Joel Oltmanns

Joel Oltmanns, 38, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE from acute pancreatitis. Joel Anton Oltmanns was born at Viborg, SD on May 24, 1974, the son of Lynn and Anita (Buus) Oltmanns. He grew up in the Davis/Hurley area attending school in Hurley, graduating from Hurley High School in 1992. He went on to receive a Broadcast Journalism degree from Iowa Lakes Community College. On August 29, 1998 he was united in marriage to Heather Stewart at St. Magdalen's Catholic Church, Lennox. The couple lived in Randolph, NE moving into Norfolk, NE in October of 1998. In 2004 Joel, with the help of his many friends and contractor contacts, built the family home in Battle Creek, NE. Joel worked as a Vice-President for Carhart Lumber Company. Joel had been a member of Turner County First Presbyterian Church and attended Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Norfolk. He was a member of the Nebraska Home Builders Association and helped with the local Whitetails Unlimited organization. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved to coach his son's baseball, football and basketballs teams. He led the neighborhood kids in countless frontyard ballgames. With Heather and friends, Anthony and Dawn, they operated Dakota Ridgeway Outfitters. Joel was a huge sports fan, especially of the Tarheels, Huskers, Dolphins and the Yankees. The loves of his life were his wife and children. Joel was preceded in death by his grandparents, George and Min Buus and Anton Oltmanns. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Heather; three children: Chase, age 9, Madeline, age 8, and Noah, age 1 ½ all of Battle Creek, NE; parents, Lynn and Anita Oltmanns, Davis; siblings: Jill (Scott) Dangel, Hurley, Josh (Stacy) Oltmanns, Alexandria and Janel Oltmanns, Hartford; grandmother: Iva Oltmanns, Lennox; parents-in law, Chuck and Barb Stewart, Lennox, brothers-in-law: Bob (DeeAnne) Stewart, Nelson, NE and Bill (Katie) Stewart, Waddell, AZ plus nephews, nieces, other relatives and a host of friends. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at Turner Co. 1st Presbyterian Church, rural Davis with burial to follow in the Lennox Cemetery. Visitation will begin Friday at noon with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox.

Joel Oltmanns

May 24, 1974 - August 13, 2012

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