Dolores J. Call, age 84 of Broken Bow formerly of Merna, Nebraska died Friday, March 16, 2018, at the Brookestone View Care Home in Broken Bow.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anselm’s Catholic Church in Anselmo, with the burial following in the Merna Cemetery. Visitation will be at Govier Brother’s Mortuary in Broken Bow on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting friends 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the Merna Fire Department and/or the Merna E.M.T.’s.
Dolores was born March 25, 1933, on the East Table near Merna, Nebraska to Joe and Dorothy (Knight) Ryan. Dolores attended grade school in country schools around Merna, later moving to Marysville, Missouri, with her family. Dolores’ family later moved back to the Merna area where she attended and graduated from Merna High School in 1951. She married Bob Call on June 6, 1951, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Merna.
Dolores is survived by her three daughters, Carolyn (Mike) Chandler of Anselmo, LeAnn (Richard) Duryea of Broken Bow, and Kim (Eldon) Schipporeit of Broken Bow; 11 grandchildren Jason (Connie) Chandler, Christi (J.D.) Furrow, Mark (Jackie) Chandler, Travis (Patti) Duryea, Karen (Matt) McGinn, Chad (Kelly) Duryea, Gina (Kyle) Cantrell, Ryan Chandler, Jessi (Andrew) Mason, Brooke (Evan) Schipporeit, Trevor Schipporeit; 25 great-grandchildren, 1 brother Bill (Joyce) Ryan of Grand Island, 3 sisters Janet Judy of Neleigh, Lois Sheffield of Sherman Lake and Kathy (Ted) Stava of Grand Island and 1 sister-in-law Mildred Gier of North Platte.
Dolores was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Joyce Siedel, and her husband Bob Call.
