Fremont Tribune Dec. 21, 2023 and the Enterprise December 22, 2023

Arlene Dorothy Hass Rasmussen Stork passed away peacefully, Wednesday, December 20th, with her daughter Cheryl at her side.

Arlene lived a full and wonderful life. Arlene was born in a midwife's home at Winslow, Nebraska on May 8, 1928 to Paul and Anna Hass. Arlene lived at several farms and towns in eastern Nebraska.

In her youth, Arlene rode a Shetland pony to school. She heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor upon returning home from a birthday party. As her contribution to the war effort, Arlene knitted helmet liners for the troops. Her sisters – Lois and Jeanette – were born in Blair in 1938 and 1943, respectively. Arlene graduated from Blair High School in 1946 and married Gene Rasmussen in August 1947. Arlene and Gene moved to Colorado for a short-time but soon came back to Nebraska and started farming north of Kennard. To this union, one child, Cheryl Ann, was born in 1957. Arlene worked as a printer and bookkeeper at several offices in Blair, Fremont and Hastings. She was very active in Federated Women's Club, 4-H Clubs and Extension Clubs; usually in charge of scrapbooks, decorations – anything creative. Arlene was a gifted artist/crafter/ seamstress; she was always working on a project, making it unique.

In April of 1969, Gene passed away from complications due to diabetes.

Arlene married Walter Stork in December 1970. They shared their love of camping, travel, square dancing and doing everything together until his death in September 2003.

She was known by many people as fun, extroverted, energetic— ready to do anything. She taught the Nye Square card-playing crowd a new card game that has become a regular, weekly event.

Family mourning the loss of Arlene are her daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Kevin Dunbar; grandsons: Jay Dunbar, Dan Dunbar, and Tom (Laura) Dunbar; great-grandchildren: Ethan Dunbar, Aiden Dunbar, Della Dunbar and unborn baby Dunbar; sister, Lois Jorgensen; brothers-in-law Eldon Stork and James Andreasen and many nieces and nephews.

Arlene was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, sister Jeanette Stork, nephew, Bruce Jorgensen, niece, Brenda Andreasen, brothers-in-law, Duane Rasmussen and Donald Jorgensen, and sisters-in-law, Erma Andreasen and Ruth Rasmussen.

Funeral will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday December 23, 2023 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Arlington. Visitation will be 5-7 P.M., Friday at Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home in Arlington, and continue 1 hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at the Orum Cemetery, Orum, Nebraska.

Memorials to Methodist Fremont Hospice or St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home 232 W. Eagle St. Arlington, NE 68002 402-478-4151.

#2 Funeral leaflet

In Memory of Arlene D. Stork

May 8, 1928 Winslow, Nebraska ~ December 20, 2023 Fremont, Nebraska

Funeral Service 10:30 A.M., Saturday, December 23, 2023 St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Arlington, Nebraska. Officiating: Pastor Rick Kanoy and Pastor Jason Duley

Music Selections: "How Great Thou Art"-Solo by Kevin Dunbar

Congregational Hymns: "I'm But A Stranger Here", Amazing Grace", "Children of the Heavenly Father"

Organist: Karen Hartwig

Pallbearers: Kevin Dunbar, Thomas Dunbar, Jay Dunbar, Ethan Dunbar, Daniel Dunbar, Aiden Dunbar

Interment: Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery--Orum, Nebraska

Arrangements by Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home Arlington, Nebraska

~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~

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