Family / Foster Care
My wife and I have been married for 22 years. We have been blessed with 12 children.
Deb works with Sixpence and her focus is supporting the nine school districts across the state of Nebraska that are Sixpence Childcare Partnership Communities. Deb has spent the last 28 years in the field of Early Childhood Education. Deb graduated from Doane University with an Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership. Her bachelor degree is from Nebraska Wesleyan in elementary education, and she later earned her Early Childhood Endorsement from Peru State College. Deb is currently working towards a Master of Arts in Leadership from Doane University.
We have four children, Kade, Allyson, Madison, and Weston.
- Kade was called home to Jesus on November 13, 2021. He is greatly missed and we look forward to reuniting with him in Heaven.
- Allyson Warner lives in Auburn with her husband Tyler. They have a daughter Ginny Kade who was born in April of 2022.
- Madison works at Peru State College in the Admissions Office. She has a son, Jeter, who was born in March of 2021.
- Weston is a senior at Midland University pursuing a degree in elementary education. He is engaged to Frankie Klassen,who is an elementary teacher at Fremont Public Schools.
Deb and I had not thought of being foster parents until a mother of one of her preschool students asked us to care for her 2 daughters while she got back on her feet. This short team voluntary placement turned into a longer official placement when the state removed the children from her care. Eventually these two children were permanently placed with a step-grandmother. The experience was so fulfilling for our family that we decided to become an official foster home through Cedars Home for Children.
Since becoming licensed we have had been home to several children. We eventually adopted 8 children through foster care.
- Dakota is a freshman at Western Iowa Technical Community College
- Denise is senior at Weeping Water High School
- Skylar is a junio at Weeping Water High School
- Marlie is a eighth-grader at Weeping Water Middle School
- Riley is a seventh-grader at Weeping Water Middle School
- Rianna is a sixth-grader at Weeping Water Middle School
- Ihrey is a sixth-grader at Weeping Water Middle School
- Hialee is a fourth-grader at Weeping Water Elementary.
