Delores Mary Monahan

May 24, 1939 - July 13, 2019

Delores Mary Monahan, daughter of Peter and Hilda (Bintner) Kurtenback, was born on May 24, 1939 in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wiota, Iowa. She attended grade school in Wiota, Iowa and graduated from high school at Mount Loretto in Council Bluffs. After graduation, Delores attended Mercy School of Nursing in Council Bluffs and graduated with the class of 1960. She worked for a short time at Mercy Hospital as a registered Nurse until she married Neil Monahan on October 22, 1960 at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. Three children were born to this union: Catherine, Cindy and Mike. Delores worked for thirty-six years at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan as 3-11 shift supervisor. Her profession and family always came first. She loved to travel, cook and be with her family. Delores passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Midlands Hospital in Papillion, Nebraska having attained the age of eighty years, one month and nineteen days. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Neil and daughter Cathy. Survivors include her children Cindy Thielfoldt and her husband Gary of Papillion, Nebraska; Mike and his wife Linda of Oakland, Iowa; 3 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; sisters Dorothy Lowery of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Donna Leabhard of Boulder Colorado; brother-in-law Kenneth Monahan of Harlan, Iowa; other relatives and many friends.