Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
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...
Floyd D. Markland
Feb 25, 2019
Floyd Markland age 64 of Weeping Water, Nebraska died 2-25-2019 survived by his sons Matt Markland and Steven Markland and step daughter Amanda Codr, and granddaughters Paige Codr and Katrina Dill.
Memorial services will be Saturday, March 9 th 2019 at 10:30 at the Louisville Christian Church, Louisville, Nebraska. Family Suggests Memorials to the family for later...
Darold A. Grundman
Feb 23, 2019
Darold A. Grundman, 91 of Syracuse, passed away on February 23, 2019 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. He was born on September 23, 1927 to Henry W. & Lillie C. (Specht) Grundman on the family farm near Syracuse.
Darold married Rosalyn J. Rowe on June 4, 1950 at the United Methodist Church in Cook. Darold worked...
Martin J Siebrass
Feb 18, 2019
Martin J. Siebrass was born February 24, 1926, in Blue Hill, Nebraska, to Martin and Elsa (Petri) Siebrass. He went to be with the Lord on February 18, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society, Millard, Nebraska at the age of 92 years, 11 months, and 25 days.
He proudly served his country, being inducted into...
Aimee H Apthorpe
Feb 13, 2019
Aimee H. Apthorpe, 99 of Syracuse, passed away on February 13, 2019 at Linden View Assistant Living in Syracuse. She was born on December 5, 1919 in St. Paul, Nebraska to John & Minnie (Jackson) Fenstermacher. She was baptized in her Grandma's living room by her Uncle, a pastor in the Lutheran Church, and was confirmed in the Presbyterian...
Sally A Fricke
Feb 13, 2019
Sally A. Fricke, 52 of Palmyra, passed away on February 13, 2019. She was born on June 4, 1966 to Ralph & Lucille (Root) Holdsworth in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sally graduated from Douglas high school in 1984. She married Mark Fricke on September 12, 1997 in Nebraska City. Sally enjoyed her horses and being outdoors.
She...
Donna Erhart
Feb 10, 2019
Donna R. Erhart was born on February 9, 1951 in Pender, Nebraska to Clarence and Phyllis (Riggs) Brandes. She died February 10, 2019 in a car accident with her husband of 24 years, Doug Erhart. She was 68 years old.
Donna started school at College Hill for eight years and went on to graduate from...
Douglas & Donna Erhart
Feb 10, 2019
Celebration of Life for Douglas and Donna Erhart will be Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at the Cass County Fair Grounds, 144th Street & Hwy 1, Weeping Water, Nebraska. No Visitation or Viewing but plants and flowers can be left at the funeral home Friday from 1-9 P.M. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation....
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