Roberta Repenning
Age - 94
November 28, 2023
Funeral services for Roberta D. Repenning, age 94 of Norfolk, Nebraska formerly of Bloomfield, Nebraska, will be 10:30 a. m. Thursday, November 30, 2023, at Home for Funerals Chapel, 708 Georgia Avenue, in Norfolk. John Petersen will officiate, with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk. There will be a reception to follow at Home for Funerals Chapel Fellowship Hall. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p. m. at the chapel. Roberta passed away at 7:30 p. m. on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 23, 2023, at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation and Care Center in Norfolk from congestive heart failure and dementia. Roberta D. Wilks-Repenning was born to William and Ruth Fusselman-Wilks on March 10, 1929, in Bradish, Nebraska. She was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Albion, Nebraska and attended school in Albion at District 49 Boone County. Roberta graduated from the eighth grade and worked for a number of families in Albion and on her uncle's farm in Genoa. Roberta also worked at the McCard Hotel for a while and played on the girls' softball team where played as a right fielder. She loved to sing, dance, play the piano and the organ and enjoyed the stray dogs that would show up on the farm. Roberta also loved riding the neighbor's horse, Queen, on bare back and riding like the wind. In 1950, she married Carl F. Noffke and resided in Albion, Nebraska. While in Albion, they farmed for a short time and had four children together, Linda K. Wilks, Terry A. Noffke, Randy L. Noffke, and Robin L. Noffke-Sock. Terry is now married to Marijo Armstrong (now deceased) of Milford, NE, Randy is now married to Edith Dugan of Norfolk, NE and Robin Noffke-Sock is married to Kurt Sock of Norfolk, NE. In 1956, Carl and Roberta moved to Norfolk where she babysat for three families. She also worked at Henningson's Chicken and Eggs Processing Plant, at the Lazy L cafeteria, and at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Roberta's husband Carl died of cancer in 1974 in Norfolk. Roberta married Myron Repenning in November of 1981 and moved to Bloomfield, Nebraska where they resided on the farm. She enjoyed working outside in the yard, in the garden, and loved to ride her 4-wheeler over the hills while she was checking on the cows and calves. Those were Roberta's times of relaxation, breathing in the fresh air and talking to the Lord on the highest of hilltops. Roberta has four sisters, Mary Belgum of Albion, NE, Dolly Haave of Albion, NE, Judith Ferguson of Las Vegas, NV and Barb Steillinger of Crystal, MO; two brothers, Bill Weiser of Albion, NE and Ray Pike of Missouri Valley, IA. Mary Belgum was married to Gordon Belgum (both now deceased); Dolly was married to Gordan Haave (both now deceased) and Judy was married to Don Ferguson (now deceased). Bill Weiser is married to Eileen Weiser and Ray (now deceased) is married to Betty Pike. Roberta also has five stepchildren and three of which are married. They are Tom and Monica Repenning of Niobrara, NE, Dave (now deceased) and Virginia Repenning of Juliet, MT, Jack and Sherri Repenning of Grandview, TX. Cindy Repenning of Mission Hill, SD, Vickie Repenning of Norfolk, NE, and Frank Repenning (now deceased) of Bloomfield, NE. Roberta is survived by her children, Terry A. Noffke, Randy L. Noffke and Robin L. Noffke-Sock. She is also survived by her stepchildren, Tom Repenning, Dave Repenning (now deceased), Jack Repenning, Cindy Repenning, and Vickie Repenning. She is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren from her side of the family as well as Myron's and first husband, Carl's. Roberta is preceded in death by her mother, Ruth; father, William; her first husband, Carl; daughter, Linda; second husband, Myron; sister, Mary; and brother, Danny.
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