Elaine M. Pape

January 3, 1929 - May 9, 2019

Elaine M. Pape, 90, of Kearney, died Thursday, May 9, 2019 at her home. Memorial services for Elaine have been cancelled. No further service information is available at this time. Memorials will be used to establish a scholarship in Elaine’s name for future teachers. Online condolences may be submitted at www.hlmkfuneral.com Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services of Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Elaine was born on January 3, 1929 in Oxford, NE to Louis C. and Dora L. (Hinze) Drew. She attended Mascot High School and graduated in 1945. She then attended Kearney State College and received a bachelors degree and later a masters degree in special education. Elaine married Dean F. Pape on July 30, 1950. Together they enjoyed 67 wonderful years of marriage. Elaine will be remembered by family and friends as a dedicated mother, grandmother and teacher. She loved teaching and a lengthy and prestigious teaching career, first at her alma mater, Mascot and later in Oxford. During her tenure with Oxford Public Schools she was selected Teacher of the Year. She retired in 1995 but continued as a substitute until 2004. Dean and Elaine moved to Kearney after retirement where they became members of First United Methodist Church. Surviving relatives include her daughters, Debra and Ross Stephenson of St. Paul, MN and Dixie and Ron Barnes of Bradenton, Florida; sister, Cheryl Vannier of Lincoln, CA; 6 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren Elaine was preceded in death by her husband, Dean; brothers, Neil, Kenneth, Max and Glen