Dale ~ 8/14/1945 – 1/12/2022

Sarah ~ 10/29/1947 – 2/23/2020

Dale is preceded in death by wife, Sarah; parents, Charles & Anna; brothers, Frank “Cub”, Larry John, Floyd; sister, Lee and Uncle Charles “Bud”.  Survived by son, Roy D. (Claudia); granddaughters, Shana, Meryium; grandson, Dale, Charles; sister, Pam (Jack); brother, Dean and a host of other loving family and friends.

A Celebration of Life for Dale and Sarah will be 5:00 – 7:00 PM Friday (1/28/2022) at Roeder Mortuary, 4932 Ames Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska.

Roeder Mortuary, Inc. – Ames Chapel – 4932 Ames Ave – Omaha, NE – 402-453-5600  www.RoederMortuary.com

“Coach” Dennis E. Hopgood, Sr. AKA “Buster”

January 23, 1963 – January 9, 2022

Visitation: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Roeder Mortuary, 4932 Ames Ave.

Funeral Service: 11:30 AM Saturday, January 22, 2022 also at the mortuary.

Preceded in death by his parents, Conwell Hopgood and Lessie B Hopgood.

Dennis is survived by his wife, Lois Allen – Hopgood; son, Dennis Jr.; grandson, Clay Hopgood; adoptive daughters, Angel and Alexa Whitehall, sisters; Bernadette Patrick (Cedric), Aileen Warren (Thomas, Anita Hopgood, brother; Jeffery (DeAmber) Hopgood.

Dennis graduated from Omaha South High School; he continued his education at Morningside College.

After returning home from college, Dennis had a conversation with his uncle Leo Hollingsworth “I just don’t want a job uncle Leo I want a career”. Uncle Leo encourage Dennis to pursue an Engineering License through the City of Omaha Apprenticeship Program. While working at Roberts Dairy at nights, Dennis completed his classes during the day successfully earning his engineering license. A few months later Dennis was hired on at OPS as a Building Engineer.

Dennis was employed with Omaha Public School for 35 years and within those years Dennis was also a SEIU Chief Union Steward for 22.5 years. Dennis retired from both jobs in March 2018.

Dennis was the Founder of Omaha United Track Team, where we competed, against some of the top track and field teams locally and regionally. One of Dennis proudest moments was when Aries Phillips honored and recognize as Track Athlete of The Year.

Dennis, was truly family man our son DJ meant the world to him and he loved his nieces and nephew, Ced, Deidre, Bri, Nelle, Jay, Tom and Alexandra (Pie).

Dennis and I have been together for twenty-one years with eleven being married. We kept an ongoing tradition of dedicating meaningful love songs that reflected our love, togetherness and devotion, but must importantly the fun of being spiritually committed to loving each other in the eyesight of God, family and friends. Today is not just a memorial for Dennis, you all have been a part of our beautiful love story.

Lois Allen-Hopgood

12/13/1953 – 1/16/2022

Age 68 – Boomer was in the Heating & Air business for over 40 years, owning his own company for 37 years. He was active in sponsoring and coaching women’s softball. He loved boating, spent countless hours teaching people how to water ski & pulling tubers on the river.  Everyone who knew him, knew he would do anything to help friends & family. He was masterful at many things. Since his lifesaving double lung transplant in December of 2019.  He was able to accomplish a lot of things that gave him great pleasure. Last spring/summer he built a barn, with reclaimed wood.  He was very grateful to his organ donor and kept in touch with his family.  Boomer Loved dogs, but most of all, Boomer loved his Family, Friends & Fords.

Preceded in death by his parents, Robert “Bob” & Patricia Nelson; wife, Shirley A. Nelson; sisters, Linda Sturdevant, Barbara J. Samson and beloved niece, Tammy Gatrost. Survived by his son, James “Jim”; loving partner, Julie Monaco; granddaughters, Avery, Ella and Juniper Nelson; bonus family, Al (Jenny) Monaco, Nina (Sam) Toelle, Nick (Dani) Monaco; bonus grandchildren, Zander, Karson, Reid, Patrick, Olivia, David, Giovanni and a host of other loving family and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday (1/29/2022) from 2:00 – 6:00 PM at VFW – Post 2503, 8904 Military Rd, Omaha NE. In lieu of flowers memorials to the Humane Society or Live on Nebraska.

Roeder Mortuary, Inc. – 108th Street Chapel – 2727 N 108th St – Omaha, NE – 402-496-900  www.RoederMortuary.com

6/18/1965 – 1/16/2022

Blake Lee Mahnke was born to Charles and Charlene Mahnke on June 18th, 1965 in St. Paul Nebraska. The family moved to Neligh, Ne for a short time and then to Brunswick, NE where Blake attended grade school. At the end of his 3′ grade year, the family moved to Alliance, NE where he would finish high school and graduate in 1983. He excelled in sports and was able to earn a baseball scholarship to Kearney State College where he pitched for the “Lopers” for 4 years. He graduated from Kearney State College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. Shortly after graduation, he moved to Scottsdale, AZ and worked in Financial Services for 5 years before returning to Omaha, NE. In 1990, he was blessed with a son, Cody, and also welcomed a daughter in law, Alicia, in 2018. His financial background led him to work for several banks in the area before becoming a long time employee at U.S. Bank. He passed away on Sunday January 16, 2022 surrounded by family and friends in Omaha, Nebraska.

From an early age, Blake’s love of sports was very evident. He would play with his brothers in the backyard and it would be either baseball, basketball, football or some game they just decided to make up at the time. The love of sports also led him to follow some of his favorite teams and players. His baseball and football card collections were a favorite hobby growing up. It was like Christmas each time a new little pack of baseball cards was opened up to see which players he might get. He was a life-long Nebraska Cornhusker and San Francisco 49ers fan. He attended many Husker football games both home and away. He was in the stadium for some of their biggest moments and for some of the biggest disappointments. Either way, he loved the whole atmosphere of college football game days and the friendships, both old and new, that bonded during those times. His other passion was golf and he would try to play as often as possible. The anticipation of 18 holes with his son or some of his buddies was something he always cherished. It certainly allowed that competitive streak in him to come out long after the baseball days were over.

He is preceded in death by his Mother Charlene Mahnke and survived by his father Charles Mahnke, Son Cody Schenck-Mahnke (Alicia), brothers Craig and Brian (Susie), niece Darby, nephew Brady, several Aunts and Uncles and many cousins.

Visitation Thursday 10:00 – 11:00 AM with Funeral Service 11:00 AM Thursday (1/20/22)  at Grace Baptist Church 205 E Halleck Street   Papillion, NE, The service will be live streamed on churches you tube page.

Memorials to the family to be designated later.

Roeder Mortuary, Inc. – Gretna Chapel

11710 Standing Stone – Gretna, NE – 402-332-0090

www.RoederMortuary.com