Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Myra M. Buerer Feb. 26, 1938 - Aug. 22, 2011

Harvard resident Myra May Buerer, 73, died Monday, August 22, 2011, at the Harvard Rest Haven in Harvard, NE.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at the Harvard United Church of Christ in Harvard, NE with Pastor Dave Johnson officiating. Interment will be in the Edgar Cemetery at Edgar, NE. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., at McLaughlin Funeral Chapel in Clay Center, NE. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Condolences may be left at www.mclaughlinchapel.com.
Myra was born February 26, 1938, at Ainsworth, NE to Cecil and Ruth (Banks) VanMatre. She received her education in Blue Hill and graduated from Blue Hill High School in 1957. On March 23, 1958, she married James A. Buerer in Blue Hill, NE. She worked as a homemaker until he husband James passed away in 1981. Myra was then employed with various cafés in Clay County before beginning employment as a CNA at the Sutton Community Home in Sutton, NE.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, attending sporting events and camping.
She is survived by her sons, James Buerer of Hastings, NE; Tim and wife Tina Buerer of Harvard, NE; Marty Buerer and his fiancé Stephanie Capps of Ogden, IA; brother Don and wife Judy VanMatre of Longmont, CO; ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren soon to be born.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, infant sister Leona Arlene VanMatre and a daughter Barbra Jean Shoemaker.

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