Stanley Arthur Eberspacher was born July 13, 1934, to Homer and Bernidene Eberspacher in Seward. He died Aug. 31, 2023, at the age of 89.
He attended rural country schools, graduating from eighth grade in 1948. He attended Beaver Crossing High School, graduating in 1952. Stan attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, graduating in 1956 with a B.S. in Animal Science and was on the livestock judging teams while at the University of Nebraska.
Stan married Barbara Yokel in June 1956. Keith, Jane and Carl were born from this marriage. He entered the U.S. Army in November in 1956 and spent two years at Fort Carson, Colorado. He was assigned to the Veterinary Hospital on the base. He went to work for Hormel Foods in 1958, training to be a hog buyer. He retired from Hormel in 1984.
He divorced in 1980. Stan met and married Shirley Swanson in 1982.
Stan sold Walnut Grove livestock feed for a few years before he and Shirley decided to spend winters in Arizona and summers in Nebraska. He worked for his cousin, Darrel Eberspacher, in the summer on the farm and helped Darrel and Carol show their Belgian draft horses at shows and state fairs throughout the Midwest for many years. In 2000, he became ring steward for the draft horse shows at the Nebraska State Fair, which he enjoyed for 14 years.
He played a lot of golf and enjoyed fishing from time to time. He was a loyal Husker fan and went to all the football games since the 1960s. Stan was a Methodist all his life, and a member of the Trinity United Methodist of Grand Island.
Stan was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother; infant brother; stepson; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Eberspacher; children, Keith (Crystal) Eberspacher of Fremont, Jane (Steve) Flanagan of West Des Moines, Iowa, and Carl (Ginger) Eberspacher of Omaha; granddaughters, Jena (Jermaine) Leslie of Frisco, Texas, and Kara (Kevin) Heim; grandson, Aidan Eberspacher of Fremont; granddaughters, Natasha and Haley Eberspacher of Omaha; great-granddaughters, Sadie, Lela and Zibby Heim of Lincoln; sister and brother-in-law, Jolene and Gordon Wiegardt of Seward; nephews, David Wiegardt of St. Paul, Minnesota, Craig (Marcy) Wiegardt of Morton, Illinois; stepchildren, Connie (Bruce) Jensen of Columbus, Steve Swanson of Dallas, Texas, (Stephanie) Swanson of Kimballton, Iowa; Sarah (Eric) Follstad of Valrico, Florida; step grandchildren, Stuart (Cheryl) Jensen, Kyle (Amanda) Jensen, Audrey (Brian) Forster, Brett Swanson, Carly Swanson, Cassidy Swanson, Megan (Donald) Forshee, Kristi (Mike) Houk, Adam Swanson, Bailee Swanson, Chelsea (Jonathon) Idoni, Hailey Follstad (Shimon) Pecaric and Jacob Follstad; 13 step-great-grandchildren; and two step great-great grandchildren.
The funeral service will be Thursday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at the Seward United Methodist Church with interment at the Salem Cemetery in Seward. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Nebraska State Fair.
