Louise
Fiene
Visitation
will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at All Faiths Funeral Home.
Mrs. Fiene was born on July 6, 1937, at Ansley to Kenneth and Maxine
(Scott) Slingsby.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Fiene.
Survivors of the immediate family include three sons and a daughter-in-law,
C.L. Stevenson and his friend, Chris Seberger, of Grand Island, Dan
Stevenson of Hastings, Doug and Jana Stevenson of Grand Island; a
daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Tim Hansen of Seward; four stepsons
and stepdaughters-in-law, Deon and Sindy Fiene of Elwood, Kevin and
Mary Fiene of Elwood, Kelsey and Sherry Fiene of Gothenburg and Tyler
and Tracy Fiene of Plattsmouth; four brothers and three sisters-in-law,
Larry and Karen Slingsby of Ansley, Richard and Caroldean Slingsby
of Broken Bow, Don and Connie Slingsby of Broken Bow and Ron Slingsby
of Arcadia; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Lenore and Max Bristol
of Kearney, Ellen Smith of Grand Island and Barb Guy of Kearney.
Also surviving are a special friend and caregiver, Dorothy Rief of Grand Island,
23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Louise was raised on the family farm east of Westerville that was homesteaded
by her great-grandparents, who originally came over from England in 1878. She
graduated from Westerville Rural High School in 1954. After attending Kearney
College, she taught in several rural country schools.
After her marriage to Lewis Stevenson in 1957, they resided in Westerville, Sargent
and Lexington. Besides a career in teaching, Louise was a homemaker while her
children were young. She was employed by USWEST for 18 years, in Lexington, North
Platte and Grand Island, retiring in Grand Island in 1990 as supervisor of a
dispatch and test center for outstate Nebraska.
In 1980, she was united in marriage to Donald W. Fiene in Lexington. Mr. Fiene
died in 1994 at Grand Island.
Mrs. Fiene was active in her church, the Evangelical Free, teaching childrenÕs
Sunday school classes for more than 20 years. She was a volunteer for the Republican
Party and many candidates over the years. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers
of America. Louise enjoyed the outdoors and working in her yard, and refinishing
old furniture, making something old into a useful piece of beauty again. Her
love of children filled her days with a fulfilling joy of GodÕs precious
gift of creation. Her most rewarding role was that of a Grandmother. Her many
grandchildren were her pride and joy.
In addition to her husband, Don, she was preceded in death by her parents; a
grandson, Bo Michael Stevenson; a stepgranddaughter, Jackie Fiene; and a daughter-in-law,
Jeanette Stevenson.
Memorials are suggested to the ChildrenÕs Ministries of the Evangelical
Free Church or the American Cancer Society.