Wendy Jo (Zirnig) Lowder was born on October 5, 1976, to Joseph and Margy Zirnig in Valentine, and passed away August 21,2022 at home.
Wendy attended District #21 at Norden and then graduated from Keya Paha County High School in 1995.
She then worked at Pine View Good Samaritan for 25 years until it closed.
During her childhood days she loved to play with the dogs and cats. She even helped feed the bucket calves.
One day she decided to help her mom milk cows, and wished she never had learned. She was lots of help unloading corn and bags of feed for the bucket calves. She was a real country girl at heart.
She was one of the friendliest people, she talked to everybody even if she didn’t know them. The residents at the nursing home really loved her and she loved them. She had a very big heart.
On June 18, 2016, Wendy married James Lowder. They met while they were both working at the nursing home. James and Wendy had no children but every kid they saw adopted them as their aunt and uncle. Which they both loved.
Wendy was preceded in death by her brother Wayde, who passed away when he was two years old, grandfather Elmer (Calvin) Turner, her grandparents Frank and Orebelle Zirnig, her mother-inlaw Dorothy (Robbins) Lowder, her favorite uncles Alfred (Bud) Fisher and Howard Mooney, her great grandparents Dawsons, Turner, Zirnig and Grooms.
Wendy is survived by her husband, James Lowder, her parents Joe and Margy Zirnig, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Funeral Mass was held on Friday, August 26, 2022 at at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Valentine. Rosary was recited on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at the Church. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine at a later date.
Sandoz Chapel of the Pines was in charge of arrangements.
In Lieu of flowers, Wendy would rather have you make donations to the Sandhills Cancer Fund in her name.
