Obituaries
Elizabeth M. Plante, 96, of Kearney, died Thursday, August 26, 2010 at St. John’s Good Samaritan Center in Kearney.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, August 30, 2010 at St. James Catholic Church with Father Josh Brown officiating. Burial was at Pleasanton Cemetery.
Memorials are designated to St. Mary’s Cemetery fund in Pleasanton or the Catholic Daughters. A message of condolence, tribute or memory may be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner-Lieske-McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services were in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Plante was born August 25, 1914 in Pleasanton to Joseph R. and Rosa (Kirschner) Nickman. She attended school in Pleasanton.
She married Eugene Plante April 20, 1938 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Pleasanton. They lived on the family farm near Pleasanton. Eugene passed away in 1975. Elizabeth moved to Kearney in 1977.
She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters and D.C.C.W. She served as president of St. Mary’s Altar Society and Rusco Extension Club. She was a 4-H leader for 15 years, a Red Cross volunteer with the Bloodmobile, a member of the Kearney Hospital Auxiliary and on the Kearney Election Board.
She enjoyed quilting and crocheting, playing cards and going to the Senior Center in Kearney.
Survivors include her son, Harold Plante of Kearney; daughters and sons-in-law, Barb and Wayne Brugger of Gordon, NE, and Betty and Randy Schukar of Elm Creek; grandchildren, Linda and Darrell Pierson, David and Cathy Plante, James Plante, Michael and Denise Plante, Wayne and Rossany Brugger II, Jon Brugger, Julie Brugger, Diana Van Keuren and Jennifer Plante; six great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Marcella and Robert Dunn of Kearney; and sister-in-law, LaVaghn Nickman.
She was preceded in death by her husband; son, Stanley, one brother, one sister and one daughter-in-law.
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