NE, and Kenneth and Gloria Dowling of Allen, NE; 4 daughters, Cheri and Merle Krusemark of Wakefield, NE, Peg and Dick McCoy of Allen, NE, Cathy Pond of Martinsburg, and Sandy and Steve Sullivan, Sr. of Martinsburg, NE; 24 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Lorna Whalen; her husband, Kenneth Dowling; daughter-in-law, Diane Dowling; grandson, Chad Sullivan; and siblings, Virginia Brown, Geraldine Caster and Gene Whalen.