Louis Aloysius Engelbrecht

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Louis Aloysius Engelbrecht was born November 3rd, 1944, in Reno County, Kansas to Jerome and Johanna Engelbrecht. Louis was the youngest of the family with one brother Francis and three sisters, Patty, Elvira, and Mary.  Louis was 18 months old when his family of seven along with his Uncle Ferd Erker moved into a four-room house on the farm in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. Louis grew up on the farm playing in the dirt, milking cows, riding horses all over the countryside, and farming. His love of horses never diminished. After Louis’ junior year in school, he decided he’d go into the army instead of back to high school.  Before his 18th birthday, Louis was serving as a machine operator in the European Arena with stints in Germany, Greece, Turkey, and Morocco.   After serving three years in the Army, Louis received his honorable discharge. 
Upon his discharge in 1966, Louis returned to the family farm to decide what to do with his future.  Shortly after his return, his Father passed away.  His Mother asked him if he’d help with the farming and his future was sealed.  Louis would raise his family, live out his days, and eventually pass away in his home of 74 years, located on the family farm surround by his children.  
In the spring of 1968 while visiting friends in Denver, he met the love of his life Joyce Katherine Karstens.  Joyce lived in the same duplex as his friends and was a registered nurse from Mason City, Iowa working at Rose Memorial Hospital.    This was the beginning of a lifelong friendship.  On December 28th, 1968, they were united in marriage at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cheyenne Wells, CO where Louis was a lifelong member. To this union four children were born:  Lynda, Michael, John, and Tom.  
Louis continued to run the family farm for his Mother and in 1979, Louis and Joyce purchased the family farm and farmed until their deaths.  Besides farming, Louis volunteered in the community as a member of the Cheyenne County Weed Control Board, County Committee for FSA, President of the Gun Club organization, and a 4-H leader.  Louis worked especially hard as the 4-H Shooting Sports leader even designing a moving shooting target for pelt guns and .22 rifles that would automatically reset itself.  Louis is known for being honest to a fault and doing custom farming and grinding for many farmers and ranchers in Cheyenne County.  
Louis is preceded in death by his wife Joyce, his parents, his sister Elvira Ball and brother Francis Engelbrecht. He is survived by his daughter Lynda, his sons Michael (Tammy), John (Stacy), and Tom (Dawn) all of Engelbrecht Village a.k.a. the family farm in Cheyenne Wells, CO.  Grandchildren Jordan Engelbrecht of Goodland, KS, Courtney (Kody) Lane of Eads, CO, Colter Engelbrecht of Cheyenne Wells, CO, Tayla Fleischacker of Fort Morgan, CO, Jaden Sherfick of Hastings, NE, Addison, Lacey, Brooklyn, Samantha, Trinity, and Tucker Engelbrecht of Cheyenne Wells, CO and 7 great-grandchildren.  His sisters Patty Neff of Sharon Springs, KS, and Mary Scott of Albany, GA and many nieces, nephews, and a host of family and friends.  
A Rosary was said on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.  and Funeral Mass for Louis Engelbrecht was held on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Interment following on the family farm in the Engelbrecht Family Cemetery in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. 
Memorial contributions should be made to the Louis Engelbrecht Memorial fund c/o ECB; Box 888; Cheyenne Wells, CO  80810.  Family and friends can register online condolences and sign the guestbook at www.brownfuneraldirectors.com.  Visitation and funeral services were entrusted to the care of the Brown Funeral Home in Cheyenne Wells.

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