Rosalie Jean Lippincott
Rosalie Jean Lippincott, age 94, of Lincoln, and formerly Central City, died peacefully Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Tabitha Health Care Services. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 26, at Fairview United Methodist Church near Central City with Reverend Gordon Paulsen officiating. Burial was in the Central City Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to Fairview United Methodist Church, the Merrick Foundation, Historical Museum Special Project, Nebraska Christian School, or a charity of your choice. Condolences may be sent to the family at www. soltwagnerfuneral.com.
Rosalie was born on August 20, 1927, in Shelton to Eugene and Florence Inez (Dubbs) Frazell. Rosalie graduated from Shelton High School in 1944 and with a Normal Training certificate she taught at a rural school for three years. Dick, a veteran of WWII, was stationed in Germany with the Army of Occupation. When he came home, they were married on his birthday, November 27, 1946, and moved onto the farm nine miles north of Central City. Rosalie had been her dad’s right hand gal each summer because it was war time and no other help was to be had. It was natural for her to stand beside her husband later on as his helpmate for the 57 years they lived on that farm.
Rosalie had a very big garden each year, and a well kept yard. She enjoyed cooking and loved having a crew of neighbors and friends around her table and preparing a filling meal for them. Some of her other interests included quilting, knitting, crocheting, reading, working on puzzles, writing, and learning to use the computer. She was a prolific writer and authored many personal papers. Her grandchildren were the beneficiaries of her “magic lap” — she often knew how to make things better for those she loved.
She was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church and held various offices. Community involvement included The Friendship Club; serving on the Merrick County Extension Board, Merrick County Farm Bureau Board, and the Litzenberg Memorial Hospital Board; and she was active in the Republican party.
While her children were in school, she stayed home. Then she was hired by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which does the Census, and worked as an interviewer on many of their surveys. She was a supervisor for three decennial counts. This was a perfect job for her. When she retired, she was awarded their highest honor, the Bronze Medal. Each year one person from each of the 13 districts in the United States is selected based on quality of work.
Rosalie and Dick were both licensed pilots. For over thirty years they owned an airplane and enjoyed hours in the air. The couple belonged to Flying Farmers.
Needing a distraction after the passing of her husband, Rosalie started relating her memories of the WWII North Platte Canteen to audiences. She loved telling that bit of Nebraska history. Little did she know that after 70 years, telling the North Platte Canteen story would bring real joy to her senior years. She shared that story with over 70 different groups.
Survivors of the immediate family include her three sons and one daughter-in-law, Jerry Lippincott, of Lincoln, Randy and Joyce Lippincott, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Loren Lippincott, of Central City; her daughter, Ronda Anderson, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; her stepmother-in-law, Nancy Z. Lippincott, of Mesa, Arizona; nine grandchildren; and twenty great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Lippincott was preceded in death by her husband, H.R. “Dick” Lippincott; son-in-law, Todd Anderson; daughter-in-law, Janet Lippincott; her parents; and siblings, Delbert (Margaret Ann) Frazell, Lois (Lester) Ramsey, Avis (Anan) Sitorius, and Marjorie (Harry) Pinkerton.