Tim “Muckly” Suhr
WAUSA — Tim Suhr, 64, Wausa, died Nov. 18, 2020, at rural Wausa.
Graveside services were Nov. 24, at Thabor Lutheran Cemetery, Wausa.
Visitation was Monday at Brockhaus Funeral Home, Wausa.
Social distancing guidelines were followed and masks were required.
Tim “Muckly” Suhr, Wausa, was born Jan. 20, 1956, in Osmond. He was the son of Dale and Bonnie (Erickson) Suhr. Tim was a member of Tabor Lutheran Church. His childhood was filled with fishing trips with his dad and grandparents. 4-H kept Tim busy as he had a grand champion short horn steer but was too young to show at the state fair. This led to many lifelong friends and acquaintances. He graduated in 1974 from Wausa High School and from Northeast Community College, Norfolk, with an associate’s degree in the first class in the agriculture program. In 1978, Tim moved to the Erickson family farm and established his farming operation which led to his workaholic lifestyle like his dad.
Tim was initiated into the Wausa Masonic Lodge in 1980, where he became a Master Mason of the 32nd degree and continued to be an active member. He was active in the Lewis and Clark El Riad Shrine Club Animal Unit for almost 40 years. Many summer weekends were spent in parades as the pink lion throughout Nebraska and South Dakota representing the Animal Unit. Tim was known for being the cotton candy aficionado making cotton candy at the annual Shrine Circus in Yankton, S.D., and other local events.
Tim was active on league bowling for 20 years. He married Marie Hastreiter Aug. 22, 1980, and they had Andrew and Charlie. Tim was a lifelong farmer including grain, cattle, and hogs. In the early 1990s, he was the president of the Knox County Pork Producers for two years. The Wausa Locker called Tim for his lifelong experience with butchering in the later 90s. This evolved into a 20-plus year career.
In 2009, he met Jessica Sternberg at Pinky’s. She brought out his adventurous side with fishing trips to Minnesota, annual trips to the Black Hills and Colorado. Tim was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing and hunting but expanded his interest into trophy-sized game after they met. He traveled the United States to skillfully hunt a bear, bobcat and mountain lion. Everyone knew where to find Tim after a long day, he would be parked in his thinking chair in his machine shop in deep thought (napping) watching westerns and having a Busch Light.
Tim is survived by the love of his life, Jessica Sternberg; his children, Andrew (Andrea) Suhr, Norfolk, and Charlie (Russell) Richards, Lincoln; his mother, Bonnie Suhr, Wausa; siblings Cynthia (Evan) Wecker, Julesburg, Colo.; Penny (Jeff) Rodgers, Unadilla; Tom Suhr, Wausa; Joel (Barb) Suhr, Wausa; and Kip Suhr, Coleridge; and his two adorable grandchildren, Ari Suhr, 8, and Ahlee Suhr, 4, who affectionately called him Papa Tim.
He was preceded into death by his father, Dale Suhr; sister-in-law, Terri Suhr; nephew, Jeremy Wecker; two uncles, Vaughn Erickson and Gary Erickson; uncle and aunt, Gaylan (Olie) Suhr; and aunt, Wanda Holmquist.
