Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Donald D. Flessner
May 31, 2017
Donald D. Flessner, 58 of Unadilla, passed away on May 31, 2017 at his home. He was born on March 5, 1959 to Delmer & Viola (Ude) Flessner in rural Douglas. Don married Deb Goad on June 24, 1989 at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Syracuse.
Don worked for the Tecumseh State Correction Institute. He was also...
Dawn Christine (Gartner) Schaer
May 29, 2017
Dawn Christine (Gartner) Schaer
Dawn Christine Gartner, daughter of Galen Gartner and Linda (Rathbone) Gartner was born on January 20 th 1969 at 1:09pm at Johnson County Hospital in Tecumseh Nebraska. Dawn was the oldest of three children, Travis Gartner her brother and Jordana (Gartner) Hoegh her sister.
Dawn and Michael Wolfe gave birth to...
Darlene Miller
May 29, 2017
Darlene Miller, age 69, of Louisville Nebraska died Monday, May 29, 2017 at Bryan West Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born December 12,1947 in Marshall, Minnesota to Herbert and Alma (Garrow) Letzring. Funeral services are pending at Fusselman Allen Harvey Funeral Home, 413 Elm Street, Louisville, Nebraska 402-234-3985 Memorials are suggested to the family in lieu of flowers Condolences maybe...
Oneida E. Turner
May 17, 2017
Oneida E. Turner, 93 of Lincoln formerly of Cook, passed away on May 17, 2017 at her home in Lincoln. She was born on June 12, 1923 to Ben & Mary (Homier) Spanjer in Burr. Oneida married Robert A. Turner on March 23, 1941 in Cook.
Oneida was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, American Legion Aux....
Emily L. Petersen
May 14, 2017
Emily L. Petersen, 91 of Lincoln formerly of Syracuse passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at home. She was born to Louis & Edna (Hart) Holland on December 15, 1925 in Palmyra, NE. She graduated from Palmyra High School and then attended National Business College.
Emily married Glenn E. Petersen on January 6, 1948 in Palmyra,...
Kathleen "Kay" E. Staack
May 9, 2017
Kathleen "Kay" Eleanor Staack, 91, passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 in Syracuse, NE.
Kay was born in Omaha, NE to Irven and Matilda (Heebner) Markland of Weeping Water, NE on September 26, 1925. She graduated from Weeping Water High School in 1943 and went to business school at Lincoln...
Carol A. Robbins
May 5, 2017
Carol Ann Robbins was born on April 4, 1937 at her home in rural Louisville, Nebraska to Thomas Earl and Verona Julia (Morris) Robbins. She died on Friday, May 5, 2017 at the Gretna Community Living Center at the age of 80 years, 1 month, and 1 day.
She graduated from Louisville High School...
Louann E Eisenhauer
May 1, 2017
Louann E. Eisenhauer, 84 of Lincoln, passed away May 1, 2017 at the Monarch in Lincoln. She was born on April 15, 1933 in Syracuse to Louis & Edna (Behrens) Engelbrecht. She married Delton Eisenhauer on Feb. 27, 1954 in Syracuse.
Louann worked at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. She was active at Luther Memorial church and...
Ralph N. Straube
Apr 29, 2017
Ralph N. Straube, 93 of Burr, passed away April 29, 2017 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. He was born to Theodore & Pauline (Benson) Straube on June 15, 1923 in rural Burr. Ralph married Frieda Buss on March 8, 1953 at the American Lutheran Church in Adams.
Ralph farmed by Burr and enjoyed looking at old...
Ann M. Crawford
Apr 28, 2017
Ann M. Crawford, 61 of Unadilla, passed away on April 28, 2017 at the Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital. She was born May 14, 1955 to Jack & Maxine (Ebert) Stilwell in Syracuse.
Ann married Galen Crawford on October 8, 1976 in Unadilla. She worked as a labor delivery nurse for 20+ years at BryanWest Hospital in Lincoln....
Ross A. Mcwilliams
Apr 17, 2017
Ross A. McWilliams, 87 of Unadilla, passed away on April 17, 2017 at home. He was born on January 14, 1930 to Charles & Leona (Weber) McWilliams in Unadilla.
Ross married Frances L. Royal on February 18, 1950 at St. Paulinus Catholic Church in Syracuse. He worked as a mechanic at Syracuse Farm Equipment and R&R Repair....
Francis L Reinke
Apr 15, 2017
Francis L. Reinke, age 94 of Elmwood, passed away April 15, 2017. He was born July 16, 1922 in South Bend, NE to Conrad and Ella (Heier) Reinke.
Francis is survived by his two daughters Jean Marie Reinke and Mary Frances Reinke of Elmwood. Also survived by nieces, nephews and cousins
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Ivadell K. Vollertsen
Apr 9, 2017
IvaDell K. Vollertsen, 93 of Syracuse, passed away on April 9, 2017 at the Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital. She was born on April 5, 1924 to Gilbert & Clara (Dieckgrafe) Holscher in Cook.
IvaDell married Melvin Vollertsen on September 19, 1943 at St. Paul's United Church of Christ (Osage). She worked as a clerk at Harold's grocery...
Lorens J. Ropers
Apr 9, 2017
Lorens John Ropers formerly of Elmwood, NE. passed away at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Nursing Home on April 9 th at the age of 98. Lorens was born on November 16, 1918 on a farm near Elmwood, NE to Albert Sr. and Sophia (Lutzemeyer) Ropers. Lorens was a farmer and served his country in World War II.
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Agnes S. Petersen
Apr 8, 2017
Agnes Sophia Petersen was born on December 20, 1921 to Carl & Ella (Beers) Halvorsen in rural Otoe County. She passed away April 08, 2017 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center at the age of 95 years, 3 months and 19 days.
Agnes was part of the first class to graduate at the "new" Syracuse High School...
C.M. Petersen
Apr 4, 2017
C.M. Petersen was born May 11, 1930 to Chris and Helen (Baumgarten) Petersen, in Union, Nebraska. He passed away at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse on Tuesday April 4, 2017, at the age 86 years, 10 months, and 24 days.
C.M. served in the Army from 1953-1954. He then married Phyllis Gunn on April 23, 1955,...
Roger N. Brown
Mar 27, 2017
Roger N. Brown, 77 of Auburn, passed away on March 27, 2017 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse. He was born on June 30, 1939 to Alfred & Selma (Allee) Brown in Springfield, MO.
Roger graduated from Brock high school. He then married Darlene Jeanneret and they had Steve, Rosanna, and Tom together. They later...
Roland G. Kelley
Mar 23, 2017
Roland G. Kelley, 82 of Otoe, passed away March 23, 2017. He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict.
He is survived by wife: Mollie, son: Mike, daughter: Patti (Brad) Soncksen, 2 grandsons, 3 granddaughters, 1 great granddaughter.
Memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Memorials are suggested to the...
Terry L. Vollertsen
Mar 20, 2017
Terry L. Vollertsen, 61 of Syracuse, passed away March 20, 2017 at her home. She was born to Grover & Helen (Engelbrecht) Railsback in Syracuse on February 23, 1956.
Terry married Jerry Vollertsen on May 26, 1976 in Syracuse. She worked as a vet tech for 34 years. She showed horses as well at Rottweilers and French...
Imo E. Berner
Mar 15, 2017
Imo Berner, 96, of Syracuse passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, NE. She was born August 8, 1920 in rural Syracuse, the daughter of Otto & Anna (Haveman) Stutt. She attended country school at District 87 in rural Avoca. She was married to Roy Berner on September 3, 1941. They were blessed...
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