Elizabeth “Betty” J. Whitcomb, was born to Ralph and Hazel (McPherson) Connell in Lincoln, NE and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1949. She then attended the National Business Institute and was a member of Nu Phi Mu business girl’s sorority and Beta Sigma Phi. In her younger years she was active in the Community Women’s Club and P.E.O. She was an active long-time member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Country Club of Lincoln. She married Thomas T. Whitcomb in 1953 and together they owned and operated 3 retail drug stores. They opened Van Dorn Pharmacy in 1962 and from the beginning she was an integral part of the business. She loved greeting people and helping any way she could. In her back office she prepared deposits, paid invoices, prepared payroll and statements but also remembering to bring Tom lunch or dinner on those long workdays. She enjoyed doing radio commercials for the store and liked to refer to herself as “the voice of Van Dorn Pharmacy” but she was much more than that to her family. She was adventurous and bubbly and always had a positive attitude with a smile on her face. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and daughter and always telling us how much she was praying for all of us.
She was preceded in death by her son Scott Whitcomb, daughter Marcie Whitcomb-Fuentealba and survived by her husband Thomas T. Whitcomb, daughter Nancy (Whitcomb) Sundberg and son-in-law Craig Sundberg, grandchildren Aaron Sundberg (Amber), Brett Sundberg (Jenny), Elizabeth Sundberg (Ross), Nicholas Fuentealba and great grandchildren, Colin, Teddy, and Emma Sundberg.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, August 17th at 3:00 p.m. at Roper and Sons South Lincoln Chapel located at 3950 Hohensee Drive (40th &Yankee Hill Rd). Livestream available ten minutes prior to service at roperandsons.com/livestream.
Memorials can be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 7130 Kentwell Ln, Lincoln, NE 68516.