O. Jacquelyn Stevens Lindgren, 85 of Wahoo, NE, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo. She was born to James Stevens and Josephine Erickson Stevens on Oct. 12, 1929 in Stamford, Connecticut. She grew up there and in the Bridgeport area. As a child, Jacque loved Beardsley Park and that love carried through into her adulthood. She took her children there each time they traveled to see family in Connecticut.

Jacque attended The Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She met Clifford Lindgren there and they were married at Salem Lutheran Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 18, 1951. In 1951, they moved to Clifford’s intern site in Edmonton, Alberta Canada at Augustana Lutheran Church. She said that they began their pioneer days in 1952 when Clifford was assigned to a church in Meeting Creek, Alberta Canada. She loved and took care of her family. She often worked in the gardens with Clifford. She was known for her laugh. When they moved to Wahoo, she worked for 16 years as the activity director for the Saunders County Care Center. When she retired, she read a book a day and walked 6 miles a day.

She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Clifford Lindgren, mother and father, brother Bob Stevens, sisters: Joan Gagne and Barbara Stevens, a granddaughter, Steffanie Dahlseng, great grandson, Joshua James Dahlseng, and great granddaughters Leandra Lindgren and Laila Lindgren.

She is survived by daughters: Faith Richardson of Eden Prairie, MN, and Grace Lindgren of Omaha, NE.; sons: Rev. James S. Lindgren and Judy of Iron Mountain, MI; Mark Lindgren of Shakopee, MN; David and Joan Lindgren of Wahoo, NE.; a sister, Lillian and Bill Tarentino of Milford, CT; a brother, Richard Stevens of New Orleans, LA; grandchildren: Schavonne Richardson, Schannone Steinberger, Schawonne and John Miller, Aaron Richardson, Matthew Richardson, Jennifer and Ryan Nelson, Allison and Igor Dolas, Sean Lindgren, Seth Lindgren, Sam Lindgren, Sara Lindgren, Brennan Lindgren, and Miranda Lindgren-Mendoza; great grandchildren: Shane Veil, Nick Steinberger, Nathan Miller, Micah Miller, Anna Miller, Timothy Miller, Lynnea Lindgren; nieces and nephews.