Elizabeth Kwankin, 80, the widow of a clergy member of the Great Plains United Methodist Conference, born October 15, 1937 in Duggada, Garhwal, India, died June 22, 2018, at home in York, NE.
She attended school in northern India receiving both a Bachelors and Master degrees in English and Education. On January 25, 1960 she married Rev. Anderson “Andy” Kwankin in Duggada. They served in the mountains of northern India in Pithoragargh, where Andy started his ministry, and then in Agra, India, where Andy served at the Central Methodist Church, where they raised their family.
In December 1977 the family moved to the U.S. and settled in North Bend, NE. She moved numerous times accompanying Andy as he served churches over his 40-year career including North Bend, Cambridge, Stromsburg, Polk, McCool Jct, Allen and Lincoln all in Nebraska.
She is survived by her three sons Vinit Kwankin, Alok and his wife Shalini Kwankin, Jyoti Kwankin and one daughter Binita and her husband Joseph Hmieleski.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at the McCool Junction United Methodist Church, 109 S. 3rd, McCool Junction, NE with the Rev. Ralph Gaines officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, York, NE. In lieu of flowers, memorials may directed to Heifer International.
Online condolences may be sent to her family at www.metzmortuary.com
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