Eunice died Friday September 24, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital at Yankton, SD.
Eunice M. (Cornish) Sage, daughter of Howard and Dorothy (Johnson) Cornish, was born on December 27, 1922 at Crofton, Nebraska. She attended country school in the Crofton area. On January 26, 1946, she was married to Ernest Sage in Hartington, NE. Four children were born to them, Gary, Greg, Kelly, and Douglas. After Eunice and Ernest were married they lived on a farm near Bloomfield and later moved to Niobrara, where she lived until the time of her death.
Eunice was a member of Niobrara Lutheran Church, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary serving as a Gold Star Mother and a member of the Frank E. Evans Association.
She is survived by her son, Doug, and his wife Robin Sage of Brush, CO; grandchildren, Kelly Joe, Sidney, Morgan, Casey Lane, Gregory Jr., and Sara; great-grandchild, Natasha; sisters, Janice Bloomquist of Bloomfield and Jackie Fritz of Center; brothers, Glen Cornish of Bloomfield and Harold Cornish of Fort Worth, TX; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sons, Gary, Greg and Kelly Joe; brother, Wilber Cornish; sisters, Irene Moeller, Merle Moeller, Elizabeth Sage, and Bessie Johnson.
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Services have been scheduled in Niobrara for the mother of 3 Nebraska men who died when their ship sank in a naval accident during the Vietnam War.
3 of her sons died June 3, 1969, when the USS Frank E. Evans, a destroyer, was cut in half by an Australian aircraft carrier during exercises in the South China Sea. Seventy-four aboard the Evans died, including Gary, Gregory and Kelly Jo Sage.
During an interview with the Norfolk, NE. Daily News in July, Eunice Sage remembered her days of worry.
"I had to work. That's all I did," Sage said. "All I did was worry about the boys ... and then they were gone," she said.
Eunice M. (Cornish) Sage, daughter of Howard and Dorothy (Johnson) Cornish, was born on December 27, 1922 at Crofton, Nebraska. She attended country school in the Crofton area. On January 26, 1946, she was married to Ernest Sage in Hartington, NE. Four children were born to them, Gary, Greg, Kelly, and Douglas. After Eunice and Ernest were married they lived on a farm near Bloomfield and later moved to Niobrara, where she lived until the time of her death.
Eunice was a member of Niobrara Lutheran Church, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary serving as a Gold Star Mother and a member of the Frank E. Evans Association.
She is survived by her son, Doug, and his wife Robin Sage of Brush, CO; grandchildren, Kelly Joe, Sidney, Morgan, Casey Lane, Gregory Jr., and Sara; great-grandchild, Natasha; sisters, Janice Bloomquist of Bloomfield and Jackie Fritz of Center; brothers, Glen Cornish of Bloomfield and Harold Cornish of Fort Worth, TX; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sons, Gary, Greg and Kelly Joe; brother, Wilber Cornish; sisters, Irene Moeller, Merle Moeller, Elizabeth Sage, and Bessie Johnson.
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Services have been scheduled in Niobrara for the mother of 3 Nebraska men who died when their ship sank in a naval accident during the Vietnam War.
3 of her sons died June 3, 1969, when the USS Frank E. Evans, a destroyer, was cut in half by an Australian aircraft carrier during exercises in the South China Sea. Seventy-four aboard the Evans died, including Gary, Gregory and Kelly Jo Sage.
During an interview with the Norfolk, NE. Daily News in July, Eunice Sage remembered her days of worry.
"I had to work. That's all I did," Sage said. "All I did was worry about the boys ... and then they were gone," she said.
Eunice died Friday September 24, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital at Yankton, SD.
Eunice M. (Cornish) Sage, daughter of Howard and Dorothy (Johnson) Cornish, was born on December 27, 1922 at Crofton, Nebraska. She attended country school in the Crofton area. On January 26, 1946, she was married to Ernest Sage in Hartington, NE. Four children were born to them, Gary, Greg, Kelly, and Douglas. After Eunice and Ernest were married they lived on a farm near Bloomfield and later moved to Niobrara, where she lived until the time of her death.
Eunice was a member of Niobrara Lutheran Church, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary serving as a Gold Star Mother and a member of the Frank E. Evans Association.
She is survived by her son, Doug, and his wife Robin Sage of Brush, CO; grandchildren, Kelly Joe, Sidney, Morgan, Casey Lane, Gregory Jr., and Sara; great-grandchild, Natasha; sisters, Janice Bloomquist of Bloomfield and Jackie Fritz of Center; brothers, Glen Cornish of Bloomfield and Harold Cornish of Fort Worth, TX; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sons, Gary, Greg and Kelly Joe; brother, Wilber Cornish; sisters, Irene Moeller, Merle Moeller, Elizabeth Sage, and Bessie Johnson.
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Services have been scheduled in Niobrara for the mother of 3 Nebraska men who died when their ship sank in a naval accident during the Vietnam War.
3 of her sons died June 3, 1969, when the USS Frank E. Evans, a destroyer, was cut in half by an Australian aircraft carrier during exercises in the South China Sea. Seventy-four aboard the Evans died, including Gary, Gregory and Kelly Jo Sage.
During an interview with the Norfolk, NE. Daily News in July, Eunice Sage remembered her days of worry.
"I had to work. That's all I did," Sage said. "All I did was worry about the boys ... and then they were gone," she said.
Eunice M. (Cornish) Sage, daughter of Howard and Dorothy (Johnson) Cornish, was born on December 27, 1922 at Crofton, Nebraska. She attended country school in the Crofton area. On January 26, 1946, she was married to Ernest Sage in Hartington, NE. Four children were born to them, Gary, Greg, Kelly, and Douglas. After Eunice and Ernest were married they lived on a farm near Bloomfield and later moved to Niobrara, where she lived until the time of her death.
Eunice was a member of Niobrara Lutheran Church, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary serving as a Gold Star Mother and a member of the Frank E. Evans Association.
She is survived by her son, Doug, and his wife Robin Sage of Brush, CO; grandchildren, Kelly Joe, Sidney, Morgan, Casey Lane, Gregory Jr., and Sara; great-grandchild, Natasha; sisters, Janice Bloomquist of Bloomfield and Jackie Fritz of Center; brothers, Glen Cornish of Bloomfield and Harold Cornish of Fort Worth, TX; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sons, Gary, Greg and Kelly Joe; brother, Wilber Cornish; sisters, Irene Moeller, Merle Moeller, Elizabeth Sage, and Bessie Johnson.
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Services have been scheduled in Niobrara for the mother of 3 Nebraska men who died when their ship sank in a naval accident during the Vietnam War.
3 of her sons died June 3, 1969, when the USS Frank E. Evans, a destroyer, was cut in half by an Australian aircraft carrier during exercises in the South China Sea. Seventy-four aboard the Evans died, including Gary, Gregory and Kelly Jo Sage.
During an interview with the Norfolk, NE. Daily News in July, Eunice Sage remembered her days of worry.
"I had to work. That's all I did," Sage said. "All I did was worry about the boys ... and then they were gone," she said.
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