Name and age: Eunice Neve, 85 years, of St. Joseph, MO; formerly of Hardy and Ruskin
Graveside Memorial Services: At Spring Creek Cemetery in Ruskin, NE on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 1:30 PM.
Memorials: To Danish - American Archives in Blair, NE or the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Birth date/place: May 2, 1927 in Hardy, NE, the daughter of Anker and Lydia Petersen
Date of death: August 4, 2012
Biographical information: She was raised on the family far in Hardy and attended Nuckolls County Schools, graduating from Ruskin High School in 1945. She attended Dana College in Blair, NE and for two years where she met Ried Neve. They married in Ruskin on June 2, 1948. She was loving wife and mother, sharing her faith and values with her children.
Eunice was a secretary & bookkeeper. As a pastors spouse, she accompanied Ried to parishes in Kennard, NE, Storm Lake, Allison, Council Bluffs and Perry, IA, Auburn, NE, and Greeley, CO. Eunice was actively involved in each of the parishes and in the communities in which they lived.
She and Ried were active in the Cursillo movement. They retired in 1990 and moved to Omaha, NE, where Eunice worked as both an employee and a volunteer at Lord of Love Lutheran Church. She also volunteered at the Danish - American Archives in Blair. In 2009 they moved to St. Joseph, MO.
Survivors Include:
Daughters:
Juel (Jim) Pierce of St. Joseph
Deborah (David) McWhirter of Allison IA
Patricia (Jack) Tinnel of Kansas City, MO
Susan (Charles) Hettinger of Westminster, CO
Grandchildren:
Sarah Pierce
Matt and Jenny Pierce
Christian Bohnenstengel
Nick and Sarina Tinnel
Ross and Jenny McWhirter
Dana Hettinger
Jeremy Hall
Lisa and Matthew Willard
Great grandchildren:
Nicholas Pierce
Madelyn and Lily McWhirter
John Jack Tinnel
Jacob Tinnel
Riley Hall
Sisters:
Jane Lubkeman of Ankey, IA
Marietta Stenson of Superior, NE
Marilyn Meyer of Omaha, NE
Brother:
Lyle Petersen of Blue Hill, NE
Preceded in death by her husband in 2010, parents, two bothers and three infant grandsons. |