Lisa Joy Dubas

Clay Center, NE resident, Lisa Joy Dubas, 61, passed away, Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, NE. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 23, 2016, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sutton, NE with Rev. Kris Schroeder officiating. Interment will follow at the Clay Center Cemetery in Clay Center, NE. Visitation will be Thursday, from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m., with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., at Sutton Memorial Chapel in Sutton, NE. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Clay Center Fire and Rescue Departments or the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sutton, NE. Lisa was born in Hastings, NE to James and Barb (Watson) Thaut on Christmas Day, 1954. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1973, where she proudly wore a Tigerette Uniform. Lisa married Bruce Vap in 1973, and from this union she had two sons, Travis and Matthew. After Bruce and Lisa divorced, she raised her sons as a single mother until she met the love of her life, Ted Dubas in October 1993. Soon after on June 3, 1994, Lisa and Ted married where she gained a step-daughter, Gina Dubas and moved to Clay Center to create their life together. Lisa went through some tough times in her life - a divorce from her first husband, losing her first-born son, Travis to a car accident and later fighting medical conditions, eventually having a lung transplant. One of her proudest moments was being able to dance with her son, Matthew at his wedding just three weeks after her transplant. Through everything she stayed strong, positive and joyful. She was truly an inspiration to many. After her transplant, Lisa focused on "smelling the flowers." She took the time to appreciate life, spreading her positive outlook to all she knew. Lisa loved her family and especially her grandsons, Cayden and Beckett. She was also looking so forward to meeting her granddaughter who is on the way. She is survived by her husband, Ted of Clay Center, NE; son, Matthew (Kelly) Vap of Omaha, NE; step-daughter, Gina (Christian) Bessmer of Omaha, NE; grandsons, Caden and Beckett of Omaha, NE; mother and step-father, Barb and Gordy Sinner of Hastings, NE; brothers, Tony Thaut of Cheyenne, WY; Dave (Karen) Thaut of Lincoln, NE; brothers-in-law, Charles (Colleen) Dubas of Palmer, NE; Mike (Cindi) Dubas of York, NE; Bill (Jean) Dubas of Palmer, NE; sisters-in-law, Rita Dubas of Fullerton, NE; Janice (Rocky) Bridger of Fullerton, NE; Marianne (Troy) Hellbusch of Belgrade, NE; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends who were very dear to her. Lisa was preceded in death by her father, James; son, Travis; and in-laws, Edwin and JoAnn Dubas.

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Lisa Joy Dubas

December 25, 1954 - December 20, 2016