Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
June Tipken
Apr 22, 2019
June Tipken was born June 9, 1934 in Nebraska City, Nebraska, to Henry William and Clara Viola (Godfrey) Gess. She died Monday April 22, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 84 years, 10 months, and 13 days.
June graduated from High School at Nebraska City, Nebraska, and later married Ralph W. Tipken on November 16,...
Dorothy I Petersen
Apr 21, 2019
Dorothy I. Petersen, 91 of Nebraska City, passed away on April 21, 2019. She was born on May 22, 1927 to Leonard & Rosa (Thiesfeld) Zahn.
She married Clarence Petersen Jr. on September 12, 1948 at St. John's UCC in Syracuse. Dorothy was the co-owner and book keeper for Petersen Construction. She retired in 1986 and moved...
Samuel E. Naffziger
Apr 18, 2019
Samuel E. Naffziger, 73 of Otoe, passed away on April 18, 2019. He was born on September 3, 1945.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements By: Fusselman Allen Harvey Funeral Home, Syracuse, NE
Condolences to www.fusselmanallenharvey.com
Beverly Schroeder
Apr 16, 2019
Beverly Schroeder, 92 of Syracuse, formerly of Cook, passed away on April 16, 2019. She was born on September 4, 1926 to Walter H. & Rose M. (Kienker) Damme on their farm near Cook.
Bev married Allen W. Schroeder on August 17, 1946 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Cook. She taught at country schools and later worked...
Val Renee J. Greenwood
Apr 14, 2019
Val Renee J. Greenwood, 79 of Palmyra, passed away on April 14, 2019 in Lincoln. She was born on August 14, 1939 to Nels Joseph & Elsie Rachel (Bierce) Robitaille in Huron, SD.
Val worked at home and sold Avon for many years. She enjoyed gardening and loved all of her pets over the years, especially her...
Victoria H Martacho
Apr 2, 2019
Victoria H. Martacho, 87 of Syracuse, passed away on April 2, 2019 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. She was born on May 1, 1931 to Herman & Meta (Koehler) Fricke in Brunswick, NE.
Victoria married Vyron "Joe" Martacho on April 10, 1950 in Syracuse. She worked at the First National Bank in Syracuse for 26 years...
Bonnie B. Gould
Mar 28, 2019
Bonnie B. Gould, 71 of Syracuse, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019. She was born on September 21, 1947 to Walter & Dorothy (Bohling) Kettelhut in Deschler, NE.
She married Samuel G. Gould on December 6, 1968 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hubbell, NE and later divorced. Bonnie worked at Experian in Seward and also...
Wilbur "Mickey" M. Degolyer
Mar 28, 2019
Wilbur "Mickey" M. DeGolyer, 81 of Dunbar, passed away on March 28, 2019 at BryanWest Hospital in Lincoln surrounded by family. He was born on September 12, 1937 to Clarence & Elnora C. (Eisenman) DeGolyer in Arthurdale, West Virginia.
Wilbur was baptized at St. Therese in Britz, W. Virginia on May 8, 1938. He graduated from Arthurdale...
Patty J Sorensen
Mar 27, 2019
Patty Jo Sorensen was born on January 10, 1957 in Nebraska City, Nebraska to Cecil Amos and Ruth Charlotte (Sjogren) Beck. She died on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at UNMC in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 62 years, 2 months, and 17 days.
Patty attended Dutch Academy Country School and graduated with a...
Bertha Irene Malone
Mar 24, 2019
Bertha Malone passed away peacefully at South Lake Retirement Village, March 24, 2019. Bertha Irene (Royal) Malone was born November 11, 1932 to Dennis and Mary (Kempkes) Royal as one of 18 brothers and sisters born on their farm south of Palmyra. They moved to Syracuse later where Bertha was active in volleyball and graduated at an early age....
Randal & Annette Grimes
Mar 23, 2019
Randal L. Grimes, age 56, and Annette L. Grimes, age 51, both of Douglas passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019. They are survived by Parents: Bernard & Ruth Grimes, Sandra Traux, Children: Felicia Bertram, Desiree Kunzman, Tori Bertram, Kami (Treven) Thies, Jesse (Alexis) Grimes; Grandchildren: Nathaniel, Aidan, Eithan, Kasha, Sean, Kyla, Carsten, Dominik, Zophia, Amelia, plus 2 on...
Ronald K. Wenninghoff
Mar 20, 2019
Ronald Keith Wenninghoff of Unadilla passed away March 20, 2019. He was born on May 23, 1932. Ron was the youngest of four children born to Arthur J. and Edith M. (Swerdfeger) Wenninghoff.
Ron graduated from Syracuse High School and earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education from Peru State College. He served two years in...
Darrel Taylor Isaacs Sr.
Mar 16, 2019
Darrel Taylor Isaacs, Sr., 86, of Beatrice, died March 16, 2019 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Lincoln, NE.
Darrel loved helping young things grow. Babies, boys and girls, foals, puppies, kittens, calves, piglets, lambs – he never said "no" to the chance help a new one grow up. He was born on his parents' farm in Unadilla, Nebraska...
Cynthia Shera
Mar 6, 2019
Cynthia M. Shera was born November 29, 1954 in Charles City, Iowa. She died surrounded by loving family at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 64 years, 3 months, and 5 days.
Cindy married Ray Shera on March 26, 1977 in Logan, Iowa and to this union they raised two children...
Vicki Jo Callaway
Mar 5, 2019
Vicki Jo (Drake) Callaway passed away on March 5, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born August 13, 1945 in Lincoln to Arthur & Gwineth (TenBroeck) Drake. Her parents were from Western, Nebraska and the family lived in various communities in southeastern Nebraska until they settled in Elmwood in the late 1940s. Vicki graduated from Elmwood High School in...
Melva L Holscher
Mar 5, 2019
Melva Louise (Larshus) Holscher, 98 of York, formerly of Syracuse, passed away on March 5, 2019. She was born on November 26, 1920 to Oscar and Lydia Larshus in Bottineau, North Dakota. She attended school at Bottineau.
She worked at a grocery store in Dunsleth before moving to Seattle, Washington. She was employed by...
Reva F. Hillman
Mar 4, 2019
Reva F. Hillman, 98 of Syracuse, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. She was born on July 4, 1920 to Dick & Bertha (Reuter) Koch.
She was Baptized and Confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church, Otoe and graduated from Otoe High School in 1938. Reva married Maynard Hillman on October...
Derrick W. Isaacs
Mar 4, 2019
Derrick W. Isaacs, 50 of Lincoln, passed away March 4, 2019 in Lincoln. He was born on June 30, 1968.
Survived by: Amy Rockenbach; Children: Brandon (Danielle) Isaacs, Charlotte (Seth) Flynn, Evan Isaacs, Gabriel Isaacs, Noah Isaacs, 5 Grandchildren; Brother: Chris (Mary) Isaacs, Shawn Isaacs, Jason Isaacs; Nephews: Tony Burtis Jr., Chris Isaacs Jr., Seth Schultz, Josh...
Charles W. Boyes
Mar 3, 2019
Charles W. Boyes, 94 of Syracuse, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. He was born on December 27, 1924 to Thomas W. & Adeline G. (Muchow) Boyes in Fairmont, NE.
Charles married the love of his life, Nadine Klein on April 4, 1945 in Sutton. They stayed devoted to each...
Allen Kelsay
Feb 26, 2019
Allen Vaughn Kelsay was born July 19, 1933 to Otis and Monta (Smith) Kelsay in Peru, Nebraska. He died on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Country House in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 7 days.
He served his country by being in the United States Army. He married Joan (Boeck) Kelsay...
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