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Delores M. “Dee” Exstrom Cavanaugh

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Birth	:	5 May 1934 Keene, Kearney County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	17 Nov 2018 Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Minden Cemetery, Minden, Kearney County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.4950400, -98.9619900
Description	:	Delores M. Cavanaugh, 84, of Minden died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at her home. Services were held on Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church in Minden with the Rev. Julius Tvrdy officiating. Burial was at Minden Cemetery. She passed away peacefully. Delores “Dee” (Exstrom) Cavanaugh was born the youngest of 14 children on May 5, 1934, to Walter and Martha (Almquist) Exstrom in Keene. She was baptized on Aug. 13, 1934, at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Axtell. Her mother died suddenly a few years after Dee was born, and in 1940 when her dad was unable... Read More	Delores M. Cavanaugh, 84, of Minden died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at her home. Services were held on Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church in Minden with the Rev. Julius Tvrdy officiating. Burial was at Minden Cemetery. She passed away peacefully. Delores “Dee” (Exstrom) Cavanaugh was born the youngest of 14 children on May 5, 1934, to Walter and Martha (Almquist) Exstrom in Keene. She was baptized on Aug. 13, 1934, at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Axtell. Her mother died suddenly a few years after Dee was born, and in 1940 when her dad was unable to care for the youngest five children in the family, they were placed in the Christian Children’s Home, an orphanage in Holdrege, on Aug. 17, 1940. A month later, Dee’s father passed away, and she and her siblings were truly orphans. Dee was 6 years old when she became an orphan and would spend the next 12 years at the orphanage. She graduated from Holdrege High School in 1952. She then attended Kearney State College where she met her future husband. Dee was united in marriage to Lawrence “Larry” Cavanaugh on June 18, 1955, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Minden. They made their home on the family farm where Dee was a homemaker. They were blessed with five children, Michael, Mark, Matthew, Debra and David. After Larry was killed while crop-dusting in 1970, Dee moved from the farm into town and continued to raise her children there. She was an active member of St. John’s Catholic Church where she served in many capacities. She was also a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post 94. She thoroughly enjoyed volunteering in the community assisting with Meals on Wheels, bloodmobiles and May Day basket deliveries. When she wasn’t caring for her family or volunteering, she was more than likely earning her title as a life master in bridge. Dee may have been one of Nebraska’s greatest bridge players. More than anything, Dee loved spending time with her family and friends and supporting them in any way she could. She is survived by her five children, Mike (Janet) of Minden, Mark of Altus, Okla., and Matt, Debbie (Dan) and David (Donna), all of Minden; grandchildren, Aaron Cavanaugh, Mandy Richards (Les), Larry Cavanaugh, Melissa Fagen (Evan), Justin Cavanaugh, Luke Cavanaugh (Allison), Drew Cavanaugh, Clare Cavanaugh, Andrew Dorn and Emilee Hoffschneider (Jacob); and her great-grandchildren, Connor, Addison and Gunnar Fagen, Jackson Richards and Dallas Hoffschneider. She is also survived by her brothers, John “Gus” Exstrom of Minden and Arthur “Bud” (Elaine) Exstrom of Lincoln; and sisters-in-law, Laverne Exstrom of Richfield, Minn., Ruthie Exstrom of Elyria, Ohio, and Donna Exstrom of Denver. Dee was preceded in death by her husband, Larry; an infant daughter; her parents; and her siblings, Walter “Gene” Exstrom, Jerome Exstrom, Wilma Matson, Lloyd Exstrom, Warren Exstrom, Maynard Exstrom, Martha “Norma” Hammer, Kenneth “Kenny” Exstrom, Dwight “Chick” Exstrom, Dwayne Exstrom and Robert “Squeak” Exstrom. Memorials in Delores’ honor were suggested to AseraCare Hospice of Kearney, The Minden American Legion Auxiliary or to the Minden Senior Center.

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Delores M. “Dee” Exstrom Cavanaugh's memorial is located at: Minden Cemetery, Minden, Kearney County, USA.
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Delores M. “Dee” Exstrom Cavanaugh death on 17 Nov 2018 in Minden, Kearney County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.4950400
Longitude: -98.9619900

Family Members:

Parent

Walter Emanuel Exstrom

(1887 - 1940)

Martha Josephina Almquist Exstrom

(1892 - 1937)

Spouse

Lawrence M. “Larry” Cavanaugh

(1933 - 1970)

Siblings

Hanna Charlotte Exstrom

(1913 - 1913)

Walter Eugene “Corporal” Exstrom

(1914 - 1968)

Wilma Arlene Exstrom Matson

(1917 - 1998)

Lloyd Allen Exstrom

(1919 - 1994)

Maynard Exstrom

(1922 - 1945)

Martha Norma Lee “Dody” Exstrom Hammer

(1924 - 2015)

Kenneth Leroy “Dob” Exstrom

(1927 - 2003)

Children

SMSGT Mark T. Cavanaugh

(1957 - 2018)

Infant Daughter Cavanaugh

(1959 - 1959)

David James Cavanaugh

(1964 - 2022)

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