Dolores Vivian Wrich Obituary (1933

Dolores Vivian Wrich, age 87 of Tekamah, passed away November 16, 2020 at Crowell Home in Blair. Services will be held Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Campbell Aman Funeral Home in Blair. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Kennard Cemetery. Dolores Vivian Wrich was born March 7, 1933 to Mabel and Coy Arnold in Beatrice, NE. She married John Waltke on October 16, 1953, the couple had four daughters: Norma Jean (Kephart), Joyce Elaine (Yarber), Denise Rae (Nielsen) and Jane Elizabeth (Matzen). John passed on December 1, 1970. On October 17, 1971 Dolores was united in marriage to Andrew G. Wrich; the couple had one daughter Andrea Dee (Schneider). Andrew passed on June 4, 2004. Dolores and John purchased their home in Kennard in the early 60’s. She resided there until moving to Tekamah in 2009 to be closer to family. Dolores enjoyed gardening, needlework, jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, reading, baking, fishing, camping and cats. She was a stay at home mom for most of her life. Dolores did work for Crowell Memorial Home in the late 80’s and early 90’s when she retired. Dolores is survived by her children: Norma (Vinton) Kephart, Joyce (Kenneth) Yarber, Denise (Todd) Nielsen, Jane (Kevin) Matzen and Andrea (Michael) Schneider; nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her sister June Brown; brothers: Alvin, Cliff, Charles and Arther Arnold; and infant brother Ralphie. Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.