TERRY K. RIEKE, AGE 62

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Terry K. Rieke, age 62, died Thursday morning, Jan. 6, 2005, at his home in Aurora.

Funeral services were Monday, January 10, at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Aurora. Interment was in the Aurora Cemetery.

Terry K. Rieke was born Dec. 7, 1942, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Willard and Anita (Day) Rieke.

He grew up in Chester where he graduated from Chester High School in 1960. He attended Fairbury Junior College and graduated from Kearney State College where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. He was an accomplished athlete during his high school and college years.

He was united in marriage to Karen Hellbusch on June 10, 1962 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Gilead.

Mr. Rieke coached and taught school in Nebraska for twelve years at Campbell, Benkelman, Hastings Adam Central, and Tecumseh. In 1976, he joined LeDoiyt Land Management. He worked for LeDoiyt until 1997. He worked briefly for Hertz Management until he began RGA Farm Management & Realty in 2001.

He was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church, serving on the Church Council.

Mr. Rieke was an avid golfer and fisherman. He was past president of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and he served on the Aurora Country Club Board of Directors. He was a member of the Aurora Rotary Club, as well as being a member of numerous professional farm management and insurance organizations. He enjoyed traveling with his wife and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his father, his wife, one son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Kellie Rieke of Lexington; two daughters and sons-in-law, Robyn and John Schultheiss of Kearney and Roxann and Gregg Holliday of Arlington; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren; three great-step-grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Ron Moxham of Lincoln; a sister-in-law and husband, Dawn and Roger Kendall of Reynolds, and a brother-in-law and wife, Norman and Juleen Hellbusch of Monument, Colo.

He was preceded in death by his mother.

Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through the mortuary website at higbymortuary.com.