Elizabeth Huegel, fondly called Bette, 78, of York, Nebraska died on
October 23, 2020 at Tiffany Square in Grand Island, Nebraska. Bette was
born in Russell, Kansas on May 29, 1942 to her loving parents, George
and Vivian Baxter. George was the business teacher and football coach
at Russell High School and Vivian taught calculus at Fort Hays State.
Bette
graduated from Russell, Kansas High School and then graduated from
Kansas State University. After graduation, Bette moved to Denver,
Colorado and was an oil and gas buyer and marketer for Shell Oil and
then Permian Oil for 28 years. She married Dick Huegel in 1978 and
assisted him in his career as an antique watch and clock specialist -
buying, selling, collecting, and fixing. Dick and Bette moved to York,
Nebraska, Dick’s hometown, in 2000 to assist Dick’s mother. Bette and
Dick loved York and spent many happy years there.
Bette was the
family historian and did a great deal of research and writing on the
Baxter family history. She still found time to do the New York Times
and the LA Times crossword puzzles every day.
Left to cherish
her memory and remember her great wit and bountiful kindness are her
brother and sister-in-law, James and Gail Baxter; step-daughter Brenda
Vogel and husband Ron, step-son Charles Huegel, step-granddaughter,
Hailey Vogel, niece Laura Harrison and husband Scott and sons Elliott
and Grant, niece Suzanne Baxter and husband Andrew Slopsema, and niece
Sue Schutte and husband Alan, cousin and caregiver, Liana Steele and
husband Roger Steele, and other cousins and many lifelong friends. She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 2009, and sister,
Virginia Baxter Wright of Washington, D.C. in 2015.
There are no
services scheduled at this time. Cremation. No viewing or visitation.
Private inurnment at Greenwood Cemetery, York. A memorial scholarship
will be set up for Elizabeth Baxter Huegel at the Russell High School
Foundation. Memorials may be sent to Liana Steele at PO Box 5104 Grand
Island, Nebraska 68802.
Condolences may be emailed to Metz Mortuary. Messages will be given to the family.