Nikki B. Reisen Obituary (1941 - 2015)

Nikki Bobbette (Wright) Reisen, 73 years of age, of Beatrice passed away at her home Friday night, March 6, 2015. She was born on May 7, 1941 in Beatrice to Walter "Dee" and Beva Bobbette "Bobbie" (Brown) Wright. She was a 1959 graduate of Beatrice High School and attended Kearney State College for 2 years before going to work for KHAS-TV in Hastings in 1961. She moved to Lincoln in 1963 and worked for American Automotive Association (AAA), Pegler's (now Sysco), State Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Parole and Pardons, and the Sesostris Shrine Temple until she moved to Beatrice in 1996. She worked 2 years for the Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation, then for the Department of Roads, and at the Beatrice State Developmental Center in 1999 as a word processing specialist and was named Librarian at BSDC in 2003, retiring in 2011. Nikki married Gerald L. "Jerry" Reisen in 1977 in Lincoln. Following his death she married Mickey R. Griffin in Lincoln in 1992. They later divorced in 1996. She was previously a member of the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, Nebraska and American Correctional Associations, American Cribbage Congress, Sesostris Shrine Women's Auxiliary, and Beatrice Quilters Guild. Nikki was currently a member of the Christ Church Episcopal, Naphis Temple #66 Daughters of the Nile, Vesper Chapter #9 Order of Eastern Star, Blue Valley Shrine Widows Club, Homestead Quilters, Gage County Historical Society, Soroptimist International of Beatrice having served twice and president and twice as treasurer, and Soroptimist Team Leader for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Gage County. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, books and music. Survivors include her sister in law Becky Wright of Albuquerque; nieces Willa C. Inbody and husband Chris of Albuquerque and Ariel McFarland and husband Christopher of El Paso; nephew Jason Dee Wright and wife Chanda and great nephew Dakota Dee Wright of Surprise, Arizona; great niece Stara Wright of Albuquerque; cousins Geraldine Barton and Kent Wright and wife Sandy of California, Gary Banta and wife Patricia of Idaho, and Rev. Carol Corey in India; several second cousins; and special friends Sharil Prall, Marilyn Hoppe, and Monty and Janie Fralin and family. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the Christ Church Episcopal in Beatrice with Reverend Marilyn Haseman officiating. Inurnment of her ashes will be at the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. There will be no viewing or visitation as cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Christ Church Episcopal and the Gage County Relay for Life with the funeral home in charge. Sign Nikki's online guest book at www.ghchapel.com. These services have been entrusted to the Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel in Beatrice.