Obituary Record

Geraldine (Jeri) A (Bogner) Riisness
Died on 8/20/2013

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Posted on line: Thursday, August 22, 2013; Published in The Enterprise, Friday, August 23, 2013

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Geraldine “Jeri” A. Riisness, 88, of Blair, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, August 23 at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Geraldine A. Bogner was born Nov. 16, 1924, in Tiffin, Ohio, to William and Melinda (Smeltz) Bogner. She graduated from high school in New Haven, Ohio, in 1942.

Upon graduation she worked for the Civil Service in Richmond, Va.

On June 2, 1944, she married James Riisness at Andrew Field, Silver Springs, Md.

The couple moved to Omaha in 1947.She worked for the Veterans Hospital for many years until her retirement in the late 1980s.

She is survived by her daughter, Susan Riisness of Blair; sister, Paula Zeigler of Attica, Ohio; two grandchildren; one niece; and dear friend, Jill Christoffersen.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Riisness; and son, Robert Riisness.

Memorials may be directed to the Jeanette Hunt Animal Shelter in Blair.

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