Marcia Haessler

December 6, 1928 - November 4, 2012

Marcia Haessler, age 83 of Ogallala, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012 at the Ogallala Community Hospital. Committal services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 8th at the Ogallala Cemetery with Pastor John Stubenrouch of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church officiating. There will be no visitation. Marcia was born December 6, 1928 on a farm near Sidney, Nebraska, the daughter of Arnold and Clara (Pittach) Stockamp. After graduating from the Sidney High School she attended Nursing School in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating in 1950. Marcia married Virgil Haessler on April 7, 1952 at Alliance, Nebraska. She worked at the Sidney Hospital before the couple moved to Ogallala. She was employed as a registered nurse by the Ogallala Community Hospital and later at Indian Hills Manor for fourteen years before her retirement in 1981. Survivors include five children; Steven Haessler of Denver, CO, Randy and wife Maria Haessler of North Platte, NE, Deb and husband Darrell Morrow of Lewellen, NE, Judy and husband Charles Thompson of Alliance, NE and Jerry Haessler of Ogallala; nine grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren; and a sister, Marilyn Stiles. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Corliss Stockamp; a sister Lois Rice and her husband, Virgil Haessler. Online condolences may be sent at gubserfuneralhome.com. Gubser Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.