Verna Mae Flint

Verna Mae Flint, 73, of Elwood, Nebraska, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born April 16, 1935, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Frances "Packy" and Velma Lucille (Sides) Hagan. Verna Mae attended school at Lexington. She was married twice prior to marrying Walter Flint on May 16, 1966, at the Elwood Methodist Church. Five children were blessed to this union; Patricia, Sandra, Cheryl, Kent and Walter, and two children by her previous marriages, Paula and Vicky. Verna Mae spent most of her working career helping other people by being a nurse's aide at Platte Valley Care Home and Westside Care Home in Lexington. She also worked in housekeeping at the Minuteman Motel and Monroe Auto at Cozad, retiring in 1990. She loved watching the Yankees and Royals baseball teams, baking, was an avid doll collector, working in her garden, reading, doing puzzles, and crocheting. The most important loves in her life were spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Survivors include her husband: Walter Flint of Elwood, Nebraska Two sons: Kent and Janie Flint of Lexington, Nebraska Walter "James" and Lee Ann Flint of Elwood, Nebraska Four daughters: Paula and Jack Osborn of Wasilla, Alaska Patricia and Lewis Tate of Smithfield, Nebraska Sandra Flint of Bertrand, Nebraska Cheryl and Larry White, Jr. of Smithfield, Nebraska One brother: Junior Hagan of Flagstaff, Arizona Two sisters: Marilyn Creed of Bear, Delaware Karolyn and John Taylor of Smithfield, Nebraska Twenty-five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Verna Mae was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, James Alan Hagan and a sister, Laura Gail Hagan and one daughter, Vicky Shirley. Services will be Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elwood, Nebraska with Pastor Jeff Ernstmeyer officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington. Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 2-8 p.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington, Nebraska. Memorials are suggested to the Elwood Fire Department and American Lung Association. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington is in charge of arrangements.