Doris Louise Fries

Funeral services for Doris L. Fries will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Wilcox United Methodist Church in Wilcox, with Pastor Rick Thomason officiating. Burial will be in the Wilcox Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, September 11th at the United Methodist Church in Wilcox from 5 to 7 PM. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later time. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.soltwagnerfuneral.com. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the family encourages proper social distancing and recommends that masks be worn during all services. Doris Louise Lippstreu, 100 years of age, of Holdrege died at the Holdrege Memorial Homes, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. She was born on a farm south of Wilcox to Ferdinand and Emma (Kahrs) Lippstreu on her grandparents farm the oldest of four children, Lucille, Paul and Donna. She attended school at Sunny Plain country school in Harlan County and then attended school in Wilcox where she graduated with the class of 1937. She moved to Holdrege and worked at the Hamburger Inn for seven years, where she learned to make her ever famous pies. She enjoyed working for Paul and Pearl Anderson. She married Dale Robert Fries on March 31, 1942 in San Luis Obispo, CA while Dale was stationed in the Army. In August of 1946 they purchased the Wilcox Café, known as Dale and Doris’s Café, they operated seven days a week until 1993. Doris volunteered time, given financially and has dedicated her life to the area, the town and to the people whom she so dearly loved. She decided she was not ready to retire and went to work at the Holdrege Public School Lunch Program for several years. She loved being around the kids. In 2013 she moved into the Holdrege Memorial Homes. She was preceded in death by her son Dudley in 1985, her husband Dale in 2008, her sister Lucille, and brother Paul. She went to the Pleasant View Church as a young girl, then became a member of the Wilcox United Methodist Church for 50 plus years after she and Dale bought the Café. She was a charter member of the Wilcox Lioness’s and belonged to the Wilcox Chamber of Commerce for many years. Survivors include: her Son Dennis Fries and wife LaVonne of Kearney, daughter Deanne Berry and husband Gary of Holdrege, six grand children: Amy Buhlke and husband Brian of Central City; Christina Knispel and husband Chad of Kearney; Heather Pierce and husband Trevor of Seward; Todd Berry and wife Tania of Topeka, Kansas; Troy Berry and wife Deann of Fremont; Traci Ganser and husband Justin of Holdrege; and 15 great-grandchildren; Ella, Addie and Mimi Buhlke; Dalton High and Katie Knispel; Hazen and Anna Pierce; Cole and Tessa Berry; Alex, Zac and Max Berry; Grady, Garrett and Gage Ganser.

Doris Louise Fries

June 1, 1920 - September 8, 2020