Doris Sandberg

A memorial service for Doris J. Sandberg will be held on December 9, 2022, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Holdrege, with Rev. Dr. W. Kirwin Stewart Jr. and Chaplain DeWane Dow officiating. A private family inurnment will be held at the Aurora Cemetery, in Aurora, at a later date.
Doris Jean (Jackson) Sandberg, 96 years of age, of Holdrege, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Christian Homes Care Community in Holdrege. Doris was born on August 25, 1926, the ninth of sixteen children born to Frank H. and Martha I. (Sand) Jackson. Doris was born and raised on a farm 4 miles southwest of Bemidji, Minnesota. She attended Carr Lake Rural School and graduated from Bemidji High School.
At 15 years of age, she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and endeavored to live for the Lord and serve Him for the remainder of her life.
Doris attended the Free Church Seminary (now called the Trinity Divinity College) in Chicago, Illinois, where she met the love of her life, Keath. On August 20, 1948, she was united in marriage to Keath Howard Sandberg and this union was blessed with four children: Stephen, Sherry, Thomas, and Carmen. After Keath graduated from Seminary, the family returned to Keath’s boyhood farm in Hamilton County, and continued farming from 1950-1960. While there, the Sandbergs served churches in Hamilton, Hall, Merrick, and Polk counties, in an Interim Pastor capacity.
 In 1960, Keath and Doris left the farm and served churches in Big Lake, Minnesota, and Loomis, Holdrege, and Central City.  Doris worked in the Big Lake, Loomis, Holdrege, and Beatrice banks. Later, she earned her LPN degree and was employed in Holdrege and Kearney hospitals.
Upon retiring, the Sandbergs moved to Kearney, where Doris was active in the Christian Women’s Club and was Guide for several Bible Studies. In 2010, Keath and Doris moved to Go Ye Village in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where they resided until moving to Holdrege in 2011.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Keath; son, Stephen Howard; son-in-law, Richard McClymont; three sisters: Marian Prince; Ruth Gua; and Jeanette Bliss; nine brothers: Warren, Harris, Harold, Ted, Roy, Floyd, Melvin, Mark, and Edwin Jackson; sisters-in-law: Violet Danhauer; Dorothy Howland; and Virginia Henthorn.
She leaves to celebrate her life: her children: Sherry McClymont of Holdrege; Thomas Sandberg and his wife, Susan of Axtell; and Carmen Bruce and her husband, Mark of Palmer Lake, Colorado; seven grandchildren: Tyler (Trisha) McClymont; Alex (Adrienne) McClymont; Spencer McClymont (Daniel Mendes); Adam (Rachel) Sandberg; Erik (Brianne) Sandberg; Emy (Adam) Kinman; 13 great-grandchildren: Ella, Lily, Lauren, and Coleman McClymont; Thomas and Olivia Sandberg; Hannah, Evelyn, Alexis, Henry, and Penelope Sandberg; Greyson and Griffin Kinman; two sisters: Helen Hall and her husband, Owen of Bemidji; and Florence Humann of Seattle, Washington; along with many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
The family has honored her wish for cremation. There will be no viewing or visitation. 
A memorial has been established in Doris’ memory and is designated to Christian Homes Care Community, 1923 W 4th Ave, Holdrege, NE 68949.
Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com.
The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.