Benjamin Thomas Sauser (Plainview)

Benjamin Thomas Sauser, age 3, died peacefully in his parents’ arms on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, NE.

Ben was born on April 15, 2014, in Omaha, NE, to parents Tom and Jessica Sauser of Plainview, NE. He was born with a heart defect, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, and due to his illness received a heart transplant on June 7, 2015. Though he spent one third of his life at Children’s Hospital he was a happy boy with an infectious smile who loved the farm, anything with wheels, and chips.

Ben is survived by his parents; soon to arrive baby sister; his grandparents, Daryl and Jackie Hitz, and Mike and Julie Sauser; his great-grandparents, Janie Johnson and Carol Helsing; aunts and uncles, Emma Sauser, Justin and Kasi Foss, Vanessa Hitz, Dalson Hitz, and Dillan and Michelle Zuhlke; and cousins, Dan, Joe, and Abby Zuhlke.

He is preceded in death by great-grandparents; Herbert and Garnet Hitz, Harlan Johnson, Leonard and Thelma Sauser, and Merlin Helsing.

Funeral services were held at 10:30am Monday, February 19 at St. Ludger’s Catholic Church in Creighton, NE. A visitation was held from 4-7pm Sunday, February 18, also at St. Ludger’s. Ben was buried in the St. Paul’s Catholic Cemetery in Plainview, NE.