Mary Elaine Duggan, 80, of Dickens passed away July 23, 2019 at Great Plains Health, surrounded by her family.

Mary was born November 15, 1938 in Thedford to Arnim Jefferson and Helen Martish (Pennington) Coffman.

Mary grew up in Thedford, and Hershey and graduated from Hershey High School in 1956. She attended Chadron State College where she received her teaching degree. On December 21, 1957 she married Kenneth Leroy Duggan.

Mary taught at Antelope Ridge Country School, worked as a teacher's aide at Hershey High School, worked at Gooch's in Hershey, the Brule FCA Co-op and the Ogallala FCA Co-op.

She loved quilting, crocheting, needlepoint, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren, and was a CASA volunteer in Ogallala . She enjoyed gambling and was very lucky.

Survivors include her children, Phyllis (Rick) Engelhardt of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Sharon (Jeff) Randle of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and Doyle (Kim) Duggan of Dickens, Nebraska; grandchildren, Alysia (Elliot) Cone, Nicole (Jackson) Dozier, Rachel (Monti) Randle, Megan Meiner, Erin Randle, Heather Hermes, Valerie (Adam) Marcotte, Matthew (Sarah) Englehardt, Jacob (Lucy) Duggan, and Madalyn Duggan; 20 great-grandchildren; brother, Clair (JoAnne) Coffman of Gulf Breeze, Florida; numerous other family members; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Kenneth; daughter, Cathi Casey; granddaughter, Cortney Duggan; and siblings, James William Coffman, and Dorothy Ann Coker.

Memorials are suggested to the Hershey Methodist Church and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.

Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2019 at the Hershey Methodist Church with the Reverend Mark Baldwin officiating. Burial will be in the Dickens Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.