Marilyn Goedert, October 07, 1948 — November 04, 2018

Obituary for Marilyn M. Goedert Marilyn Mae Goedert Kearney Resident Marilyn Mae Goedert, 70, of Kearney passed away on November 4, 2018 at her home in Kearney. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 16, 2018 at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation.

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Marilyn Mae Goedert was born October 7, 1948 in Alliance, Nebraska to Russell and Ruby (Reeves) Sommers. She attended grade school in Hyannis, Nebraska and later attended school in Wallace, Nebraska graduating with the class of 1966. Following high school, Marilyn enrolled in the School of Practical Nursing at Kearney State College in Kearney.

Following her education, Marilyn moved to Denver, Colorado and worked in the surgical operating room at Colorado General Hospital and later was a private scrub nurse for three neurosurgeons in Denver. She moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she worked at Nebraska Medical Center as an operating room nurse for seventeen years. She was the Director of Recovery Services at Nebraska Organ Recovery System for fifteen years.

For the last nine years she worked as a video monitor at Nebraska Medicine. Marilyn was united in marriage to her high school friend, Jim Goedert on March 1, 2018. Jim nicknamed her “Red” because of her auburn hair.

Marilyn loved good food and traveling. She also enjoyed “Find a Grave”, power shopping and entertaining friends and family. She will be remembered for her sense of humor which could make anyone smile.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Jim Goedert; children, Andrew Neal and Andrea Neal; step-children, Jimmy Goedert, Jeffrey Goedert and his wife, Joleen, and Jonathan Goedert; grandchildren, Titus and Shepard Neal, Caitlyn and Taylor Goedert, and Kelli Kuecker; great-grandchild, Theodore Kuecker; mother, Ruby Sommers; brother, Wally Sommers and his wife, Janey; along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Marilyn was preceded in death by her father, Russell. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Marilyn M. Goedert please visit our Sympathy Store.

Cemetery Details Fort McPherson National Cemetery 12004 State Highway 56A Spur Maxwell, NE, , Previous Events Graveside Service , NOV 16.

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