Lorraine Mann, 93, of Columbus died Thursday, April 23, 2026 at the Willows of Gretna.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 1 at the McKown Funeral Home in Columbus. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral from 9 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in the Columbus Cemetery following the service.
Lorraine Mann was born April 12, 1933 in Wakefield to Raymond and Leora (Test) Nickols. Lorraine was married to Lowell Mann on Jan. 11, 1953. The couple farmed until moving to Fremont in 1965. In March of 1967 they moved to Columbus. She worked at Keen Korner and helped her husband at the family business, The Derby Station. She later worked at B-D Medical. She enjoyed games, baking, cooking spending time with her family and volunteering with the hospital auxiliary. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus.
Survivors include her son, Robert Mann; daughter, Joyce Mann; daughter-in-law, Deserae Mann three granddaughters Racheal, Krysteena and Caitlynn Mann and a sister, Ethel Nickols
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell Mann; son, Alan Mann and siblings, James Nickols, Waunieta Wagner, LaVonne Rost and Joan Wagner.
