Printed in the July 8, 2012 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska

Nore, Catharine Garber, Age 95

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Catharine Garber Nore, a descendent of a pioneering Nebraska family, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the Boone County Health Center in Albion, NE. Catharine was the daughter of the late State Senator Daniel Garber and Ruth McCracken Garber as well as the great-niece of Silas Garber, the fourth Governor of Nebraska (1875-1879). Silas and his siblings were among the first settlers of Webster County. The main characters of Willa Cather's novel “Our Lost Lady” were based on Silas and his second wife, Lyra. Catharine grew up on a farm near Red Cloud,NE and experienced the drought and the dust storms of the 1930's. She graduated from Red Cloud High School. As a young woman she rode a motorcycle to teaching assignments in rural Webster County. She met her husband of 45 years, Herbert E. Nore (deceased), while working in a medical office in Loup City,NE. They were married on October 31, 1940. After their marriage they moved to Genoa,NE, where they raised their children and lived for over 30 years, before moving to the Albion in 1981. Her husband, Herb, served in the Unicameral during the 1960's and ‘70's representing Platte and Nance Counties. At the age of 40 Catharine enrolled in the Teachers' College at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1969 and later earned a Masters degree in Education. During and after her Baccalaureate Education she taught in several one room schools in rural Nance County and then taught middle school in Fullerton, NE. Catharine served on the Genoa Public School Board, the Genoa Public Library Board, and the Platte Community College Advisory Board. She was also appointed to serve on the Nebraska State Advisory Board and the Nebraska Commission on the Status of Women. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, P.E.O., Sons of Norway, and two professional education societies, Pi Lambda Theta and Delta Kappa Gamma. A life-long learner she belonged to book clubs in Columbus and Albion. She also enjoyed a hand or two of bridge with her many dear friends. Although raised in the Congregational Church, after her marriage she joined the Augustana Lutheran Church in Genoa and later Immanuel Zion Lutheran Church in rural Boone County. Her large and eclectic collection of elephants attests to her loyalty to the Grand Old Party. Her three daughters, Ellen Nore of Edwardsville, IL., Betsy Nore of Chicago, IL. and Ann Nore of San Francisco, CA. survive her, as well as seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her dear sister, Ruth Inez Garber Danekas preceded her in death.

Visitation will be 6-8pm Tuesday, July 10, at the Levander Funeral Home, 309 W. Marengo St., Albion, NE (402-395-2001). Interment will be Private. Donations in Catharine’s memory may be made to the Good Samaritan Society, Albion PO Box 271, Albion, NE 68620

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

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