Huldrich Bernard Nibbe

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday with a prayer service held at 7:30 p.m. at the Westbrook Funeral Home. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday. Interment is in the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Rosehill Township.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday May 30th, 2008 at Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook.

Huldrich Bernard Nibbe, age 99 of Westbrook passed away on Monday, May 26, 2008 at Westbrook Good Samaritan Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday May 30th, 2008 at Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday with a prayer service held at 7:30 p.m. at the Westbrook Funeral Home. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday. Interment is in the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Rosehill Township. Email condolences may be sent via www.westbrookfuneral.com. The Westbrook Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Huldrich B. Nibbe was born on September 15, 1908 to Reinhardt and Anna (Mueller) Nibbe in Ornsby, Watonwan County, Minnesota. He was baptized in infancy on October 2nd, 1908. Huldrich was confirmed by Rev. Ernst C. Mueller on April 9th, 1922 at Freedom Lutheran Church in Waseca, Minnesota. He attended public school in Watonwan County, Ornsby District. After his father’s death, Huldrich worked on various farm places. He worked 3 years for William Watterman on a dairy farm near Sanborn, Minnesota. From there, Huldrich went to work road construction for 2 years. On March 30th, 1932, Huldrich Nibbe and Isabel Engler were united in marriage at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rosehill Township, by Pastor A.W. Scharfe. The couple made their home on Isabel’s grandparents’ farm for 50 years. In April 1982 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and then moved into Westbrook in November 1982. Huldrich and Isabel most recently celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary in March of 2008. Huldrich was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rosehill Township, and then a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook.

Huldrich is survived by his wife Isabel; brother-in-law Clarence (Verna) Engler, sister-in-law Marie Nibbe; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers and sisters: Ewald, Reinhardt, Gordnie, Cecelia, Anna, and Rosina.