Vivian Haynes, 93, of Gothenburg, Nebraska died on May 13, 2019 in Kearney, Nebraska.

Vivian Marie Haynes was born 18 miles north of Gothenburg, called Rock Island Table, on February 26, 1926 to Rash & Ella (Weeks) Jones.  Siblings were brothers, Ralph and Orval Jones, and sister, Virginia Rey.  She graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1944.

She was a devoted wife to Stanley Haynes and a full-time mother to three children: Stanley, Marcia and Steven.  She had two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  Her family is what she considered her greatest accomplishment.  In her lifetime she worked as a waitress and a nurse’s aid for Dr. Ayers.  She enjoyed bowling, water skiing, pinnacle, sewing, square dancing, bingo, yard work and attending family sports and music events.  At one time, she was an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors son Stanley (Donna) Haynes and their children; Michael (Andrea) Haynes and daughter Adelenne and Matthew (Shelley) Haynes and their children, Willard, Noah, and Harper all of Omaha;  daughter Marcia Haynes of Kearney and son Steven Haynes of Baltimore, Maryland.

Vivian was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Haynes; father, Rash Jones; mother, Ella Jones; brothers, Ralph Jones and Orval Jones; and her sister, Virginia Rey.

Services were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Gothenburg on Friday, May 17, 2019 with internment following at the Gothenburg Cemetery.  Memorials may be given to the Gothenburg Senior Center, 410 Twentieth Street, Gothenburg, Nebraska.  Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg was in charge of arrangements.