- Marge was born on June 6, 1928, to Dick D. and Nellie Viola Bierma in Madrid, where she grew up. The family later moved to Sutherland, where Marge graduated from Sutherland High School in 1945. She then worked for Arnold Drug Store.
On June 13, 1948, Marge married Vance Miller Arnold at the Sutherland Presbyterian Church. They later attended the University of Nebraska, where Marge graduated with a teaching degree and Vance with a degree in business. They returned to Sutherland in 1951, where they raised four sons and continued to operate the Arnold Drug Company. Marge also taught sixth grade at Sutherland Public Schools.
Marge was a member and very active with the Sutherland Presbyterian Church. She and Vance loved to dance and were members of the Winter Dance Club for many years. She loved her home and was an immaculate housekeeper. Marge was a good wife and mother. She and Vance had celebrated over 66 years of marriage together.
Marge was preceded in death by her son, Don; parents, Dick and Nellie Bierma; four brothers; and four sisters.
She will be missed by her husband, Vance, of North Platte; three sons, Kent (Katy) Arnold, of North Platte, Greg Arnold, of Parker, Colorado, and Jeff (Kandyce) Arnold, of Fremont; seven grandchildren, Bradford, Vanessa, Daniel, David, Steven and Kip Arnold and Sunny (Matt) Karges; six great-grandchildren, Broderick and Bristol Arnold, Harvey Fanning and Graham, Garrett and Leo Arnold; brothers, Charles (Mary) Bierma and Gayle Bierma, all of Omaha; a sister, Erma Jean Young, of Elkhorn, Wisconson; a brother-in-law, Sanford “Sandy” Arnold, of Phoenix; and many nieces, nephews and other family.
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