Loretta Benne Schlecht

Loretta Lucile Benne Schlecht – Born in Stanton County, NE on March 21, 1917, the only child of the union of Minnie Maria Augusta Schultze and Victor Albert Benne, died Tuesday, March 16, 2011, in Mobile, AL, where she lived since January, 2005. She was educated in public and parochial schools in Stanton, NE and graduated from Stanton High School. A lifelong member of the Lutheran Church, she married The Reverend Willard Ernest William Schlecht on October 12, 1937. Her husband pastored churches in Alamo, TX, San Antonio, TX, and Baton Rouge, LA. She was preceded in death by her husband in December, 1976, The Reverend Willard Ernest William Schlecht; her daughters, Judith Ann Schlecht Klute and Margaret Ruth Schlecht Palmer; grandsons, Todd Fredrick Klute and David William Schlecht, Jr.; and great-granddaughter, Ashley Ann Lambson. Survivors include her children, Mary Elizabeth Schlecht (Dwayne) Orth of Brule, NE, Anita Louise Schlecht (Edgar) Wall of Hampton, NE, Paul John (Maria) Schlecht of Nashville, TN, Joyce Elaine Schlecht (Barry) Langley of Mobile, AL, and David William (Joyce) Schlecht of Newkirk, OK; son-in-law, Fredrick William Klute of Atlantic, IA; grandchildren, Alan Victor Dicke of Ft. Collins, CO, Loretta Ann Dicke (Randy) Haskett of Ft. Collins, CO, James Lynn (Janette) Dicke of Ft. Collins, CO, Richard Paul (Traci) Dicke of Longmont, CO, Chad William (Danelle) Klute of Hampton, NE, Jennifer Leigh Klute Cambron of York, NE, Jessica Lynn Klute Lambson of Omaha, NE, John Willard (Beatrice) Palmer of Aylette, VA, Michael Thomas (Susan) Palmer of Hampton, VA, Debra Holly Wall (Gary) Shoup of Hampton, NE, Jeffrey Martin (Mychelle) Wall of Hampton, NE, Melissa Maria Schlecht (James) Sheorn of Brentwood, TN, Christopher Ernest Schlecht of Nashville, TN, Nicole Marie Schlecht (Sean) Cooper of Lexington, TN, Eric Brandon (Allison) Langley of Birmingham, AL, Sarah Benne Langley of Mobile, AL, Laura Cecile Schlecht of Houston, TX, Claire Lucile Schlecht Sands of San Francisco, CA, Richard Andreas Schlecht of Tampa, FL, and Jacob Alexander Schlecht of Baton Rouge, LA; great-grandchildren, Avery James Newman Dicke, Aiden Russell Newman Dicke, Lindsey Amelia Haskett, Tyler John Haskett, Austin James Dicke, Makayla Marie Dicke, Ryan Ervin Dicke, Carson Todd Klute, Cavett William Klute, Kate Ashlyn Klute, Zachary Ray Cambron, Jesse Colter Rasmussen, Ryan Douglas Lambson, Melina Layne Lambson, Lauren Amanda Palmer, John Austin Palmer, Jamieson Grey Palmer, David Zachariah Palmer, Nathaniel George Palmer, Madeline Anne Palmer, Hanna Cecelia Shoup, Sadie Rachelle Shoup, Nathanael Connor Shoup, Jarrod Christian Shoup, James Braden Sheorn, Blair Elena Sheorn, John Carson Cooper, Garner Hamilton Cooper, Lillian Church Langley, Arthur Wilson Langley, II, Mary Brandon Langley, and Catherine Moderow Langley; one great, great-grandson, Cooper Ray Cambron; other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held from Holy Cross Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 19, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be in the Stanton Cemetery in Stanton, NE on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Lutheran Bible Translators, 303 N. Lake St., Aurora, IL, 60506-4174, or Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc., 13471 California St., Yucaipa, CA, 92399-5431, or Spastic Paraplegia Foundation, Inc., 7700 Leesburg Pike, Ste 123, Falls Church, VA, 22039. Condolences may be offered at www.radneyfuneralhome-mobile.com.