Billy G. "Bill" Schomberg

PIERCE -- Services for Billy G. “Bill” Schomberg, 81 of Pierce, will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church, Pierce, NE. Officiating will be Reverend Gordon Bruce and Vicar Jacob Friedrich. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 1, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church. Interment will be at Prospect View Cemetery, rural Pierce. Military Rites will be by Tomek-Otto Pierce American Legion Post #72 and the United States Army Honors Guard. Bill passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024, at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. Arrangements by Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Pierce. Bill was born on November 8, 1943, in Pierce, Nebraska to Irvin and Ruth (Beutler) Schomberg. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. He grew up in Pierce and attended country school at District 55. Bill graduated from Pierce High School in 1962. In 1965 he joined the Army National Guard where he served until 1971. On August 30, 1969, he married Betty Hales at Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. They farmed west of Pierce and raised purebred Shorthorn cattle and purebred Yorkshire hogs. Bill tended bar at the Pierce Bowling Alley, cut carpet at Reed’s Furniture, and worked for the Pierce County FSA office for many years. Safe to say Bill climbed almost every grain bin in Pierce County prior to his retirement. Bill will be remembered for his hard work, love, and dedication to his family. He kept life interesting with his sense of humor, quick wit, hardy laugh, and finding someone he knew wherever he went. Bill had a passion for showing Shorthorn cattle and passed that on to his two sons as well as his granddaughter. He took great joy in going out to the pasture to see the new calf crop as much as possible. Most recently you would find Bill playing a game of solitaire at the kitchen table, watching an online cattle auction, keeping track of who’s driving by on the Pierce-Neligh road, or catching a Pierce Bluejay or Nebraska Cornhusker sporting event. Bill was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce, charter member of the Pierce Jaycees, past secretary of the North Central Pork Producers, past president of the Nebraska Shorthorn Association. He served as a board member of the Pierce County Ag Society and was inducted into the Pierce County Ag Society Hall of Fame in 2019. He was a long-time member of the Nebraska Cattlemens Association and Pierce American Legion. He was a 4-H leader and superintendent of the Aksarben Beef Check-in crew. Survivors include his spouse Betty of Pierce, sons Chad (Gwen) Schomberg of Norfolk, Barry Schomberg of Pierce, granddaughter Jaycee Schomberg of Creston, sister Karen Schulz of Pierce, numerous nieces and nephews and in-laws. He was preceded in death by his parents Irvin and Ruth, his brother Ron, infant sister Judith, brother-in-law Eldon Schulz, father and mother-in-law Bill and Wyoma Hales, sister and brother-in-law Janice and Jack Downing, niece Breyden Hales and nephew Curtis Downing. Music will be provided by organist LaRee Gubbels with congregational hymns “Amazing Grace”, “How Great Thou Art”, “It Is Well With My Soul” and recorded hymn “Go Rest High On that Mountain”. Casket Bearers will be Lee Hales, Sam Hales, Perry Schulz, Jeff Schulz, Cory Schulz, and Steve Downing. Honorary Casket Bearers will be Elwood Meier, Doug Suckstorf, Tim Pint, Jim Herian, Larry Koepke and Dan Pint. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Billy G. "Bill" Schomberg

November 8, 1943 - December 27, 2024