Funeral services for Rosamond Sell, 84, were held on Monday, August 19, 2024, at the United Methodist Church in Tekamah. Burial was in Tekamah Cemetery. She died on August 13, 2024, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Blair surrounded by family.
Rosemond Loretta was born on November 26, 1939, to Linton Sr. and Blanche (Peck) Puffer in rural Tekamah.
She attended Tekamah Elementary and High School, graduating in 1957. She married Donald Adams in 1958 and raised their six children in the Modale, Iowa area. She remarried in 1996 to James Sell, whom she idolized. They spent their final years together in Modale.
Rose was a devoted housewife who also worked to support the family. She held various jobs, such as babysitting, bean chopping and waitressing, before starting her career at the power plant in 1979. During this time, she traveled around the United States, working as a senior health physics technician. She loved the freedom and made new friends on each trip.
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Rose loved shopping, dining out, dancing, traveling, playing cards, and cooking for her family. Her greatest joy in life was seeing the faces of her family from both sides of the marriage, including the many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Rosemond was preceded in death by her parents Linton Sr., Roy and Blanche Watkins, her husbands James and Donald, her son Phillip, her granddaughter Jenae, her stepdaughter Kristi, and her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Linton Jr. and Ruth, Marion and Phyllis, Russell and Phyllis, and Wanda.
Rose is survived by her children: Susan Kuhn, Debra (Roger) Merriman, Kathi Wood, Doug Adams and Kory Adams; stepchildren: Rick (Lynette) Sell, Jim (Judy) Sell; Terry (Mona) Sell, Shari (Lee Schiff) McFerrin; Randy Sell and Lori (Mike) Walker. She also leaves behind numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren from both sides of the family, as well as nieces and nephews.
