LINCOLN - Helen G. Harwager, 98, of Lincoln, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in her home at The Legacy.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 6001 A St. in Lincoln. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery at Grand Island.
Family will greet friends 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.

Memorials can be sent to Capital Humane Society in Lincoln, in memory of Helen Harwager.
She was born in Kearney on May 23, 1920, to John and Bertha (King) Hale. Helen, a lifelong resident of Nebraska, married the love of her life, Earl E. Harwager, of Axtel on Aug. 20, 1939. Helen and Earl were married for 65 years until Earl's passing in 2005. During the 1940s and 1950s Helen was a stay-at-home mother raising her four children until going to work for television station KGIN-TV Channel 11 in Grand Island in 1960. In 1963 her family relocated to Lincoln and she transferred to KOLN-TV Channel 10. In 1967 she was hired by the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry, where she served as the assistant dean's secretary until 1977.
Helen and Earl were die-hard Nebraska football fans who held season tickets from 1963 to 2008 and attended three national championship bowl games.
From Earl's passing until the last year of her life, Helen lived an incredibly healthy life that serves as a testament to her amazing stamina and the benefits of a lifetime of a clean living totally free of drugs, cigarettes or alcohol. After Earl's death she was able to drive and live independently in her own townhouse until the age of 94. She was an adept bridge player and an exceptional cook. She was deeply loved by and an inspiration to her family. She will be greatly missed by all, including her beloved little dog, CeCe.
Helen was a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), with two relatives, Edward G. Hale and John J. Kirk, who served in the Revolutionary Army. Helen was a patriot who loved her country.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Thomas Baxter of Grand Island; a son, Lynn Harwager of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Lacinda Baxter of Minneapolis, Minn., Gian (Michael) Baxter-Collins of Lincoln, Gregory (Adrianne) Baxter of Grand Island, Todd (Nancy) Ehlert of St. Joseph, Mo., Victoria Harwager of Palo Alto, Calif., and Loni and Tyson Herbers of Southern California; great-grandchildren, Miranda Baxter of Alexandria, Va., Alec Baxter of Lincoln, Taylor and Madison Roberts of Grand Island, Kelsey Roberts of Lincoln and Caroline and Anna Mary Ehlert of St. Joseph, Mo.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Robert, John, Charles, Donald and Richard Hale; her sister, Nancy "Liz" Donnell; her husband, Earl; sons, Richard E. Harwager, who died in 1971, and Douglas K. Harwager, who died in 2006.