Funeral services for Anna Mae Oswald age 83 of Beemer, NE will be on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at the Beemer Mennonite Church in Beemer, NE. Private interment will be in the Beemer Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m at Beemer Mennonite Church. Minnick Funeral Home in West Point is in charge of the arrangements.
Anna Mae passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, NE.
Anna Mae Oswald was born on May 1, 1934 in Beemer, NE to Edward and Lydia (Wittrig) Stutzman. At an early age the family moved to Broken Bow, NE. Anna Mae graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1951. After graduation the family returned to Beemer and Anna Mae taught rural school north of Wisner for one year.
On September 4, 1953, she was united in marriage to James Oswald at the Plum Creek Mennonite Church, rural Beemer, NE. The couple moved to Larned, KS for over a year, where Anna Mae worked in the State Hospital. They returned to a farm near West Point, NE and in 1988 moved into West Point. Anna Mae operated the Next to New Store in West Point and later did home health care. In 2005, the couple moved to Beemer.
Anna Mae was a member of the Beemer Mennonite Church.
She enjoyed crocheting afghans, working crossword puzzles, putting together sequined calendars and crafts in general.
Survivors include-
Daughter- Kathy and Marlin Diller of Avondale, AZ and family
Amanda Diller and fiancé Thomas Shows of Peoria, AZ
JR and Chantel Diller of Gilbert, AZ and daughter- Brynlee
Son- Les and Laurie Oswald of Wisner, NE and family
Ashley Oswald and fiancé Steve Hall of O’Neill, NE
Alli and Aaron Raymond of Lincoln, NE and daughter-Clara
Abbie and Jay Nordhausen of Imperial, NE and daughters-Ava and Lottie
Keisha Greve of Kansas City, MO
Jon Greve and fiancée Mckenzie Hartman of Wisner, NE
Kyra Greve and Cord Schueth of Norfolk, NE
Brother- Louis and Dorothy Stutzman of Loveland, CO
Sister-Evelyn and Francis Bellar of Wisner, NE
Sister-in-law-Evelyn Stutzman of Beemer, NE
Brother-in-law-Kenneth Oswald of Hutchinson, KS
Anna Mae was preceded in death by her parents, husband-James in 2007, and brothers- Glen, John, Leslie, Harry, and Ed Stutzman.
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