Mary Beth Luby

Mary Beth Walter Luby was born on February 6, 1963 in Sioux City, Iowa to Byron and Mary (Bogle) Walter. As a young girl, her family moved around quite a bit but settled in Elkhorn, Nebraska where Mary Beth received most of her schooling and graduated in 1981 before attending Wayne State College for one year. In her school days she was a champion speller, enjoyed swimming, riding horses and family visits to Grandma and Grandpa Walter’s farm in Rockport, MO. Mary Beth married Joe Luby on October 5, 1985 at the Maplewood Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska and they were blessed with a son, Sean in 1990. Mary Beth and Joe have made their home in Omaha. Mary Beth worked at Brumko, Tri V, Midwest Select Insurance and for the past 10 years at Preferred Professional Insurance Company in Omaha. Mary Beth was a woman of many interests. She enjoyed gardening, camping, weekends on the river, painting and reading. Mary Beth was a Cub Scout leader, supporter for a cure for diabetes and a tremendous wife and mother. She treasured time with family and friends, big times and small, celebrating family milestones, graduations and weddings as well as enjoying a beer in her driveway with neighbors. Mary Beth had a wonderful smile, a contagious laugh, and an outgoing, genuine nature about her. She always made the best of any situation. Her family will always treasure their memories of Mary Beth. Mary Beth passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from complications of melanoma, at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Her life ended all too soon at the age of 48 years, 7 months and 29 days. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Bogle Smith; grandparents, Virgil and Ola Walter, and Rendles and Alma Bogle; aunt, Margaret Bogle Lewis; and uncle, Roger Bogle. Mary Beth is survived by her husband, Joe and son, Sean of Omaha; parents, Byron and Elaine Walter of St. Charles, Illinois; sisters, Shelly Kroll (Sam Zarilla) of Houston, Texas and Candace Franco (Dick) of Kilmarnock, Virginia; brothers Mike Walter (Laura) of Raleigh, North Carolina and David Sheward (Evelyn) of Columbus, Ohio; nieces, Katie Kroll Tefft, Austin, Texas and Mandy Kroll Elmer (Blake), Houston Texas; nephew John Walter, Raleigh, North Carolina; uncle Jack Lewis, Fort Worth, Texas and many special Luby family members.

Mary Beth Luby

February 6, 1963 - October 5, 2011