Elizabeth S Dolph

Elizabeth Susan (Noonan) Dolph was born on March 13, 1944 in West Point, Nebraska to William and Hildegard (Hugo) Noonan. She grew up on a farm near Wayne, Nebraska where she attended country school near Wakefield, St. Mary’s Catholic grade school in Wayne and graduated as class valedictorian from Wayne High School in 1962 before attending Wayne State College for two years. She enjoyed sewing, Drama Club, and playing the piano. As a young girl, Liz spent a great deal of time helping her dad around the farm. From an early age, one of her chores was packing lunches for her siblings and herself, which led her to not want to pack lunches for her own family. Liz married Dave Dolph after a long distance proposal from Spain where he was stationed during his service and they were married on May 9, 1964 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wayne, Nebraska. They were blessed with four children: Shane, Brian, Lisa and Amy. Liz and Dave have lived in Washington, DC, Wayne, North Bend, Schuyler and Fairbury before settling in Elkhorn, Nebraska in 1990. Liz worked briefly at the college in Wayne and after they were married, she worked for the Secretary of Army in Washington DC. When her children began to arrive, Liz stayed at home to love and care for them as only she could. Later she worked at the grade school in Schuyler, the Art and Craft Studio in Fairbury and as a Teacher’s Assistant at Westridge Elementary in Elkhorn. Liz enjoyed her flower garden, family camping vacations, square dancing and spoiling her grandchildren. She was a talented artist with crafts and painting in several media. Liz loved cinnamon rolls, tang tea and dinner out at Grisanti’s. Liz was a loving, caring, giving woman with just the right amount of “feisty” to stand up for herself and her family. She was active in her church, the local art guild and made sure that her family learned the joy of having music in their lives. Most of Liz’s important life events revolved around her family. Liz passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at the Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 70 years, 1 month and 24 days. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Hildegard, brothers Bill, Jerry and Kerry and sister Lois. Liz is survived by her husband Dave; sons and daughters-in-law Shane and Ann and Brian and Shauna all of Lincoln, NE; daughters and sons-in-law Lisa and Mark Herkenrath of Silver Lake, KS and Amy and Jeff Patrick of Wamego, KS; 9 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Elizabeth S Dolph

March 13, 1944 - May 7, 2014