Imelda "Millie" Wilson

FREMONT -- Imelda M. "Millie" Melcher Wilson, 81 years, of Fremont, NE, died Friday, August 2, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, NE.

Millie was born June 3, 1932, in Cornlea, NE, to Ben and Anna (Babl) Preister. She grew up in Humphrey, NE, and attended grade school in Cornlea and high school in Humphrey. They farmed in Lindsay from 1956-1965 when they moved to Fremont. She worked at the former TG & Y Store in the Fremont Mall for 11 years then began working at Schweser's Department Store. Millie moved to Columbus, NE, in 2010 and then to Lincoln, NE, in 2011.

Millie married Dennis J. Melcher, April 27, 1954, in Cornlea, NE. Dennis died December 24, 2000. She married Charles "Frank" Wilson, May 1, 2010, and he died May 19, 2013.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, in Fremont, and St Patrick's Women. She was active in the Right to Life Program and Low Income Ministry. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Patty and Tony Cruz, of Lincoln, NE, and Mary Beth, and Marvin Renter, of Norfolk, NE; son-in-law, Jeff Olerich, of Verdigree, NE; brother, Jim Preister, and his wife, Millie, of Newman Grove, NE, and Dick Preister, and his wife, Gerry, of Lindsay, NE; sisters, Angela Sand, of Columbus, NE, Helen, and her husband, Earl Wegener, of Columbus, NE, JoAnn Rossell, of Omaha, NE, Sister Bernice Preister, OSF, of Colorado Springs, CO, and Bernette Hamling, of Beaver Crossing, NE; 8 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; 2 husbands; 1 daughter; 3 brothers; and 2 brothers-in-law.

Funeral Mass will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Fremont. Father Dave Belt will officiate. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Fremont.

Visitation will be 4 PM-8 PM Tuesday with a vigil service and rosary led by The Catholic Daughters at 7:00 PM at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Visitation continues Wednesday at the church 1 hour prior to service.

Memorials may be directed to Bergan Elementary School, in Fremont, or Alzheimer's Research .

Moser Memorial Chapel, in Fremont, NE, is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at: www.mosermemorialchapels.com