Arlene Jean Reiner, age 91, of North Platte, Nebraska passed away at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte on Monday, October 21, 2019.
Arlene was born on April 1, 1928 to Lawrence "Larry" and Evelyn Ruth (Noggle) Iseburg at Stromsburg, Nebraska, where she grew up. While at a skating rink in Grand Island, Nebraska, Arlene met and fell in love with a young man named Keith John Reiner. The two were married on June 2, 1948 at Grand Island, then moved to North Platte that August and later had three children.
Arlene's first job was working at the Paramount Theater. She then worked as a waitress for the American Legion and the Airport Inn, working through four different owners at the airport. By the time she turn 70, Arlene retired.
She was a hardworking, kind lady who loved her family and the Lord. She enjoyed the quietness of praying and loved baking cookies. She had baked for nearly everybody in town, and because of her baking, Arlene was able to pay off a $30,000 hospital bill by baking and selling her cookies. She asked for nothing and was grateful for everything.
Arlene is survived by her children, Janice (Garry) Morris of North Platte, and John Reiner of Littleton, Colorado; 7 grandkids, 4 great-grandkids, and 4 great great-grandkids; her sister Barbara Eastman of Giltner, Nebraska; as well as other family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Keith, and their son, Richard; her father, Larry Iseburg; her mother and step-father, Evelyn and Jack Britton; sisters, Dorothy, Margaret, Betty and Elaine; her brother, Bernard; a daughter-in-law, Patricia Reiner; and a brother-in-law, Daryle Eastman.
Cremation was chosen and services will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be shared at odeanchapel.com. Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore in North Platte is in charge of arrangements.