Dorothy Gruenemeyer, formerly of Lincoln, died on Tuesday, January 17th in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on February 20th, 1933 to George and Daisy (nee Price) Huber in Nebraska City, NE. One of seven children, she grew up on the family farm. She graduated from Nebraska City High School and moved to Lincoln. She attended Lincoln School of Commerce and after graduation went to work in the payroll department of Western Electric. She met her husband, Henry Gruenemeyer, there and they married in 1954.
She took out time to raise a family and then resumed her career. She worked for several companies including Hospe’s Mr. Music, and The Nebraska Real Estate Commission from where she retired. In retirement, she enjoyed traveling with her husband and visiting her grandchildren.
Her faith was very important to her and guided her throughout her life. She was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln where she taught Sunday school and sang in the church choir. After she moved to Indianapolis, she attended three different churches where she sang in church choirs.
Dorothy was an enthusiastic Nebraska football fan and a Kansas City Royals baseball fan. She possessed an outgoing personality and could strike up conversations wherever she was including bus rides, grocery store trips or welcoming new residents to the 55+ community where she resided. She had her own unique way of telling a story with often hilarious results. She was known to spontaneously break out in song wherever she was.
Her hobbies included bowling, gardening, playing cards with neighbors, and traveling with bus tours. She was a Campfire Girls leader, volunteered in elementary school classrooms and at a major Indianapolis hospital. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and Telephone Pioneers of America.
She is survived by son and daughter-in-law Donald and Linda Gruenemeyer, daughters and sons-in-law Rosalie and Jeff Suggs, Cindy and Tom Crow, Shari and Jim Millar; grandchildren Matthew Gruenemeyer, Jason Suggs, William Gruenemeyer, Julie Gruenemeyer, and Chelsea Millar; great grandson Tyler Gruenemeyer; her sisters Mary Staack, Yvonne Smith and Karen Reinecke along with many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by: her husband, her parents, two brothers and a sister.
Services: A visitation with the family is scheduled for Thursday, Febr 9th from 6 – 8 pm at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. The funeral service will be held at 10 am, February 10th at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pall bearers: Matthew Gruenemeyer, William Gruenemeyer, Chelsea Millar, Arlean Crossgrove, Greg Hansen, Gary Jeune. Honorary Pall bearers: Julie Gruenemeyer, Jason Suggs, Mel Ney, Andy Fontoine
Memorials: Dorothy selected two charities – Children’s Museum of Lincoln, NE
https://lincolnchildrensmuseum.org/donate/ and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?sc_icid=wtg-mm-btn-donate-now
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