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

Marian Alfrey Johnson

Marian Alfrey Johnson

Mar 18, 2020

Memorial Services will be Wednesday, July 8th at 10:30 A.M. at the First United Methodist Church in Louisville, NE.  Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery in Louisville.  Visitation will by July 7 th from 6-8 PM with family present.  All social distancing and restrictions will be in place.

The service will be live streamed...

William "Bill" Nessen

William "Bill" Nessen

Mar 17, 2020

William R. Nessen was born on September 17, 1937 to Clarence and Dorthea (Schroeder) Nessen in Omaha, Nebraska. He died at his home in Louisville at the age of 82 years and 6 months.

William attended Louisville Public Schools for 12 years.  He graduated Salutatorian of his class in May of 1955.  William attended the University of...

Richard D. Lorensen

Richard D. Lorensen

Mar 11, 2020

Richard D. Lorensen, 75 of Weeping Water, passed away on March 11, 2020 in Lincoln. He was born January 26, 1945 to Willis & Ida (Cappen) Lorensen. He is survived by his Wife: Mary Ann Lorensen; Children: Kris (Carl) Lorensen-Stanley, Terry (Teresa) Lorensen; Grandchildren: Jessie, Zoe, Lilly and Luke. He was preceded in death by his Parents. A celebration...

Eula M Swarts

Eula M Swarts

Feb 19, 2020

Eula Mae (née McLaughlin) Swarts passed away peacefully in her sleep 2/19/2020 at the age of 101. She was born on the family homestead in Elmwood Nebraska on 12/9/1918 to Leonard and Stella (Box) McLaughlin.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers (any and all sports), the color purple, Avon (which she sold for 50 years), playing UNO, and her family...

Viola M. Gartner

Viola M. Gartner

Feb 18, 2020

Viola M. Gartner, 97 of Syracuse, passed away on February 18, 2020. She was born on July 12, 1922 to Max & Maude (Page) Ebert.

She married Ralph Gartner on September 2, 1941. Three children were born to this marriage. In 1948 she and Ralph started Gartner Construction Co. where they worked side by side until Ralph's...

Donna R Nicklen

Donna R Nicklen

Feb 14, 2020

Donna Rae Willoughby was born outside Gilden Iowa on her grandparents farm January 19 ,1931.  She was the oldest daughter of E.C. and Faye Salisbury Willoughby. Donna had one sister Janice Lee (Willoughby) Carlson.  Donna lived in several small Iowa communities until the beginning of World War II when the family moved to Bellevue  Nebraska where she completed her freshman...

Jim R Ossenkop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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