Wilma Kugler, Age 87

Wilma E. Kugler age 87 of Abilene, Kansas, died Sunday, May 1, 2016 at Enterprise Estates Nursing Center in Enterprise, Kansas. She was born in Cadams, Nebraska on December 24, 1928 to Eilert and Hattie Bargen. Wilma worked as a bookkeeper for Morris and Anderson Ford, Beloit, Kansas and she enjoyed being a nurse's aide at St. John's Hospital in Salina, Kansas. Wilma had a special talent for growing plants and enjoyed crocheting. Most of all she was a wonderful mother to her sons Doug and Jeff, and a wonderful wife to Melvin D. Kugler. Wilma and Melvin were married on January 1, 1948 in Salem Lutheran Church near Superior, Nebraska. Melvin passed away on January 27, 2006.

Preceding Wilma in death were her parents, her husband, and her granddaughter Katie Hess as well as her brother Albert and sister Norma.

Wilma is survived by her two sons, Doug (Marge) Kugler in Abilene, Kansas and Jeff (Joan) Kugler in Manhattan, Kansas; her grandchildren: Lara (John) Nichols of Chugiak, Alaska, Jenni (Cory) Christiansen of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Dan (Stephanie) Kugler of Monument, Colorado; and her great-grandchildren, Grace and Ted Nichols, Claudia Hess of Abilene, Kansas, Morgan and Brady Christiansen, and Nathan and Abby Kugler. She is also survived by her sisters Evelyn Moore and Lorene Saathoff and her brothers Don (Norma) Bargen and Lyndall (Bonnie) Bargen along with nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Services at: Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior, Nebraska

Time of Service: Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 10:00 am

Clergy: Pastor Michael Brecke

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nebraska

Memorials to: Memorials have been designated to Home Health and Hospice of Abilene/Dickinson County or to Nuckolls County Nebraska Food Pantry.

Visitation: From 9:00 am-8:00 pm on Friday with the family greeting friends from 6-8 at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home

Funeral Home: Megrue-Price Funeral Home, 750 N Commercial, Superior, Nebraska 68978 Phone 402-879-3900

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