William “Bill” Frederick Haeder was born on June 9, 1949, to Paul and Phyllis Haeder in Huron, SD. He grew up on a farm near Wolsey, SD until the age of 2. His family moved to Vermillion, SD where he spent most of his growing up years. Bill’s last two years of high school were spent in Ames, IA, where he graduated from Ames High School in 1967.
Bill’s family then moved to Omaha, NE, where Bill received his degree in Biology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. While in Omaha, Bill met his wife Linda, and they were married on June 14, 1969 between his sophomore and junior years of college. They had two children, Amy, born in 1972 and Adam, born in 1974.
Bill worked for Production Credit Association as a farm loan officer in Huron, SD, before making the decision to move to his wife’s homebase in Iowa. He worked as a production supervisor in the pharmaceutical lab of Fort Dodge Laboratories for 2½ years before finding a farm to rent and becoming an Iowa farmer raising corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs. He was a farmer for 40 years, and the last 18 years of that he also worked as a correctional officer at the men’s prison in Rockwell City, IA. After retirement he helped other farmers at harvest time for the next 13 years. Bill and Linda moved to Lincoln, NE in 2018.
Bill enjoyed playing golf, cribbage and euchre. He especially loved his grandchildren Madison (husband Moris), Arin, Brayden (fiancé Hazel), Ethan (wife Bri), Stanley, Stefon, and Violet with all their activities. He also loved playing with and reading to his great-granddaughter Luna Grace.
He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, enjoying membership in six different congregations.
He was preceded in death by a sister and five brothers-in-law. He is survived by his wife Linda, daughter Amy of Euless, TX, son Adam and daughter-in-law Tina of Bellevue, NE, sister Allison Winaker of Danville, CA, sister Paula Metcalf of Lincoln, NE, sister-in-law Karen Blaas of Rockwell City, IA, and sister-in-law Lorraine Blaas of Fort Worth, TX.
Memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 24, 2025 at Faith Lutheran Church, Lincoln.
In lieu of flowers, memorials (via check) may be directed to Faith Lutheran School, 8701 Adams St, Lincoln, NE 68507.
The service will be available to view live by clicking the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithLincoln/streams
Best neighbor EVER! I will miss you my friend.
Bill was the absolute best neighbor and friend. I was blessed to have known him.🙏
Sincere sympathy to you Linda and family
Good neighbor and friend.
We moved into these new townhomes in Lincoln NE about the same time as Bill and Linda. Bill was a perfect new neighbor to all of us new to this area. He loved to sit outside on the driveway in the afternoons with many of us neighbors. He will be missed by us all.
We were blessed to know Bill even a little while. Linda and family sending caring , and support for the days ahead.
Bill, aka Iowa-man joined our golf group one day at Mahoney and became a good friends with us over the past 4 years or so. Our group will miss him.
My heartfelt condolences for Linda and her family. Bill was a great friend and neighbor, who was loved by all. He will be deeply missed. Rest in peace my friend.