Marlice J. Sebade, 78, of Fremont NE Formerly of Oakland NE

Marlice J. Sebade, of Fremont, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Fremont, after a courageous fight with cancer at the age of 78 years.

Marlice was born November 2, 1936, in rural Waterbury, Nebraska, to Hugo and Edna (Kuhl) Zastrow, and was their only child.  She graduated from Emerson High School in 1954 and attended Wayne State College.

On October 28, 1956, Marlice married high school classmate, Tom G. Sebade, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Emerson, a 51 year marriage that would end with his death in 2008.

Marlice spent her life in various employments in Sioux City, Iowa, Denver, Colorado, and Albion, Nebraska.  She became an Executive Director to the Oakland Housing Authority in 1975 and remained thus for ten years.  In 1985, Marlice became the Fremont Housing Authority Executive Director, and continued this position (16 years), until her retirement in 2001.  She was always known for the special holiday dinners she prepared for the tenants.  Marlice never met a stranger, her interest was in always helping people in any way she could, and she devoted her life to doing so.  Marlice served on the Fremont Senior Citizens Board and was Past-President of Ambassador Downs Tenant Organization in Mesa, Arizona.  She was very active in her church and her Popovers bible study.  Marlice loved to entertain, cook, garden, and play cards and games. She painted and recreated beauty from old things.  She canned vegetables from her garden, made salsa and decorated cakes for her family and friends.  She loved to paint, wrote poetry and she loved to dance.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Renae & Alan Johnson of Oakland; sons and daughters-in-law, Kevin and Marilyn of Lindsay, TX, Todd & Jessica of Columbus, NE;  five grandchildren,  Aaron & Girlfriend, Beth Nelsen of Blair, WI, Nathan & Fiancé Daisy Wheelhouse of Parker, SD, Natalie & Fiancé Mitch Anderson of Baltic, SD, Matthew & Lucas Sebade of Lindsay, TX; special friend, Bill Smith of Mt. Morris, MI.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Friday, May 15, 2015, 10:30 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church, 3200 E. Military St., Fremont, Nebraska.
VISITATION: Thursday, 4 – 7 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. PRAYER SERVICE at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Second Street & Hwy 77, Oakland, Nebraska
BURIAL: at a later date. Oakland Cemetery, Oakland, NE
MEMORIALS: Donor’s choice

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Marlice Sebade