Glenn Allen Tetschner, 68, of Bartlett, Nebraska formerly of Burwell died on Thursday, June 9, 2022 with his family and Pastor Alan Petersen by his side at Bryan East Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the First Congregational Church in Burwell. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery in Burwell. Pastor Alan Petersen and Pastor Duane Waddle will officiate. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 – 7 p.m. at Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell, Nebraska. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family.
Glenn was born November 23, 1953 to Lloyd and Lucina (Moore) Tetschner in rural Garfield County, Nebraska.
Glenn attended Burwell Elementary and Burwell High School, being the first class to graduate from the new school in 1973. He attended Western Nebraska Technical College in Sidney, Nebraska for a short period studying masonry, later being employed as a building construction worker in Kearney, Nebraska gaining excellent building skills.
Glenn married Sherry Schrunk on August 23, 1975 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin, Nebraska. They lived in Kearney for a short time then resided in a home in Midvale, a countryside east of Burwell.
Glenn worked for Jensen Irrigation for approximately five years, then he partnered with Russ Tiffany for building construction for nearly thirty years. They built many homes at the Calamus Lake. He also did building construction in the Bartlett area and was working at Wheeler County Department of Roads, driving a gravel truck after they moved to Bartlett in the fall of 2011. He enjoyed remodeling the Snyder Street Cottage in Burwell. Probably the project he was most proud of was restoring the old Burwell Public Library for Susan and Rick Petersen.
Glenn was baptized on March 21, 1992 and became a member of the Burwell First Congregational Church.
He was also a member of the Burwell City Council, Burwell Housing Authority, Burwell Elementary School Board, Church Council, Bartlett (Adjutant) Sons of the American Legion, Bartlett Village Board, Methodist Church Pastoral Committee, and the Bartlett Fire Department and Rescue Team.
He enjoyed hobbies of gardening, stained glass, smoking meats on his Traeger Grill, fishing, and being around his children and grandchildren.
Glenn is survived by his wife Sherry Tetschner of Bartlett, Nebraska. Four children, Andy and Nikki Tetschner of Lincoln, Nebraska, Ben Tetschner of Bartlett, Nebraska, Luke and Angela Tetschner of Gilbert, Arizona and Angela and Mike Keyes of Beatrice, Nebraska. Nine grandchildren, Hannah and Ty Tetschner, Mikella Smith, Mason, Myles and Madelynn Tetschner, Sawyer, Guinevere “Winnie” and Juniper Keyes and a sister-in-law, Connie Tetschner of Phoenix, Arizona.
Glenn was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Lloyd Tetschner, J.
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