- "Chris J. Gutschow, 85, of Fremont died Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at the Nebraska Medical Center.
Services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church in Fremont. Interment will follow in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. with the family receiving friends 6-8 p.m. at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont. Visitation will continue one hour before the service at the church.
Chris J. Gutschow was born May 27, 1928, in Blair, to Chris F. and Marie (Nielsen) Gutschow.
He was raised in Blair and graduated from Blair High School.
He began working for Kelly Ryan in Blair as a welder. He started working for Missouri Valley Machine in 1949, first as a mechanic then service manager. He worked for Missouri Valley Machine in Omaha, Norfolk, and Sioux City, Iowa, until 1959.
In 1960, he moved to Fremont. He was co-owner of Fremont Heavy Equipment until 1980 and received the Case Service Award. During this time, he served as a Boy Scout leader.
He then worked for Buffalo Machinery in Omaha until 1982 and Landpower Equipment from 1982 to 1985. He also worked for Federal Crop Insurance as a sales agent from 1985 to 1987. He worked for Reutzel Pipe Line as a mechanic until the early 1990s.
He was also at one time a stock car mechanic at Peony Park in Omaha.
During his life, Mr. Gutschow had many passions. He enjoyed photography, woodworking, wildlife and reading daily scripture. He always had to have something to tinker with. His greatest passion was fishing, from the time he was a boy until this last summer.
He is survived by his wife, Kay, of Fremont; sons: Chris and wife Nancy Gutschow of Fremont, Terry and wife Brenda Gutschow of Omaha and Dale and wife Pam Gutschow of Waterloo; stepchildren: Ron and wife Linda Tracy of Omaha, Darryl Tracy and special friend Diane Howard of Omaha, Christy Grassmeyer and special friend Lee Fowler of Omaha, Lisa and husband Mark Stork of Fremont, Ken Tracy and fiancée Kelly Bradley of Blair; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and sister Katherine Giesselmann of Fremont.
He was preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers.
Memorials are suggested to the First Lutheran Church Building Fund, Dodge County Humane Society and the American Cancer Society."
(Published in The Enterprise, Friday, November 29, 2013).
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Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1928 - 2013 (85 år)
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