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Viola E. West, 99

Viola E. West, 99, of Blair, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the First Baptist Church in Tekamah. Interment will be in the Herman Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.

Viola Emma Miller was born Sept. 5, 1909, in Hooper to Peter and Emma (Jansen) Miller. She attended school at Bell Creek County School until her family moved into Herman when she was in the sixth grade. She finished the rest of her years at Herman Public Schools, graduating in 1928.

She was always a hard worker. She worked at the Herman Hotel, before she was married to her husband, Clifford West, on Dec. 7, 1932. She learned to dance the Charleston while working at the hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. West operated a dry cleaning establishment while they lived in Tekamah. Mrs. West worked in Herman as a telephone operator for 23 years. She also worked as a custodian for the Herman Schools and Dana College in Blair. She retired at the age of 77 from Dana College, After retirement, she continued to do sewing and alterations in her home as she had done for many years prior to retiring.

Mrs. West was a woman of faith. She enjoyed teaching Sunday School and leading Bible studies and singing in the church choir.

Her hobbies included raising plants and flowers of all kinds, sewing and crocheting and going out with friends. Most of all, she enjoyed dancing. She continued dancing all of her life. She enjoyed dancing with the nurses and residents at the Good Shepherd Home.

She was a member of the Herman Federated Church for many years. After moving to Tekamah, she joined the First Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Herman Legion Auxiliary Post No. 274.

She will be remembered by her family and friends for her warm smile, zest for life, loving personality and her love for Christ Jesus.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Tina West of Pearland, Texas, and Larry and Wanda West of Saratoga, Calif.; daughter, Mary West, and finance, Roger Brodersen, of Herman; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford; daughter, Sandra Kay; three brothers, Walter, Lester and Delmar Miller; and four sisters, Roma Gilliland, Maxine Bragg, Luella Metzler and Lucy Sheets.

#2 Omaha World Herald

WEST, Viola, age 99, of Blair, NE. Survived by daughter, Mary West and finance, Roger Brodersen, Herman, NE; 2 sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Tina West, Pearland, TX, Larry and Wanda West, Saratoga, CA; 8 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren.

SERVICES 10:30 am Saturday, First Baptist Church in Tekamah. Burial Herman Cemetery. VISITATION 10 am Friday with prayer services at 7 pm

CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME

Blair, NE 402-426-2191

#3 Funeral Leaflet

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In Loving Memory of Viola Emma West

Born September 5, 1909 Hooper, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest September 15, 2008 Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Services 10:30 A.M. Saturday, September 20, 2008 First Baptist Church, Tekamah, Nebraska. Officiating: Pastor Harland Minscer. Organist; Julie Morrow. gIf You Could See Me Nowh sung by Marilyn Petersen. gNow I Belong To Jesush sung by Lois Wachter. Congregational Hymns: gAmazing Graceh, gIn The Gardenh

Casket Bearers: Mike Bowen, Rick Rasmussen, Jerry West, Jim Grothe, Randy Rasmussen, Roger Wright

Honorary Casket Bearers: Angela (West) Brown, Chad Marsh, James West, Linda Marsh, Jo West, Lou Buck, Bill West, Tom West

Graveside Services: Herman Cemetery, Herman, Nebraska

Graveside Services: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

Thanks Mom

Thanksc
for sewing clothes and darning socks
for aspirin gum and Vicks Vapor Rub and warmed flannel cloths
lovingly wrapped around sore throats
for patched up cuts and scrapes and emergency trips to the clinic
for stoking up the old pot belly wood stove on frigid winter
mornings—so we could get up to a warm house
for polished shoes and pot roasts on Sundays
for sock balls and birthday cakes
for being the best gcheerleaderh at baseball and basketball games
for clean sheets that held the aroma of spring after being hung outdoors
for loving us as teenagers—even if there were moments of frustration
for teaching us to value friends and to have a zest for life
for teaching us to make the best of whatever comes our way
for demonstrating to us that when we are down to always keep looking up
Thanks for always being there for us.
Lovingly, Jim, Bud and Mary
~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

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