Ruth Erskine Bedell, 86, of Lincoln died Thursday, March 19, 2009, in Lincoln.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Chapel in Lincoln.
Mrs. Bedell was cremated. There will be no visitation.
Mrs. Bedell was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Newark, N.J., to Matthew and Elfie (Bauer) Erskine.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, and a daughter, Lois Bedell.
Survivors of the immediate family include four sons and three daughters-in-law, C. Clifford and Francesca Bedell of Chattanooga, Tenn., Paul and Susan Bedell of Richmond, Va., Bruce Bedell of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, and Doug and Vicky Bedell of Lincoln; a daughter, Ruthann Nahorny of Lincoln; a brother, Edwin Erskine of Savannah, Ga.; and a sister and brother-in-law, Flora and John Schmidt of Lancaster, Pa.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bedell had been a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island, a TeamMates mentor and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lincoln.
She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her husband and daughter, she was preceded in death by her parents.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Chapel in Lincoln.
Mrs. Bedell was cremated. There will be no visitation.
Mrs. Bedell was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Newark, N.J., to Matthew and Elfie (Bauer) Erskine.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, and a daughter, Lois Bedell.
Survivors of the immediate family include four sons and three daughters-in-law, C. Clifford and Francesca Bedell of Chattanooga, Tenn., Paul and Susan Bedell of Richmond, Va., Bruce Bedell of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, and Doug and Vicky Bedell of Lincoln; a daughter, Ruthann Nahorny of Lincoln; a brother, Edwin Erskine of Savannah, Ga.; and a sister and brother-in-law, Flora and John Schmidt of Lancaster, Pa.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bedell had been a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island, a TeamMates mentor and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lincoln.
She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her husband and daughter, she was preceded in death by her parents.
Ruth Erskine Bedell, 86, of Lincoln died Thursday, March 19, 2009, in Lincoln.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Chapel in Lincoln.
Mrs. Bedell was cremated. There will be no visitation.
Mrs. Bedell was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Newark, N.J., to Matthew and Elfie (Bauer) Erskine.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, and a daughter, Lois Bedell.
Survivors of the immediate family include four sons and three daughters-in-law, C. Clifford and Francesca Bedell of Chattanooga, Tenn., Paul and Susan Bedell of Richmond, Va., Bruce Bedell of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, and Doug and Vicky Bedell of Lincoln; a daughter, Ruthann Nahorny of Lincoln; a brother, Edwin Erskine of Savannah, Ga.; and a sister and brother-in-law, Flora and John Schmidt of Lancaster, Pa.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bedell had been a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island, a TeamMates mentor and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lincoln.
She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her husband and daughter, she was preceded in death by her parents.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Chapel in Lincoln.
Mrs. Bedell was cremated. There will be no visitation.
Mrs. Bedell was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Newark, N.J., to Matthew and Elfie (Bauer) Erskine.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, and a daughter, Lois Bedell.
Survivors of the immediate family include four sons and three daughters-in-law, C. Clifford and Francesca Bedell of Chattanooga, Tenn., Paul and Susan Bedell of Richmond, Va., Bruce Bedell of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, and Doug and Vicky Bedell of Lincoln; a daughter, Ruthann Nahorny of Lincoln; a brother, Edwin Erskine of Savannah, Ga.; and a sister and brother-in-law, Flora and John Schmidt of Lancaster, Pa.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bedell had been a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Island, a TeamMates mentor and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Lincoln.
She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her husband and daughter, she was preceded in death by her parents.
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