Elizabeth Marie Lane

Elizabeth M. Lane, age 85, passed away January 29, 2016 at the Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs. She was born February 10, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to the late Samuel and Ruth (Wills) Hurd. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and married Kent Lane on December 2, 1949 at Ft. Riley, Kansas. They moved to Prescott, Iowa in 1959. Elizabeth worked for the FHA in Corning, then the family relocated to Red Oak when Elizabeth was transferred to the office there in 1971. She later worked for the National Park Service in Omaha for several years before retiring. Elizabeth was very active in her kids activities. She was a great wife and mother, and even better grandmother. She will be missed. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kent; sisters, Marjorie Calabro, Mary Louise Vanderziel, Sarah Dore; and brother, Gene Hurd. She is survived by her children, Bob Lane (Kathi), Roxanne Grabowski, Carol Brett (David); grandchildren, Brett Lane, Bethany White (Tim), Chris Lane (Sarah), Dana Williams (Pat Sokol), Mark Brett, Emily Brett, and Peter Brett; great grandchildren, Jayden and Taryn White, Ben and Audrey Lane, Grayson Myers, Lauren and Ella Sokol; brothers, Samuel and Kenneth Hurd; many other relatives and friends. Visitation will be Monday, February 1, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home with a funeral service beginning at 2:00 p.m. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Bethany Lutheran Home Alzheimers Unit.