Wilma A Geiselman

Funeral Services for Wilma A. Geiselman will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege, Nebraska with Pastor Murray Jones officiating. Interment will follow at the Prairie Home Cemetery at Holdrege.

Wilma A. Geiselman, 93 years of age, of Holdrege, joined her Savior in eternity on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the Christian Homes Care Community in Holdrege.  She was born October 2, 1921 in Sault St. Marie, Michigan, the second of six children born to Robert and Barbara Emma (Norton) Lawson. She attended school in Sault St. Marie and graduated from Manistique High School.

She met the love of her life, Clifford Geiselman, a sweet Nebraska boy, while he was stationed at the Sault Locks during WWII. They were married on November 24, 1945 in her home, in Sault St. Marie and to this union two children were born: Nancy and Jeffrey. The couple made their home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and in June of 1952, the family moved to Holdrege, Nebraska where Cliff took over the running of the family farm north of Holdrege. In February 1965, Cliff died of a heart attack and Wilma moved shortly thereafter into town.

Wilma was employed in Willow Run and Detroit, Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Holdrege. During the war years in Detroit, she was a "Rosie Riveter" working on B24 bombers and was a seamstress apprentice for a tailor. She was employed in the Ad department at the DeSota Motor Company in Milwaukee. In Holdrege, she was employed as a secretary at Holdrege High School from 1966 to 1980 when she became secretary to the Superintendent of Schools. She retired from the Holdrege School system in 1983. She then was the owner/operator of the Credit Bureau of Holdrege from 1983 to 2006.

On April 1, 1983, Wilma was united in marriage to William "Bill" Allerheiligen of Hanover, Kansas and the couple continued to make their home in Holdrege. Bill passed away on January 21, 2006.

Wilma was a member of Holcomb Evangelical Free Church in rural Holdrege, but later joined Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege. She was elected to the Holdrege City Council and served two terms, serving as Council president for one year and also served on the Board of Christian Homes and the Holdrege Senior Center. She was a member of the Business and Professional Women for 26 years and was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels for 12 years. She taught Sunday school and was chairman of Women's Ministries at Holcomb Evangelical Free Church. She was blessed with many friends in her community. Growing roses was an especially gifted talent of hers, along with her excellent seamstress abilities.

Besides her parents and husbands; Wilma was preceded in death by: her brother, Ralph Lawson; her sister, Dorothy Gilroy and husband, George.

She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Pope and her husband, "Doc" of Las Vegas, Nevada; her son, Jeffrey Geiselman and his wife, Gloria (Taylor) of Kearney, Nebraska; three grandchildren: Jessica Clemence and her husband, Jon of Sammamish, Washington, Joshua Geiselman and his wife, Judith (Abood) of Riverdale, Nebraska and Justin Geiselman of Norfolk, Nebraska; five great-grandchildren, Audrey, Scott, and Grant Geiselman and Brodie and Ellie Clemence; brothers: Jerry Lawson of Dublin, Ohio, Sam Lawson and Norton Lawson and their wives, all of Garden City, Michigan; niece, Michelle (Gilroy) Edwards and her husband, Bill as well as other nieces, nephews; step-daughter, Dorothy (Allerheiligen) Soderberg; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Monday, April 6, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege.

A memorial has been established in Wilma's honor and kindly suggested to the Holdrege Senior Center, Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege or Christian Homes Care Community in Holdrege.

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

The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of arrangements.