Visitation:
11:00 a.m. until 12:00 Noon Saturday, October 24,
2015, at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
Pending
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Edith Violet Hern, 103, of Lincoln, passed away
October 20, 2015, at her home surrounded by her
loving family.
Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 Noon
Saturday, October 24, 2015, at Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home. Burial will follow in New
Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Edith was born October 25, 1912, in Houston, MO, the
daughter of John Calvin West and Lydia Mae (Dixon)
West. She married Orville John Hern on August 27,
1932. He preceded her in death on January 26, 1991.
Mrs. Hern was employed at the old Lincoln Hotel for
several years; as a cook at the Mary Henry Nursing
Home; and in housekeeping at Lincoln College.
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Surviving are her children: Wilda Gooden of Reedsburg, WI; Velma Hinkle of Terre
Haute, IN; George Hern of Bloomington; Bill Hern of Lincoln; Pat Hern of
Washington; Judy Gerheardt of Lincoln; and Don Hern of Miami FL. She is also
survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
great-great-grandchildren, great-great-great-grandchildren, and
great-great-great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two children; John Hern
and Bessie Morgan, one brother, and four sisters.
Memorial donations in her name may be made to the American Cancer Society and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
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