Eileen Lehnert

Funeral services for Eileen Lehnert age 86 of Plainview will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday July 5th at the United Methodist Church in Plainview. Visitation for Eileen will be one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview.

Eileen Lehnert was born October 26, 1927 to Tawney and Ethel (Denman) Holmes in rural Foster, NE.

She attended Country School 31 through the 8th grade and graduated from Plainview High School in 1945. After School she taught country school at district 47 and 23 in Pierce County. On September 14, 1948 Eileen married Raymond Lehnert and lived in the Stark Valley Community. To this union two daughters were born Joann and Jodi. Eileen was a member of the Stark Valley United Methodist Church from 1950 until it closed in 2009 then transferred to the Plainview united Methodist Church. She belonged to Happy 23’ers Club, Stark Valley United Methodist women, V.F.W. auxiliary and was a Hospice volunteer. She moved to Plainview in November 1997 and was a cook at the Plainview Manor for 10 ½ years.


Eileen is survived by her daughters, Joann Meyer and Jodi Gates. Grandchildren, Tony Meyer, Dawn Meyer, Cyndi and Brendon Jones and Jassi Gates. Six great grandson,one great-great granddaughter, two sisters Laura & Ralph DeLong and Twyla Sparrow.


She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Raymond, two son-in-laws Bill Meyer and Steve Gates, two grandchildren Kareena Gates and Brett Meyer, one great granddaughter Samantha Jensen and one sister Barbara Evans.