Dorothea Mae Haarberg

Dorothea “Dot” Mae Haarberg was born to Clarence Lloyd and Mae Belle (Liston) Johnson in North Bend, Nebraska, on May 12, 1933.
On April 17, 1955, she married Elton John Haarberg in North Bend.  
Dot received a teaching certificate from Midland College in Fremont after high school and taught school in rural Dodge County.
She taught Sunday school and vacation bible school at Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial and was an active member of Zion Willing Workers for over 30 years.
She was a past chairman of Chase County Extension Clubs, former president of Nebraska Wheat Hearts and volunteer at Holy Cross Lutheran Church Food Pantry in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Dot was nurturing and caregiving by nature and enjoyed caring for children and older friends and neighbors.
She tended large vegetable gardens and cherry, apricot and peach trees at her home south of Imperial.
She also operated tractors, trucks, and combines, and tended cattle, chickens and pets on the family farm until retiring and moving, with her husband, to Colorado Springs in 1996.
Dot passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 in Colorado Springs. She was 86 years of age.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include husband, Elton John Haarberg; daughter Beverly Ann Karsh and spouse Randolph M. Karsh of Colorado Springs, Colorado; son David Robert Haarberg and spouse Mark Mulligan of Martinsburg, West Virginia; granddaughters Aleah B. Karsh and spouse Jim Steinke of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Erika R. Karsh of Colorado Springs, Colorado; brother Robert C. Johnson and wife Ruth of North Bend, Nebraska.
Memorial services will take place at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Holy Cross Lutheran Church at 4125 Constitution Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 with memo line “Haarberg Memorial - Food Pantry.”