Lanta “Claudine” Ceballos

Claudine Emry Ceballos passed away early Friday morning, June 12, 2020. She was born June 21, 1938 at Panama, Nebraska to L.K. and Norma (Gardner) Emry.  The family moved to Lincoln when she was a small child and she lived the rest of her life in Lincoln and then on an acreage near Waverly.

Claudine’s surviving family members are her husband Gil Ceballos of Waverly; daughter Kris Jeffries of Lincoln; son Michael Jeffries (wife, Pia Zadora) of Las Vegas, NV; grandchildren Dallas Wenz of Lincoln, Mike Jeffries, Jr. of Las Vegas, NV, Elysha Crane Nettleton (Jonathan) of Redlands, CA; great granddaughters Carolyn Schultz  of Pohattan, KS; Kaily, Aria and Lilah  Nettleton of Redlands, CA; sisters: Kathi Emry Vontz and Mary Emry of Lincoln; brother, Randy Emry of Douglas; nieces Randi Emry-Peery (Clark)and Kelly Muthersbaugh (Alan) and nephew, Cary Gerner (Janet) many extended family members and close friends. The non-human loves of her life were her horses.

She attended grade school and junior high school at Havelock and graduated from high school at Northeast, class of 1956. She then attended and graduated from cosmetology school.  Claudine will be missed and remembered always by all of her family and her longest friend, Margaret Todd.

Due to Covid-19 there will be a celebration of life at a later time.  Memorial Mass, Monday June 22, at 1:00 pm. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 6111 Morrill Avenue in Lincoln.  Private family burial at Panama Cemetery, Panama, NE. Memorials to the family for future designation.

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