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Mary Jeanne (Wilson) Showers

Mary Jeanne (Wilson) Showers

June 18, 1954-May 17, 2022

After battling Alzheimer’s disease for over two years, our dear Jeanne quietly passed away on May 17, 2022.  Jeanne was a loving wife, mother and sister.  Although taken from us much too soon, she lived a full life growing up in Sidney, NE.  She enjoyed the company of her best friends, Leslie and Joni.  In high school, Jeanne played the clarinet and marched in the Orange Bowl Parade.  She loved to ride horses with her mother, Mary, and sister, Julie, on the ranch in South Dakota.

Prior to graduation from Wayne State College, Jea...

 
 

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Jeanne grew up across the street from me in Sidney, NE. We spent many hours together. We are even “ blood brothers…sisters”. When we were in about 3rd grade, we cut our index fingers and put them together so we would be forever connected!! I still have the scar!!😂. We would run in the rocky street barefoot so that we would have tough feet. She was full of “good ideas” when we were young. I’m sorry I lost track of her adventures over the years. ❤️ Trish Mueller Long