Wanda Mae Haber

May 15, 1945 - March 12, 2020

Wanda M. Haber, age 74, of Leesburg, FL, Formerly of Kearney, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Leesburg. Graveside services will be on Friday, March 20, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Pleasanton Cemetery. Pastor Dean Hanson will officiate and there will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the family, to be designated. Online condolences may be submitted by visiting www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Wanda was born to Rudolph & Myrna (Carmen) Axmann on May 15, 1945. She attended grade School at Dist. 55 & later graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1960. She then attended Kearney State College and graduated with a B.A. in 1964. Wanda taught in schools in Fairfield, Spalding and Giltner, NE. She later moved to Grand Island where she experienced the 1980 tornadoes. In Grand Island she worked for St. Francis hospital until she met Bob through a dating club magazine. They married on October 20, 1984 and moved to Redding, CT. In 1987 they bought a farm north of Riverdale, NE. Wanda worked at Head Start and later became a foster parent until they adopted Everett and Grant in 1993. In 1996 she went to work at Morris Press in Kearney and continued there until 2009 when they moved to Florida to retire. Surviving relatives include her husband, Robert Haber of Leesburg, FL; sons, Everett and Mandy Haber of Kearney, NE and Grant Haber of Leesburg, FL; grandson, Kayden Haber; other extended family and friends Wanda was preceded in death by her parents; Rudolph & Myrna Axmann