Services for Carolyn V. Doerr will be Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Osceola, NE with Pastor Dan Cloeter officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Organist will be Louise Wheeler. Musical selections will be "Faith of Our Father" and "Children of the Heavenly Father." Pallbearers will be John Rosberg, Marvin Rosberg, Joshua Doerr, Tim Brunnert, Josh Fulton and John Vrbka. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Lutheran Cemetery in Wausa, NE.
Memorials are suggested to the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola.
Carolyn passed away June 5, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola at the age of 91.
Carolyn Virginia (Bloom) Doerr was born January 1, 1929 to Emil and Edna (Burstrom) Bloom in Winner, S.D. Carolyn was baptized in the family home on January 13, 1929.
When Carolyn was two years old, the Bloom family moved to Wausa, Nebraska where they farmed southwest of town. The family attended Thabor Lutheran Church and Carolyn was confirmed on September 10, 1942.
She attended the Wausa Public Schools and graduated on May 17, 1946.
After graduation she attended Luther College in Wahoo, Nebraska and graduated in 1948. Following graduation Carolyn worked at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, Dodge County Hospital in Fremont and Plainview Hospital in Plainview, NE. It was at the Plainview hospital that she met her future husband.
In 1951 she married Herbert Doerr at Thabor Lutheran Church in Wausa. They farmed in the Creighton and Wausa areas until they moved to Norfolk in 1985.
Carolyn is survived by her children, Robert Doerr of Denver, CO, Barbara Brewer of Omaha, Judith (Tom) Foushee of Wilmington, NC, Phil (Wanda) Doerr of Osceola, and Lee (Angie) Doerr of Arvada, CO; grandchildren, Regina (Josh) Fulton of Stanton, Rebecca (Rob) Craven of Umina Beach, AU, Ryan (Shannon) Doerr of Virginia, Tim (Chantel) Brunnert of Elkhorn NE, and Joshua Doerr of Arvada, CO; great grandchildren, Steven, Elliot, and Felicity Craven, Olivia and Natalie Doerr and Nova Brunnert.
Carolyn was preceded in death by Herbert, her husband of 57 years; her son, Steven; two sisters, Rachel and Hannah; her brother, Stanley Bloom; and her parents.
Dubas Funeral Home of Osceola and Stromsburg has been entrusted with arrangements.
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