A Celebration of Life Service for Dorothy Mae (Sorensen) Nissen, age 100, long- time resident of Page, NE will be 11:00 AM Saturday, May 26, 2018, Page United Methodist Church, Page, NE. Inurnment will be in the Page Cemetery. Pastor Daren Erisman and Pastor A.G. Turner will officiate. Dorothy passed away peacefully February 7, 2018 at her daughter's home in Broomfield CO.

Dorothy was born to Soren and Sarah Morgan Sorensen on October 13, 1917 near Opportunity, Nebraska, the oldest of seven children.  After attending school in Page, she graduated from Royal High School in 1934 and attended Wayne State College 1934-1935.  She then taught in rural Nebraska schools (Walnut, Venus and Page) for five years.

She married Robert B. Nissen on May 20, 1940 in O'Neill, Nebraska.  Except for a short detour to Idaho, they farmed near Page until 1963 when they moved into town.  During these years Dorothy taught elementary school in Page and O'Neill.  In 1972 Dorothy finally finished her B.A. in Education from Wayne State College.

Dorothy and Bob left their home in Page in 2002 when Bob entered the Beverly Care Center in O'Neill and Dorothy moved to be near him.  Dorothy was a member of the Page United Methodist Church, the Rebekah Lodge #41 and the Golden Rule Extension Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband (Robert B. Nissen), her siblings (Russell, Charles, Bill, Soren Junior, Shirley Connery and Robert.  She was also preceded in death by her sons-in-law Chris Christianer and Duane Clegg.  Survivors include five children:  Dixie Clegg, Kay Christianer, Jean Walker and husband Larry, Nancy Stoops and husband Charlie, and Robert Nissen and wife Jean.  Other family members include seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She will be missed and fondly remembered by her family, friends and former students and colleagues.