Celebration of Life Services for Frances "Fran" Rosengren, age 87 of Spencer, NE will be 11:00 am Saturday, September 21, 2024 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spencer.  Pastor John Nelson will officiate.  Fran passed away peacefully at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska on February 25, 2024, surrounded by loved ones.  Memorials may be directed to her family for future designation.  Biglin's Mortuary of Spencer, NE is in charge of arrangements.

Frances Arlene Horton was born on August 18, 1936 to Arthur and Mildred (Amick) Horton at their home in Springview, Nebraska.  Fran was raised in Springview where she attended school at Keya Paha County High School and graduated in 1954.  After graduation she taught at a country school south of Sparks, Nebraska, for two years.  She studied college at Wayne State College and Chadron State College.  Fran moved to O'Neill, Nebraska and was a telephone operator there for 4 ½ years.  She married Kenneth Rosengren in 1961 in Spencer, Nebraska. To this union three children were born: Michele Lynn, Michael Kenneth, and Marcia Rae.

Fran helped with the family construction business for several years, then went to work at Region IV in O'Neill for a year.  She took care of her son, Michael from 1987 till 1991.   She then went back to work at Region IV for a year.   In 1992 she went to work at the Niobrara Valley Hospital in Lynch, Nebraska for five years.  In 1997, she went to work at the Butte Healthcare Center till the early 2000's as a CNA. Fran retired in 2009

Fran took several trips to visit her daughter. Marcia, in Virginia.  She loved to travel and go sightseeing, one of her favorite places she loved to visit was Nag's Head in North Carolina.  She loved seeing the lighthouses by the ocean and walks on the beach.  She enjoyed going camping, boating, sewing, cooking, and crocheting.  She loved to be outside working with her plants and loved to watch the birds.

She was the type of person that cared a lot for others and always wanted to help people not only in life but also in death.  She had Parkinson's and because of that she wanted to be donated to the University of Omaha when she passed away for research in hopes that they can find more about Parkinson's to help others.

Fran is survived by her daughter, Marcia (Rosengren) Good and husband Dean Good of Chesapeake, Virginia; granddaughter, Lexine Good of Chesapeake VA; brother, Kenneth Horton of Stockton CA; several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Michele; her son, Michael; her brothers, Charles and Wayne; her sister-in-law, Cheri Horton; sister-in-law, Nancy Horton; sister-in-law Sylvia Horton; sister Fern Kramer of Wayne NE.

Fran passed away on February 25, 2024 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 87 years.