Dwight E. Oberle

NORFOLK -- Funeral service for Dwight E. Oberle, 71, of Norfolk, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Norfolk. Rev. Chris Asbury will be officiating the service. Following the funeral luncheon, interment will be held at the Pleasant View Cemetery, rural Plainview. Visitation will be 4:00-7:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. Dwight passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at his residence in Norfolk. Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Dwight was born on November 18, 1952 in Coleridge, Nebraska to Raymond and Lois (Burkhardt) Oberle. He attended grade school in Coleridge, Scottsbluff, and then graduated from Norfolk Senior High School 1971. After high school Dwight lived in Norfolk and worked as assistant manager at Safeway in Norfolk. He married Connie Hoffart on November 18, 1972 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Plainview. Dwight worked in Central City as assistant manager of Safeway from 1976 to 1984. He then owned and operated Oberle’s Market in Winside until 2012. Dwight later worked at Great Dane as Head Security Guard from 2012 to 2022 until he got his diagnosis for esophageal cancer. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Winside until 2022 and then at Grace Lutheran Church in Norfolk. Dwight enjoyed playing cards, shopping for cars, and traveling and spending time with his family. Survivors include his wife Connie Oberle of Norfolk, daughter Patricia Kramer of Lincoln and her children Shanna, Beau, and Jayda, daughter Kristina Thornton of Bennington and her children Chloe, Zech, and Ellie, daughter Kimberley (Moses) Fisher of Meridian, Idaho and their children Noah, Reya, and Jaxon, daughter Lisa (Dan) Reinhardt of Colorado Springs, CO, and their children Carter, Wesley, Stella, and Isla, mother Lois Oberle of Norfolk, siblings Don (Susan) Oberle, Karen (Byron) Kalin, Amy (Jeff) Steffen, all of Norfolk, Gail (Dean) Talbott of Hoskins, Keith Oberle of Beatrice, Brian (Xiaojuan Liu) Oberle of Walnut Creek, CA, father-in-law and mother-in-law Dean (Doris) Hoffart of Norfolk, brother-in-law Steve (Lori) Hoffart of Omaha, and sister-in-law Terri Gambill of Ainsworth, NE. He was preceded in death by his father Ray Oberle. Casket bearers will be Moses Fisher, Noah Fisher, Dan Reinhardt, Zechariah Thornton, Beau Kramer, John Oberle, Landon Steffen, Lukas Steffen. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Dwight E. Oberle

November 18, 1952 - June 11, 2024