Maxine Elizabeth Scheuerman, age 88, died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Rush County Memorial Hospital-Long Term Care Unit in LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born February 24, 1923 at Beaver, Kansas the daughter of Peter E. and Alice Mae (Stoskopf) Bergman.

Maxine attended school at Galatia Grade School and graduated from Hoisington High School. She then attended Fort Hays State University. She taught at country schools in Barton and Rush County and later became a certified nurse’s aide. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Otis and A.L.C.W.

On March 21, 1943 she married Aaron Scheuerman at Otis, Kansas. He preceded her in death on June 6, 2010.

Survivors include three sons: Carl A. Scheuerman of Benton City, Washington, Michael A. Scheuerman of Garnett, Kansas, Alan E. Scheuerman of Russell, Kansas; one daughter Susan M. Newsome of Great Bend, Kansas; one brother: John W. Bergman of Osborne, Kansas; two half brothers: Paul E. Bergman of Hoisington, Kansas, Dean Bergman of Lincoln, Nebraska; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson Corey Scheuerman; great-grandson Roberto Jorge Rojas and half brother Robert Bergman.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Otis, with Pastor Patricia Reep officiating. Interment will follow at Otis Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday, October 18, 2011 from 10:00 am until 8:00 pm with family receiving friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington. Memorials may be given to Rush County Memorial Hospital-Long Term Care Unit in care of Nicholson-Rick Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington, Kansas 67544. 

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