Jaqueline Marie Lauritsen Obituary (1926

Jacqueline Marie Lauritsen age 90 of Blair passed away November 12, 2016 at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM Saturday, November 19, 2016 at The Congregational Church in Blair. Graveside services will follow in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, November 18 with family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00PM at Campbell Aman Funeral Home. Jacqueline M. Lauritsen was born on July 18, 1926 in Omaha, the daughter of Roy and Allene Dudgeon. She was raised in the Blair area and graduated from Blair High School in 1944. At the age of 18 she moved to Oregon to work in the shipyards during WWII, working as a steel cutter. After moving back to Nebraska, she was united in marriage to Herman Lauritsen on January 29, 1947. The couple made their permanent home in Blair. Over the years she worked at Wolff’s Grocery, the brush factory, Sioux Honey, D.L. Blair, as a Lifeguard, and helped her husband with the trucking company, beekeeping and farming. She enjoyed swimming, dancing, quilting, bowling, her card club, casinos and scratch offs, and traveling with Herman for work and pleasure covering large portions of the United States. She was a member of The Congregational Church in Blair. Mrs. Lauritsen is survived by her husband Herman Lauritsen, children; Brian (Pam) Lauritsen, Jeff (Linda) Lauritsen, Lucy (Pat Duffey) Lauritsen and Amy Lauritsen, grandchildren; Amanda Lauritsen-Wrieth, Abby Olson, Jessica Lauritsen, Cody Gorsett, Levi Gorsett and Wyatt Lauritsen-Jurek, great grandchildren Keegan Wrieth and Kinzey Wrieth, and sister Elinor Beaver, and her cherished dog Marcel. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Wayne and Lyle Dudgeon, and daughter in law Sue Lauritsen. Memorials may be directed to the family for later distribution to charities and organizations.