Gladys Lucille (Rieke) Hansen, 90, Lincoln, Nebraska, went to be with the Lord on Monday (6-27-11) at her home. She was born (2-6-21) in a cut-stone house built by her grandfather Andrew Glenn in Kansas to Harry Frank and Elizabeth (Childs) Rieke. Her family moved across the Nebraska/Kansas line and went to the Chester, Nebraska School. Later the family traveled a hundred and thirty miles in a Model T Ford to Nemaha, Nebraska. Family farmed. She walked to Schubert and graduated.
Lucille worked in Omaha for Judge Crawford. Then started for Carl E. Anderson for five years. Lucille met and married Keith Wayne Hansen on January 1, 1947 on the farm at Nemaha, Nebraska. Lucille enjoyed dancing, camping, fishing, an expert seamstress, loved flowers and gardening and had a green thumb. She cooked and made great pies, especially lemon. An avid Husker fan, Chicago Cubs fan and Atlanta Braves fan were her favorites. Lucille and Keith moved to Lincoln. She was a loving wife and mother of three children, Betty, Allan and Bruce. Lucille worked for BSDC(State Home) as a nurse’s aide and Beatrice College Adams Dorm as a cook.
She belonged to IOOF Independent Order of Oddfellows Women (Rebekah Lodge). She loved watching her husband play ball and bowling, her grandchildren play baseball, football, volleyball and soccer. She enjoyed visiting friends and relatives.
Lucille and Keith were always together and always waiting for their children and grandchildren, Jason and Joshua.
Lucille is survived by her daughter: Betty, Lincoln; sons, daughter-in-law: Allan and Gail Hansen, Grand Junction, CO, Bruce Hansen and friend Kathy, Wichita, KS; grandchildren: Jason Leigh, Joshua Paul and Tyler Hansen; great grandchildren: Sidney Marie Hansen, Taylor Jane Hansen, Ethan Paul Hansen; sister, brother-in-law: Muriel and Joe Docker, Essex, IA; brother, sister-in-law: Kenneth and Dorothy Rieke, Julian, NE; niece: Cindy Rieke, Omaha; numerous cousins, friends and relatives. Preceded in death by parents, husband Keith of Davey, NE.
The family would like to thank Asera Care Hospice for all the kind help and loving care given to Lucille.
Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m. Friday (7-1-11) Roper and Sons Chapel, 4300 ‘O’ Street. Pastor Myron Meyer, officiating. Interment in the Danish Cemetery, Davey, NE.
Memorials to the Asera Care Hospice or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Visitation: 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday with family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.