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Orpha Ruth Jauken
Jul 11, 1919 — Jul 12, 2012
Orpha Ruth Jauken
Funeral Services for Orpha R. Jauken will be conducted on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Oxford, Nebraska with Mr. Jim Wilson officiating. Interment will be in the Oxford Cemetery.
Orpha Ruth Jauken, 93 years of age, of Oxford, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Christian Homes Care Community at Holdrege. She was born July 11, 1919 in a dugout on the family farm in Harlan County, northeast of Oxford, the youngest of six daughters born to Henry Oscar and Rosa Lea (Swindell) Cress. The Cress family were pioneers homesteading in Harlan County in 1872. She grew up on this farm and lived most of her life there retiring to Oxford later in life. She attended school in Atlanta and Mascot, Nebraska, graduating from Mascot High School with the class of 1938. She then pursued higher education at Kearney State College, majoring in Elementary Education and taught in rural schools in the area, as well as several years in Oxford and Orleans Community Schools.
On August 15, 1947, Orpha was united in marriage to William Otto Jauken and to this union three children were born: Dennis, Loretta, and Wilbur. On August 17, 1998, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bill.
Besides her parents and husband, Bill, Orpha was preceded in death by five sisters: Goldie Logston, Etta Murray, Vesta Winquest, Mae Cress, and Precious Cress; five sisters-in-law: Margaret Chattin, Beulah Falk, Verna Frost, Dorothy Jauken, and Elaine Jauken; ten brothers-in-law: Charlie Logston, John Murray, Maurice Winquest, Hank Jauken, John Jauken, Royie Jauken, George Jauken, Clyde Jauken, Butch VandenBerg and Don Frost.
Survivors include her three children: Dennis Jauken of Oxford, Loretta Lueking and her husband, Lloyd of Oxford and Wilbur Jauken of Lincoln, Nebraska; nine grandchildren: Timothy Jauken and his special friend, Jaimie Brush, Amanda Jauken and her special friend, Buck Franssen, Ryan Lueking, Traci Fisher and her husband, Justin, Amy, Matthew, and Kimberly Lueking, and Bethany and Whitney Jauken; nine great-grandchildren: Tim, Maria and Aislynn Jauken, Macala Comstock, Teigen Franssen, Jenna, Samuel, Callie and Meghan Fisher; seven sisters-in-law: Eldora VandenBerg of Ireton, Iowa, Donna Jauken of Holdrege, LaJean Jauken and her husband, Lee of Overton, Anita Jauken of Olympia, Washington, Donna Anderson and her husband, Darol of Georgetown, Delaware, Eunice Jauken of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Marilyn Frost of Elwood, Nebraska; three brothers-in-law: Maynard Falk of Holdrege, Alvin Jauken of Holdrege and Neil Jauken of Madison, Alabama; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held at the Mitchell-Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Oxford on Friday, July 20, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting friends form 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
A memorial has been established in her memory and will be designated at a later date.
Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com
The Mitchell-Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
Orpha Ruth Jauken, 93 years of age, of Oxford, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Christian Homes Care Community at Holdrege. She was born July 11, 1919 in a dugout on the family farm in Harlan County, northeast of Oxford, the youngest of six daughters born to Henry Oscar and Rosa Lea (Swindell) Cress. The Cress family were pioneers homesteading in Harlan County in 1872. She grew up on this farm and lived most of her life there retiring to Oxford later in life. She attended school in Atlanta and Mascot, Nebraska, graduating from Mascot High School with the class of 1938. She then pursued higher education at Kearney State College, majoring in Elementary Education and taught in rural schools in the area, as well as several years in Oxford and Orleans Community Schools.
On August 15, 1947, Orpha was united in marriage to William Otto Jauken and to this union three children were born: Dennis, Loretta, and Wilbur. On August 17, 1998, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bill.
Besides her parents and husband, Bill, Orpha was preceded in death by five sisters: Goldie Logston, Etta Murray, Vesta Winquest, Mae Cress, and Precious Cress; five sisters-in-law: Margaret Chattin, Beulah Falk, Verna Frost, Dorothy Jauken, and Elaine Jauken; ten brothers-in-law: Charlie Logston, John Murray, Maurice Winquest, Hank Jauken, John Jauken, Royie Jauken, George Jauken, Clyde Jauken, Butch VandenBerg and Don Frost.
Survivors include her three children: Dennis Jauken of Oxford, Loretta Lueking and her husband, Lloyd of Oxford and Wilbur Jauken of Lincoln, Nebraska; nine grandchildren: Timothy Jauken and his special friend, Jaimie Brush, Amanda Jauken and her special friend, Buck Franssen, Ryan Lueking, Traci Fisher and her husband, Justin, Amy, Matthew, and Kimberly Lueking, and Bethany and Whitney Jauken; nine great-grandchildren: Tim, Maria and Aislynn Jauken, Macala Comstock, Teigen Franssen, Jenna, Samuel, Callie and Meghan Fisher; seven sisters-in-law: Eldora VandenBerg of Ireton, Iowa, Donna Jauken of Holdrege, LaJean Jauken and her husband, Lee of Overton, Anita Jauken of Olympia, Washington, Donna Anderson and her husband, Darol of Georgetown, Delaware, Eunice Jauken of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Marilyn Frost of Elwood, Nebraska; three brothers-in-law: Maynard Falk of Holdrege, Alvin Jauken of Holdrege and Neil Jauken of Madison, Alabama; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held at the Mitchell-Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Oxford on Friday, July 20, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting friends form 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
A memorial has been established in her memory and will be designated at a later date.
Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com
The Mitchell-Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of arrangements.
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