Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Jim R Ossenkop
Feb 14, 2020
Jim Ossenkop was born May 2, 1936 in Louisville, Nebraska to John and Marie (McKinstry) Ossenkop. He died peacefully at his home in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 83 years, 9 months, and 12 days.
Jim served in the United States Navy and married Jean Miner, on May 12, 1957, in Springfield, Nebraska and to this...
Anna Remmenga
Feb 12, 2020
Anna Mullis Remmenga, 91, formerly of Syracuse, passed away February 12, 2020 at her home in Green Valley, Arizona. She was born April 21, 1928 in Dunbar to Theodore and Catherine Schaefer.
Anna married Harry Mullis February 3, 1949 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Dunbar. They raised two daughters on the Mullis homestead where they operated...
Fred E Applegate
Feb 9, 2020
Fred Applegate, age 87, teacher and coach at Louisville High School, retired in 1992.
Fred was born in Peru, NE September 5, 1932 and died Sunday morning February 9, 2020.
Fred attended elementary and high school at the Peru Training School and graduated from Peru State in 1955 with a...
Phyllis R. Frazell
Feb 6, 2020
Phyllis R. Frazell, 81, of Otoe, passed away on February 6 in Omaha. She was born on October 25, 1938, to Loyd O. & Ruth (Gothner) Fjerstad in Glasgow, MT. She married Daryl Frazell on September 12, 1959, in Omaha, and the couple celebrated their 60th anniversary last year. Phyllis, whose working career was in medical technology, was a...
Beth Eileen Haney Smith
Feb 4, 2020
Beth Smith was born January 1, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska, to Earl J and Mary Edith (Sweenie) Haney. She died Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at Hillcrest Shadow Lake in Papillion, Nebraska, at the age of 94 years.
Beth graduated from Springfield High School, and went to work for the Omaha Municipal Court. There Seymour Smith introduced her...
Patrick I Heng
Feb 4, 2020
Patrick I Heng 46 of Louisville, Nebraska was born July 9, 1973, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Irvin and Sue (Phillips) Heng, and passed away on February 4, 2020.
Memorial services will be Sunday, February 16, at 1:00 at the Louisville Senior Center 415 Elm Street, Louisville, Nebraska. No viewing due to cremation.
Condolences may be...
Barry Clayton Adams
Feb 3, 2020
Memorial services for Barry Adams of Louisville, Nebraska will be Sunday, February 9th at 10:00 A.M. at the Louisville Evangelical Free Church, at 304 Main Street, Louisville, Nebraska.
Helen A. Henke
Jan 26, 2020
Helen Alberta (Freudenberg) Henke was born May 2, 1928 to Fred and Minna (Fastenau) Freudenberg southeast of Syracuse. She was educated at District #84 country school and graduated from Syracuse High School in 1946. She departed this earthly life on January 26, 2020 at the age of 91.
Helen married Darrel Louis Henke on September 19, 1946...
Martha "Marty" L. Bradford
Jan 21, 2020
Martha "Marty" L. Bradford, 88 of Lorton, passed away on January 21, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born on September 11, 1931 to Herbert & Lula Mae (Bryan) Goodloe in Olney, TX.
Marty married Leo Bradford on December 21, 1973 in Marysville, KS. She worked as a beautician in Avoca and Syracuse. She also worked for the...
Darlene F. Smith
Jan 20, 2020
Darlene F. Smith, 92 of Syracuse, formerly of Cook, passed away on January 20, 2020 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. She was born on April 26, 1927 to Elmer & Hattie (Bailey) Johnson near Douglas, NE.
Darlene graduated from Palmyra High School in 1944. She married Robert Smith on November 20, 1944 at her parents' home...
Raymond A. Schroeder
Jan 12, 2020
Raymond August Schroeder was born September 11, 1920 on a farm near Dunbar, NE. Son of Edward and Alvina (Kehlbeck) Schroeder. Raymond died January 12, 2020 at the Syracuse Hospital at the age of 99.
