Mary Jane "Janey" Dubas

Mary Jane “Janey” Dubas, 74, of Kearney passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024 at her home surrounded by family. A Funeral Mass will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at St. James Catholic Church with Father Art Faesser and Father Joe Hannappel con-celebrating. Visitation will be 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at the church followed by a 6 p.m. Vigil/Prayer Service. The funeral Mass will also be live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/live/h7WQxUu7rKM?si=LLv9qjwj79XE1V4m for those not able to attend. Daughter of Marguerite and John Boland of Great Falls, Montana. "Janey" died from breast cancer on June 16, 2024 and is survived by her husband, Jim Dubas, whom she married on August 21, 1971. To this union, four daughters were born: Eileen Rainey (Russ); Katie Dubas; Sophie Risinger (Neil), all of Kearney, NE; and Helen Dubas, Grand Lake, CO. She has six grandchildren: James and Grace Dakan; John, Adam, and Daniel Risinger; and Samuel Dubas. Janey was the third of ten children and the eldest girl. She grew up in Great Falls, Montana, the "Big Sky" state, and is survived by eight siblings: John Boland and Joe Boland of Missoula, MT; Gerry Boland (Robin), Sue Carnahan (Rick) and Meg Boland, all of Great Falls, MT; Nancy Boland-Tabor (Steve Beaver) of Tacoma, WA; Cathy Venzke (Frank) of Spokane, WA; Dan Boland of Anchorage, AK. Janey attended grade school (1-8) at St. Thomas and then attended Central Catholic High School in Great Falls and graduated in 1968. She met her sweetheart, Jim Dubas, at college. She graduated from Carroll College in Helena, MT, with a BA in Social Work and Sociology in 1972. She worked at the college library, Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. (Helena), Deaconess Home for Girls (Helena), a daycare center, and the Welfare Dept. (Grand Island). For most of her life she was a proud homemaker as well as helped Jim at Dub's Sporting Goods (Kearney). Janey and Jim received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit at the St. James Charismatic Prayer Group in the late 1980's. From then on, she was involved in many ministry programs. Her first was Woman's Aglow, an international organization for women from all denominations, where she also served as an Aglow chairman. During this time, she learned of Magnificat International for Catholic women and subsequently resigned her position in Aglow. Janey helped start a local Magnificat chapter, Mary Full of Grace, with the help of other Catholic women in Kearney. The International Magnificat Headquarters is located in New Orleans and is still active today, with several active chapters in Nebraska. With others, she helped begin a Wednesday morning Bible study for women, which still meets at St. James Catholic Church. All women are invited to join and study God's Word and pray for the needs of others. She also loved to pray for mothers struggling to conceive children and she snuggled her grandbabies every chance she got. Janey is proceeded in death by her parents, John and Marguerite Boland, her brother James Boland, Goddaughter Gina Marie Boland-Wolff, and her brother-in-law T.D. Werner. In leiu of flowers, Janey wishes Memorial gifts to be sent to St. James Wednesday Women's Bible Study Club or sent to Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS Family Network), which supports children with breathing problems, as her grandson Daniel was diagnosed with CCHS at birth. Donations can be sent by check to CCHS Network, PO Box 230087, Encinitas, CA 92023. 2 Timothy 4:6-8 NAB: "For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on, the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance."

Mary Jane "Janey" Dubas

April 11, 1950 - June 16, 2024