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...
Jean R Barney
Dec 12, 2019
Jean Barney was born March 10, 1926, in Springfield, Nebraska to Glenn and Amy (Streight) Thiessen. She died on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at the Independence House, Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 93 years, 9 Months, and 2 days.
Jean graduated from Ashland High School. She married Wallace Barney on January 21, 1946 in Marysville, Kansas...
Kevin R Drake
Dec 11, 2019
Kevin R. Drake passed away at his home in Elmwood, Nebraska on December 11, 2019. He was born January 10, 1954 in Lincoln to Arthur & Gwineth (TenBroeck) Drake. His parents were from Western, Nebraska and the family lived in various communities in southeastern Nebraska until they settled in Elmwood in the late 1940s. Kevin was a member of...
Robert Bob Deloske
Dec 8, 2019
Robert "Bob" Deloske was born April 5, 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska to Joseph and Ruby (Carter) Deloske. He died Sunday, December 8, 2019 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, at the age of 65 years, 8 months, and 3 days.
Bob married Roxanne Knott on December 1, 1975, at the First Christian Church in Louisville, Nebraska...
Madge D. Siefken
Nov 27, 2019
Madge Darlene (Flessner) Siefken, 93 of Syracuse, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Syracuse. She was born on May 31, 1926, to John and Pearl (Dively) Flessner in Burr, Nebraska.
She married Lester Siefken on June 25, 1944, at the First Lutheran Church in Syracuse, Nebraska. She and Lester...
John D. Goering
Nov 27, 2019
John D. Goering, 90, of Syracuse passed away on November 27, 2019, in Lincoln. He was born on September 25, 1929, to Arnold & Clara (Turre) Goering near Unadilla, NE.
John married Zella Clark on May 15, 1948, in Jeffersonville, IN. He joined the Army and served during Vietnam. John retired in 1979 after honorably serving for...
Cooper Hayes Magee
Nov 27, 2019
Cooper Hayes Magee was born Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at CHI Bergan Hospital in Omaha to Josh and Amber (Cunningham) Magee. He died Wednesday, November 27, 2019 surrounded by his loving parents at the age of just over 23 hours.
Cooper's short earthly life started when Amber and Josh found out that they were expecting a new...
Shirley M. Knople
Nov 23, 2019
Shirley Margaret (Badberg) Knople was born on September 15, 1934 near Talmage Nebraska. She passed away on November 23, 2019 at the age of 85 at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh. Shirley lived her whole life in southeast Nebraska and for 62 years lived just west of Syracuse.
At age 16, right after high school, Shirley began her...