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Dorothy Maxine <I>Stevens</I> High

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Dorothy Maxine Stevens High

Birth
Seward, Seward County, Nebraska, USA
Death
4 Apr 2007 (aged 79)
Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Bertrand, Phelps County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Dorothy M. (Stevens) High was born on July 27, 1927, in Seward, Nebraska, the daughter of Everett Stevens and Lillian Hunt. Dorothy passed away on April 4, 2007, in Kearney, Nebraska.

She graduated from Farnam High School, attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduated from Peru State College and earned her Master's degree from Kearney State College.

On Aug 17, 1948, she married Robert W. High.

Dorothy worked as a teacher and in social services and was a homemaker; a retired as director of the Kearney Jubilee Center, which she founded and was a green thumb gardener. She loved people, especially those in need, loved animals, and enjoyed traveling and fishing as hobbies. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her husband; sons, Robert and Chris, both of Lincoln; daughter, Anne of Lincoln; brother, Ken Stevens of Farnam; and sister, Gwen Bowen of Palo Alto, Calif.; also daughters-in-law, Shari High and Mary Ann High, both of Lincoln; grandchildren, Michael, Rachel, Erik, Nick and Karl; sister-in-law, Doris High of Grand Island; and brother-in-law, Keith Fastenau of Bertrand.

Preceded in death by her parents and infant son, Paul.
Dorothy M. (Stevens) High was born on July 27, 1927, in Seward, Nebraska, the daughter of Everett Stevens and Lillian Hunt. Dorothy passed away on April 4, 2007, in Kearney, Nebraska.

She graduated from Farnam High School, attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduated from Peru State College and earned her Master's degree from Kearney State College.

On Aug 17, 1948, she married Robert W. High.

Dorothy worked as a teacher and in social services and was a homemaker; a retired as director of the Kearney Jubilee Center, which she founded and was a green thumb gardener. She loved people, especially those in need, loved animals, and enjoyed traveling and fishing as hobbies. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her husband; sons, Robert and Chris, both of Lincoln; daughter, Anne of Lincoln; brother, Ken Stevens of Farnam; and sister, Gwen Bowen of Palo Alto, Calif.; also daughters-in-law, Shari High and Mary Ann High, both of Lincoln; grandchildren, Michael, Rachel, Erik, Nick and Karl; sister-in-law, Doris High of Grand Island; and brother-in-law, Keith Fastenau of Bertrand.

Preceded in death by her parents and infant son, Paul.


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