Mary Evelyn Chickinell, 96

Mary Evelyn Chickinell, 96, of Fort Calhoun, died Monday, April 7, 2014, in Fort Calhoun.

A funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun. Interment will be in Westlawn Hillcrest Memorial Park in Omaha. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 11, with a vigil service at 7 p.m. at Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home in Fort Calhoun.

Mary Evelyn Cronan was born March 29, 1918, in Lincoln, to William Leo and Vera Mae (Cole) Cronan.

She grew up in Ralston.

She is survived by daughter Marilyn J. (Paul M.) Cerio of Fort Calhoun; son Eugene C. Chickinell Jr. of Brookings, Ore.; daughter Julie M. Haney of Papillion; sister Margaret Fleishman of Napa, Ca.; grandchildren: Christopher (Stacy) Cerio, Andrew (Jennifer) Cerio, Kerry Cerio Larimore (Tony), Matthew (Hope) Haney, Erin (Haney) Iselin (Kerry) and Megan Hensler (Ben); great-grandchildren: Daniel and Nicole Cerio, McKenna Haney, Cameron and Aiden Iselin, Raylee, Mick and Gavin Larimore, Bella and Ryder Cerio and Colin, Liam and Maggie Hensler; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene C. Chickinell; brother and sister-in-law William F. and Elizabeth Cronan.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to: Wounded Warrior Project, Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or Heart of the Nation-Sunday Mass, 1126 S. 70th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214-3151.

Published in Omaha World-Herald from Apr. 9 to Apr. 11, 2014

Chickinell, Mary Evelyn

Mar 29, 1918 - Apr 7, 2014

Age 96 of Fort Calhoun (native of Ralston).

VISITATION 5-8pm Friday with Vigil Service at 7pm all at Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home, Fort Calhoun. FUNERAL MASS 10am Saturday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fort Calhoun. Interment, Westlawn Hillcrest Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675; Heart of the Nation-Sunday Mass, 1126 S. 70th St., Suite N601, Milwaukee WI 53214-3151. SIEVERS-SPRICK Ft. Calhoun, NE 402-468-5678

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~