Stanley S. Osterman

Stanley Sterling (Fritz) Osterman, 90, died of cancer on March 16, 2015, in San Diego, CA, at the home of his daughter, Rita. Interred with military honors at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, in Nenzel, NE, on March 25, 2015. Born June 8, 1924, to Ferdinand and Grace (Hoffman) Osterman in Kilgore, NE. Graduated high school, Kilgore Public School, 1942. Married Catherine Nora Brennan, Omaha, NE, who had moved to Kilgore to teach in the high school, in Kearney, NE, on October 31, 1942, and with whom he had six children, John Stanley (Jack), Rita Ann, Robert Vincent (Bob), Joan Marie, Blane Lee and Bruce Alan. Inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps, Mare Island, CA, in October 1943. Basic Training, Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA, & Tank Training, Camp Elliott, CA. Overseas service with Company B, 5th Tank Battalion, 5th Marine Division, in the Hawaiian Islands, Iwo Jima, V.I., Saipan, M.I., & Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan. Honorably discharged with the rank of Corporal in December 1945. After returning from the Pacific, lived in Omaha, NE, working at the stockyards before moving his family back to Kilgore in 1947, where, over the years, he worked as a truck driver, carpenter, & ranch hand. In later years, he worked for the Village of Kilgore, served on the Village Board, & also served on the St. Mary Catholic Church Parish Council in Nenzel, NE. Following the death of his wife, Catherine, in 2003, spent part of his remaining years in San Diego, CA, living with his daughter, Rita. His time there involved his favorite pastime of frequent trips to the Fremont Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, where he is now remembered with a Sharpshooter plaque on the wall of the Casino, having held the dice at the crap table for 62 rolls on October 16, 2012.