Lucille Dinnel
N. Lucille Dinnel was born July 9, 1929, in Imperial, NE, to Pearl and Ethel Ridlen. As a young girl, Lucille attended the Zell Grade School which was located west of Wauneta.
On November 13, 1946, Lucille married Verlon Dinnel at the Ridlen family home west of Wauneta and to this union four daughters were born: Colleen, Lanette, Ardith, and Brenda. Lucille and Verlon settled on a farm northeast of Enders, NE, where they raised their family and continued to reside until they retired in 2009 and moved to their present home in Imperial.
Lucille loved the farm and in addition to be an avid farmwife and mother to her daughters, she enjoyed sewing, cooking and baking. She especially loved spending time with her family.
Lucille passed away Monday, August 29, 2022, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home, Imperial, NE. She was 93 years of age.
Lucille was preceded in death her parents Pearl and Ethel Ridlen; daughter Lanette Smith; son-in-law Steve Broughton; sisters: Lois (Kenneth) Dow, Marie (Russel) (George) Mader, Pauline (Quentin) Johnson; brothers: Lee (Leola) Ridlen, Paul (Delores) Ridlen, Carl (Virginia) Ridlen, Ray (Thelma) Ridlen, Roy Ridlen, Robert (Deanna) Ridlen; father and mother-in-law Earl and Lorena Dinnel; and brother and sister-in-law Basil and Helen Dinnel.
Survivors include:
Husband: Verlon of Imperial, NE.
Daughter: Colleen Mullanix and husband Dave of Lamar, NE.
Daughter: Ardith Niemann and husband Russ of Ellington, CT.
Daughter: Brenda Broughton of Beatrice, NE.
Son-in-law: Clyde Smith of Billings, MT.
12 Grandchildren: Stephanie (Adam) Stevens, Jackie Mullanix, Dorinda (Mike) Gunderson, Kevin Smith, Shane Smith, Denise (Kelly) Williams, Matt (Jeanette) Kadow, Janel (Sal) Laudano, Drew (Lyndsay) Kadow, Jeff (Danielle) Broughton, Justin (Lindsay) Broughton, Garrett (Laura) Broughton, Corissa (Rich) Dubord.
22 Great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services for Lucille will be held Friday afternoon, September 2, 2022, 2:00 p.m. (MT), at the Imperial Berean Church, Imperial, NE, with Pastor Matt Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery, Imperial, NE.
Visitation will be held Thursday afternoon, September 1, 2022, 3:00-6:00 p.m. (MT), at Liewer Funeral Home, Imperial, NE.
A memorial, in Lucille’s memory, has been suggested to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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