DEBRA SCHEIDELER

Debra Lynn (Rathbun) Jurgens Scheideler, 63, of Beatrice, Nebraska, died July 16, 2023 after a long heroic battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was the middle child of Ronald and Linda (Armbruster) Rathbun. Deb was born in the naval hospital at Portsmouth, Virg., on January 20, 1960. The family moved to Maywood, Mo., in 1962 and Deb attended grade school in LaGrange, Mo., and graduated from Highland High School.

Deb spent her life working hard and playing hard. She loved to travel and always enjoyed sharing a good cold beer with friends. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, baking, reading, Words With Friends, and feeding the birds. She was extremely proud of being a mother. Her daughter, Tiffany, meant the world to her.

Survivors include her husband, Steven Scheideler of Beatrice; daughter, Tiffany Langner of Lincoln; granddaughter, London; mother, Linda Rathbun of Quincy, Ill.; brother, Keith (Elizabeth) Rathbun of Ewing, Mo.; sister, Renee’ (Mark) McRae of St. Louis, Mo.; mother-in-law, Darlene Scheideler; step-children, Samantha (Dennis) Leonard and children, Savannah and Ethan of Middletown, Pa., and Marissa (Kenny) Herrguth and children Kylie, Madilyn, and Hadley of Surprise, AZ; sister-in-law, Susan (Chuck) Bogenreif of Lincoln; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Ronald Rathbun; son-in-law, Logan Langner; father-in-law, Robert Scheideler; maternal grandparents, Philip and Julia Mae Armbruster; paternal grandparents, Walter and Elsie Rathbun; uncles, Bruce Armbruster and Gary Armbruster; fur babies, Penny and Cookie.

Memorial services were held July 29, 2023 at Fox Funeral Home of Beatrice with Chaplain Sharon Schuster officiating. Memorials to Domestic Violence Awareness. www.foxfuneralhome.net Arrangements entrusted to Fox Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Beatrice.