Alice Marx

Funeral Services for Alice Marx age 79 of Norfolk, Nebraska will be 10:30 Friday, December 19, 2025 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Battle Creek, Nebraska. Visitation will be Thursday, December 18, 2025 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. followed by wake service. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Battle Creek, Nebraska. Alice passed away December 2, 2025 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair. Snider Memorial Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorial.com

     Alice Faye (Halstead) Marx was born May 11, 1946, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lynch, NE, to Harold and Opal (Mellor) Halstead. Her family settled in Redbird, NE, on her grandad’s farm with siblings Larry, Doris, Bill, and Helen. Alice graduated from Lynch High School in 1964. She then worked at Boyd County Telephone, where she met Michael Marx, and they married on August 13, 1966.

     Together they had three children: Laura, William (Bill), and Melissa. They lived on the family farm west of Spencer, NE, for a few years before moving to O’Neill, where they began their new business, Quality Farm Center. Michael and Alice spent many hours building their business and raising their family. The family enjoyed flying in their plane, traveling to Colorado to see relatives, camping and going to Bogner’s to watch live entertainment - such as the Statler Brothers - and to enjoy great crab legs.

     Alice worked for St. Patrick’s Church from 1990 until her retirement in 2018. During this time, she opened her home to many foster children.

     Alice is survived by her children Laura (Craig) Schlachter of Blair, NE; William (Sherrie) Marx of Battle Creek, NE; Melissa (Ron) Marx-Roth of Lyons, NE; 14 grandchildren Matthew Marx, Austin (Janie) Marx, Bailey (Donny) Mickelson, Kiana (Jonah) Heng, Lindsey Bolling, Allison (Darris) Wipf, Paige Schlachter, Brooke (Jake) Bartosh, Abigail Schlachter, Cody Gibbs, Dean (Carly) Gibbs, Haley Roth, Samantha Roth; and 8 great-grandchildren Cashton, Jaxton, Maisyn, Cal, Cooper, Amurie, Aliyah. She is also survived by her brother Bill Halstead of Lynch, NE; brother-in-law Rex Carson of Lynch, NE; sister-in-law Janice Halstead of Bloomfield, NE; Mary (Bruce) Hartsock of Longmont, CO; Leo (Kathy) Marx of Colorado Springs, CO; Nick (Chloe) Marx of DeBeque, CO; Pete (Roxanna) Marx of Hesperus, CO; Virginia Reitz of Wheat Ridge, CO; Lawrence (Retha) Marx of O'Neill, NE; Margaret Marx of Beuna Vista, CO; Martha (Steve) Sandner of Durango, CO; and many nieces and nephews.

     Alice is preceded in death by Michael Marx, granddaughters Sarah Schlachter and Ashley Marx; great-grandson Michael Heng; her parents; Leo and Margaret Marx; brother Larry Halstead; sister Doris Carson; sister Helen Lueken; brother-in-law Kim Lueken; nephew William Cody Halstead.