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Jeffrey Scott Brodd

Jeffrey Scott Brodd 47, Lincoln, died Wednesday (04/30/08). Born January 2, 1961 to Elton and Merva Lee (Hansen) Brodd at Lincoln. He sold construction power tools.
Family includes: daughters, Amanda Brodd, Oceanside, Calif.; Trisha Brodd and daughter, Addison Marie Rojas, Vista, Calif.; father, Elton Brodd; sister, Jacque Prai and Jim Prai; brother and sister-in-law, Kevin and Diane Brodd, all of Lincoln; nieces; nephews; aunts; uncles. Preceded in death by his mother, Merva Lee Brodd.
Memorial Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday (05/06/08), Bethlehem Covenant Church, 18703 North 98th St., rural Waverly, with Pastor Matt Rudeen officiating. Cremation/no visitation. Interment: Bethlehem Covenant Cemetery at a later date. Memorials to the family for future designation. Condolences or personal reflections may be left at www.metcalffh.com. Metcalf Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Lincoln Journal Star on 5/3/2008.

Jeffrey married Lori Shaw. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Merva Lee Hansen Merva was born on 31 Mar 1932 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 22 Mar 2007 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska; was buried on 27 Mar 2007 in Bethlehem Covenant Cemetery, Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SUNDAY LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR - MARCH 25, 2007

Merva Lee Brodd

Merva Lee Brodd, 74, Lincoln, died Thursday (3/22/07) after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma and West Nile virus. She was employed by Lincoln Public Schools in the Food Service Department for 28 years. She was born March 31, 1932, in Wahoo to Harry and Esther (Johnson) Hansen.
Family includes: husband, Elton; sons, daughter-in-law, Kevin and Diane Brodd, Jeffrey Brodd, all Lincoln; daughter, son-in-law, Jacque and Jim Prai, Lincoln; brother, sister-in-law, Marvin and Irene Hansen, Ceresco; sister, Thelma Radenslaben, Lincoln; grandchildren, Kaylee, Trisha and Amanda Brodd, Bristol, Taylor and Avery Prai. She was preceded in death by: parents; brother, Arlie Dale Hansen.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Bethlehem Covenant Church, 18703 N. 98th St., rural Waverly. Pastor Matt Rudeen. Bethlehem Covenant Cemetery. Visitation and family greeting: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St., Lincoln. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family. Condolences or personal reflections may be left at www.metcalffh.com.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Sep 1907, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska
• Confirmation: 4 Jun 1922, Immanuel Lutherna Church, Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska

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THE LINCOLN STAR - SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1922

CERESCO

Ceresco, Neb., June 10. (Special to The Star). - Sunday, June 4, the Emmanuel (Immanuel) Evangelical Lutheran church was the scene of a solemn and impressive occasion when six young people, two girls and four boys, were confirmed. The churchas crowded, chairs had to be placed in aisles to accommodate those who came to witness these young people give their confirmation vows. The service began at 10 a.m. While the choir sang "Saviour, Like a Shephard Lead Us," the confirmands with th the pastor Rev. C. Granlund, marched in and arranged themselves around the altar. The confirmands were then subjected to a thorough examination in the doctrines and teachings of the Lutheran church. After the examination which lasted an hour and a half they sang "I am a Pilgrim" whereupon they gave their confirmation vows and were blessed. The pastor then presented each with a Bible, a gift from the congregation.
Those confirmed were Violet Anderson, Edna Pearson, John Walin Jr., Clemens Brodd, Reuben Isacson and Arvid Erickson.
Confirmation day is an annual event in the Lutheran church. The senior class in the Sunday school after having had intense instruction for almost a year under the pastor himself is on that day admitted into full membership of the church, theminating celebrating of the Lord's supper of which they then
for the first time partake.

LINCOLN SUNDAY JOURNAL AND STAR - JULY 16, 1936

FARMER KILLS SELF

WAHOO, Neb. (AP). Sheriff L. D. Mengel said Clemens Brodd, 32, a farmer six miles south of Wahoo, shot himself near the heart on the highway in front of his farm home Saturday. A neighbor found his body. Brodd took his wife to a Lincoln hospital Friday for treatment. Other survivors are two small sons, his parents and four brothers.

