Jennie Joslin

Jennie Joslin, 90, of Fremont, formerly of Kearney, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Arbor Manor in Fremont. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church with Pastor Eric Lesher officiating. Burial will follow at the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Memorials are suggested to the Family to be designated later. Jennie was born February 23, 1925 in Sutton, Nebraska to Maynard and Lillian (Reichert) Swanson. They lived in and around Sutton until moving to Imperial, Nebraska, where she attended school until she completed the sixth grade. The family moved to Kenesaw, where she attended and graduated from Kenesaw High School in 1943. In 1943, Jennie went to work in Hastings at the Ammunition Plant. She met her future husband Sam who was stationed at the Air Base in Harvard. They married on July 20, 1945 in Conway, Arkansas. They moved to Graton, California both working in the fruit fields. In 1946 they moved back to Conway and their daughter Judy was born in 1947. In 1949 they moved to Omaha where her husband went to Barber College, and then in 1950 they moved to Minden where their daughter Vickie was born in 1955. The family moved to Kearney in 1957. Jennie was a stay at home mom and raised her family. She became a seamstress for many years. In 1977 she started working for Kearney Public Schools as a baker, until retiring in 1987 due to health problems. In 2000 she began working part time for the Workforce Development Career Center. She worked there for four years. Jennie was a member of the First Lutheran Church, V.F.W. Post #759 Auxiliary, a lifetime member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary, and Kearney Eagles #2722 Auxiliary. Jennie is survived by her daughters Judy Gibbons and husband Larry of Holdrege, NE, Vickie Kizer and husband Doug of Fremont, NE, granddaughters Jill Washington and husband Kent of Kearney, NE, Kim Sorensen and husband Travis of Omaha, NE, Jodi Bronson of Omaha, NE, Kate Rudloff and husband Joel of Omaha, NE, great grandchildren Ava Washington, Joslin Sorensen, T.J. Sorensen, Natalie Sorensen, Sadie Bronson, Jacob Bronson, Emma and Kaylee Rudloff, sisters Gloria Gano of Cheyenne, WY, brothers-in-law George Metallo of Kenosha, WI, Ted Joslin and wife Laverne of Cabot, AR, sister-in-law Carma Waymack of Cabot, AR, several nieces and nephews. Jennie was preceded in death by her husband, one sister, and one brother. PDF Printable Version

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Jennie Joslin

March 21, 2015 - March 21, 2015