Visitation:
Friday, November 4, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00
p.m. at the Peasley Funeral Home
Service:
Private Graveside Services will be held on Saturday,
November 5, 2022, at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Bess M. Newhouse, 82, of Lincoln,
passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022, at her
home.
Private Graveside Services will be held on Saturday,
November 5, 2022, at Zion Cemetery in Lincoln with
Mr. Ron Otto officiating.
Visitation will be held on Friday, November 4, 2022,
from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Peasley
Funeral Home. The Lincoln Emblem Club will have a
service at the funeral home at 3:45 p.m. prior to
the visitation.
Bessie Marie Sparks was born on May 13, 1940, in
Lincoln, the daughter of Allen Mayo and Delia Mae
Humbert Sparks. She was united in marriage to Ronald
Newhouse on December 31, 1976. He survives.
Also surviving are her children: Dianne (Dave)
Johnson and Michael Geriets; seven grandchildren,
six great-grandchildren, one sister: Shirley (Larry)
Conaway and one brother: Ron (Bev) Sparks. |
She was preceded in death by her
parents, and one brother: Donald Sparks.
Bess graduated from the Lincoln
Community High School in 1958. She was a
beautician/hairdresser and a prep cook at various
restaurants.
She was a member of the Lincoln Christian Church,
Lincoln Emblem Club, Moose, and Eagles Auxiliary.
She loved gambling and enjoyed spending the winter
months in Florida.
Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for
Children.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley
Funeral Home of Lincoln.
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