Albert Frank Jonker - Papillion Neb.

March 6, 1923 – May 30, 2017

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Albert Frank Jonker, 94, of Papillion, Neb., and formerly of Brookings, died Tuesday,  May 30, 2017, at the VA Medical Center of Omaha, Neb.  

Funeral services are at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brookings.  Visitation is from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Rude’s Funeral Home in Brookings.  Rude’s Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Albert Frank Jonker was born March 6, 1923, in Brookings County, the son of John and Della (Appel) Jonker.  Albert spent his early years and received his education in rural school in Brookings and Hamlin counties.  

Albert married Lena Blum on Nov. 7, 1943, in Estelline.  After their marriage, Albert served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer during the invasion of Okinawa.  After the war, they farmed in Deuel and Brookings County until 1974.  They then moved to Lake Preston, where Albert was employed at Koch’s Meat Market for nine years.  In 1986, they moved to Brookings,  where he was employed at South Dakota State University as a custodian.

He was a member of the Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church, a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, Member of the Lake Preston American Legion Porter L. Rich Post No. 0063.  He especially enjoyed fishing.

Albert is survived by his daughter Karen Kaye (Vernon) Haugaard of Papillion, Neb.; two grandchildren; two sisters, Marjorie Quam of Brookings and Kathryn Torgerson of Estelline.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lena,  one brother, Raymond and a sister, May Bertelsen. 

Condolences may be sent to the family through www.rudesfuneralhome.com.