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

Wilbur "Mickey" M. Degolyer

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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