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...
Sharon Kay Clark
Nov 19, 2019
Sharon K. Clark, 72 of Omaha, passed away on November 19th, 2019 at Edgewood Vista in Omaha. She was born on November 26th, 1946 to Henry & Adeline (Hefner) Kehlenbeck in Nebraska City.
Sharon married Brad Clark on June 7, 1968 at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Syracuse. She worked as a bank clerk for 25 years....
"Handsome" Dean Achen
Nov 17, 2019
"Handsome" Dean Achen, 84, of Unadilla passed away on November 17, 2019 in Syracuse. He was born to Ernst & Bessie Achen in Ord.
Dean's passions were woodworking, gardening, western movies and watching football. He was renowned for his sense of humor, carpentry skills and stylish toothpick.
He is survived by Sonya, his wife of...
Rosalyn J. Grundman
Nov 15, 2019
Rosalyn J. Grundman, 89 of Syracuse, passed away on November 15th, 2019 at The Greene Place in Seward. She was born on November 29, 1929 to Earl & Ethel (Powell) Rowe on the family farm near Sterling.
Rosalyn attended district 24 and graduated from Cook High School in 1947. She married Darold A. Grundman on June 4th,...
Richard "Dick" F Berner
Nov 5, 2019
Richard Fred Robert Berner, age 89 of Cass County, NE passed away at his home November 5, 2019. He had resided in Avoca, Nehawka, Louisville and most recently in Plattsmouth. Dick was born March 28, 1930 to Dietrich Christian and Alma (Ottens) and baptized at the Christian Church in Avoca, NE. He graduated from Avoca High School although...
Nancy Y. Bevin
Oct 22, 2019
Nancy Bevin, 59 of Otoe, passed away Oct. 22nd, 2019 in Syracuse, NE. Nancy was born on Nov. 18th, 1959 to Robert & Ruth (Heft) Jeffrey in Johnson AFB in Japan. Nancy married Walter Bevin and to this union they had 1 son, John Bevin.
Nancy is survived by son: John (Patty) Bevin of KS, mother: Ruth...
Donald "Don" E. Carey
Oct 20, 2019
Donald "Don" E. Carey, 90 of Syracuse, passed away October 20th, 2019 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. He was born September 4th, 1929 to Tom & Stella (Shurmard) Carey at Dewitt, Nebraska.
When he was 2 years old he moved with his parents to a farm southeast of Adams, Nebraska. This is where he grew up...
Lois C. Wellman
Oct 20, 2019
Lois C. Wellman, 88 of Syracuse, passed away Oct. 20, 2019. She was born on Dec. 24, 1930 in Dunbar, Nebraska to Fredrick & Charlotte (Grieswell) Gunn.
Lois graduated from Avoca High School in 1949, where she enjoyed playing volleyball. She was united in marriage on May 16, 1949 to Raymond Wellman at the Congregational Church in...