Deborah E. Mundt

Deborah Elaine (Wyland) Mundt, 72, passed away Friday, September 26, 2025 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

She was born December 12, 1952 in Alliance, Nebraska to Alfred & Bertha (Hiner) Wyland.

Deborah was the youngest of 10 children and grew up "roaming the streets of Hemingford", as she would say.

She attended Hemingford High School, where she graduated in 1971. After graduating she worked as a teller at the Abbott Bank in Hemingford. She had a career change shortly after marrying the great love of her life, Jerry Mundt, on May 20, 1976. On this day she was introduced into the life of farming when Jerry informed her they could run up to Hot Springs, South Dakota to be married "real quick" because it had rained that day, otherwise she would have to "wait until after harvest".

She took him up on his offer that day and afterwards went to live, work and raise their family on their farm at Berea, Nebraska. A farm that would thereafter be filled with love, laughter, good food and never see a Christmas that wasn't stacked high with presents.

Deb fully embraced the life of farming, raising all 4 of her children as she worked. Many days were spent singing 'This Old Man Came Rolling Home' and 'Found a Peanut' on repeat as she worked summer fallow with Christopher, Heather & Jeremiah sitting in each corner of her tractor.

Before a time of car seat carriers, Deb devised a way to cart around an infant Katrina, using a laundry basket and a chunk of foam when she was busy in the field hopping from wheat truck to wheat truck. Deb often bragged that she worked "just as hard as any man", and she truly did and then some.

Deb's greatest pride was her children and 14 grandchildren. You could say she never missed an activity or sporting event they were involved in and it would not be far from the truth. She even dubbed the south-west corner of the Hemingford gym as "Her & Jerry's Corner". Most of the community was in agreement as that space was always left open for them. Even though Christopher's children lived too far for her to attend their events, she was no less proud of them and all their achievements and would not hesitate to brag on them at every opportunity.

Deb's other source of pride was the new addition her and Jerry added to their home. Anyone who stopped to visit, undoubtedly received a tour and would have never seen her wood floors unpolished. Deb enjoyed genealogy, being a member of the local chapter of the P.E.O. and taking care of her loved ones. There were 2 things that were never far from her, the first being a child or grandchild, the second being a bottle of Diet Pepsi. (She claimed the latter helped her deal with the former).

Because of Deb's fierce love for her family and endearing stubbornness, she truly was a matriarch. Her unfaltering support and guiding wisdom will be a loss felt by all her loved ones. However, there is no doubt that she will continue to watch over and guide them still, and if there is Diet Pepsi in heaven, she is surely stocking up.

Deb was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred & Bertha (Hiner) Wyland; Her siblings and their spouses: Alfred Leroy (Candy) Wyland, John (Judy) Wyland, Carol (George) Wickham, Kenneth (Colleen) Wyland, Donna (Bill) Meng, brother-in-law Jerome Kosmicki and infant brothers Donald, Robert & Thomas.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry Mundt of Berea, Ne; her sister Norma Kosmicki of Grand Island, Ne, as well as her children and grandchildren: Christopher (Stephanie) Mundt, Nathan (Lorelai), Christian, Joshua, & Tabetha of Omaha, Ne; Heather (Craig) Kumpf, Mikayla, Kylie, & Kennedy of Hemingford, Ne; Jeremiah (Janie) Mundt, Jacob, Jazlyn, Devin & Alexander of Berea, Ne; Katrina (Josh) Ritchie, Franklin, Ezekiel, & CharLee of Alliance, Ne; as well as many beloved nieces & nephews.

Deb would have greatly appreciated donations made in her honor to be given to the Hemingford United Methodist Church, or to any organization of the giver's choice.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hemingford United Methodist Church, 619 Custer Street, Hemingford, Nebraska. Guests are welcome to attend lunch at the church following the graveside service. There will be a visitation from 1-7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, at the Bates - Gould Funeral Home in Hemingford, 521 Shoshone, Ave.