Rosalie Ann Regan, 84, of Fullerton, Nebraska, died on Thursday, March
16, 2023, at Valley View Assisted Living in Fullerton. Funeral services
will be Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Palmer-Santin Funeral
Home in Fullerton with Pastor Tom Lucas officiating. Visitation will be
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Solt-Wagner Funeral Home in
Central City. Burial will be in the Fullerton Cemetery. Solt-Wagner
Funeral Home in Central City is assisting the famlily.
Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.soltwagnerfuneral.com.
Rosalie was born on March 26, 1938, to Ralph and Mona (Zimmerle) Neumann
in Nance County. She grew up in Nance County and graduated from
Fullerton High School in 1955. She married Donald Francis Regan in 1957.
The couple made their home in Grand Island where Rosalie worked for
Rural Electric Association. The couple then lived North of Havens where
Rosalie raised her family and had various jobs in Fullerton. She then
took a job with Northwestern Bell and worked there for 28 years. While
employed there, she was and operator and eventually a line tech. She was
the first female line tech in Alliance. After her retirement, she moved
back to Central City in the early 1990s and purchased the franchise of
H & R Block. She then sold her business to her daughter, Rogelyn
and continued to work for a few more years. She moved to Valley View
Assisted Living in 2021.
She was the CWA Union President,
President and Treasurer of the Merrick County Democratic Party, a member
of the Eagles Auxillary, and Telephone Pioneers. She was very proud of
her involvement in the Democratic Party. Her greatest joy was spending
time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She is
survived by her twin daughters- Rogelyn (Clarence) Smith of Central
City, NE; and Rosalie (Ron) Borgheiinck of Fullerton, NE; two sisters-
Lois Russell of Kearney, NE; and Carol Cox of Fullerton, NE; sister in
law- Gwen Neumann of Lincoln, NE; 6 grandchildren- Brandy (Brian) Campos
of Grand Island, NE; Cody (Sheana) Smith of Hastings, NE; Chris (Heidi)
Smith of Central City, NE; Carla (Mark) Wakefield of Denver, CO;
Charity (Ken) Wright of Central City, NE; and Chase (Echo) Smith of
Gothenburg, NE; 7 great grandchildren; and 5 great great grandchildren.
Rosalie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband- Donald; son-
Donald Patrick (Pat); siblings Doris Babb, Dale Neumann, Mary Lynn
Lucas; niece- Lucinda Lucas Canfield; brothers in law- Albert Russell,
Ralph Cox, and Leon Lucas.