April 24, 1953 ~ July 6, 2023
Jolene Kay Van Patter (nee Holm), 86, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Glendale, AZ after a short illness. She was 86 years old.
Jolene was born June 12, 1937, in Royal, on the family farm to Lucretia Mae Cole and Elmer Phillip Holm. The family moved to Butte, in 1952, where she graduated from Butte High School in 1955 and then attended Wayne State Teachers College. After graduating from Wayne State Teachers College, she taught school in Antelope County.
Jolene married Duane Reuben Van Patter on May 31, 1959. From this union were born three sons: Philip Wayne, Marvin Duane and Michael Dale. Alongside her husband, she farmed 320 acres in Neligh and worked at the Neligh Nursing home before eventually moving to Clay Center, in 1976.