OBITUARY NAME: JESSIE MARIE (GUARD) CANDEA AGE 88, A RESIDENT OF THE ATOKA AREA FOR THE PAST 4 1/2 YEARS ORIGINALLY FROM N. PLATTE, NE BORN: JANUARY 27, 1921 TO JESS GUARD AND FLORENCE HEIST GUARD IN AURORA, NE PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009 AT ATOKA AGE : 88 YEARS 2 MONTHS 18 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE GRADUATED SCHOOL AT COZAD, NE, AND NURSING SCHOOL AT KEARNEY, NE MARRIED: GLEN DETTY IN COZAD, NE WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1972. SHE LATER MARRIED DAVID CANDEA WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1986. OCCUPATION: JESSIE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A NURSE AT THE T.B. HOSPITAL AND GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL IN KEARNEY AND ST. MARY'S IN N. PLATTE. SHE WAS ALSO A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER CHURCH AFFILIATIONS AND HOBBIES: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF NORTH PLATTE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. VOLUNTEERED FOR HOSPITAL AND RED CROSS ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVE IN BLOOD DRIVES. SHE LOVED FLOWERS AND GARDENING, CROSS WORD PUZZLES AND CARD GAMES; AND HUNTING AND FISHING WITH HER HUSBAND DAVID. SURVIVED BY SON: WORDEN DETTY AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF IRON STOB, OK ALONG WITH MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED BY HUSBANDS: GLEN DETTY, MAY 1972; DAVID CANDEA 1986 PARENTS: JESS AND FLORENCE GUARD ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL OFFICIATING: BRO JERRY RICHARD ASSISTING: REV ROY BARSHEARS INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY CASKETBEARERS: PAUL SILVERS, JOHN HOLCOMB, KYLE HOLCOMB, KEVIN ANGEL, MARTY RECTOR, FRANK KENYON HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FAMILY NIGHT, NONE CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY E-MAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK