Michael Willard Nebergall
1954 - 2020
Michael Willard Nebergall went to be
with the Lord on June 16, 2020 in the St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita
after living in the LakePoint Nursing Center in Wichita for four
months during the Covid-19. He was born December 31, 1954, the first
son of Willard Lloyd and Norma Jean (Umholtz) Nebergall.
At the age of 16 he accepted the Lord
as his savior and was baptized in the church of Christ in Newton.
He was diagnosed with an Aphasia at the
Institute of Logopedics in Wichita, and attended different schools
for speech therapy and handicapped children in Wichita, Newton and
Topeka.
After Topeka, he then worked for the
family service station in Hesston taking care of the car wash, then
later he worked at the turkey hatchery in Moundridge, KS.
He was preceded in death by his father
in 1990.
He is survived by his mother who he
lived with for 30 years in rural Newton, enjoying his Kawasaki
motorcycle which he drove many times around their home and also which
he drove over several passes in Colorado. He also loved to mow the
lawn with the riding lawn mowers watch the weather and the weather
forecasts on TV and his mother believed he would have been a
weatherman on TV if he wasn't handicapped.
He is also survived by his brothers
Myron (Patty) and Barry (Rachelle) and many relatives.
A celebration of his life was held at
his brother Barry's home with many relatives and church members
attending on June 20, 2020. Inurnment will be held at a later date at
the Eastlawn Cemetery north of Zimmerdale.