Jean Darlene Keller Wood, age 83, of North Platte, formerly of Kearney and Gibbon, died December 26, 2019 at Great Plains Health in North Platte.

She was born on February 2, 1936 in Elm Creek, NE to Glenn and Ethel (Vest) Keller. Jean graduated from Kearney Highschool and married Wayne Roeder in 1954. She got remarried to Charles Wood on April 5, 1975 in Shelton, NE. She worked as a cook and waitress most all her life. She and Chuck bought a farm at Gibbon and lived there for many years until Chuck passed away. Jean put Jesus as the center of her life, becoming a pastor in 2003. She loved her family in her own unique way.

Survivors include her son, Gary (Jami) Roeder of North Platte; brother, Harold Keller of Arizona; 4 grandchildren; Tara (Allen) Crane of North Platte, Jason (Kathy) Roeder of Kearney, Alex (Jeanie) Roeder of North Platte, and Renae (Josh) Baird of North Platte; 12 grandchildren, Seth, Reanna, Houston, Jadin, Skylar, Bailey, Jagger, Joseph, Decima, Kaitlyn, Jacob, and Josselyn, 2 great-great grandchildren, Nyla and Korra; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Wood in 2005; parents, Glenn and Ethel Keller; 1 brother; and 5 sisters.

Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.

Services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 3, 2020 at the Spirit of Life Church in Kearney, NE (3148 Dove Hill Road) with the Reverend Jonathan Lumbard officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon, NE. Adams & Swanson is in charge of local arrangements.