Mary Corman Obituary

Mary Alice Corman ("MAC"), 74, of Edgar, Nebraska passed away on May 7, 2025 after fighting pancreatic cancer for more than a year. Mary Alice was born to John Francis and Alice (Jewell) Coyle in McCook, Nebraska on July 10, 1950. She was baptized at Garden Prairie Methodist Church.
Mary Alice grew up on a dryland farm/ranch in rural Frontier County. She attended primary school at Ash Grove County School, a one-room school house, and high school at the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis. She was active in 4-H, especially sewing and showing dairy cattle, and Future Homemakers of America. Mary Alice earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Vocational Home Economics Education and Extension. While at UNL, she was an active member of the co-op living community at Love Memorial Hall.
While at UNL she met Richard Lynn Corman and the two married August 19, 1972. The couple moved to Edgar, Nebraska and Mary Alice taught Family Consumer Science at Nelson Junior/Senior High School. From 1980 to 1990 she worked as an Extension Agent-Home Economist for the University of Nebraska in Nuckolls County. She served as a resource for families and children in crisis, food safety, nutrition, food pantry development, and adult and youth training programs. In 1990 she retired from Extension to farm alongside Richard. They grew corn and soybeans and occasionally wheat and milo. They also raised registered Simmental cattle as a seed stock herd. She enjoyed judging at State Fair, county fairs, and substitute teaching. Her hobbies included gardening, embroidery and sewing, making greeting cards, and baking. She loved to try new arts and crafts ranging from wheat weaving to stained glass.
Mary Alice and Richard had three children, Angela, Crystal, and Kelly. A teacher at heart, summers were filled with 4-H projects and clubs, 4-H camp, the county fair, and often the Nebraska State Fair. Mary Alice truly enjoyed being a grandmother and spending time with grandchildren Max, Tate, Emelyn, Tessa, Leon, and Quinn.
Active in her community, Mary Alice was a member at Christ's Lutheran Church in Davenport, Nebraska where she served on council, taught Sunday School, led Vacation Bible School among other activities. She was a 4-H leader and, when her kids were older, she became active in the Nuckolls' County Friendship Extension Club. Mary Alice was a board member for the Nebraska Farmer's Union and flew into Washington, DC multiple years to advocate for family farmers, rural communities, and conservation.
Mary Alice was preceded in death by her husband Richard Corman, mother Alice (Jewell) Coyle, father John Francis Coyle, infant brothers John Wayne Coyle and William Lynn Coyle, sister Patty (Coyle) Harris, brother John Coyle Jr, brother-in-law Vernon Corman Jr., and father-in-law Vernon Corman.
She is survived by daughter Angela and son-in-law Michael Millington, grandsons Max and Tate Millington of Tulsa, Oklahoma, daughter Crystal and son-in-law Thomas Kuo, granddaughters, Emelyn and Tessa Kuo and grandson Leon Kuo of Leesburg, Virginia, son Kelly and daughter-in-law Jennifer (Yantachka) Corman, grandson Quinn Corman of Bassett, Nebraska, sister Donna (Coyle) and brother-in-law Bill Liess of Greeley, Colorado, mother-in-law Betty (Anderson) Corman of Edgar, Nebraska, sister-in-law Nancy (Corman) and brother-in-law Bill Vossler of Friend, Nebraska, sister-in-law Pam (Corman) and brother-in-law Brad Shuck of Edgar, Nebraska, sister-in-law Marla (Prior) Corman of Omaha, Nebraska, plus nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family members.
Memorials can be sent to Nebraska 4-H Foundation, Nebraska Farmer's Union, Christ's Lutheran Church in Davenport, NE, or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
A visitation will be held on Friday, May 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Price Funeral Home in Hebron, NE. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Christ's Lutheran Church in Davenport, NE, with Pastor Beth Roegner officiating. Burial will be at the Davenport City Cemetery in Davenport. A reception will follow at Davenport Community Building.
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