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Note: Classified Ads, Kearney Daily Hub, Wednesday, May 12, 1937 Page: 4 TWO EXPERIENCED GIRLS want housework or cafe work. Write Erma and Wanda Labs, Amherst, Neb. Obit extract
OWEN, Wanda E., 84, Riverdale, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, at St. Luke's Home in Kearney.
Services: Thursday, at Horner-Lieske-Horner Mortuary, Kearney, the Rev. Dean Pofahl officiating; burial: Stanley Cemetery in Amherst; memorials suggested to the American Cancer Society Born Aug. 21, 1918, in Buffalo County Parents: Carl and Josephine (Schukar) LABS
Education: attended Immanuel Lutheran School north of Amherst Did housecleaning in the Kearney area before marriage
Married: Oct. 5, 1940, to Raymond Owen in North Platte; they lived in various towns in Nebraska before moving to Amherst in the 1940s; her husband died in 1959
Employment: attended beauty school; owned and operated a beauty shop in Amherst; worked at Baldwin Filters, IGA and Sehnert's Bakery; was a bookkeeper for Swan's Furniture and then for Farmer's Union Co-op until she retired.
She lived in Riverdale for 31 years, moved to the nursing home in Kearney in 2002
Activities: a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Amherst; enjoyed yard work, gardening, sewing, traveling and spending time with family
Survivors include: son, Raymond Jr. of Kearney; daughter, Judy Dobish of Kearney; brother, Gerhardt Labs of Amherst; sister, Viola Mueller of Lincoln; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; Preceded in death by her husband, and two sisters. Kearney Hub 20 February, 2003
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