WAUNETA -- Otto Bartels, 101, died Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2005) at Heritage of Wauneta Nursing Home.

He was a long-time resident of Wauneta.

Survivors include his wife, Ida of Wauneta; sons, Wayne and wife, Donna of Wauneta, Dale and wife, Barbara of Lewellen and Allen and wife, Joyce of Harvard; two daughters, Barbara Cooper and husband, Jerry of Henderson, Nev., and Lois Glover and husband, Lee of Wauneta; sister, Elsie Becker of Wauneta; brother, Gus Bartels and wife, Margie of Wauneta; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.

Services are Monday, 10 a.m. (MST), at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Wauneta with the Rev. Greg Stuckwisch officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in Wauneta.

Visitation is Sunday, 2-6 p.m., at the funeral home in Wauneta.

A memorial has been established in his memory.

Liewer Funeral Home of Wauneta is in charge of the arrangements.