Charlene Mae Borgaard

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FT 1940: Lincoln Township, Kearney, Nebraska - hos forældrene

FT 1950: Pine Knoll, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States
Charlene Borgaard, student, 19, Nebraska

Nekrolog efter mand:
Bruce Villars, 94, of Minden, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at his home. Funeral services was held on Saturday, October 1, 2022 with Rev. Joe Tira officiating. The service was live streamed to the funeral home's Facebook page. Private family interment was held prior to services at the Minden Cemetery with military honors presented by the Minden American Legion and Heartwell Veterans of Foreign Wars.
H. Bruce Villars was born on August 8, 1928 with his identical twin brother, Larry Dee to Harry Seward and Ethel (Robb) Villars in Tecumseh, NE. He grew up in the Tecumseh area and attended school at Tecumseh High School. Bruce then attended the University of Nebraska - Lincoln where he received a degree in Ag Engineering and played football. He assisted the university in conducting engineering research on tractors.
Bruce and Larry Dee completed college, then entered Naval officer training. Bruce served in Korea.
He was united in marriage to Charlene M. Borgaard on December 30, 1951 at First Christian Church in Minden and to this union three children were born: Patricia, Richard and Dan. The family made their home on the farm, just north of Minden where he was self-employed. He farmed with his father-in-law, Charles Borgaard, then took over the operation in 1963 when Charles died.
Bruce was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, serving as Scout Master after participating in the program himself. He was a member of Rotary, First Christian Church in Minden, and the American & Nebraska Quarter Horse Association. He was a supporter of Be The Gift in Minden and Mission II Haiti, where he donated multiple tools, a pickup, and a Jeep.
He loved attending auctions as "Bidder #7", raising horses, going to Summer Haven Lake and spent many of his birthdays attending the Burwell Rodeo. As a young boy, Bruce enjoyed going to Morrill to visit his uncle Jess to work on his farm. In recent years, Bruce enjoyed reading Louis L'Amour books, driving the gator to check the farm, as well as watching John Wayne movies, football, and golf. He also loved peach ice cream.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 70 years, Charlene; sons, Rick Villars and Dan Villars; daughter, Pat Erickson; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; as well as a host of extended relatives and close friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Bob, Charles and Larry Dee, and sister, Ellen Villars Holden.

Nekrolog:
Charlene M. Villars, 93, of Minden, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at Bethany Home in Minden. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at First Christian Church in Minden with Pastor Kurt Borgaard officiating. The service will be streamed to the funeral home's Facebook page. Private family interment will be held prior to services at the Minden Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at Craig Funeral Home in Minden. Memorials in Charlene's honor are kindly suggested to the Kearney County Historical Society, First Christian Church in Minden, or to Bethany Home in Minden. Arrangements are under the care of Craig Funeral Home in Minden.
Charlene M. (Borgaard) Villars was born November 26, 1930 in Minden, Nebraska to Charles and Mabel (Youngson) Borgaard. She grew up in the Minden area, graduating from Minden High School in 1948. Then Charlene attended Hastings College for two years, after which she was employed as a secretary in the Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In later years, she worked as secretary for the Minden Public Schools in the high school principal's office.
On December 30, 1951 she married H. Bruce Villars at the First Christian Church in Minden. Throughout the next three years they lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, Newport, Rhode Island, Waukegan, Illinois, and in San Franciso and San Diego, California while Bruce served in the United States Navy. Upon his discharge, they moved back to her parents' family farm, where they lived for 35 years and raised their three children: Pat, Rick, and Dan.
Throughout her life at various times, she was a member of the Minden Women's Club, the Minden Garden Club, Chapter N. PEO, the Danish Brotherhood Lodge #16, Extension Club, and the Christian Women's Fellowship of the Christian Church. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Minden and served on many church boards and committees, both state and local.
Charlene's lifelong passion for all things musical started at an early age playing piano duets with one of her best friends while their parents tried to visit in the next room. She was a decades long fixture in the church music scene, serving a stint as choir director and as the church organist from her teens to her eighties. Some of her favorite stories of her days at Minden High School and Hastings College involved band experiences.
One of her main interests was genealogy, that of her own family and of others. She compiled several books for her relatives and friends. She was a member of the South Central Genealogical Society and the Kearney County Historical Society. This interest led to three trips to Denmark and much traveling within the U.S.
Survivors include her daughter, Patricia Erickson (Don) of Kearney; sons, Richard Villars of Arizona and Daniel Villars (Nyla) of Minden; grandchildren, Monica, Kris and Ben, Justin and Chase, and McKenzie, McKayla, and Traelin; cousins that were like siblings, Carol (Youngson) Stone and Louise (Youngson) Carlson; as well as a host of extended relatives and close friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and cousins that were like siblings, Doris (Hansen) Johnson, Geraldine (Hansen) Nielsen, Norry Christensen, Luanne (Christensen) Johnson, Mariam (Borgaard) Jensen, Kent Borgaard, Weldon Borgaard, Mary Ann (Borgaard) Tabler, Dixie (Borgaard) Backhaus, Donna (Borgaard) Tobin, Gene (Garrett) VanPelt, and John Garrett.

Charlene blev gift med Henry Bruce Villars den 30. Dec. 1951 i Minden, Kearney, Nebraska, USA. (Henry Bruce Villars blev født den 8. Aug. 1928 i Tecumseh, Johnson, Nebraska, USA og døde den 25. Sep. 2022 i Minden City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA.)