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Marcelyn Jeanne Lund, 88

Marcelyn Jeanne Lund, 88, formerly of Blair, passed February 26, 2017, in Menifee, CA. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Blair. Burial will follow at the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Campbell Aman Funeral Home.

Marcelyn Jeanne Lund was born in San Bernardino, CA on August 21, 1928, to parents Otto and Marcella Rexroth. At age three, she and her mother moved to the Midwest ,where her mother remarried Richard D. Zimmerman. The family settled in Blair, NE, where she and her two step-siblings, R.D. Zimmerman, Jr. "Moose" and Joyce (Paul) Robinson, were raised. After high school, she worked at the Blair Drug Store, where she met her future husband, Russell Lund. They married and resided in Lincoln, where their son Mark was born. The family moved to Harlan, IA, where Richard and Julie were born.

The family were members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. She enjoyed working at the Harlan Bakery and The Mustard Seed, where she mentored many youths and others in their spiritual walk. In 1990, she returned to Blair and ministered to the needs of family members and friends. She was an active member of Blair First United Methodist Church and enjoyed singing in the choir. She served on the board at Crowell Home for many years, eventually residing there herself after a fall. In 2016, she moved to CA to live with her daughter.

She went to be with her Lord and Savior in the early evening of February 26, 2017, in Menifee, CA. She is survived by her 3 children: Mark of Blair, Richard (Cyndi) of Osseo, WI and Julie (Jesse) Saldana of Menifee, CA; 9 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; 6 nephews and 1 niece.

Marcelyn's first love was Jesus Christ. In serving Him she found her greatest joy! She loved being a wife, mom and homemaker! She adored her children, grandchildren and extended family! She cherished her lifelong friends, school chums and fellow congregants. She loved all of God's creation especially viewing sunsets and monarch butterflies! In her earlier years she made time for art classes where she enjoyed learning to sketch and paint. Later she enjoyed gardening, reading, traveling, bible study and visiting with friends and family. Her family and friends will sincerely miss her sweet smile, witty personality, her kind and considerate heart, her generosity and her encouraging and joyful spirit.

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

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