Janell Hammond

Janell Hammond, age 71, of Aurora, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at Memorial Community Care.

Funeral Services will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, February 27th at the Assembly of God Church in Aurora. Pastor Jim Garfield will officiate. Interment will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday at White Hill Cemetery north of Minden. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 P.M. Friday at Higby-McQuiston Mortuary. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through the mortuary website at www.higbymortuary.com.

OBITUARY: JANELL HAMMOND

Janell Joy Hammond, the daughter of Charles ‘Fredrick’ and Eula (Jones) Bronson, was born in Minden, Nebraska on March 2, 1938 and died in Aurora, Nebraska on February 24, 2010, at the age of 71.

She grew up in Minden and attended Minden High School. Janell earned her G.E.D. from Arapahoe High School in 1974.

On June 1, 1955, she married Clarence ‘Lucky’ Ernest Hammond at Minden, Nebraska. They had four children; Pamela, ‘Chuck’, Joy and Michael. They lived in Holdrege, Kearney, Arapahoe and Elwood before moving to Aurora in 1981. Janell worked part-time at several jobs in the communities they lived over the years. They began to raise Rat Terriers about 12 years ago.

Janell was a very active member of Assembly of God Church before her health declined. She enjoyed the many Bible Studies she was involved in while in several of the communities that they had lived. Their home was open to family, friends and strangers. They would say, “A stranger is a friend you had not met yet.”

She was preceded in death by her parents, and step-mother, Hazel Anderson.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Clarence ‘Lucky’ Hammond of Aurora; four children, Pamela (Dawson) Johnson of Johnson Lake, Roy “Chuck” (Sara Beth) Charles Hammond of Eagle, Joy (Ron) Hock of Aurora and Michael (Misti) Hammond of Aurora; 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother, Gary Bronson of Waxahachie, Texas; sister, Mary Ann Losey of Kearney and many friends.