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Helen Luebs Obituary
Helen Ottjes Rulla Luebs
September 19, 1929-December 30, 2023
Helen Ottjes Rulla Luebs, 94, of Beatrice, died Saturday, December 30, 2023, at the Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home in Hebron. She was born on September 19, 1929, to Hinderickus and Louise (Lorch) Ottjes in Sterling. Helen graduated from Sterling High School and married Harvey Rulla on June 29, 1947, in Sterling. From 1950-1980 she lived in Nebraska City. On August 1, 1980, she married Richard Luebs in Nebraska City. They moved to Beatrice. Over the years Helen had an in-home day care, worked at Dee's Day Care, was a nurse aid at the Beatrice PEO Home, and spent 12 years as a lobby hostess at McDonald's. She was a long-time member of the Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School, helped with VBS, and assisted in the nursery room. Helen enjoyed visits from her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her sons, Larry (Marcia) Rulla of Joplin, MO, Darrell (Shannon) Rulla of Plattsmouth, and Richard Rulla of Hastings; daughter, Lauri (Greg) Sinclair of Gladstone, MO; ten grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Delores Tallant (Bob); nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Luebs, who died on May 13, 1997; infant granddaughter, Amy Bartlett; grandson, Daniel Rulla; parents, Hinderickus and Louise Ottjes; brother, Jack Ottjes; sister, Margaretha (Robert) Clapp; former husband, Harvey Rulla.
Funeral services will held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the Fox Funeral Home of Beatrice with Larry Rulla officiating. Burial will be at the Sterling Cemetery of Sterling. The body will lie in state at the Fox Funeral Home on Friday from noon until 8:00 P.M. A memorial has been established to Centenary United Methodist Church of Beatrice. www.foxfuneralhome.net Fox Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Beatrice is in charge of arrangements.
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Karen and Mike Bartlett
January 9, 2024
Dear Helen,
Thank you for always being a part of your granddaughters lives and for filling them with memories that they shared: you riding your bike, your birds, all the phone calls, learning to use a facebook portal and how tall each of them are compared to you! You were a true blessing to those girls and the BEST Guardian Angel they have now!
Thank you for the mutual respect we had for each other. We are so glad you always had a relationship with Heather and that you understood her and cared about her well-being as we do and continue to do. Heather is fine and she will be fine. Keep watch over her and cheer her on for her upcoming year of learning new things to make her more self-sufficient!
We are so glad we had the opportunity to get to know you! I hope we see signs of your presence on bike rides when the weather is a little warmer!
Again, YOU ARE A TRUE BLESSING!
May peace come to family and friends in the memories they hold in their heart and visions in their mind!
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