Agnas C. Delaney Britten January 24, 1945 to September 2, 2014

Agnes Britten, 90

 Agnes C. (Tootie) Britten, 90, of Blue Hill died Sept. 2, 2014, at Blue Hill Care Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Blue Hill, with the Very Rev. James Schrader officiating. Private family burial will be in the Blue Hill Catholic Cemetery, Blue Hill.
There will be a rosary at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Merten-Butler Mortuary Chapel, Blue Hill. There will be no viewing or visitation. A memorial has been established to be designated at a later date.
Agnas was born Aug. 8, 1924, at Red Cloud to Joseph and Sarah (McPartland) Delaney.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Joe and Sharon Britten and Dennis and Laurie Britten, all of Grand Island, and Francis “Fred” and Vickie Britten of Lincoln; two daughters and a son-in-law, Theresa Compton of Athens, Ga., and Cecilia and Dan Shultz of Council Bluffs, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Pam Britten of Council Bluffs, Iowa; a brother and sister-in-law, Pat and Phyllis Delaney of Phoenix, Ariz., and a sister, Elizabeth Dispaquale of New City, N.Y.; and nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Agnes graduated from Red Cloud High School. On Jan. 24, 1945, Agnes married Raymond J. Britten at Red Cloud. They were married for 60 years.  They were the parents of  seven children and raised their family in the Red Cloud and Blue Hill communities. In 1971 they sold their farm and moved to Blue Hill. Agnes was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Holy Trinity Altar Society, volunteered at the Blue Hill Care Center and worked at Barnason’s IGA grocery store for many years.
Agnes was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an infant son and a son, Roger; and three sisters, Anna Catherine Delaney, Mary Ellen Dimmler and Joan Shuck.