Darlene M. Reinsch

A Funeral Service for Darlene will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bruning, Nebraska with PMA Jim Germer presiding. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with family present from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Graveside Services will be conducted following the funeral service in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Bruning, Nebraska. In Lieu of Flowers - Memorials are to be directed to the Bruning Community Foundation or the American Cancer Society. Darlene Mae (Remmers) Reinsch was born on April 8, 1936 to John A. Remmers and (Theda) Amanda Remmers and passed away at Blue Valley Nursing Home in Hebron, Nebraska on August 22, 2022 at the age of 86. She joined two older brothers Marvin John and James Millard in the family. She grew up on the family farm east of Bruning where she learned how to do all the farm chores including milking the cows, slopping the hogs, feeding the chickens, gathering eggs, picking strawberries, hoeing and tending the garden through harvest. When her brothers went to the service, she became her dad’s hired hand. There she learned to shock wheat, drive the tractor and plow. She graduated from Bruning High School in 1953 at the tender age of 16. She immediately went to work at Bruning State Bank and stayed for 62 years. During those years she earned licenses in insurance and investments and served on the Board of Directors. But it was the relationships that she made over the years that she cherished most. She proudly worked for 3 generations of Brunings- Fred H., Frank L and Fred D. Darlene loved working at the bank and happily dedicated her life to her career. On December 20, 1957 she married the love of her life, Dean Reinsch of Strang. Together they celebrated 62 years of marriage before Dean’s death in 2019. They had one daughter, Kathleen Ann. They enjoyed 3 grandsons and eventually 10 great grandchildren. Darlene and Dean enjoyed traveling across the states and even to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico, but most of their traveling was spent during the winter months in Arizona. During those years they made more friends and travel companions. Darlene loved to sew, make quilts, crochet and do counted cross stitch. She made quilts for her grandsons when they got married and made baby blankets or crocheted baptismal blankets for her great grandchildren. Darlene was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Her confirmation verse was John 8 verses 31 & 32. She is preceded in death by her parents John and Amanda Remmers, her brothers and their wives Marvin and Patty Remmers and James and Patsy Remmers. The love of her life Dean, his parents Ernest and Elsie Reinsch and his brother and wife Richard and JoAnn Reinsch. She is survived by her daughter and husband, Kathleen and Kurt Philippi. Their sons and families: Josef Dean, Pat, Kali and Willow, Ryne Matthew, Daina, Elijah, Dominic, Brayden, Jackson and Kristopher, and Paul Bradley, Megan, Brooklyn, Knox and Blake, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousin, coworkers and friends she met along the way. She is also survived by her beloved Schnauzer Suzy.

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Darlene M. Reinsch

April 8, 1936 - August 22, 2022