Dorothy Ann Glasser

December 6, 1931 - January 1, 2019

Dorothy A. Glasser, age 87, of Clarks, departed this earthly life on January 1, 2019 at Litzenberg Memorial Long Term Care in Central City. Funeral services will be on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at noon at the United Methodist Church in Clarks with Pastors Dan and Nancy Spearow officiating. Visitation will be on Saturday, January 5th from 10 a.m. until service time. Burial will be at the Clarks Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.soltwagnerfuneral.com. Memorials are suggested to the Clarks United Methodist Church and the Merrick County Historical Museum. Every life has a story and every story has a beginning. Dorothy Ann Dahlin Glasser’s story began the 6th of December, 1931, when she was born to Hilding and Anna (Newman) Dahlin at the Lutheran Hospital in York, Nebraska. The hospital remained their home for weeks while her mother recovered sufficiently from complications, prior to returning to the farm near Polk which Dorothy would call “home” until her marriage. Dorothy was baptized and began attending Sunday School at the Polk Methodist Episcopal Church at just 1 ½ years of age. Joining the Polk Church in April 1943, and later transferring to the Methodist Church at Clarks; she began a lifelong commitment as an active Church member. In 2018, she was honored to be recognized for 75 years of church membership. Dorothy’s first eight years of elementary education were at Maple Grove, District 59, she had no clue that a second-grade classmate, who would move to Clarks mid-term, would 20 years later become her life-long companion. Following her childhood dream to become a teacher, Dorothy’s choice of normal training qualified her for a three-year teaching certificate upon graduation from Polk High School in 1949. Fortunate to be hired locally, Dorothy was able to remain at home and help her mother who had never fully regained her health. During this time, she enrolled in Saturday and night classes toward renewal of her certificate. With sufficient credit, she graduated for Lutheran Jr. College (now Midland University) with an elementary degree in just one year. In the fall of 1956, while teaching at the Osceola Public Schools, Dorothy received a phone call from that former Dist. 59 classmate; love blossomed and Ronald D. Glasser and Dorothy were married May 25, 1957 at Polk Methodist Church. They began their life together in Clarks and two daughters were born to their union. Debra Ann, born in June 1959 was called to her Heavenly Home just 19 months later. Ronda Jeanne was born December 1962. A few years later, Dorothy accepted teaching positions in rural Merrick County Schools; while continuing graduate studies at Kearney State College (now UNK). She did substitute teaching