Geraldine "Gerry" A. Carman
July 16, 1927 - January 27, 2014
Geraldine 'Gerry' Carman, age 86, of Fremont,
died early Monday morning in Omaha.
She was born July 16, 1927 in Loma, Nebraska to Gerald and Lucille Hausner. She spent her childhood years in Loma, moving with her family to Lincoln where she graduated from Lincoln High School. Then she attended the Lincoln Business School.
On December 28, 1947, Gerry was married to Dwayne Carman in Lincoln. They lived in Lincoln, and then in 1954 they moved to Fremont where Dwayne worked for Hormel's for 30 years. Gerry kept very busy volunteering in the community, for the hospital, her church, and she worked for H & R Block for several years. She also did the bookkeeping for the Senior Citizen's Center for several years until just recently having to give it up. She was very involved with the activities of the First United Methodist Church and was known as their 'coffee lady'. She enjoyed playing bridge with her group of lady friends.
Survivors: daughter Lori and husband Toby Churchill of Papillion
2 sons Daniel and wife Kelly Carman of Stillwater, Oklahoma
Thomas and wife Jan Carman of Omaha
6 grandchildren
4 great grandchildren
2 sisters Darlene Mavis of Wakefield
Sheryl and husband Gerald Karst of Lagrange, Indiana
brother-in-law Dean and wife Dora Carman of DeFuniak, Florida
Gerry was preceded in death by her husband Dwayne in July of 1995, a brother Robert Hausner, and her parents.
There will be a memorial service 11 AM Thursday at the First United Methodist Church followed by the committal in Memorial Cemetery. The family will be at the Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, Wednesday evening to visit with friends from 6 to 8 PM.
Memorials are suggested to the National Arthritis Foundation (PO Box 96286, Washington, DC 60077 or email
donor_relations@arthritis.org)
online guestbook @ www.ludvigsenmortuary.com
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