WILMA M. FOLKERTS

Wilma M. Folkerts, age 90 of Sidney, NE passed away peacefully at the Golden Living Center in Sidney, Saturday, December 26, 2015.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, January 4th in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Hall officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Weyerts Cemetery.
Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to drop off condolences for the family and sign Wilma’s register book. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Wilma’s name to SRMC Hospice.
Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Wilma’s care and funeral arrangements.

She is survived by her children, Linda Folkerts of Fort Collins, CO, Donn and Victoria Folkerts of Sterling, CO, Cliff and Leona Folkerts of Rock Springs, WY, Kristi and Terry Schneider of Calgary, Canada, Michael and Ann Folkerts of Aurora, CO and Pamela Flanigin of Cheyenne, WY. She is also survived by her brother Roger Talich of Littleton, CO. She is preceded in death by her husband Lynn Folkerts of Sidney, NE, and siblings Richard Talich of Giltner, NE, Helen Tedder of Denver, CO, Eleanor Rubesman of MI, and Ardith Hoffman of Portland, OR. She is also survived by her grandchildren Nathanael Folkerts, Naomi Folkerts, Amanda Heiney, Meghann Flanigin, Lindsey Schneider, Connor Folkerts, Chandler Folkerts, Kendra Gardner, Dominic Gutierrez, and her great grandchildren Kingston Folkerts, Nola Folkerts, Elliott Flanigin-Giri, Dalton Heiney, Bradon Heiney, Cadon Heiney, Dahlia Heiney, Azalea Heiney, Cyndee Gardner, Ethan Gardner, Aurora Gardner, Daae Gutierrez, Trevor Gutierrez, Phillip Gutierrez, Randi Gutierrez, Kylee Gutierrez, Thomas Jay Gutierrez.
Wilma was born 10/29/1925 in Giltner, NE to Henry and Henrietta (Croxen) Talich. After graduating from high school, she received a teaching certification and taught grade school for a short time before moving to Sidney, NE. There she met and married her sweetheart Lynn Folkerts on 11/5/1948. In addition to being a mother and housewife, she took some continuing education classes, including creative writing. She was a den mother for the cub scouts, worked as a waitress, a lab tech, and part time retail jobs. She loved to read and instilled that same love into her children. Wilma enjoyed all the small, yet delightful things in life, sunshine, peanut butter, chocolate and a good cup of coffee. She also enjoyed her flowers and spending time working crossword puzzles. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. We will cherish her memory.
The family would like to thank her special friend Nancy and her husband Chuck Liess for their care and support of Wilma. Also, we want to extend our thanks to the Staff @ Golden Living Center and to Hospice of Sidney for their care of Wilma.