Arlene Marie Wine

Arlene Marie (Trowbridge) Wine was born on May 19, 1924, at home on the family farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska, the daughter and oldest child of Noble and Blanche Hardin Trowbridge. She passed away on May 20, 2016, one day after her 92nd birthday. She had one sister, Carol, and one brother, Neil. Later the family moved to a house south of the current Enders Lake for a few years and then into town in Enders.

Arlene attended Chase County High School, graduating in 1942. Just out of high school, at age 18, she boarded at the home of a neighbor and began teaching at a country school with three pupils! Being a wage earner, she was very proud to be able to loan her parents $100 to help purchase the house they were then renting in Enders. Over the next several years, she took a semester of classes at McCook Junior College and took a commercial art course by correspondence. She also lived in Denver for a while, working as a clerk in the Denver Public Schools. She had a civilian job with the U.S. Navy for a short time in San Diego as a draftsperson, making changes to aircraft plans as directed. Moving back to Nebraska, she resumed teaching and had several nieces and nephews as students. In 1948, she took summer classes at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. In 1949, she had a job for two months as a secretary for the construction company building the Enders dam. She also worked part time at the Enders post office.

She married Gerald Wine on October 23, 1949, in the Enders Church of the Brethren, Enders, Nebraska, with her future father-in-law, Reverend David G. Wine, officiating. After their marriage, Arlene and Jerry lived in a basement home on the Wine family ranch northeast of Enders. In 1961, Arlene designed and drew plans for a new home above the basement home, which Jerry built using wood, brick, windows, and doors from old church and school buildings he purchased and tore down. They resided on the ranch for 55 years, raising hay, cattle, and their four children: Arlan, born in 1950, Ardeth in 1952, Dana in 1954, and Dean in 1965. In March 2004, they sold the ranch and moved into the old church parsonage in Enders. Jerry passed away in January 2008, and Arlene continued residing in Enders with her little dog and big cat until she moved to the Imperial Manor in June 2012.

In addition to being an efficient homemaker and superb cook, Arlene had a number of jobs outside the home, including teaching music at Enders Grade School, selling Raleigh products door to door, and working at the Imperial Public Library. She drove a station wagon school bus for Enders Grade School and was the first female bus driver of the big yellow high school buses for C.C.H.S. She was a lifelong member of the Enders Church of the Brethren, where she taught Sunday school classes, vacation Bible School, and led congregational singing for many years. Music was always a part of her life, and she gave piano lessons to some of the neighbor children, as well as her own children and grandchildren. Arlene was an avid reader, and at the time she was moved into the Manor, she owned over 2,000 books; she often declared she would rather read than eat! She was active in the Enders Women’s Fellowship and the Enders extension club. As both daughters and two of her granddaughters participated in 4-H clubs, she was very helpful with sewing and cooking projects. She sewed clothing for her children, including the wedding dress for daughter Dana. She loved studying the Bible, and fascinated by Bible prophecy, she was convinced Christ’s return was imminent, and she looked forward to it eagerly!

Arlene was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Wine; parents Noble and Blanche Trowbridge; daughter-in-law Lynetta Wine; grandson Zachary Carlson; sister Carol Trowbridge; brother Neil Trowbridge; and the brothers and sisters (and their spouses) of Gerald: Blanche Van Dyke (Floyd), Glen Wine (Pauline), Lee Wine (Hazel), Lois Oltman (George), Leta Smith (Paige), Virginia Jensen (Walter), Newell Wine (June), Eunice Trowbridge (Lee), Vesta Wine, Nadine Warnke (Lee), and Ronald Wine (Mary).

She is survived by her children: Arlan Wine, Wauneta, Nebraska; Ardeth Carlson (Don), Loveland, Colorado; Dana Spady (Kyle), Brady, Nebraska; Dean Wine (Lori), Apache Junction, Arizona; grandchildren: Jeralyn Wine, Scottsbluff, Nebraska; James McNabb III, Wauneta, Nebraska; Abbe Castillo (Jerry), Johnstown, Colorado; Lacey Sharpe (Andrew), Loveland, Colorado; Andrew Carlson, Loveland, Colorado; Stephanie Varilek (Tim), Lamar, Nebraska; Emily Spady, Lincoln, Nebraska; Amber and Brooke Wine, Apache Junction, Arizona; great grandchildren: Collin and Christopher Varilek; Jenessa and Josh Castillo; Olive Carlson; brother-in-law Marlin Wine (Lois); sister-in-law Edith Trowbridge (wife of brother Neil); many nieces and nephews; and a multitude of friends.

Funeral Services will be Saturday afternoon, May 28, 2016, 3:00 P.M. (Mountain Time) at the Berean Church in Imperial with Pastor Matt Maxwell officiating. Cremation will follow services and a private family inurnment will take place at a later date.

Visitation will be held prior to services, the same day as services, at the church.

A memorial has been established in Arlene’s Name.

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