) Staub of Waterloo, Nebraska, Jeanne (Lanny) Young of Albion, Nebraska; brother, Richard (Karen) Brengelman of Leawood, Kansas; sister-in-law, Betty Brengelman of Waterloo, Nebraska; and brother-in-law, Paul Bisel of Greeley, Colorado.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Thiem, brothers, Virgil and Robert, sisters Anna Marie Brengelman, Donna Malone, and Lois Bisel.