Geraldine Pieper

Geraldine Pieper, 78, of Scottsbluff died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. A funeral mass will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2006 at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Scottsbluff with Fr. Donald Buhrman officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery. A prayer vigil will be held 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel. Friends may call at the funeral home between 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p. m Friday. Geraldine was born December 1, 1927 in Minatare, NE to Homer L. and Maude E. (McLain) Johnston. She moved to the family’s Mitchell Valley home when she was ten days old. She received her education in Haig School and graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1946. She married Arthur H. Pieper April 27, 1948 in Mitchell. She was employed as an office clerk at Panhandle Coop for twenty-five years until her retirement. She had been working at Eric Vath Clothier for the past five years. She was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church, the Western Wheels and Dakotas Chapter Studebaker Clubs and a past member of the Toastmasters Club of Scottsbluff. Geraldine is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Daniel H. and Vickie Pieper of Mitchell, daughter: Valerie Lisenbee of Scottsbluff, brother: Raymond D. Johnston of Nappanee, IN, grandchildren: Danielle L. Touchet and her husband John of Mitchell, and Amanda K. Young and her husband Eric of Bayard, great grandchildren: Jarin Jacobs and Jesse Young, foster great grand daughter Vanessa Blanco and special family friend Stuart Tritt of Kimball, NE. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and an infant brother.