N. Jeanette Whipple

Nita Jeanette Whipple, 89 of Grand Island, died Monday, February 22, 2016 at Good Samaritan Village in Grand Island.



Services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 26, 2016 at Apfel Funeral Home, Grand Island with the Rev. Cathryn Cat Love officiating.



Burial will be at a later date in Bureau Pierce Chapel, Clarks, Nebraska. Visitation will be 12:30 until service time on Friday at Apfel Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Grace United Methodist Church, Boelus and Bureau Cemetery, Pierce Chapel, Clarks. Apfel Funeral Home is caring for the family.



Nita (Jeanette) Whipple was born February 27, 1926 at Clarks, Nebraska the daughter of Walter L. & Mabel (Trullinger) Beck. She attended school at Pleasant Hill District 15 at Clarks to the 10th grade, graduating from Clarks High School in 1944.



She taught Sunday school and Bible School at Pierce Chapel Church for over 20 years, was in 4-H Clubs as well as a leader, a Linotype operator for Clarks News, Silver Creek Land and Polk Progress for over 20 years until 1971.



She was united in marriage to Leslie Kohlhof, October 12, 1961 at Clarks, Ne. He preceded her in death April 12, 1969. She later married Ralph Whipple, January 8, 1971 at Cairo and lived in Boelus. He preceded her in death October 4, 1989.



She helped with Bible school and Kids Club at Grace United Methodist Church in Boelus. She volunteered at the Veterans Hospital in Grand Island from 1988 until June 2008 totaling more than 14,000 hours.



She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Boelus, American Legion Auxiliary 201, and Friendship Club.



She wrote local news for the Phonograph Herald from 1988 and Cairo Record from 1983 until June 2009.



In August 2009, she moved to Grand Island. She is survived by a stepson, Ed and his wife, Becky Whipple and their children, Tess (Rhaym) and Taylor Whipple, a sister, Margaret Zumbrunn of Littleton, CO, one brother, Walter Duane Beck of Clarks, NE, a sister-in-law, LaRue Beck of Clarks, NE and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, her parents, brothers, Bill Beck & Russell Beck, sister, Mary Booth and a step granddaughter, Hailey.