Jeanette G. Zitterkopf

Jeanette Gloria Ann Zitterkopf, age 89, of Gering passed away Friday, November 28, 2014 at Regional West Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 1, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at the Salem Congregational Church in Scottsbluff with Pastor Dale Brown officiating. Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-6 P.M. at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel. Memorials may be given to the Salem Congregation Church or American Diabetes Association. Online condolences may be left at www.dugankramer.com.

Jeanette was born December 4, 1924 south of Mitchell to parents Adolph Swanson and wife Anna (Engstrom) Swanson. She attended Springer School for her education.

She met Jake Zitterkopf and they were united in marriage on April 18, 1946. To this union, two sons were born, Jerry and Jack. She farmed with Jake in Mitchell Valley from 1949 until they moved to Lyman in 1956. They continued to farm there until 1977 when they retired. In February of 1980 they moved to Scottsbluff.

Jeanette was on dialysis for several years. She resided at Northfield Villa.

She liked to go fishing in her younger days. She enjoyed her family and her special friends Evelyn Ott and Janice Fogelsong. She also enjoyed her three grandchildren and three great grandchildren very much and always loved visiting them and seeing what they were doing. She was a member of Salem Congregation Church for many years.

She is survived by two sons, Jerry (Tria) Zitterkopf of Kingman, AZ and Jack (Pam) Zitterkopf of Grand Island, three granddaughters, Britt (Steve) Reiman of Palmdale, CA, Annika (Jeff) Bergeson of Kingman, AZ, and Alison Zitterkopf of Grand Island and three great-grandchildren, Brooke, Beckett, and Trent.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, three sisters and two brothers; Edith, Ruby, Viola, Carl and Fred.