Alice (Haun) Kuxhaus, 98, of Scottsbluff, died Friday, December 7, 2007, at Golden Living Center in Scottsbluff. Friends may visit from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007, and from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff. Cremation will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Crematory. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., December 19, 2007, at Plymouth Congregational Church in Scottsbluff with Pastor Rod Wetzig officiating. Inurnment will be in the Fairview Cemetery. A memorial has been established to Plymouth Congregational Church. Alice was born January 9, 1909, in the Hussenbach Colonies of Russia to George and Dorothy (Groh) Haun. Two-year old Alice, her parents and two sisters, one of whom was born on the voyage of the German ship Graf Waldersee, docked in Philadelphia on May 15, 1911, after sailing from Hamburg. For perspective, this was one year before the trip of the liner Titanic. The family traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, and consequently to the western part of the state where she eventually met her husband-to-be, Alex Kuxhaus. They were married March 17, 1927, at Scottsbluff. While living in Bayard, Alex drove a tanker truck for Standard Oil Company and delivered gas to farmers. In 1938, the family of four moved to a home several miles east of Scottsbluff where Alex established his own gas station. Many times, while he was out on a farm route, Alice would pump gas for customers in addition to her household duties. In 1946, after building a new Frontier gas station at 11th Avenue and East Overland in Scottsbluff, the family moved to their first home in the city. Alice was an active member of Plymouth Congregational Church. Her grebel, rye bread and cabbage burgers were the highlights of many church bake sales. The unwritten recipes consisted of a pinch of this and a handful of that, all of which consistently blended together. As an expression of love, Alice thoroughly enjoyed cooking huge meals for friends and family. In addition, she always appointed herself as the designated washer of all the dishes and had other "volunteers" do all the drying. During her younger years, Alice attended as many garage sales as her feet would endure, but her number one activity was finding antiques of all kinds and having them refurbished to their nearly original conditions. During the early years of married life, Alice, as a self-taught pianist, preformed in a small musical group consisting of violin, piano, dulcimer and accordion. Many polkas were played for enthusiastic dancers. Alice loved to tell factual stories about everyday occurrences concerning friends and family, these bringing much laughter to the listeners even though the tales had been told many times before. During the last two years of her long journey through a faith-filled life, she was assisted in everyday tasks at her own home by a dear friend and caregiver, Brenda Wynne. Survivors include her daughter, Jodene (Doug) Chappell of Scottsbluff; son-in-law, Walter Schaffer of Bayard; grandchildren, Wally (Crys) Schaffer of Bayard and Cori Taedter of Scottsbluff; great-grandchildren, Wade Schaffer of Scottsbluff, Gabe Schaffer of Gering, and Brendan Taedter of Scottsbluff; great-great-grandson, Cole Schaffer of Gering; and sisters, Emilie Meisner of Scottsbluff and Lydia Ohlund of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Alice was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alex in 1997; daughter, Shirley Schaffer in 2006; infant daughter, Sharon; and sisters, Elizabeth Meininger and Mollie Meisner.