Enid Vernelle (Boyer) Zapp

Friday, May 6, 2016

July 14, 1927 - May 5, 2016

McCOOK, Neb. -- Enid Vernelle (Boyer) Zapp, age 88, of McCook, led a full and joyful life and was deeply loved by her large family. She passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Community Hospital of McCook.

Enid was born in Danbury, Neb., on July 14, 1927, to Charles and Winona (Ruby) Boyer. In 1944, she graduated from Danbury High School. She attended Kearney State Teachers College, where she received her teaching certificate and she then taught in rural schools south of McCook.

Enid was baptized at Danbury Congregational Church on Aug. 22, 1927. She was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Culbertson in 1948. Enid joined the Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook in 2003.

Enid was united in marriage to Walter Zapp on Jan. 19, 1947, in Oberlin, Kan. Together they had six children. The couple made their home in Culbertson until 1988, when they retired and moved to McCook. She and Walter led an active life on and off their farm. They loved to go square dancing, and she sewed her own square-dance dresses. Every summer when it rained and Walter could turn off the irrigation, they would take a family vacation, and continued to travel in their retirement. In 2011, she moved to Hidden Pines to be near Walter, who lived in Hillcrest Nursing Home. Walter preceded Enid in death in 2012.

A wise, patient and loving mother, her large family was deeply important to her. Her greatest joy was having all six children and their families around. She loved helping her granddaughters learn how to make pie, runzas and her renowned potato salad. Enid enjoyed all types of card games, especially bridge and pinochle. She played the organ at Hillcrest Nursing Home, cross-stitched and was an avid Husker football fan. She was a happy and accepting person who was grateful for what life and her family had given her.

Enid was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter; brother, Dick Boyer; and sisters, Ardis Boyer, Charlene Duck, and Lois Zapp, who was married to Walter's brother, Otto Zapp.

Her surviving family includes her children, Tom Zapp and wife, Mary of Higginsville, Mo., Jerry Zapp and wife, B'Anne of Kearney, Neb., Mike Zapp and wife, Judy of Kearney, Pat Wagner and husband, Ty of Culbertson, Ted Zapp and wife, Velora of Culbertson and Jane Gilliam and husband, Lee of Oberlin, Kan.; 13 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and three siblings, Roberta Johannes and husband, Duane of Salina, Kan., Ron Boyer and wife, Kathy of Salina and Allen Boyer and wife, Vada of Loveland, Colo.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook with the Rev. Alisa Parde officiating. Interment will be at the Culbertson Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel in McCook from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Friends may send condolences at herrmannfh.com. Memorials may be left in Enid's name at the Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel.

Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.