PATRICIA "PAT" JANE WIEKHORST

Patricia "Pat" Jane (Dindinger)

Wiekhorst, 90 years old,

beloved wife, devoted

mother, daughter, daughterin-

law, grandmother, greatgrandmother,

great-greatgrandmother,

and friend

passed away on November

20, 2024, at Kimball County

Manor in Kimball, NE, after a

long full life.

Services were held at the Prairie West

Church in Potter, NE on Monday, December

2, 2024 with Pastor Warren Cico officiating.

Inurnment took place in the Potter Cemetery

in Potter, NE. In lieu of flowers monetary

donations may be made to the Potter

Volunteer Fire Department.

You may view Pat's Book of Memories, leave

condolences, photos and stories at www.

gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel

& Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of

Pat's care and funeral arrangements.

Pat was born in Bienfait, Saskatchewan,

Canada to Raymond Henry and Lois

Rose (Kingston) Dindinger and became a

naturalized citizen when she was 18 years

old. After several moves with her family she

arrived in Potter, NE in 1947. She graduated

in 1952 from Potter High School as the

Valedictorian.

Pat married Terrell Ray Wiekhorst, August

30, 1953 at Potter United Methodist Church.

To this union three children were born, Terry

R., Gina Lyn and David J.

For 40 years Pat was the Village Clerk-

Treasurer of Potter, NE. She loved doing

the business of the village and especially

liked meeting and interacting with people.

She gardened, canned, did crochet and

was a talented seamstress, designing and

making Gina's wedding dress among many

other garments. Her baking was unmatched

with her family favorite being

Grandma's Wacky Cake.

Caregiving was a special talent

of Pat's. She was a dedicated

caregiver for many in her family

as well as friends.

Pat was a faithful 75+ year

member of the Potter United

Methodist Church and had a

beautiful singing voice, she spent

years singing in the choir sitting

by her good friend Ruth Slama and the two

often sang duets. Pat was a member of Beta

Sigma Phi Sorority, Eastern Star, Hospital

Auxiliary, Evening Circle and a Meals on

Wheels Volunteer. After she retired, she

loved exercising with her friends at the

Potter Fire Hall and after exercise gathering

for breakfast at the Potter Sundry.

She is survived by her siblings Tom

(Nancy) Dindinger of Winter Park, CO and

Vicky Matthies of Littleton, CO; children

Terry (Kathleen) Wiekhorst of Green River,

WY, Gina (Randy) Mathewson and David

(Karen) Wiekhorst all of Potter, NE; ten

grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, five

great-great-grandchildren and numerous

special nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband

Terrell in 2015, her parents Raymond and

Lois Dindinger, her father and mother inlaw

Raymond and Violet Wiekhorst, her

siblings, sister, Ellen (Dwain) Madden,

brother Terry Dindinger, sister-in-law and

brother-in-law, Inez and Harvey Williams

and grandson Beau Mathewson.

We would like to thank everyone at the

Kimball County Manor who for the past 4+

years treated Miss Pat, aka Grandma, like

family and made her content in every way.

We are forever in awe of each and every

one of you who always went above and

beyond in caring for her.