Fern A. Karr

Hastings resident Fern A. Karr, 92, entered into eternal peace, Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care, Hastings, NE. Services will be Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:30 am at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Holstein, NE with Rev. Harold King officiating. Burial will be in the Kenesaw Cemetery, Kenesaw, NE. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 1 pm to 7 pm at the Jackson-Wilson Funeral Home in Kenesaw, NE. Condolences may be sent to www.brandwilson.com. A memorial has been established in her memory. Fern was born August 5, 1920 to Hulgar and Iva Nelson in Holstein, NE. Fern graduated from Holstein High School. On February 12, 1941 she married Delvin Karr at the parsonage at Wanda. Fern helped Delvin on the farm and in the family business, D.E. Karr Construction by doing the finishing work. They raised three sons Gayle, Ron, and Marlin. In 2010, Fern and Delvin moved to College View Assisted Living in Hastings, NE. Fern will always be known as a kind and caring person who loved to bake for her family and church. She cherished every moment with her family and would attend several of her grandchildrens events. She loved to read, dance, and fish with her husband. Fern was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 69 years, her parents, her sister Izetta Clegg, four brother-in-laws, one sister-in-law, and one nephew and one niece. Fern is survived by her three sons, Gayle of Hastings, NE, Ron and wife Sheri of Holdrege, NE, and Marlin and wife Tami of Blue Hill, NE, 10 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, one sister, Faye Kral of Hastings, NE, sister-in-law Evelyn Thiesen (Roy), sister-in-law Jean Karr, brother-in-law Willard Clegg, and many nieces and nephews.