Merlyce Jean Albrecht

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Merlyce Jean Albrecht, 74, of Lincoln, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. 

A celebration of life memorial service will be held at First Lutheran Church, 1551 S 70th Street in Lincoln on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. 

Condolences and memorials may be left at Butherus, Maser & Love funeral home, www.bmlfh.com.

Merlyce Jean Albrecht was born Sept. 29, 1948, in Wakefield, the daughter of Hans and Alma Geewe. She married Donald Albrecht on June 7, 1970, in Wayne.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Midland University, then taught for several years. Later, she then earned her Master of Business Administration Degree at UNL. She worked for more than 32 years as the Marketing Director and Business Manager at AlbrechtGFX, Inc., a scientific illustration and animation company.

Her interests included genealogy, keeping in touch with family and friends in Europe, stained glass, and working on the acreage and family commercial vineyard.

She is survived by her husband, Donald Albrecht; son, David Albrecht (Trish) of Lincoln; daughter, Jennifer Albrecht (Ron Guay) of Waverly; brother, John Geewe (Ann) of Wakefield; grandchildren, Lauren and Ethan Albrecht of Lincoln.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Hans and Alma Geewe, and sister, Marion Paulson.