Mary Ellen Hilkemann

PLAINVIEW — Mary Ellen Hilkemann died peacefully, surrounded by family, Feb. 21, 2022, at the age of 85.

Mary Ellen was born Jan. 20, 1937, to Martin and Dorothy Schultze, Plainview. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1954. Mary Ellen and Vernon were married Oct. 30, 1960, at Zion Lutheran Church, Plainview. Mary Ellen retired from Colonial Manor, Randolph, in 2003.

Mary loved gardening, baking, playing cards, sewing, but most of all her family and spending time with them.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Alyce Delozier and Elizabeth Hoefener; and granddaughter, Sara Ingram.

Mary is survived by her husband, Vernon; daughter, Lori Ellen Ingram; son, Jason (Debra) Hilkemann; grandchildren, Samantha Adams, David Ingram, Ross (Sydney) Hilkemann, and Paige (Nick) Lutjens; great-grandchildren, Michael, Ashton, Katilyn, Miles and Kendall; and brothers-in-law, Duane Delozier and Daryl Hoefener.

Services were Feb. 27, 2022 at the Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church, Omaha.