Carole M. Nordby
Carole Nordby
HARTINGTON — Carole M. Nordby, age 88, of Hartington, Nebraska died July 5, 2024, at Faith Regional Hospital, Norfolk, after a brief illness.
Her Memorial service will be July 22, at 10:30 a.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hartington, with the Rev. Amanda Talley officiating.
Burial of her cremated remains will be at the Hartington City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends and relatives one hour prior to services at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.
Carole Marlene Nordby was born Sept. 27, 1935, to Ernest and Bernice (Hubbard) Janssen at Coleridge. When her mother died in 1937. She and her sister, Dolores, went to live with George and Marie (Janssen) Bohlken in Coleridge, until her father married Kathryn Markesen, in 1941. She attended rural Midway School and graduated from Coleridge High School in 1952. She married Dean E. Nordby April 26, 1953, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hartington. They farmed east of Hartington and moved into town in 1954. Her husband Dean died Aug. 7, 2000.
Carole was a Federal Service employee for 27 years, having worked for Selective Service and then the Department of Agriculture with Farmers Home Administration. Carole was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Hartington. She had been with Trinity Lutheran church since the age of 5, when her father married Kathryn Markesen. She was a past president and secretary of the Women of the ELCA, a member of women’s Bible Study, and past member of the Church Council. She was a volunteer and former officer on the Hartington Senior Center Board of Directors. Carole also served on the Advisory Council of the Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging for Cedar County. She was a charter member of the Sons of Norway, Lillehammer Lodge at Yankton, S.D., and also a former member of the Nordic Dancers. She was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, and a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary. She was a member of the Friends of the Library, Hartington; a member of the Cedar County Community Caretakers, and a volunteer at the local Food Pantry. She was also a member and past officer on the board of the Cedar County Historical Society.
Survivors include one son, Doug, Tallahassee, Fla.; one daughter, Patti, and son-in-law, Cleton Bretschneider, Norfolk; son-in-law, Kelly Naslund, Coleridge; former daughter-in-law, Linda (Swanson) Nordby, Tallahassee, Fla.; five grandsons, four granddaughters, 20 great-grandchildren and four step grandchildren; three sisters, Doroles Meier, Coleridge; Deanna Anderson, Mountain Lake, Minn.; and Debra and Gary Stapelman, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and one sister-in-law, Kathy Janssen, Ft. Myers, Fla.; along with several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dean; a son, Cary, in 1981; a daughter, Denise Naslund, in 2018; grandson, David Naslund, in 2016; step mother, Kathryn Janssen; brother, Terry Janssen; brothers-inlaw, Jacob Meier and Glen Anderson; and father-in-law and mother-in law, Steve and P. Edna Nordby.