Debloma G. Collier Obituary (1918

Debloma G. Collier was born February 4, 1918, in Milford, Nebraska to Joe A. and Cora (Eicher) Rediger, the youngest of three children and passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the Lancaster Manor in Lincoln at the age of 92 years, 6 months and 25 days. As a young girl, Debloma attended and later graduated from Milford Public Schools with the class of 1936. Debloma was united in marriage to Willie Sies August 12, 1938 and to this union two daughters were born, Linda and Diana. Debloma and Willie made their home on farms in the Beaver Crossing, Milford and Seward areas where she was a homemaker. In 1951, they moved to Seward where she worked at Concordia Teachers College cafeteria and later at Western Electric in Lincoln. In 1961, they moved to Lincoln where she was employed at Ben Simon's as an elevator operator, St. Elizabeth Hospital cafeteria and the Lincoln Telephone Company before retiring in 1980. Debloma was blessed with a second marriage to Robert Collier on August 9, 1985 in Marysville, KS. They lived in the Lake Swanson area near Stratton and Max, Nebraska before moving to Denton in 1995. She was a former member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Milford, St John Lutheran Church, Seward, Calvary Lutheran Church and Redeemer Lutheran Church, both of Lincoln. Survivors include her husband, Robert Collier, Denton; daughters and son-in-law, Linda and Richard Hand, Plano, TX, Diana Lane, Lincoln, four grandchildren and spouses, Wesley and Karlie Hand, Plano, TX, Wendy and Chris Davis, Austin, TX, Rodrick and Lori Lane, and Cory Lane, all of Lincoln; six great-grandchildren, Reese and Jolie Hand, Logan and Hayden Lane, Zachary and Olivia Davis, nephews, Dale Rediger, Urbana, IL, Dean Rediger, Lincoln, Lon and Joan Hulen, Hacienda Heights, CA and a niece, Jean and Roger Svensen, Bakersfield, CA, step-daughter, Gloria Montgomery, Lincoln, and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Willie Sies, in 1977, sister, Oletha Hulen, and a brother, Nelson Rediger. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at Blue Mound Cemetery, Milford, with Pastor Mark Ebert of Redeemer Lutheran Church officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to the Redeemer Lutheran Church, 510 South 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68510. Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Milford, is entrusted with the arrangements.