Royceline "Royce" M Mabon

Royceline “Royce” Mary Mabon, 89, of Omaha formerly of Grand Island passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at Astoria Senior Living in Omaha. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 31, 2023 at All Faiths Funeral Home. Dan Naranjo will officiate. Burial will follow at Grand Island City Cemetery. All Faiths Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the family. Royce was born August 8, 1933, at home, in Grand Island, Nebraska to Roy Lee and Lillian Kent. She moved west as a child, lived in Idaho and Oregon, and returned to Grand Island in 1946. Royce Graduated from Grand Island Senior High in 1951. She worked as a secretary until marrying Merlin Mabon April 12, 1952. Merlin was in the army at Ft Meade, Maryland and they lived off base at Laurel MD. After his discharge they return to Grand Island, where they lived until 1954. They had three children: Michael Lin and Lewis Alan, born in Grand Island, and Melissa Lee, born in Omaha Ne. Merlin went to college at UNO on the GI Bill while working at the US Post Office. Royce worked at home for Boys Town and later for an insurance company. After Merlin graduated in 1960, they moved to Carter Lake Iowa. Royce had many interesting jobs, including working for channel 7 TV station in Omaha and then City of Hope, a cancer research institute. When Merlin started his own business in 1977, she joined him as office manager, bookkeeper, and did the marketing. They retired in 1999 and moved to a retirement community, Bloomfield Forum, where they made many friends. Sometime after Merlin died in 2008, Royce became reacquainted with her high school sweetheart, Cleatus Walker. They had many happy years together until Cleatus returned to Arkansas. They kept in touch with frequent phone calls as long as Royce was able. Royce was a talented artist and seamstress, and was known for her kindness, open-mindedness, and generosity to friends and family. Royce is preceded in death by her parents, Roy Kent and Lillian Kent Wilson, brothers, Bob Kent, Leslie Kent, Melvin Kent, Bernard Kent, sister, Viven Meyer; sisters -in-law Bernie Kent and Marge Kent; Brothers-in-law, William Mabon, Robert Mabon, Irl Mabon, and her beloved husband, Merlin, who died in 2008. Royce is survived by her children, Michael, Lewis, and Melissa Mabon; daughters-in-law, Cathyrn Mabon and Leslie Hug, and sisters-in-law Marise Hopkins and Carol Mabon. Royce was also the proud grandmother of Mari Johnson and husband Dennis, Molly Savage and husband Cedric Highness, and John Savage and partner Daja Taylor.

Royceline "Royce" M Mabon

August 8, 1933 - July 23, 2023

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Royceline "Royce" M Mabon

August 8, 1933 - July 23, 2023

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