Lorraine Teller

Hastings resident, Lorraine D. Teller, 84, died Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska.

Services will be Wednesday, August 17, 2011; 2:30 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings. Burial will be in Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Book signing will be Tuesday, August 16, 2011; 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 17, 2011; 9:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be given to The Hastings Community Theatre, The Nebraska Cultural Endowment or any other Hastings Arts organization.

Lorraine, daughter of David and Johanna Davidson, was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on October 16, 1926. She graduated from Lincoln High School and The University of Nebraska in Lincoln where she met her future husband, Fred Teller. On March 13, 1949 she and Fred were married. The couple moved to Hastings in 1952 and fell in love with the city and the people. From the time they arrived in Hastings, they became part of the fabric of the community, offering time, service and leadership. Over the years Lorraine was active in the Mrs. Jaycees, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and P.E.O. She volunteered at the Hastings Museum and the Mary Lanning Hospital Auxiliary. Lorraine and Fred served on the committee to rebuild Fisher Fountain and were on the founding board of Leadership Hastings. The Tellers spent considerable time working with local arts organizations. Lorraine spent time on the board of the Hastings Symphony Orchestra, was a founding member of the Hastings Area Arts Council and worked on the Nebraska Cultural Endowment Advisory Council. For forty years, she served on the board of the Hastings Community Theatre doing anything and everything necessary to get the job done. For her lifelong work as a leader, organizer and mentor in the community, Lorraine was honored with the YWCA Tribute to Women. She and Fred received the Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor Award, the YMCA Arthritis Humanitarian Award, and the Leadership Hastings Alumni Award. In 1994 they were honored with the Hastings Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award and in 2006 were presented with the Thomas C. Woods III Partner in the Arts Award at the Nebraska Arts Council Governor's Arts Awards.

Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents.

Lorraine will be loved and missed by her husband Fred, with whom she shared a wonderful life; by her sister, Wini Lipsey of Houston, Texas; her daughter, Beth Teller Horn and grandson, Jonah Horn of Tucson, Arizona; her son and daughter-in-law, Ric and Patricia Teller of Santa Clarita, California, and a lifetime full of relatives and friends.

Sweet Mysteries of Life - Life is a wonderful thing, just like a bowl of lush ripe cherries, and then again some little twist of fate, and ain't it the berries?
- Joey Davidson 1961.