Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas

Lyle Fredrick Wendt

Lyle Fredrick Wendt

Sep 23, 2020

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Lyle Fredrick Wendt 81 of Murdock was born June 11, 1939 to Fred and Lela (Horton) Wendt at Wabash, Nebraska and died September 23, 2020 at his home in Murdock, Nebraska. He attended grade school in Wabash and graduated from Murdock High School in 1956. In 1963 he married Mary Weisheit at Immanuel Lutheran...

Linda Ann Holz

Linda Ann Holz

Sep 18, 2020

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Linda Ann (Madsen) Holz was born June 18th, 1944 in Omaha, NE to Edward & Claire Madsen. She passed away peacefully at home with family on Friday, September 18th, 2020 at the age of...

Howard M. Diamon

Howard M. Diamon

Sep 15, 2020

Howard Mark Diamon, 99, passed away at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, NE on September 15, 2020 with his daughter, Dianne, at his side. He was born to parents Charles and Charlotte (Brown) Diamon on September 4, 1921 in Iron River, WI.

Howard continued to live and work in Iron River until he met the love...

Marlene M. Wagner

Marlene M. Wagner

Sep 11, 2020

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Marlene M. Wagner, 88 of Syracuse, passed away on September 11, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born on May 31, 1932 to Frank E. & Ella Mae (McDonald) Sullivan in Lincoln. She graduated from...

Gladys M Vrana

Gladys M Vrana

Sep 7, 2020

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Gladys Marie Vrana, 88, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Monday September 7 th . She was born January 4 th , 1932 to Frank & Evelyn (Chmelka) Makovicka on a...

Randall Edgerton

Randall Edgerton

Sep 2, 2020

Randall Edgerton was born November 22, 1966, to Robert Sr. and Sandra (Stohlmann) Edgerton in Omaha, Nebraska. He was found dead at his home in Bellevue, Nebraska at the age of 53 years, 9 months, and 11 days.

Randy is survived by his mother Sandra, grandmother LaVone along with his brother, uncles, and aunts.

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Mary Ann Lorensen

Mary Ann Lorensen

Aug 31, 2020

Mary Ann Lorensen, 74 of Weeping Water, passed away on August 31, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born on June 26, 1946 to Walter Sr. & Elnora (Nielsen) Kassube.

She is survived by her Children: Kris (Carl) Lorensen-Stanley, Terry (Teresa) Lorensen; Grandchildren: Jessie, Zoe, Lilly and Luke; Sister: Janice Larson; Brother: Tom (Kay) Kassube.

She...

Marcia J. Straube

Marcia J. Straube

Aug 29, 2020

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Marcia J. Straube, 60 of Douglas, passed away on August 29, 2020 at Bryan East Hospital in Lincoln. She was born to Deryl & Marfae (Henning) Wergin on July 26, 1960 in Beatrice.

Marcia married Bob Straube on May 16, 1992 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Beatrice. She worked at Casey's...

Lola Jean Davison

Lola Jean Davison

Aug 28, 2020

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Lola Jean Davison, 83 of Syracuse, passed away on August 28, 2020 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. She was born on January 26, 1937 to Chester & Edna (Heather) Parker in Syracuse.

Lola Jean married Marvin J. Davison on June 25, 1955 in Syracuse. She worked for many years at Wheaton...

Mark A Pasco

Mark A Pasco

Aug 27, 2020

Mark Pasco born June 8, 1981 in Omaha, Nebraska to Les and Sharon (Mueller) Pasco. He was found dead Thursday, August 27, 2020, at his home at the age of 39 years, 2 months, and 19 days.

Graveside services will be at a later date.

Condolences can be left at www.fusselmanallenharvey.com

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Leona K. Post

Leona K. Post

Aug 25, 2020

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Leona K. Post, 85 of Syracuse, passed away on August 25, 2020 at the Tabitha Journey House in Lincoln. She was born on July 30, 1935 to Jacob & Engel Mueller on the farm near Elmwood, NE. The family later moved near the Syracuse area. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at North Branch...

Paul "Rick" R. Wassenberg Jr.

Paul "Rick" R. Wassenberg Jr.

Aug 20, 2020

Paul "Rick" R. Wassenberg Jr., age 67 of Unadilla, passed away on August 20, 2020 in Lincoln following a valiant battle with cancer since March 2020. He was born on May 24, 1953 to Paul R. Wassenberg Sr. & Betty (Schroller) Wassenberg in Marysville, KS.

Rick married Arliss Schmoldt on August 3, 1987 in West Point, NE....

Howard Dean Engelbrecht

Howard Dean Engelbrecht

Aug 19, 2020

Howard Dean Engelbrecht, 96 of Syracuse, NE was born on July 6, 1924 and passed away in the early morning hours of August 19th, 2020. Howard passed away peacefully at Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse after suffering a severe heart attack a few days earlier.

Howard was born in Syracuse, Nebraska the oldest son of August and...

Rolland W Johnson

Rolland W Johnson

Aug 18, 2020

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Rolland Wesley Johnson, age 97 of Syracuse, passed away August 18, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, NE. He was born February 5, 1923 in Osceola, NE to Elmer and Eva Johnson.

Rolland was baptized, confirmed, and spent his life in the Lutheran...

Sherrall J. Phillips

Sherrall J. Phillips

Aug 16, 2020

Sherrall J. Phillips, 71 of Elmwood, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born on March 17, 1949 to John & Mabel Kirchhoff in Lincoln.

Sherrall married James Phillips on November 2, 1968 at the First Lutheran Church (North Branch). She worked for Ameritas and Nationwide in Lincoln for many years. After retirement...

Beulah V. Patton

Beulah V. Patton

Aug 15, 2020

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Beulah V. Patton, 96 of Syracuse, passed away on August 15, 2020 in Syracuse. She was born on July 17, 1924 to Gabe & Dorothy (Fuhrer) Maddy in Bennet.

Beulah married Mark Patton on August 24, 1942 in Bennet. She worked in the Syracuse Sale Barn café, had an extensive catering business,...

Mary Lou Pickerill

Mary Lou Pickerill

Aug 14, 2020

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Mary Louise Pickerill was born October 4, 1931, in Kimball, Nebraska, her parents were Raymond Wilson and Marion Noyes Wilson.

While her father Raymond was working in Tecumseh as the County Extension Agent he died at the age of 31. She was four and a half years old, her mother moved them...

Pam K. Hillman

Pam K. Hillman

Aug 11, 2020

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Due to poor internet connection at the cemetery, the service was unable to be livestreamed. It has been posted on Facebook and is available to watch now. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Pam K. Hillman, 70 of Papillion, passed away on August 11, 2020 at her home. She was born on February 17,...

Cerella "Sally" G. Hawley

Cerella "Sally" G. Hawley

Aug 6, 2020

Cerella "Sally" G. Hawley, 96 of Syracuse formerly of Brock, passed away on August 6, 2020 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. She was born on March 16, 1924 to Anton & Julia (Mekosh) Wegrzyn in Burwell. Cerella married Frank Eberhard and after his death she married John W. Hawley. She worked at home on the farm and enjoyed...

Robert "Bob" Chapman

Robert "Bob" Chapman

Aug 5, 2020

Robert "Bob" Chapman was born July 21, 1946 in Perry Iowa, to Ivan and Magdalene (Walker) Chapman. He died Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Bryan East Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 74 years, and 15 days.

Bob joined the United States Army on September 19, 1967 until September 18, 1969, he was a member of...

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