Edna Ruth Hardisty

PLAINVIEW – Funeral service for Edna Ruth Hardisty, 100, of Creighton, a long-time resident of Plainview, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 27, 2024 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview. Rev. Scott Kirchoff will be officiating. Interment will be at the Pleasant View Cemetery, rural Plainview. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Edna passed away peacefully on Monday, January 22, 2024, at the age of 100 at the Creighton Avera Care Center in Creighton. Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Osmond is in charge of the arrangements. Edna was born November 27th, 1923 on a farm south of Foster, Nebraska to Julius and Alisha (Lemm) Malzahn. She attended country school during her grade school years and played softball on the St John’s Lutheran School team. The team played games all around the area, and even played at the Pierce County Fair. She graduated from Pierce High School in 1941. She married Alfred Hardisty on June 11, 1941 in Norfolk, Nebraska. They lived in Plainview where Alfred was in the electric and plumbing business. When World War II broke out, Alfred joined the U.S. Navy and Edna went back to Piece to live with her parents. She then taught in country schools, District 36 and 10, for three years. When Alfred returned from the South Pacific, he was stationed in California and Edna joined him there. She worked for the Pacific Air Naval Base and held the position of Manager of the Quality Control Division. When Alfred was discharged from the Navy, they returned to Plainview, Ne. Edna took up the “bat and ball” again and played softball for a Women’s Team in Plainview. The teams in the area ended, so the Plainview team also ended. Edna was also involved with Boy Scouts and helped her husband as he was Scout Master. She also helped with Brownies and Girl Scouts as all three of her children were members of Scouts. Edna was active in the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary and usually was a flag bearer for many different events in Plainview. She loved to do ballroom and square dancing, doing word search books and listening to music. Edna helped Alfred during the many years they had businesses in Plainview. She mainly took care of the bookkeeping and office management. Alfred started a photography business and they purchased the Ski Hi Drive Inn. After then, Alfred was involved in delivering animal feed. He developed his own formulas for farm animal feed and they moved the business on their home property east of Plainview. Edna worked in the business until she retired and move to Bruce Park Terrace, Creighton, Nebraska. She lived there for about five years and then resided at the Creighton Care Center until her death. Edna recently celebrated her 100th year birthday in November. She is survived by her daughters Charlotte (Hardisty) and Bill House of North Platte, Naoma (Hardisty) and Hubert Borgmann of Niobrara, and Son Sterling and Joan (Schlote) Hardisty of Athol, Kansas. During Edna’s life she had 9 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. She had three special friends: Judy Davis, Sandra Cummings and Rita Pitt “her little angel.” Edna also made many friends with staff and personnel during her five-year stay at Creighton Care Center. Her fun-loving spirit will be missed by all. She was preceded in death by her parents, Julius and Alisha Malzahn, her in-laws Jess and Emma Hardisty and her husband Alfred Hardisty. All her siblings and their spouses are deceased: Bertha (Malzahn) and Percy Anderson, Ed and Helen Malzahn, Hattie (Malzahn) and Waldo Pilger, Helena (Malzahn) and John Heller, Emma (Malzahn) and Elmer Kiepke, and Esther (Malzahn) and Percy Anderson. She has lost several of her nieces and nephews. Other family members who preceded her are: Ray Owens, grandson in-law), Michael Williams (grandson), Misty Binger, (granddaughter), Hannah Hardisty and Grace Wicks (great-granddaughters). Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, Plainview, NE. The Organist will be Jeannie Oltjenbruns, congregational hymns “I’m But Stranger Here”, “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, “Precious Lord Take My Hand”. Casket Bearers will be Lance Steiger, Dick Kiepke, Deon Anderson, Anthony Hardisty, Adam Hardisty, Kenny Wicks Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Edna Ruth Hardisty

November 27, 1923 - January 22, 2024