Grace Sager
February 27, 1916 - December 24, 2015
Grace Sager, died Thursday, December 24, 2015, in the Hooper Care Center at the age of 99 years.
Grace (Blomendahl) Sager was born February 27, 1916 to Henry and Sophie (Hilgen) Blomendahl at their farm home near Hooper. She was baptized, confirmed, and married all at the former Zion Lutheran Church of Hooper. On October 24, 1946, she married Floyd Sager. They made their home in Fremont. She was employed at the county level of the Federal Farm Program, then at Nebraska Savings & Loan Assn. Her husband was in banking in Fremont, and later in Grand Island. He was also business manager of Midland College in Fremont. In 1970 they moved to Grand Island, NE.
Grace enjoyed volunteer work at the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, along with gardening, especially flowers. They enjoyed traveling all 50 states and many foreign countries. After Floyd's retirement, they moved to Fremont. Grace was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Hooper. Floyd preceded her in death on April 11, 2011. She was also preceded by her parents, sister Alma and husband Joe Evans, four brothers, George and wife Lois Blomendahl, Carl Blomedahl, Herb and wife Myra Blomendahl, Ed and wife Esther Blomendahl, brother-in-law Dale Sager, sister-in-law Dorlene Luther, 2 nieces, Marge Wills and Phyllis Blomendahl, 2 nephews, Lewis Blomendahl and Glenn Blomendahl.
She is survived by a sister-in-law, Charlene Sager and brother-in-law Wayne Luther, many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Wednesday (Dec. 30th) at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper with the Rev. Joel Schroeder. The committal will follow in the Hooper Cemetery. Visitation in Fremont at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel on Tuesday from 3 to 7 PM. Memorials suggested to Redeemer Lutheran Church, Tabitha Foundation (Lincoln, NE) and Midland University.
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