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Mary Eatherton Obituary
February 16, 1942 - January 17, 2025
Mary Ann Eatherton, 82 of Gibbon passed away Friday, January 17, 2025, at her home. Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Friday, January 24th at O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Interment will follow at Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Friday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mary Ann was born February 16, 1942 in Riverdale, NE to Carl and Clara (Dauel) Finke. She grew up in Riverdale and attended grade school there. She then attended Kearney High School. Mary Ann was united in marriage to Dick Bierman in 1959. She worked at Mile High United Way as a Junior Executive Secretary. She later worked for State Farm Insurance Company in Gering, Lincoln and Minden, NE. In 1977, she married Dale Eatherton in Kearney. They moved to Upland, NE in 1986 and to Gibbon in 2004.
She was a member of Gibbon Faith United Church, BPOE Does in Kearney, American Legion Auxiliary in Upland and Gibbon, and a member of AA for many years.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Rick (Sheri) Bierman of Marion, IA and Kendra (Pete) Olsen of Scottsdale, AZ; step daughter, Tami Eatherton Anderson of Kearney; step daughters-in-law, Gilberta Eatherton of Gibbon, Sheri Eatherton of Kearney; step sons-in-law, Larry Dix of Lincoln and Bob Howard of Kearney; 19 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; brother, Carl "Heinie" Finke of Kearney; as well as many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Mary Ann was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dale Eatherton; step children, Terry and Steve Eatherton, Ronda Dix and Ranae Howard; and her brothers, Virgil and Dale Finke.
Memorials are suggested to the Gibbon Faith United Church. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.
O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services
4115 Ave N Kearney, NE 68847
308-234-3500
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Mitzi DeCamp
February 18, 2025
Thank you Mary for all your hard work. It is sincerely appreciated, even in death.
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O'Brien-Straatmann-Redinger Funeral Home - Kearney4115 Ave. N P.O. Box 2344, Kearney, NE 68847
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O'Brien-Straatmann-Redinger Funeral Home - Kearney4115 Ave. N P.O. Box 2344, Kearney, NE 68847
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