Lillian A. Welter

Lillian A. Welter, 89, of Kearney, died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Mother Hull Home in Kearney. Celebration of life services will be at First Baptist Church in Kearney, Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Sean Daugherty officiating. Memorials are suggested to The Building Fund, First Baptist Church Kearney, 1616 West 39th St., Kearney, NE 68845. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. Lillian was born June 8, 1926 to William and Vivian (Colburn) Wagner and grew up in Garden City, Kansas. She graduated from Phillips College, Enid, Oklahoma, with a B.A. in Bible and minors in Religious Education and Sociology. Before marrying and becoming a full time mother, she worked for the Kansas Christian Missionary Society in Topeka, Kansas and then for Child Evangelism in Wichita, Kansas. At the age of 25 she married Paul Welter of Westmoreland, Kansas. They were wed in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was stationed in the army. They lived in Kansas, Missouri, Lincoln, NE, California and South Dakota before settling in Kearney in 1968. Lillian’s interests centered around her family and the First Baptist Church. Over the years she taught Sunday School classes of every age from toddler to adult and was active in the women’s groups at the church. She started and led a weekly Bible Study group for 45 years and a weekly Prayer Circle for over 40 years. Both groups still meet. Lillian was a caring, patient woman with a quick wit, a listening ear and only kind words for everyone. She touched many as a Christian mentor and friend. She will be missed not only by her family, but by so many others she touched along the way. Lillian chose many years ago to have her body donated to the Nebraska Anatomical Society for medical research, to be followed by cremation. Celebrating her life are Paul, her husband of 64 years; children and spouses, Stephen and Catherine Welter of Novato, CA, Kathy Welter of Bakersfield, CA, Susan and Doug Frerichs of Omaha, and Bill Welter and Diana Scardilli of Park City, UT; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She will also be missed by many old and dear friends from the First Baptist Church women’s groups, and by new friends from Aseracare Hospice. Lillian is preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

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Lillian A. Welter

January 16, 2016 - January 16, 2016