Louise Zink

A funeral service for Louise Marie Zink, age 89, of Naper, Nebraska, was held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Naper Community Church in Naper with Pastor Joel Wentworth officiating. Music for the service was provided by Ann Anderson, organist, and Renae Zink, vocals. All of Louise’s great-grandchildren were casket bearers, and all of her grandchildren were honorary casket bearers. Interment was at Knollcrest Cemetery in Naper. Lauri Zink officiated. Clausen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Louise Marie Zink was born on the farm near Bonesteel, South Dakota, to Chris T and Lydia (Kulm) Neumiller, the youngest of seven children, on August 30, 1936.

Louise lived with her family in the Bonesteel and Gross, Nebraska areas during her early years and later moved to a farm southwest of Naper. There she grew up until her high school years when she and her parents moved to Naper. She graduated from Naper High School in 1954.

On March 1, 1956, she was united in marriage to Wayne Zink and to this union three sons were born: Jeffery Ross, Glenn Todd, and Mark Evan. She and Wayne lived on a farm that at one time was the Basin Trading Post southeast of Naper. There they raised their three boys, along with milking cows, raising hogs, and farming. She remained on the farm after Wayne’s death in 1997 and stayed until her health no longer allowed to her to live alone, at which time she moved to the Butte Nursing Home and later to the Stuart Care Center in Stuart, Nebraska.

Louise was a member of the Naper Community Church and was active in the church and the community. She enjoyed her garden and flowers, and spent numerous hours canning garden vegetables for the family. Louise enjoyed community activities and playing softball at the annual 4th of July celebrations. She enjoyed the trips she took with Wayne and family, and the bus trips she took with friends, both new and old. Most of all Louise loved her family, and it was the grandchildren that helped her through some of the darkest days.

Louise passed away April 22, at Parkside Manor Nursing Home in Stuart at the age of 89.

Surviving Louise are sons Jeffery (Dorinda) Zink of Naper, Glenn (Beverly) Zink of Naper, and Mark (Lauri) of Wayne, Nebraska. Also surviving Louise are grandchildren Gregg Zink, Staci Koenig, Traci Muirhead, Kelsey Schochenmaier, Erin Cantrell, Jennifer McCullough, and Garrett Zink; seventeen great-grandchildren; three great-greatgrandchildren; and brother Paul (Shirley) Neumiller of Bonesteel.

She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne; parents Chris and Lydia Neumiller; siblings Edna Nelson, Herman Neumiller, Lester Neumiller, Esther Fuhrer, and Arthur Neumiller; and infant great-granddaughters Allyson, Jude, and Autumn.