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Visitation:
Tuesday, June 13th. Visitation at 10 a.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln
Service:
11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home
Memorial services for Dorothy will
be held at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, on Tuesday, June 13th. Visitation will be
held at 10:00 a.m. and service at 11:00 a.m.
followed by a private family burial at Holy Cross
Cemetery.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
On June 7th, at the home of her
daughter, Dorothy Ann (Higgins) Reinhart, 94, of
Lincoln, put down the cross she was carrying to be
with all the Higgins and Reinharts who passed before
her.
Born on September 12, 1928 in Lincoln, the daughter
of William and Louise Higgins, Dorothy experienced
living on a farm where she developed her love of
animals.
Following high school, Dorothy was employed at U.S.
Corrugated in Lincoln and even though most of the
factory workers were men, she quickly made new
friends and stole the heart of a very special one
who would eventually become her husband. The
marriage of Dallas and Dorothy Reinhart took place
on June 2, 1951 shortly after Dallas was called for
active duty with the U.S. Army in Korea. When the
first of four children was born, she left the box
factory to become head of her growing household.
Her children, family and friends are
left with so many precious memories of this
extraordinary woman whose personality traits and
unique characteristics contributed to her overall
charm. She was a beautiful soul and connected with
people easily. Her family enjoyed years of luscious
homemade pastries and pies fit for a magazine cover
every holiday.
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Once her children were grown Dorothy
became an avid reader, enjoyed crossword puzzles and
music, both at home and on her daily walks. In 2011,
her daughter began picking up bags of books at The
Book Rack in Springfield and noticed while returning
the first bag Dorothy had written a brief book
review on each of them, over 500 books, until she
could read no longer.
Dorothy is survived by her children,
daughters Linda (Jim) Snyder and Debbie (Tim) Kelley
of Lincoln, Diane Reinhart of Sherman, a son Jim
Reinhart (Anne) of Springfield; grandchildren
Crystal Tungate, Elle Reinhart (Tom), Ben Reinhart,
Katrina Kelley (Nick) and Ryan Kelley (Isaiah).
Great grandchildren include Kasey Tungate, Gavin and
Phoenix Miller, Alexa and Matthew Kelley.
She is preceded in death by her husband Dallas,
parents William and Louise Higgins, twin brothers
Edward and Edwin Higgins and sisters Ursula Harder
and Mary Buss.
Memorial services for Dorothy will be held at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, on
Tuesday, June 13th. Visitation will be held at 10:00
a.m. and service at 11:00 a.m. followed by a private
family burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Dorothy requested that any memorial donations be
used to assist local veterans and their families and
her children will accommodate those wishes.
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