Grace I. Gadeken

Grace I. Gadeken, 99, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Memorial services were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Carla Gunn officiating. Private family burial was held on Friday. There was no visitation. Friends may visit http://www.cantrellfh.com to view the obituary and leave condolences for the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Calvary United Methodist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church or the Kimball County Manor. The services for Grace have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.

Grace Isabel Gadeken was born in Nebraska City on March 20, 1915, the daughter of Calvin and Nellie (Lee) Bradt, one of 10 children. She attended school in a one-room school in Weld County, Colo., from 1920 to 1926. She completed her education at Kimball County High School in 1932. She became a household engineer in her mother-in-laws house before her marriage.

She was married to Clyde Gadeken on Nov. 15, 1941, on the Bradt family homestead. Grace and her family lived on the Gadeken family farm five miles south of Bushnell from 1941 to 1944. They moved to the farm one mile West of Bushnell and lived there from 1945 to 1978.

Grace and Clyde moved to Kimball in 1978. She enjoyed many travels during her lifetime, especially to California, Houston, Texas, Alaska and Oregon. She enjoyed sewing. She was also a 50-year member of the Moonbeam Extension Club and was the last surviving member.

Survivors include: her sons, Larry (Joy) Gadeken of Houston, Texas, and Clyde (Judy) Gadeken of Gresham, Ore; daughters, LaVerne Gadeken and husband Mike Cooke of Scottsbluff, and Joyce (Mickey) Solomon of Merna; sister-in-law Grace Drake of Oregon; three grandsons, three granddaughters, three great-grandsons and three great-granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, husband, infant son Wayne Gadeken, five brothers and four sisters.