Fern Wolgamott

Biography

Fern I. Wolgamott, 91, died Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis.

She was born May 2, 1913 in Gosper County to Leon J. and Lela O. (Collins) Wilsey.
She attended school at Lexington. She moved to McCook in 1995.

She married Wayne O. Wolgamott in the Methodist Church in Lexington on December 24, 1929.

She was a swimming pool manager, a security guard at the Tech College in Curtis, a Volunteer EMT and Ambulance Driver for a number of years and she was a Boy Scout Leader. She always said "there are no bad kids, just neglected ones". She received the Aksarben Good Neighbor Award.

She belonged to the Rebekah Lodge for 64 years and a member of the BPO Does.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1987; a daughter, Norma Yeager; three brothers, Fred, Justus and Harold Wilsey; two sisters, Lena Payne and Thelma Goucher.

Survivors include: two sons, Ray Wolgamott of Imperial and Roy Wolgamott and wife Carolyn of Lincoln; two daughters, Ardis Ruppert of Curtis and Phyllis Ogg and husband Gerald of McCook; a son-in-law, Harold Yeager of McCook; a brother, Leon Wilsey of Grand Island; four sisters, Lou Smith of Fort Dodge, IA, Naomi June Westbrook of North Platte, Beverly Meyers and husband Gene of Minden and LaDena Beins and husband Wayne of Spanish Fork, UT.; a brother-in-law, Lloyd Wolgamott and wife Hilda of Curtis; a sister-in-law Laura Bell Faucet and husband Bill of Pendelton, OR.; 19 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials are being accepted in her name.

Funeral services will be Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 10 a.m. at McCook Christian Church with Pastor Clark Bates officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Curtis Cemetery.

Visitation will be Monday - Friday during 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Friday evening will be private family visitation. Friends may go online at www.carpenterbreland.com to extend condolences.

Carpenter Breland Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.