WAHOO WASP - JULY 20, 1939

CLEMENS BRODD, 32, SWEDEBURG, DIES SATURDAY

Clemens Brodd, 32, living four miles north of Ceresco, died at his home last Saturday. The body is at Joe Nelson's Mortuary, Ceresco, pending funeral arrangements.
Clemens Ferdinand Brodd was born near Ceresco, Nebraska, August 8, 1907.
The 26th of February, 1930, he married Miss Florence Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nils Johnson of Ceresco. Three children were born to the Brodd's; Elton Wallace, Keith Elwood, and Clemens Ferdinand Jr. Mr. Brodd passed away at his homeve miles north of Ceresco, Saturday afternoon, July 15, 1939, at the age of 31 years, 11 months and 8 days. He is survived by his wife Florence, and the three boys; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brodd; four brothers, Virgil, Richard, Lawrence, and Kenneth; many other relatives and a host of friends.
Our departed friend was brought up in a God fearing home. At the age of fifteen he was confirmed by Rev. C.O. Granlund in the Immanuel Lutheran Church. He was a member of said church at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Brodd had a beautifuome life. Love reigned supreme. The bereaved wife told us the other day that a hard word had never been spoken in their home. This makes the passing all the harder. We sympathize with the sorrowing. May God comfort them and give them grace and strength day by day.
Rev. Peterson

WAHOO DEMOCRAT - JULY 2O, 1939

SWEDEBURG FARMER TAKES LIFE SATURDAY

CLEMENS BRODD BELIEVED TO BE VICTIM OF SUICIDE

FOUND BY NEIGHBOR

NO MOTIVE HAS BEEN FOUND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ACT

Clemens Brodd, 32, farmer residing on the former Albert Gustafson place six miles south of Wahoo, is believed to have been a suicide victim last Saturday afternoon at his farm home. His body was found by a neighbor lying along the side of a ctry road in front of his residence.
Sheriff Mengel and deputy Hagstrom answered the call and arrived at the scene shortly before L. E. Hult, mortician of Wahoo. They uncovered the fact that the young Brodd had taken his shotgun from the house and proceeded through a cornfield the road where he was later found. The charge from the gun entered the abdomen below the heart. The gun was lying about seven feet away.
Brodd had taken his wife to a Lincoln hospital the day previous and Saturday morning they were the parents of a new baby. At five that afternoon the body of Brodd was found along the road side. Relatives are at a loss to understand the incid. The body is at the Nelson undertaking parlors at Ceresco.
Surviving relatives are the widow, three children, four brothers and his parents.

THE NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL - LINCOLN, - TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1939

BRODD - Clemens Ferdinand Brodd, 32, died July 15 at his home near Ceresco. Surviving are his wife, Florence; three sons, Elton, Keith and Clemens, Jr., all at home, parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brodd of Ceresco, and four brothers, Virgil of Boise, Idaho, Richard of Omaha, and Lawrence and Kenneth, both of Ceresco. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lutheran church at Ceresco with Rev. A. H. Peterson officiating. Burial in the Swedeburg Lutheran cemetery. Nelson, Ceresco.
THE NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL - JULY 26, 1939

BRODD - Funeral services for Clemens H. Brodd will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lutheran church at Ceresco with Rev. A. H. Peterson officiating. Burial in Swedeburg Lutheran Cemetery. Nelson. Ceresco.

Clemens married Florence Marie Johnson on 26 Feb 1930. Florence was born on 1 Dec 1908 in Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska; died on 19 Jul 1988 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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THE NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL - DECEMBER 10, 1939

FOR POSTMISTRESS

VALENTINE, Neb. (UP) Mrs. Florence Marie Brodd has been approved by Democratic county and state organizations for appointment as permanent postmistress at Swedeburg, Judge Quigley, democratic national committeeman, announced.