Darlene J. Matson

May 19, 1932 - October 6, 2020

Darlene J. Matson, 88 of Kearney passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Kearney Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 10, 2020 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney with Pastor John Fowler officiating. Interment will take place at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Kearney Area Animal Shelter. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. Darlene June Matson was born May 19, 1932 in Britton, South Dakota to John Henry and Emma Louise (Nelson) Kallemeyn. She grew up in Langford, SD and Stuart, NE and graduated from Stuart High School. Darlene was united in marriage to Alvin Lee Matson on August 26, 1950 in Crawford, NE. The couple made their home in Crawford. Darlene worked for Carroll’s Residential Care and Carroll’s Skilled Nursing in California. She also worked for Batterton Waterproofing in York, NE and then at TBK Transmissions and The Red Cross in Kearney. Darlene was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Langford, SD and Chapel of the Sea in Carlsbad, CA. Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Curtis Matson and his wife, Chris of Nashville, TN, James Matson and his wife, Deb of Kearney, NE, Wayne Matson and his wife, Tina of Kearney, NE; daughters, Cherie Gbur and her husband, Ed of Bandon, OR, and Randa Salazar and her husband, Craig of Lincoln; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; as well as several nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. Darlene was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Johnny and Michael; and brother, Kenneth Kallemeyn; and her sister, Beverly Brown.