Carol Ann Haight Huff

Graveside Services for Carol A. (Zahl) Haight Huff will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Bassett, Nebraska, with Chaplain DeWane Dow officiating.

Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at the West First Chapel in McCook, Nebraska, with Pastor Johnny Walker officiating.

Carol Ann Haight Huff, 78 years of age, of Holdrege, Nebraska, formerly of McCook, died Friday, December 1, 2017 at the Christian Homes Care Community in Holdrege. She was born July 30, 1939 in Ainsworth, Nebraska, to Willard and Eulah (Linderman) Zahl.

Carol was raised in the sand hills of Rock and Keya Paha counties and graduated from Rock County High School in Bassett, where she received Teachers Normal Training. At barely 17 years old, she began teaching in rural schools. Her passion for education started in one room schoolhouses and was shared in the many communities that she lived in, the last being Mascot School, near Oxford, Nebraska. After attaining higher education herself, Carol went into Staff Development for the Educational Service Units in Trenton, Nebraska, Ogallala, Nebraska and North Platte, Nebraska. In her early retirement years, she continued to do Consulting and Workshops for several schools and was also the Curriculum Coordinator, for McCook Public Schools.

On July 28, 1962, she married Merlyn Haight and this union was blessed with two children: Tami and Merlyn, II.

Carol accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, as a senior in high school. She began serving her local church and continued to serve the youth, to young marrieds, the Over 55 Club or as the District Missions Director, in the many communities that she lived in across Nebraska. Whether for church, friends or family, Carol was always eager to decorate, teach, entertain and encourage those who gathered. She loved and cared for her family well.

After Merlyn's death in 1996, Carol was married to George Huff in 2001. They made their home in McCook.

Carol is survived by; her husband, George of Cambridge, Nebraska; daughter, Tami (Brad) Knuth of Holdrege; son, Merlyn, II (Emmy) of Sutton, Nebraska; sister, Patricia Waters of Windsor, Colorado; brother, Bill (Linda) Zahl of Stratton, Nebraska; grandchildren, Alyssa (Elliot) Blankespoor of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Connor and Spencer Knuth of Holdrege and Jacob, Colton and Jacee Haight of Sutton; sisters-in-law: Lillian (Haight) Vargason of Bassett and Janice (Haight) Scholl of Lincoln, Nebraska; brother-in-law, Ed Brown of Bassett; George's children and their families: Vicki (Mark) Jones of Cambridge, Elizabeth (Mike) Green of Kansas City, Missouri, Boyd (LaToya) Huff of Layton, Oklahoma and Cliff (Aurelia) Huff of McCook; 14 step-grandchildren; one step-great grandson; special caregivers: George's mother and sister, Verna Barnett and Barbara Daily of McCook; along with nieces and nephews, whom she adored.

There will be no visitation.

A memorial has been established in Carol's honor and kindly suggested to Gideons International.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com

The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege and the Hoch Funeral Home in Bassett, Nebraska are in charge of the arrangements.