Gena Luhr-Puls

Gena Luhr-Puls
11/17/1929 - 05/12/2020
Hasemann Funeral Home

Private Committal Services for Gena Luhr-Puls, age 90, of Wayne, will be held at the Wakefield Cemetery. Memorials: please consider making a donation to Our Savior Lutheran Church of Wayne, NE, American Heart Association or Orphan Grain Train.

Gena, 90, of Wayne, NE, passed peacefully on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Arrangements with Hasemann Funeral Home of Wayne.

Regina (Gena) Margaret Luhr Puls was born November 17, 1929 at Wakefield to Oscar and Olga (Anderson) Bjorklund. She was baptized, confirmed and married at Salem Lutheran Church at Wakefield. She graduated from Wakefield High School in 1947. She worked as a legal secretary for five years. She married Clarence Luhr February 11, 1951.  The couple farmed northwest of Wakefield until 1987, retiring in Wayne. On January 31, 1997, she married Freddie Puls at Truth or Consequences, NM.

She was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church of Wayne and had been active in Altar Guild, ELCW, Bible Study and the sewing group. She belonged to Home Circle Club and VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, playing cards and especially her family.

Gena is survived by two sons, Bruce and Vicky Luhr of Seward, NE, Steve and Vernae Luhr of Wakefield, NE; daughter, Barbara and John Okonoski of Schererville, IN; and stepchildren, Denis Puls of Puyallup, WA, Janis Jordan of Fremont, NE, Kevin Puls of Emerson, NE, David Puls of Grand Island, NE and JoAnn McCabe of St. Paul, MN; eight grandchildren; nine step grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;  and thirteen step great-grandchildren; a sister, Sue Smith, of Bella Vista, AR;  and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarence, in 1992; husband, Freddie, in 2014; and a niece, Gretchen McCarthy.

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