Phyllis "Phyl" Muir

February 15, 2013 - November 23, 2013

Memorial services will be held Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Bruning, Nebraska. Inurnment will be in the Bruning Public Cemetery following the memorial services. Memorials are in care of the family and to be determined at a later time. Phyllis Elaine Reichert Muir was born February 15, 1926, on a farm near Bruning, Nebraska, to Paul and Ella Hofrichter Reichert. She died November 23, 2013 in Geneva, Nebraska, at the age of 87 years, 9 months and 8 days. She received her education in Bruning schools and was a graduate of Bruning High School in 1943. Phyllis worked at the Bruning Strategic Air Base for a time and then attended business school in Omaha, graduating in 1947. In 1949 Phyllis married Robert W. Muir and one daughter, Pam, was born to them. They made their home in Fairbury where she was employed in the secretarial field. They returned to Bruning in 1962 and operated Bruning Grocery for eight years. Following this she resumed secretarial work, working many years at the Hebron Journal Register and retiring at the age of 70. Phyllis moved to Heritage Crossings in Geneva in February 2009. She was a member of the Bruning United Methodist Church and the local bridge group. Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bob; brother, Eldon Reichert and sister Ardath Wilhelms. Survivors are her daughter, Pam and her husband Dean Lemke, grandsons Corey Lemke and Brian Lemke, great grandsons Tyler Lemke and Jamison Lemke, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.