Funeral Services for Duane E. Summerer, age 88, of Chambers, NE, will be 10:30 AM Thursday, April 5, 2018, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chambers, NE. Rev. Edgar Keinath and Rev. Mel Mertens will officiate. Burial will follow at the Valley View Cemetery in rural Chambers, NE. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5- 8 PM at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill, NE with a Prayer Service at 7 PM. Memorials may be given to the family for future missionary designations. Duane passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Atkinson, NE. Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill is in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers are his grandsons, Brian Larson, Joel Keinath, Tim Larson, Daniel Keinath, Brad Larson, Michael Keinath, Joshua Keinath, Brett Mertens, Jonathan Rudolph, Karl Mertens, Benjamin Rudolph, Tanner Schmidt, David Knapp and A.J. Schmidt.

Honored pallbearers are his granddaughters, Katie Waldo, Cathleen Bohaty, Amy Scott, April Oberheu, Rachel Keinath, Lauren Rudolph and Myria McKain.

Honorary pallbearers are the staff and residents of the Evergreen Assisted Living Center.

Duane, son of P.W. and Anna (Primius) Summerer, was born May 4, 1929.  He attended country school in Ewing and graduated from Ewing Public School in 1946.

On March 25, 1951, Duane married Myra Sprecher in the Zion Lutheran Church in Ogden, Iowa.  He was a farmer/ranch, husband, dad, grandpa and great-grandpa.  He was an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Goose Lake Community.  In the fall of 2016 he moved to the Evergreen Assisted Living Center and cherished his time with the staff and residents.

Duane is survived by his seven daughters and sons-in-law, Julie and Wayne Larson of Billings, MT, Janeen and Reverend Edgar Keinath of Seymour, IN, Becky and Harold Larson of Chambers, Barbara and Doug Rudolph of Elk River, MN, Eileen and Reverend Mel Mertens of Delta, CO, Mari Jo and Steve Knapp of North Platte, and Brenda and Bret Schmidt of La Salle, CO.  21 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren; sister Marjorie Tomjack of Ewing and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Myra; parents P.W. and Anna Summerer and brother in-law Frank "Bud" Tomjack.