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

Kathleen "Kay" E. Staack

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Daniel Tietgen

Daniel Tietgen

Mar 10, 2017

Daniel Tietgen was born on October 17, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska to Don and Helen Marie (Lang) Tietgen.  He died at CHI Midlands in Papillion, Nebraska on Friday, March 10, 2017 at the age of 60 years, 4 months, and 21 days

Dan served his country by being in the Air Force.  He worked at the Hardware...

Stanley H. Post

Stanley H. Post

Mar 10, 2017

Stanley H. Post, 57, of Syracuse, Nebraska, passed away March 10, 2017. Stan was born on June 25, 1959, to Harold & Bonnie (Keller) Post.

Stan graduated from Syracuse High School in 1977. On April 23, 1983, he married Linda Grotrian in Johnson, Nebraska. Stan worked at Ash Grove Cement Company for 37 years, where his role...

Laurence V. Royal

Laurence V. Royal

Mar 8, 2017

Laurence V. Royal, 96 of Unadilla, passed away on March 8, 2017 at his home. He was born on March 4, 1921 to Herman & Elizabeth (Kempkes) Royal in rural Palmyra.

Laurence married Ellen Brinkman on February 12, 1942 at St. Leo's in Palmyra. He then served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1943. Laurence worked as a...

Virginia I. Brinkman

Virginia I. Brinkman

Mar 7, 2017

Virginia (Nash) Brinkman, 94 of Lincoln, passed away in Lincoln on Tuesday, March 7 th . She was born on May 8, 1922 to Richard R. & Vella (Dwinell) Nash in Palmyra, NE.

Virginia served in the U.S. Navy during WWII from August 24, 1944 to March 7, 1946 as a Pharmacist's Mate Third Class. On August...

Marvin R. Halvorsen

Marvin R. Halvorsen

Feb 23, 2017

Marvin R. Halvorsen, 87 of Syracuse passed away on February 23, 2017 at Bryan East Hospital in Lincoln, NE. He was born on August 25, 1929 to Herman Earl & Minnie (Beckard) Halvorsen on a farm north of Unadilla. He graduated from Unadilla High School as the Valedictorian in 1945.

Marvin served in the Army National Guard...

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