Grace McAllister

Grace Jeannette McAllister, 84, of 1520 W. 9th, died Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital.

Services will be Saturday, April 28, 2001; 10:00 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel with Dr. Sam Rathod officiating. Burial will be Saturday, April 28, 2001; 3:00 P.M. mountain time at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Imperial, Nebraska with Rev. Murray Schmechel officiating.

Grace Jeannette McAllister was born March 5, 1917 in Oshkosh, Nebraska to Moses & Jennetta (Shay) Wetherby. She attended grade and high school there and graduated in May 1934. The next year was spent in post-graduate training and working as secretary for the high school superintendent. She then went to work the following year in the Garden County Courthouse. On June 8, 1938, she married Ben McAllister of Imperial, Nebraska, at First Methodist parsonage in Oshkosh, Nebraska and they moved to Imperial, Nebraska . Ben was a truck driver for a construction company and they moved to the different construction sites during the spring and summer months and back to Imperial for the winter. Ben, Jr. was born August 14, 1940 in Sidney, Nebraska after they moved back to Imperial. Grace was a member of First Methodist Church, Imperial, Nebraska, where she taught Sunday School for 16 years and was president of the W.S.C.S., and a member of Goldenrod Extension Club before moving to Hastings, Nebraska. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church, church circle and a Charter Member of the Koffee Klatch Club, all in Hastings, Nebraska.

Grace Jeannette McAllister was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters and 3 brothers.

Survivors include,

Memorial maybe given to Family's Choice

Butler-Volland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

VISITATIONS:
Sat. 4-28-01; Prior to funeral service