Garnetta M. Shively

Garnetta M. Shively, 95, of Clarks, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at Cloverlodge Care Center in St. Edward.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Palmer-Santin Funeral Home in Fullerton, with Pastor Mark Hartley officiating. Burial will follow at Bureau Cemetery near Clarks. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Palmer-Santin Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Garnetta was born on Nov. 6, 1930, on the family farm west of Fullerton to Thomas and Clara (Porter) Rech. She graduated from Fullerton High School in 1948. After high school, she worked at the dime store in Fullerton before moving to Lincoln for a few years. She was united in marriage to Virgil Shively on Feb. 11, 1953, at First Presbyterian Church in Fullerton, and the couple made their home southeast of Fullerton. Garnetta worked in Dr. Seburg’s office in Fullerton for 10 years and later at the nursing home in Fullerton for 23 years. They remained on the farm until 2024, when they moved into Fullerton.

Garnetta loved raising chickens and at one point cared for nearly 300 of them at once. She also enjoyed quilting, embroidery, patchwork, and sewing blankets. Well known for her pies, she baked for the Loup River Inn for nearly 15 years. She also cherished outings with her family to Pizza Ranch.

She is survived by her husband, Virgil; sons, Gene (Charlene) Shively of St. Edward, Gerald Shively of Fullerton, and Carl (Kayln) Shively of Clarks; four grandchildren, Travis, Anthony, Chelsey, and Calvin; 10 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren, Ryan and Dusty Majerus; nine step-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews, Mardelle Doremus, Kathy Sherman, Dale Patchen, and Richard Rech Jr.; and many cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; granddaughter, Chantel Shively; daughters-in-law, Kim Shively, Audra Shively, and Charlene Parmenter; brother, Richard Rech; father and mother-in-law, and stepbrothers and sisters, Carl Witzel, Leona Witzel, Laura Patchen, Ella Allen, Florence Peck, Evelyn Buckley, Irene Sherman, and Margaret Peck.