Visitation / Funeral/ Obituary

Visitation 

Friday June 25th 3-7 pm with family present 5-7 pm, At Roper and Sons 4300 O st. Lincoln NE.  

Funeral
10 am Saturday June 26 2021. First Free Church ,3280 S 84th st, Lincoln NE.   

Graveside service 

Greenwood Memorial Cemetery  at 1:30 (Saturday, June 26, 2021)

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to The Ezekiel Project  ( tepse.org) ( As Tepse has no option on their website please go to https://donorbox.org/david-van-essen-fund The Ezekiel Project is one of the options you can choose is the drop down menu. 100% of your donation will go to the Ezekiel Project.)

Condolences online at  https://roperandsons.com/david-van-essen/ 

Live stream link will be available on the Roper and sons website.

A Recording will be uploaded after for those who could not watch the live stream.

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* Note Changes to the last 3 directions

Directions from First Free Church to Greenwood Cemetery

From First Free Church to Greenwood Cemetery via N 148th St.

27 min (20 mi)

1. Head south toward Firethorn Ln
2. Turn right toward Firethorn Ln
3. Turn right onto Firethorn Ln
4. Turn right onto S 84th St
5. Turn right onto US-34/E O St
6. Turn left onto N 148th St
7. Turn right onto US-6 E
8. Turn right onto Church Rd (the first road on the right after Bakers chocolate factory)

9. Continue on Church Rd past Ash street. 

Greenwood cemetery will be on your right just past the edge of town.

For the best route in current traffic visit https://maps.app.goo.gl/ruNQCGbuNGrNXVPcA

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Obituary: https://roperandsons.com/david-van-essen/

David Nathanael Van Essen, 17, of Greenwood, NE passed away June 14, 2021, in Cascade, MT. Born January 11, 2004, in Omaha, NE to Matthew and Sarah (Brooks) Van Essen,

David was a member of Hollywood Heights Bible Chapel.

Family members include his parents Matthew and Sarah Van Essen; siblings Caleb, Timothy, Lilias, Linia, Nehemiah, Miriam, Jeremiah, Samuel, Joel, Micah, and Cassia; grandfather Don Brooks; grandmother Patricia Van Essen; aunts and uncles David and Desiree Van Essen, Dennis and Valerie Easton, Richard and Katherine Brooks, and Leonard and Rachel VandenBerg. Preceded in death by his grandmother Elva Brooks and grandfather John Van Essen.

Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday (6-26-21) First Free Church, 3280 S. 84th Street. Livestream at roperandsons.com/livestream. Graveside service will be in the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery at 1:30 p.m.

Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Friday with family present from 5-7 p.m. at Roper and Sons Midtown Chapel, 4300 ‘O’ Street.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to The Ezekiel Project (tepse.org)

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