Obituary Record

Lena Mae (Sheets) Williby
Died on 2/7/2015
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Posted on line: Monday, February 9, 2015; Published in The Pilot Tribune, Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Lena Mae Williby, 86

Lena Mae Williby, 86, of Blair, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 at First United Methodist Church in Blair. Burial will follow services in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

Lena Mae Sheets was born July 25, 1928, in Herman, to George S. and Loraine A. (Christiansen) Sheets.

She moved to Blair as a young child where she attended and graduated from Blair Community Schools.

On Nov. 16, 1947, she was united in marriage to William Williby at the Methodist Church in Blair.

Lena Mae worked at the Blair Enterprise and Blair Community Schools until her retirement.

She enjoyed sewing, dancing, playing cards, watching her grandchildren and traveling with her husband as he coached the Fairway softball team on their many trips.

Lena Mae is survived by her husband, William, of Blair; daughters: Marcia (Chuck) Hall and Mary (Jon) Stewart of Blair; grandchildren: Marla (R.J.) Ryan, Jon Stewart (Alison Lorenzen), Greg Stewart, Jessica Hall (Eric Beaty) and Jacquelyn (Ryan) Fischer, all of Blair; great-grandchildren: Taylor Stewart, Jason Stewart, Cole Ryan, Grant Ryan, William Fischer, Rhett Fischer and Braxson Beaty; brothers: Clarence (Helen) Sheets and Bob (Connie) Sheets of Blair; sisters: Susie (Russ) Christensen of Blair and Nila Haggard of Cincinnati, Ohio; sisters-in-law: Lois Backman, Fae Williby and Berniece Sheets, all of Blair; and several nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, George S. and Loraine A. Sheets; sister Rose Mae Sheets; brother George Junior Sheets; and several brothers- and sisters-in-law.

Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church or the organization of the donor’s choice in Lena Mae’s name.

www.campbellaman.com

Omaha World Herald 9 Feb 2015

Williby, Lena Mae Age 86 Blair. Survived by her husband William; daughters, Marcia (Chuck) Hall and Mary (Jon) Stewart all of Blair; brothers, Clarence and Bob Sheets; sisters, Susie Christensen and Nila Haggard; 5 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren. FUNERAL 10am Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Blair. Burial in the Blair Cemetery. VISITATION Tuesday from 3-8pm with family receiving friends from 6-8pm at the funeral home. Memorials to First United Methodist Church or the organization of the donor's choice in Lena Mae's name. CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME 444 S. 17th Blair, NE 402-426-2191 www.campbellaman.com

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

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 2/10/2015


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