Funeral services for Stacey Elizabeth Pecena, age 52, of Wayne, were held Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Spencer.
Pastor Glen Stahlecker and Pastor Gary Binder officiated, and burial was in National Cemetery in Spencer.
Stacey Elizabeth Pecena, daughter of Carolyn (Ross) Colfack, Benjamin Moore, and Denton Colfack, was born November 24, 1969, at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, and she died Sunday, March 13, 2022, at University of Minnesota Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn.
She attended Spencer High School and Northeast Community College before transferring to Wayne State College for elementary education.
On August 28, 1993, she was united in marriage to Dustan Leigh Pecena at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Spencer. They were blessed with three children, Trevor, Ashlyn, and Tyler.
The Pecenas lived in Wayne and prior to her illness, she worked as a team leader for Ameritas Life Insurance. She was a member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Spencer and was involved in Relay for Life.
Pecena enjoyed her family, listening to music, racing, playing video games, and watching movies. She seemed to attract stray animals and loved taking care of them. She also loved decorating for holidays, flowers, going to garage sales and swap meets, and researching the family ancestry. Her favorites were HuHot Mongolian Grill, Coca-Cola, angel food cake, and getting her nails done for every holiday.
She was preceded in death by her father, Benjamin Moore; sister, Kari Keck; nephews, Luke Anderson and Reid McGill; her grandparents; and her faithful dog, Indiana.
Stacey Elizabeth Pecena is survived by her husband, Dustan of Wayne; children, Trevor Leigh (Erin) Pecena of Wilber, Ashlyn Elizabeth Pecena of Lincoln, and Tyler Anton Pecena of Wayne; mother, Carolyn Colfack; step-father, Denton Colfack; siblings, Steve (Crystal) Colfack of Bertrand, Cindy (Chad) Lingenfelter of Plainview, Lisa (Eldon) Taylor of Arlington, Wanda (Mike) Kracl of O’Neill, Monte (Sarah) Colfack of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, and Carla (Mike Watchford) Colfack of Twin Falls, Idaho; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins.