E. Juanita Livingston

Evelyn Juanita Livingston was born on February 4, 1923 as the second of eight children born to Frank and Clara (Goldstein) Lambert. Juanita graduated from Lincoln High School and attended UNL. In 1967, she received her nursing LPN from the Kearney School of Practical Nursing. On October 18, 1942, Juanita married Leslie E. Livingston in Lincoln. Together, they had four children, Vicki, Leslie F., John, and James Dale. With Les’s coaching, they moved from Lincoln to Gothenburg, to Alliance, and back to Lincoln before finally settling in Kearney in 1956 when Les became a member of the Kearney State athletic department. While in Kearney, Juanita worked for the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis, the Kearney Eye Institute, and Good Samaritan Hospital. Juanita was a 60+ year member of First United Methodist Church in Kearney. At the church’s groundbreaking ceremony in 1970, Juanita vowed that where her shovel dug, that would be where she would sit each Sunday. It was that fourth row, left side, where her granddaughters grew up finding her and Les every Sunday after the 8:30AM service. Juanita was also a 50+ year member of Chapter EG, PEO. While Juanita spent much of her life nursing others, family was Juanita’s top priority. When her parents’ health deteriorated, she spent more time in Lincoln as she cared for their needs. During that time she also began working Husker game days with her sisters at the Big Red Shop. In her free time, Juanita enjoyed her roses and geraniums, shopping, picking out a new daveno, and accompanying Les on their travels to grandchildren’s activities and Les’s WWII reunions. Following Les’s death, Juanita moved to Northridge Retirement Community where she lived until a few months before her death. When asked, her grandchildren say they will miss opening up matching Husker attire on Christmas morning, looking at the living room from the kitchen, her pancakes after Sunday School, and racing down the basement stairs while she looked on. Her great-grandchildren will miss their visits which always concluded with a ride on her walker and a wave from the door. Juanita was preceded in death by her husband, Les, infant son, James Dale, her parents, Frank and Clara Lambert, and six siblings and their spouses. She is survived by children Vicki (John) Richman, Les (Kathy), and John (Mary), all of Kearney; grandchildren John (Keisha Meeter) Richman of Lake Quivira, KS, Michael (Kim) Richman of Lexington, James Kurt (Kelly) Richman of Katy, TX, Heather (Michael) Daubert of Omaha, Gretchen (John) Dolson of Lincoln, Tracia (Tyler) Clark of Puyallup, WA, and Michael Livingston of Kearney; fourteen great-grandchildren; brother Russ (Linda) Lambert of San Antonio, TX; and sister-in-law Phyllis Lambert of Lincoln. PDF Printable Version

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E. Juanita Livingston

February 4, 1923 - August 2, 2014