Nina M. (Coover) Martinsen, 97, of Newcastle, Nebraska died Sunday, June 10, 2018.
Memorial service will be Friday, July 6, 2PM, at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Newcastle.
Nina was born and raised in the Holly Springs-Hornick, Iowa area. She married Clarence Martinsen June 14, 1952. The couple farmed in the Newcastle area until they retired and moved into Newcastle in 1986.
She enjoyed participating in church activities, Ladies Aid, Legion Auxiliary, as well as reading, watching baseball on TV, and attending community activities.
Nina was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence; parents, R.F. and Edna (Larson) Coover; daughter, Nancy Jones Waldhuber; 2 sisters; and 3 brothers.
She is survived by 1 brother, Thomas (Dorothy) Coover of Savannah, Georgia; and 1 sister, Joyce Coover Swalley of Rapid City, South Dakota; granddaughter, Melanie Waldhuber Smith and great-grandson Jake Smith of Texas. She was loved and will be greatly missed by 15 nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials are given to Hospice of Siouxland or the Congregational United Church of Christ in Newcastle.
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