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Ellen R. Osborn, 80, of Scribner died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at Methodist Fremont Health.

Ellen was born Feb. 16, 1942, in Stanton to Archie and Mary ‘Busch’ Dillon. She was raised in Stanton and graduated from Stanton High School in 1960. She married Gary Osborn and they made their first home in Denver, Colorado. After a move to Millard,  they made a home in Norfolk  for 10 years. They then moved to Tilden Where they built a home and continued raising their five children. They later divorced and Ellen went back to school and got a degree from Northeast Community College. She then worked at St. Joseph’s Nursing Home in Norfolk. Ellen then made her final move to Scribner where she lived the remainder of her life. While continuing to raise her youngest children she worked in Fremont at Sid Dillon Chevrolet for more than 25 years. She was also devoted to cleaning St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Scribner for many years.

 

Ellen was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church where she taught CCD and was an active member of the Ladies Group. She was a die hard Husker football fan and attended many games. She took pride in her Husker Room filled with various “Go Big Red” memorabilia. But, even more important to her, was her faith, and her children and extended family. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, adoring all her kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids and they adored her as well.

Survivors: children, Mitch (Kay) Osborn of Norfolk, Shelly (Dave) Dahl of Scribner, Bill (Kathy) Osborn of Tilden, Kristi (Paul) Sendgraff of Fremont, Nick (Lyndsay) Osborn of Hooper; 15 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Ann Svec of Scribner and Rita Olin of Kearney; brothers, Robert (Beverly) Dillon of Cary, North Carolina, Bill (Vicki) Dillon of Springfield; brother-in-law, Gilbert Morfeld of Stanton.

Ellen was preceded in death by her parents; infant children, Julie Ann and Bradley; sisters, Roberta Morfeld and Jean Howard; brothers-in-law, Elden Svec and John Olin; and great-grandson, Oliver Swanz.

The Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fremont. Lunch will follow the Mass, with burial scheduled for 2 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Cemetery in rural Howells. A memorial will be established at a later date. Visitation will be Sunday, Jan. 1, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Scribner. A wake service open to the public will begin at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Lawrence.

Online guestbook at www.hooper-scribner.com.

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