Susan M. Skogstoe

NORFOLK - Memorial service for Susan M. Skogstoe, 69, of Norfolk will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 29, 2024 at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Norfolk. Pastor Randy Rasmussen will be officiating the service. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, June 28, at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. Memorials may be sent to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital or to St. John's Lutheran Church in Norfolk. Susan passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the Heritage of Bel-Air Nursing Home in Norfolk with her husband at her side. Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Susan Marie (Behrens) Skogstoe, 69, passed away June 6, 2024, at Norfolk, Nebraska. She was born November 19, 1954, in Warren, Minnesota to Hans and Helen Behrens. Susan was known for her sparkling eyes, ready smile, and wicked sense of humor. Susan attended elementary school at St. James, Minnesota and high school at Hastings, Minnesota, graduating in 1973. She attended what is now Minnesota State University, Mankato. During her college years she studied in what was then communist Romania for three months and then spent three more months touring western Europe. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 with a major in German, minor in geology, and a minor in Business. In 1996, she also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Programming. Susan met John in Mankato, Minnesota after she returned to college to finish her degree. They were married on October 18, 1980, and lived in Austin, Minnesota for three years before moving to Norfolk, Nebraska. Susan loved canoeing, sailing, gardening, cooking, and sewing. Her many skills made her an excellent homemaker and mother. She worked as a German teacher in Norfolk Public Schools, an ESL Teacher at Northeast Community College through Adult Basic Education, and a computer programmer at First National Bank's Wayne Processing Center. Susan was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Norfolk and served in several ways including teaching an under three-year-old Sunday School class and as a Stephen Minister. She also assisted a Boy Scout Troop for many years. Susan is survived by her husband, John; children, Martin, and Aline (Clint) Woeppel; granddaughter, Adeline, all of Norfolk; brothers, John (Maureen) Behrens of Hastings, Minnesota, Tom (Maureen) Behrens of Woodbury, Minnesota, and Kurt (Laura) Behrens of Brattleboro, Vermont; sisters-in-law, Trudy Roever, Brentwood, California, JoAnn (Dan) Crawley, Oceanside, California, and nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Susan M. Skogstoe

November 19, 1954 - June 6, 2024