Comments on: Bobbye Jean Owen

By: Mary Q Burkhart

Mary Q Burkhart — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:53:38 +0000

Please accept my sympathy for the loss of an amazing person, Bobbye Jean Owen. I am very thankful she and Foster chose to retire in Auburn. They were part of the amazing group of people who helped found Auburn University Academy for Lifelong Learners (AUall), now Osher Academy for Lifelong Learning. Without her special hospitality and willingness to host many meetings, this organization with over 1,000 members would be getting ready to celebrate 30 years. She and Foster gave much to the community of Auburn and Auburn United Methodist Church while they lived here. I will always miss her, but remember her with respect and warmth.

By: Kim Fitzekam

Kim Fitzekam — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:31:06 +0000

Mike, Sherri, David & Rick and families – it was my great honor to spend mornings with your parents last summer and fall. They truly were the most committed wedded couple I have known my entire life. And really, truly sweet people. I will miss them and hope that you all find peace in knowing that they are together again forever now. Foster welcomed her with open arms exclaiming ‘there’s my sweet Bobbye Jean, I’m sooooo glad I found her-I missed her sooooo much!’

By: Virginia I. Miller

Virginia I. Miller — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:25:32 +0000

What a wonderful couple – after 60 years of marriage when you would see them together, you would think they were newly weds, who had recently found each other, they were so compassionate to each other.
I and anyone else was extremely lucky to have known Foster and Bobbye Jean examples of truly exceptional people. Through the years of a young family in Meadow Lane, OLLI, St Marks Methodist church, and Clark Jerry. Lincoln will be different without their warm smiles, kindness, and positive attitude.

By: Lavon Sumption

Lavon Sumption — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:07:11 +0000

I offer my emotional support to Bobbye’s family, knowing that they know how much so many of us gained from our friendships with Bobbye and Foster. I came to the UNL campus the same time as Foster and soon found in the Owens kindred spirits as Democrats! What a spirit builder Bobbye was through all those many years. Those memories continue to enrich us all.

Lavon Sumption, UNL Animal Science Professor Emeritus, age 90

By: Bruce McKeag

Bruce McKeag — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:20:52 +0000

Rick and family—so sorry to learn of your mother’s passing, and so soon after your father passed away. I’d worked with your mother at Bankers Life Nebraska, and she was respected by everyone. May the memories that you share of both of your parents help sustain you during this most difficult of times. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies are with you.