MARY K. DIMMITT, 75

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Mary K. Dimmitt, 75, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at her home in Fremont.

The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13, in the Fremont Alliance Church. Interment will be in Fremont’s Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, at the Ludvigsen Mortuary with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mary K. Newkirk was born Nov. 16, 1933, on the family farm near Arlington to Merle and Sarah (Rasmussen) Newkirk. She grew up there, and attended rural school. She graduated from the Blair High School in 1951. During her school years, she was a pitcher for the Spiker Termites softball team.

On Dec. 20, 1952, she married Ted Dimmitt in the Alliance Church in Fremont. Fremont has been their home except for the time her husband was serving in the Air Force in Maine. Mrs. Dimmitt worked for the First National Bank in Fremont before her marriage, and later, she worked for her brother, Bob Newkirk, in his accounting business.

Family was very important to her. She was a wonderful wife and a loving mother. She enjoyed crafts, her Wednesday Coffee group, and she and her husband had traveled all over the world. She was a lifelong member of the Alliance Church in Fremont and for many years was the Sunday School teacher for the 2-year-old children.

She is survived by her husband, Ted; daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Tim Adler, and Sher and Chris Gloeb, all of Arlington; four grandchildren; one great-grandson; and sister and brother-in-law, Fran and Darrell Miller of Arlington.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Bob Newkirk.

A memorial will be established in her name.

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MARY K. DIMMITT, 75

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Mary K. Dimmitt, 75, of Fremont, died on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in her home.

Mary K. Newkirk was born Nov. 16, 1933, on the family farm near Arlington to Merle and Sarah (Rasmussen) Newkirk. She grew up there, and attended rural school. She graduated from the Blair High School in 1951. During her school years, she was a pitcher for the Spiker Termites softball team.

She married Ted Dimmitt on Dec. 20, 1952 at Fremont Alliance Church. Fremont has been their home except for the time her husband was serving in the Air Force in Maine. Mary worked for the First National Bank in Fremont before her marriage, and later, she worked for her brother, Bob Newkirk, in his accounting business.

Family was very important to her. She was a wonderful wife and a loving mother. She enjoyed crafts, her Wednesday Coffee group, and she and Ted had traveled all over the world. She was a lifelong member of the Alliance Church in Fremont and for many years was the Sunday School teacher for the 2-year-old children.

Survivors include her husband, Ted; daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and (husband Tim) Adler, Sher and (husband Chris) Gloeb, of Arlington; four grandchildren: Sarah and (husband Chad) Sharp of Arlington; Ben (and wife, Jamie) Adler of Arlington, Ashley and Josh Gloeb of Arlington; a great-grandson, Luke Adler Sharp of Arlington; and sister Fran (and husband, Darrell) Miller of Arlington.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Bob Newkirk.

The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Fremont Alliance Church with the Rev. Roger Eng officiating. . Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today with family present from 6-8 p.m. at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Burial will follow in Memorial Cemetery. A memorial will be established.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~ FindaGrave memorial 175138701