He was a baptized and confirmed member of St. John's Church – McWilliams. Attended and graduated from District 82 country school. A...
Evelyn Marie Greta Giittinger
Jan 11, 2020
Evelyn Marie Greta (Freudenberg) Giittinger, 85 was born January 30, 1934, to Herman and Lena (Kunz) Freudenberg in the family home at Avoca, Ne. She lived a full and meaningful life passing to eternity on Saturday, January 11, 2020, in Syracuse, NE.
She attended country school and graduated from Avoca High School in 1952. She received an...
Paul Eugene Sliger
Jan 8, 2020
Paul Eugene Sliger, 49 of Syracuse, was born February 2, 1970 to Robert and Mary Sliger in Newton, Iowa. He passed away in a work related accident on January 8, 2020 in Burr, Nebraska. His family moved to Nebraska in 1982 where he graduated from Syracuse High School in 1988. After high school he joined the United States Air...
Sally A. Niemann
Jan 7, 2020
Sally A. Niemann, 81 of Cook, passed away on January 7, 2020 at Southlake Village in Lincoln. She was born on December 27, 1938 to Alfred & Serene (Francois) Volkmer in Auburn, Nebraska and grew up on a farm near Julian, Nebraska.
Sally graduated high school from St. Bernard's Academy in Nebraska City. On June 4, 1959,...
Jacqualine "Jackie" D. Sporhase
Dec 31, 2019
Jacqualine "Jackie" D. Sporhase, 74 of Palmyra, passed away on December 31, 2019 at her home. She was born on December 3, 1945 to John & Norma (Henderson) Halvorsen in Dunbar, NE.
Jackie married Jerry Sporhase on November 13, 1996 in Las Vegas. She worked for Alpha-Beta and Ralph's grocery stores. Jackie enjoyed going to many auctions,...
Mavis Ruth Mohlman
Dec 28, 2019
Mavis Ruth Mohlman, 89 of Wayne, NE, formerly of Waverly, passed away on December 28, 2019. She was born on March 14, 1930 to Fred and Ida (Steinkuhler) Eisenhauer in Burr. Mavis was baptized on April 20, 1930 and confirmed on March 25, 1945, both at the Hope Lutheran Church in Burr. After graduating high school, she worked as...
Stanley Guy Sparks
Dec 28, 2019
Stanley G. Sparks died peacefully at home December 28, 2019 at the age of 96. He is survived by his wife Jane Sparks, of Louisville, NE, daughter Denise Roberts, of Overland Park, KS, son Brian (Rhonda) Sparks, of Louisville, NE, and daughter Debbie (Steve)Gravs, of Lincoln, NE, grandchildren Andrea (Drew)Barricklow, of Portland, OR, Alyssa (Dave) Winkelman, of Portland,...
Roland Ivan Rodaway
Dec 28, 2019
Roland Ivan Rodaway, 100 of Unadilla, Nebraska, passed away on December 28, 2019, at the Syracuse Hospital. He was born on October 9, 1919, on a farm near Unadilla to Ivan and Myrtle (Nash) Rodaway. He was a graduate of Unadilla High School.
He farmed until the age of 90 in spite of the loss of his...
Verda O. Ritter
Dec 21, 2019
Verda O. Ritter, 96 of Syracuse, formerly of Talmage, passed away on December 21, 2019 at the Syracuse Hospital. She was born to Charles & Mary (Holmes) Ormsby on March 22, 1923 in LaSalle County, IL.
Verda married Stanley Ritter on August 23, 1955 in Seneca, IL. She worked as an RN and also was owner and...
Donald Dean "Don" Vrana
Dec 21, 2019
Donald Dean "Don" Vrana, 90 of Syracuse, passed away on December 21, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was born to Anton & Florence (Walker) Vrana on December 17, 1929 in Seward, Nebraska, and grew up on a farm northeast of Garland where he attended country school, and graduated from Garland High School in 1946.
Don married...
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