Omaha National Cemetery

For Cindy Van Bibber, the return to Nebraska is a dream come true. She left Grand Island in the early 1980s, at age 19, to join the Army, seeking wider horizons and a way to pay for college.  She stayed for 10½ years, a spell that included assignments in South Korea, Kansas and Belgium. She worked at a state veterans cemetery near Richmond, Virginia, from 1997 to 2006 before joining the VA.Van Bibber has served at four VA cemeteries in the Western U.S., most recently as assistant director of Riverside National Cemetery in California.

Ever since she heard that a cemetery would be built near Omaha, Van Bibber hoped she would be back in Nebraska.  Be careful what you hope for,  Cindy arrived in Omaha and opened shop at the site on September 8, 2015

The cemetary was dedicated August 8, 2016