Frances Hauser
Frances Kathrine Hauser passed from this life straight into the arms of Jesus, Thursday morning, May 25, 2023, surrounded by her loving children, at the age of 94 years and 10 months. A life well lived filled with love and adventure, unfolding into an amazing story!
Frances was born
July, 19,1928, into the waiting arms of Ray and Mary Davis. She spent an idyllic childhood, living her own version of what growing up in the rolling Sandhills should really be like! A carefree time filled with kittens to be played with and chores to be done, cousins sprinkled in and a pony to ride for fun!
Turning a page at the ripe age of six, she stepped straight into grade school at district 13, a little brick school building just a couple of miles down the road, where she learned her ABCs with seven neighbor children, riding that same pony to school every day!
After graduating grade school, she stepped straight into a new adventure as she then moved to the big metropolis of Dunning, where she attended high school and stayed with her Uncle Ory and Aunt Anna and those sweet cousins of hers during the week and went home on the weekends, a fun-filled time!
Graduating with Honors from Dunning High School, she was already turning a new page in
her story. She had met this handsome young man at a dance and was already smitten! They soon became inseparable! She had found her love of a lifetime and it was fated to become a lifetime of love!
On Oct. 4, 1947, her story changed a bit. A promise was sealed with a kiss, and now she was in marriage bliss! First, just a family of two and then it grew! Soon they had a baby in the cradle. Not done yet, Glory Be! They soon had nine little sets of feet under the table. Their very own haying crew, all ready and able! And the years were filled with sunshine and hard work, with a few baseball games throwed in! And she became a Master of Organization!
In the Fall of 1999, her story changed again as she lost that love of a lifetime and sadly turned the page to a new adventure, moving this time to the bustling city of Broken Bow where, at the ripe age 71, she started a new career in the clothing industry, working at Bow
Western Store, finding time to work as a hospice volunteer, too, earning herself the Hospice Volunteer of the Year award! She also became an avid church worker through
St. Joseph Catholic Church and a member of Catholic Daughters.
At the ripe age of 75, she turned another page in her story and followed what she believed to be her “calling,” as she began helping the handicapped, working with Mid-Nebraska until, at the ripe age of 84 she turned yet another page, stepping straight into retirement - spending time with her family, traveling to different places, enjoying life to the fullest and always remembering to keep a little sand between her toes! She leaves a broken hearted family, a legacy of love and Christian hope.
A Rosary was held Tuesday, May 30, at 9:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Broken Bow, Father Jim Hunt officiating. Burial was at Hawley Flats Cemetery near Dunning. Visitation was Monday, May 29, 4-6 p.m. with family greeting at that time at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.
Memorials are suggested to the Hawley Flats Cemetery.
Govier Brothers Mortuary are in charge of arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.govierbrothers.com.