Doris Mae Mihm

Former rural Clay Center resident Doris Mae Mihm, 87, passed away Friday, October 3, 2014, at Memorial Hospital in Aurora, NE. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at the United Church of Christ in Clay Center, NE with Pastor Dave Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at the Clay Center Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 7, 2014, from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., with the family present from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., at McLaughlin Funeral Chapel in Clay Center, NE. Memorials may be directed to the United Church of Christ in Clay Center, the Clay Center Super Seniors, or the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation. Doris was born September 12, 1927, in Verona, NE to Ralph and Helen (Schneller) Alberding. She attended country school at Verona until 9th grade, then attended and graduated from Clay Center High School. On November 16, 1947, Doris married Bobbie Gene Mihm in Clay Center and he preceded her in death on July 12, 2014. They lived in Clay Center and on the "County Farm" until 1962, when Bob and Doris purchased the Bill Witte farm. They lived there until October 2012. They then moved to East Park Villa in Aurora, NE. On September 24, 2014, Doris moved to Sutton Community Home. Doris was a member of the United Church of Christ, the Clay County Historical Society, Clay Center Super Seniors, Clay County Shares, and the Happy Homemakers Club. Doris loved to cook and was employed as a cook at the Crossroads Café and The Applebee House for 20 years. Anyone fortunate enough to eat a meal prepared by Doris never went away hungry or complaining. She often would try to figure out what all was in a food that she had in a restaurant or bought in the store. She usually got pretty close to the original, and there was even a time when she went "dumpster diving" behind a particular establishment to discover exactly what brand of ingredients they were using! Bobbie and Doris enjoyed square dancing for many years. They also did mission work in Mexico with other families in the area for a few years. Doris enjoyed collecting and making dolls. She attended painting classes and made several beautiful paintings that she shared with her family and friends. Doris loved feeding the birds outside the window and she and Bob both enjoyed watching the different types of birds. She especially loved the cardinals and humming birds. She was also a good seamstress and did a lot of sewing for herself and the girls. Doris often clipped and saved poems that had a story and then read them to her family or the club members. Doris also loved angels in every form. Her hobbies kept her busy, but she always had time for her family. She was a caring wife, mother and grandmother. Doris is survived by son, Danny (Kathy) of Sutton, NE; daughters, Gayle (Lennie) Roemmich and Beccy (Rick) Tessman, both of Clay Center, NE; sister, Helen Joanne Heidt of Grand Island, NE; six grandchildren: Shawna (Arden) Beach, Dustin (Erin) Mihm, Tonya (Wayne) Rademacher, Elly Tessman, Zach (Sam) Tessman, and Sayde (Jeremy) Thiel; five great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bobbie and great-granddaughter Riley Meyers.

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Doris Mae Mihm

September 12, 1927 - October 3, 2014