Sage Marie Jurgensen, born at Hastings, Nebraska on February 20, 2025, the daughter of Ryan and Sarah (Gumb) Jurgensen was welcomed into Heaven on March 30, 2026, at age of 1.

Sage lived a life that mattered.

She gave love unconditionally, received love joyfully, and made the world better. Sage went straight from crawling to running, embracing life with a spirit full of wonder. She loved to blow kisses while dancing and screaming to the Bluey theme song, filling every moment with joy.

Extra that’s the perfect word to describe Miss Sage. From the day we found out she was a girl, to her baby shower, to her 1st birthday party, she was Extra. Extra special, extra sweet and extra crazy wrapped up in the cutest little firecracker of a package but most of all we were extra lucky to have Sage, even if she left us wanting just a little more extra time.

Sage was the center of Ryan and Sarah’s world, the light of her grandparents’ lives, and a constant source of happiness for her aunts, uncles, cousins, and all the friends who were lucky enough to know her.

She found joy everywhere—whether in people, in her beloved animals and doggies, or in the simple moments that made life special. In her short but beautiful time on earth she grew her own pumpkins, brewed coffee with her mom, rode in her pink jeep, did chores with her dad, swam in the ocean, built sandcastles, kept Grandma on her feet, and cheered her cousins on at many sporting events. Sage embraced all she encountered with curiosity and love.

Even now, Sage continues to give joy through the donor program, a lasting reflection of her amazing spirit. Though her time here was brief, her impact on family, friends, and those she helped is immeasurable.

Sage made us all better, and her love will continue to shine in every life she touched.

Survivors include her parents, Ryan and Sarah of Burwell; great-grandmothers, Margie Gumb of Burwell and Hazel Nielsen of St. Paul; great-grandparents, Marvin and Pat Kuchta of St. Paul; grandparents, Lin and Marie Gumb of Burwell, Jodi and Kevin Poss of St. Paul, and Ronald and Tammy Jurgensen of Hastings, uncles and aunts, Brett (Taylor) Gumb of Burwell, Lindsy (Brian) Roberts of Ord, Kyle (Shayla) Nielsen of St. Paul, Katelin (Mike) Coughlan of Essex, Iowa, Coy Kuchta of Omaha, Kayla (Eugene) Butler of Lincoln, and Kaitlin Jurgensen of Grand Island, numerous great uncles, great aunts and cousins.

She was preceded in death by great-grandparents, Dale and Belle Phillipps, Ray Gumb, Harley and Ina Jurgensen, Bert Nielsen, Donald and Mary Poss and Grandpa, David Kuchta.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 6, 2026, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Burwell, Nebraska. Pastor Alan Petersen and Reverend Shelby Moock will officiate. Private Inurnment will be held in the Cottonwood Cemetery at Burwell, Nebraska.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Sage’s Serenity Memorial Park. Her family and cousins are lovingly dreaming and drawing up plans for the park, which will feature a toddler-friendly playground; a special place where children can laugh, play, and carry forward Sage’s joyful spirit.

 Your generous dontaion in memory of Sage can be made through this link: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/sandhillsstrong/