Amy Gustafson

Amy Gustafson, age 94, of Aurora, died Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Memorial Community Care.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, October 14th at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Aurora. Pastor Karl Larson will officiate. Interment will be in the Aurora Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 P.M. Tuesday at Higby-McQuiston Mortuary. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through the mortuary website at www.higbymortuary.com.

OBITUARY: AMY GUSTAFSON

Amy Jeanette Gustafson, the daughter of Albert and Julia (Ericson) Peterson, was born November 4, 1914 at her parents home in rural Hamilton County, Nebraska and died in Aurora, Nebraska on October 11, 2009, at the age of 94.

Amy attended District 45 Country School and graduated from Aurora High School in 1932. She worked as a housekeeper and nanny in Aurora and Grand Island after graduation.

Amy was united in marriage to Harald N. Gustafson on March 27, 1941 at her parents’ home. They farmed in rural Hamilton County until 1969 when they moved to Aurora. In June 1998, they moved to Memorial Community Care. She felt at home there and appreciated the TLC given her. Harald passed away on January 28, 2003.

Amy was a member of the Monroe Evangelical Free Church and later became a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church. She was a faithful and loving Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher. It was her desire that children learned to know Jesus and how to become a child of God. Amy was a member of the board for the Bible Club Missions and the Joy Club ministry founded in Marquette. She enjoyed helping with 4-H projects and did sewing for many in the community. After moving to Aurora, she enjoyed the many flowers in her yard, especially the roses. She touched many lives with sharing her time, baked goods, and garden produce with others.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and sister & brother-in-law, Wilma and William Kiefer.

Those left to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Judy Lott and John Rossmeier of Terrell, Texas and Arlene Gimpel and her husband Garry of Aurora; 4 grandchildren, James Lott and his wife Jamie of Grand Island, Linda Mitchell and her husband Mark of Lincoln, Todd Gimpel of Aurora and Sarah Gimpel of Lincoln; 4 great-grandsons, Michael and Shae Lott of Grand Island and Skyelar and Sage Mitchell of Lincoln.