Norma Dee Holthus

Norma Dee Holthus, 87, of Atwood, KS, entered God’s Kingdom on June 20, 2018. She was born February 12, 1931, to Del and Addie (Winslow) Porter, in Beardsley, KS. Dee attended grade school at McDonald, KS. After eighth grade the family moved to Atwood, KS, so she could attend high school. Dee graduated from ACHS in 1949. During high school, and two years following, she worked at Ridgeway Grocery store.

She married Everett Holthus on March 11, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ludell. To this union, three children were born: Terry William, Gregory Allan, and Nancy Jo. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church until it closed in 1966 and then transferred to Grace Lutheran Church in Atwood. She worked for many years at the Ludell Post Office. Everett and Dee resided at their farm for 45 years and then moved to Atwood in 1995. She became a resident of the Atwood Good Samaritan in May 2011.

She was active in LWML, Hobby Club and card club. Dee enjoyed baking, embroidering, working in the yard with her flowers, playing cards, listening to baseball games, and watching her favorite team, the KU Jayhawks. She loved to share stories with friends and visit about family history.

Dee was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Jennie, Roma Lee, and Connie; brother Russell Porter and a great-grandson, Becken Holthus.

She is survived by her sons, Terry and wife Leslie, of Wahoo, NE and Greg and wife Pati, of McCook, NE; daughter Nancy and husband Kenton Taylor, of Colby, KS; five grandchildren, Stacey (Sam) Klein, of Phoenix, AZ, Phil Holthus, of Kansas City, MO, Jeff (Caitlin) Holthus, of McCook, NE, Kimberly Holthus (David Olson), of Kenard, NE and Brandon Taylor, of Hays, KS; four great-grandchildren, Alexis and Kourtney Klein, of Phoenix, AZ, Macklin Holthus ,of McCook, NE and Emalee Olson of Kenard, NE; sister Idella Schriner, of Dodge City, KS; sisters-in-law, Kathy (Sam) Willcoxen, of Highlands Ranch, CO and Lil Holthus, of Surprise, Arizona, and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Friday, June 22, from 1 to 7 p.m. at Baalmann Mortuary, Atwood, KS. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 23, at the Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Atwood, KS. Burial will immediately follow at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Ludell, KS. Memorials are suggested to the Atwood Good Samaritan Society – for nursing staff, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS, 67701. For information or condolences, visit www.baalmannmortuary.com