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Mrs Lucille Elizabeth <I>Nestor</I> Kraft

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Mrs Lucille Elizabeth Nestor Kraft

Birth
Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho, USA
Death
31 Oct 2012 (aged 101)
Platte Center, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Wallace, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.8073852, Longitude: -101.1727281
Plot
New West Addition, Lot 15 owned by dau. Leona Halbert
Memorial ID
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Lucille Elizabeth NESTOR Married Pete KRAFT on 28 APR 1926 in Bridger, Carbon County, Montana, USA.

Lucille Elizabeth Kraft, 101, died Oct. 31, 2012, at Linden Court in North Platte.
Lucille Elizabeth was born on Jan. 25, 1911, at Rupert, Idaho. She was one of 11 children born to Marion and Ethel Newby Nestor. When Lucille was a young girl, the family moved from Rupert to Greeley County, where she lived until she was 10. The family moved to the Grainton area for two years before moving to Bridger, Mont., where she met and married Peter Kraft Sr. on April 28, 1926.
Eight children were born to this union. They made their home in the Grainton and Wallace communities. Lucille had lived at the homes of her daughters in her later years but had moved to Linden Court.
Lucille worked at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home for several years in addition to working at Good Alls in Ogallala and the Wallace Cafe.
She was a true caregiver and in addition to raising her eight children, she helped raise several of her grandchildren. She always made herself available for the well being of her family.
Lucille was preceded in death by her three sons, Phillip, Pete and Marion Kraft; two daughters, Margaret Nelsen and Gladys Volberding; daughter-in-law, Ruby Kraft; three son-in-laws, Al Nelsen, Willie Griffiths and Wayne Volberding; a granddaughter, Melinda Nelsen; two brothers; and four sisters.
She is survived by three daughters, Violet "Vee" Griffiths, of Wallace, Florence (Robert) Kosmacek, of North Platte, and Leona Halbert, of Hallsville, Texas; two brothers, Leroy Nestor, of Wiggins, Colo., and John (Eleanor) Nestor, of Holyoke, Colo.; two sisters, Louise Mason, of Odessa, Texas, and Gladys Doty, of Firestone, Colo.; daughter-in-law, Myra Kraft, of Lakin, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and many great and great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Wallace United Methodist Church with Pastor Harun Gatobu officiating. Burial will be at the Wallace Cemetery. Bullock-Long Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Published in North Platte Telegraph from November 3 to November 4, 2012.

Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nptelegraph/
obituary.aspx?n=lucille-elizabeth-kraft&pid=160792023#fbID=571564799

Guest Book
"Grandma, thank you for the "Grandma" you were to me. I love you"
- Lonnie & Skisha Kraft


Other Children:
Florance Ilene Kraft
Leona June Kraft
Lucille Elizabeth NESTOR Married Pete KRAFT on 28 APR 1926 in Bridger, Carbon County, Montana, USA.

Lucille Elizabeth Kraft, 101, died Oct. 31, 2012, at Linden Court in North Platte.
Lucille Elizabeth was born on Jan. 25, 1911, at Rupert, Idaho. She was one of 11 children born to Marion and Ethel Newby Nestor. When Lucille was a young girl, the family moved from Rupert to Greeley County, where she lived until she was 10. The family moved to the Grainton area for two years before moving to Bridger, Mont., where she met and married Peter Kraft Sr. on April 28, 1926.
Eight children were born to this union. They made their home in the Grainton and Wallace communities. Lucille had lived at the homes of her daughters in her later years but had moved to Linden Court.
Lucille worked at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home for several years in addition to working at Good Alls in Ogallala and the Wallace Cafe.
She was a true caregiver and in addition to raising her eight children, she helped raise several of her grandchildren. She always made herself available for the well being of her family.
Lucille was preceded in death by her three sons, Phillip, Pete and Marion Kraft; two daughters, Margaret Nelsen and Gladys Volberding; daughter-in-law, Ruby Kraft; three son-in-laws, Al Nelsen, Willie Griffiths and Wayne Volberding; a granddaughter, Melinda Nelsen; two brothers; and four sisters.
She is survived by three daughters, Violet "Vee" Griffiths, of Wallace, Florence (Robert) Kosmacek, of North Platte, and Leona Halbert, of Hallsville, Texas; two brothers, Leroy Nestor, of Wiggins, Colo., and John (Eleanor) Nestor, of Holyoke, Colo.; two sisters, Louise Mason, of Odessa, Texas, and Gladys Doty, of Firestone, Colo.; daughter-in-law, Myra Kraft, of Lakin, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and many great and great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Wallace United Methodist Church with Pastor Harun Gatobu officiating. Burial will be at the Wallace Cemetery. Bullock-Long Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Published in North Platte Telegraph from November 3 to November 4, 2012.

Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nptelegraph/
obituary.aspx?n=lucille-elizabeth-kraft&pid=160792023#fbID=571564799

Guest Book
"Grandma, thank you for the "Grandma" you were to me. I love you"
- Lonnie & Skisha Kraft


Other Children:
Florance Ilene Kraft
Leona June Kraft


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