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Marie Esther Wilcox Hansen
27 Apr 1930 – 18 Dec 2021
| Birth | 27 Apr 1930 |
| Death | 18 Dec 2021 |
| Cemetery | Woodlawn Cemetery Atkinson , Holt County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Misty Reynolds *♥* on 19 Dec 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235043310 |
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Marie Esther Wilcox was born on April 27, 1930, to John and Edith (Moses) Wilcox in Stuart, Nebraska. She was the youngest of seven children. She attended country school in rural Holt County. She boarded for one year in Atkinson to attend Atkinson High School before moving to Stuart to live with her sister Lucy's family and finish high school, graduating in 1948. She was always grateful for the opportunity to finish high school. During her senior year, she completed the Normal Training to teach school. She lived with her brother Chuck and Vera and taught for one year in Brocksburg, NE. This is where she met Harley (Bud) McCumber. They were married in Elko, Nevada in 1949. They lived in Brocksburg, Nebraska until his death in 1964. Together they had seven children. After Bud's death, she moved her family to Atkinson, Nebraska. Hansen Brothers moved her house to East State Street where she lived until 2013. She and John Hansen were married in 1967. They had three children. Marie's passion was her family, taking great pride in all of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She loved holidays when the kids and grandkids were there, especially Christmas Eve. Each grandchild had a special relationship with "Grandma Rie." Throughout the years, she was an active ranch wife, whether it was raising and dressing chickens, helping save baby calves by bringing them into the house to warm up during calving season, or making lunches and dinners for the hayfield workers. She never missed a sporting event that one of her kids was in, especially a track meet. She also enjoyed quilting. She made hundreds of quilts. Each grandchild has both a hand-embroidered baby quilt and an ABC quilt, as well as quilts for graduations and Weddings. There was always a fresh cup of coffee, and if you were early enough, hot breakfast for anyone who cared to stop by the house. She spent many hours playing cards, and in recent years rarely turned down a Busch Light. She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands Harley McCumber and John Hansen, son Timothy McCumber, son-in-law Kevin Schaaf, four brothers, Charles, Lawrence, John, and Raymond (Bud) Wilcox and one sister, Lucy Norton.
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