Mary L. Bogseth age 87 of West Point, Nebraska passed away Friday, April 17, 2015, at the St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, Nebraska.   Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Church in West Point, NE.  Interment will be in the Westside Cemetery, rural Oakland, NE.  Visitation will be on Monday from noon to 8 p.m., with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Minnick Funeral Home in West Point, NE and will continue Tuesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.  The family suggests that memorials be directed to Trinity Church in West Point or the local chapter of the American Heart Association.   Minnick Funeral Home in West Point, Nebraska is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Louise Bogseth was born on January 11, 1928 at Tilden, NE to George W. and Ida M. (Wagner) Real.  On December 16, 1946, she was united in marriage to Randall Bogseth at Belleville, KS.  They lived near Ewing, NE for the first five years of marriage and lived in Lincoln, NE a short time before settling on a farm east of West Point, NE on the Cuming/Burt Co. line.  In 1978, they moved into West Point in a home their son Greg built and started Carpets and Curtains, where Mary was known as the “Drapery Lady”.  She continued to sew draperies for close to 30 years.  The couple moved to an acreage east of town in 1983 and retired back into West Point in the early 1990’s.

Mary was active at Trinity Church in West Point, belonging to its Evening Guild and later the Quilting Group.  She was also a member of the Friendly Neighbors Extension Club and different card clubs.  She enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, canning, playing games with the kids and traveling on day trips back to the Sandhills.

Survivors include-

Husband-Randall Bogseth of West Point, NE

Children and their families-

Linda and Darwin Peterson of West Point, NE and family

Kristie and Tom Randel of Hortonville, WI and children-Sydney & Gabe

David and Kahthie Peterson of West Point, NE and children-

Evan, Alyssa, Ashton, Ariel, Kaleb & Addison

Jo Ellyn and Monte Reimers of Okemos, MI and family

Jennifer and Gary Johnson of Scranton, PA and children-Kacey & Jack

Jessica Reimers of Detroit, MI

Greg and Julie Bogseth of North Bend, NE and family

Heidi & Tyler Smith of York, NE and children-Hunter, Mitchell & Gracie

Courtney and Colin Perry of Dayton, OH and children-Olivia & Madelyn

Judd Bogseth of Lyons, NE

Jackie and Curt Von Seggern of Lincoln, NE and children-Saylor & Drake

Clark and Kathy Bogseth of Omaha, NE and family

Michael and Sarah Bogseth of Gretna, NE and son-Bryson

Jenna and Cole Tibke of Bennington, NE and children-Kendyl, Kamilla & Knox

Timothy Bogseth of Omaha, NE

Matthew Bogseth of Omaha, NE

Barry and Shelley Bogseth of Olathe, KS and daughters-Lauryn & Londyn

Siblings-George Real, Alice Ryan, Dorothy Ambrose, Ernest Real, Maurice Real, Charles Real, Jim Real, Jean Records, Bill Real and Jerry Real.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, stillborn daughter-Diane, and siblings-Margaret Baker and Tommy Real.