Waunita M. Mayhew

February 24, 1938 - July 22, 2019

Waunita M. Mayhew, 81 Kearney resident Waunita M. Mayhew, 81, of Kearney passed away Monday, July 22, 2019 at her home. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 26, 2019 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Inurnment will take place at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. Waunita was born February 24, 1938 in Wymore, NE to Calvin and Julia (Stimpson) Pickett. She grew up in Barneston, Wymore and Endicott, Nebraska. Waunita was united in marriage to Don Nelson. To this union 8 children were blessed. Waunita later married George H. Mayhew. She was a longtime member of the Kearney Church of the Nazarene and volunteered for several different organizations. In her free time Waunita enjoyed reading and being outside. Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Bob Nelson and his wife, Brenda of Kearney, Daniel Nelson of San Antonio, TX; daughter, Donna Watson and her husband, Donald of Wymore, NE; 17 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Linda Nelson of Tennessee; sisters-in-law, Mary Jane Pickett of Marble Rock, IA and Yvonne Pickett of Vera Dale, WA; as well as many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Waunita was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; sons, Calvin and David Nelson; daughters, Kathy Schmidt, Julia Nelson and Joyce Carroll; brothers, Kenneth and Earl Pickett.