Deanna "Sue" McGreer, age 61, of Big Springs, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at the Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas after a 27-year fight with brain cancer.
Sue was born on May 26, 1959 at Julesburg, Colorado to Gerald and Lucille Price. she was raised on a ranch near Sedgwick, Colorado. She graduated from Revere High School with the Class of 1977, where she had excelled in basketball, volleyball, track and 4-H.
On November 24, 1979, Sue married K.C. McGreer and their union was blessed with two children, Tyson and Wendy. Sue was a secretary at TRW prior to the kids being born, then later Sue worked at B&K Tavern, McBride Farms, and at Country Supply until her health would no longer allow.
Sue gave generously of her time, having served as a member and past President of the Big Springs Fireman's Auxiliary, coaching youth athletics, and as a Neighborhood Mom.
Sue didn't mince words and most typically told the unvarnished truth. Her passion was her grandkids all while unselfishly battling with cancer.
She was preceded in death by her father, Jerry Price; and her grandparents.
Survivors include her husband, K.C. McGreer of Big Springs, Nebraska; children, Tyson (Mandy) McGreer and their children, Brody, Tate, and Tanner of Colby, Kansas and Wendy (Kyle) Fornander and their children, Taylor and Kole of Oshkosh, Nebraska; her mother, Lucy Price of Sedgwick, Coloroad; siblins, Jim and Lynn Price; along with many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Memorial services for Sue will be on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Mountain time at the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Julesburg, Colorado with Fr. Mike O'Brien officiating. Interment of cremains will be in the Big Springs Cemetery at a later date.
A memorial has been established in Sue's memory for a later designation, with the intent to support hospice and cancer research.
Condolences may be shared at prairiehillsfuneralhome.com, where a recording of the services will be posted.
Prairie Hills Funeral Home in Ogallala, Nebraska is in charge of arrangements.