Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Geneva A. Pratt
Dec 20, 2012
Geneva Anna Pratt Utica, Ne formerly of Cook, Ne was born March 2, 1910 in Coleridge, NE to Wenzel and Mary Ullsperger. She passed away on December 20, 2012 at the Utica Community Care Center in Utica, NE at the age of 102 years, 9 months and 18 days. She grew up in the Dunbar/Syracuse area and graduated from Dunbar...
Elvera Anna Riensche
Dec 14, 2012
Elvera Anna Riensche was born on November 23, 1924 in Otoe County, Nebraska to Walter & Amanda (Landwehr) Vollertsen. She was baptized & confirmed at St. Paul's United Church of Christ (Osage). She passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 88 years and 21 days. Elvera married Clarence...
Patricia "Pat" Anderson
Dec 8, 2012
Patricia "Pat" Anderson was born November 4, 1932, at Syracuse, Nebraska, to H. Fay & Lydia (Ottens) Stedman. She passed away on Saturday, December 08, 2012, at Syracuse Good Samaritan, at the age of 80 years, 1 month, and 4 days. Pat raised three children Dana, Leslie, and Kristen. She was known for her love of Garage Sales. Pat is...
Edna B. Parker
Dec 6, 2012
Edna B. Parker (May 18, 1909 - December 6, 2012) Edna Parker was born May 18, 1909, in Cambridge, Nebraska, to Harry & Mollie (Walker) Heather. She passed away, on December 6, 2012, at the Syracuse Care Center, at the age of 103 years, 6 months, and 18 days. Edna married Chester Parker, in October 20, 1926, in Syracuse, Nebraska...
Gary B Garey
Dec 2, 2012
Gary B. Garey was born, June 27, 1931 in Oxford, Nebraska to Everett & Mildred (Harlan) Garey. He passed away on Sunday morning December 2, 2012, at his home, at the age of 81 years, 5 months, and 5 days. Gary married Rose Theresa Metz, at the First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, and to this union they raised four children,...
Chad J. Callahan
Nov 29, 2012
Chad James Callahan was born July 20th 1975 to Brent and Connie (Brdicko) Callahan in Fremont, NE. He passed away on Thursday November 29, 2012 at the age of 37 years, 4 months and 9 days. At an early age, Chad had a love for all animals. Growing up he had rabbits, fish, chinchillas, a ferret at one point, and...
John Dale Halvorsen
Nov 28, 2012
John Dale Halvorsen was born December 16, 1917, near Unadilla, Nebraska, to Herman Earl & Minnie Marie (Beckard) Halvorsen. He passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at Syracuse Good Samaritan Center, Syracuse, Nebraska, at the age of 94 years, 11 months, and 12 days. John married Norma B. Henderson, in 1941, and to this union they raised Sharon, Sherrill,...
Shirley Harms
Nov 24, 2012
Shirley Harms was born on December 13, 1934 to Winfred and Marie (Teten) Holscher. She passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse at the age of 77 years, 11 months and 11 days. She graduated from Syracuse High School in 1952 and then worked in various capacities at OPPD for over 40 years. She...
Jerry Stalder
Nov 24, 2012
Jerry Stalder was born October 24, 1942 in Humboldt, Nebraska, to Earl & Thelma (Powell) Stalder. He passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Bryan LGH Hospital, at the age of 70 years, and 1 month. Jerry married Sharon Rist on September 23, 1966, in Humboldt, Nebraska, and to this union they raised 3 children Brent,...
Bud D. Bottcher
Nov 23, 2012
Bud D. Bottcher was born on February 17, 1946 to Leo & Martha (Adams) Bottcher. He passed away at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, NE at the age of 66 years, 9 months, and 6 days. Bud is survived by his Daughters: Kimberly Cordova, Paula Crawford, and Son: Dwayne Bottcher and 7 Grandchildren. Services for Bud will be held on...
Kenneth J Beckmann
Nov 23, 2012
Kenneth John Beckmann was born on November 26, 1923 in Sterling, Nebraska to Otto and Alma (Schulte) Beckmann. He passed away on Friday, November 23, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 88 years, 11 months and 27 days. Kenneth was raised in the Sterling area, but later made his home near Burr, Nebraska....
Raymond Wellman
Nov 22, 2012
Raymond Carl Wellman was born on April 2, 1921 to Fred & Caroline (Holtgrewe) Wellman. He passed away at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 91 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Raymond married Lois Gunn on May 16, 1949 at the Congregational Church in Avoca, Nebraska. He farmed his whole life in the...
Richard Wellman
Nov 21, 2012
Richard Lee Wellman was born on March 11, 1950 to Duane and Edith (Prigg) Wellman in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He passed away at his home in Cook, Nebraska at the age of 62. Richard graduated from Cook High School in 1968. He entered into the Army in July 1969 and completed basic training at Fort Lewis, Washington. He served his...
Karen L Salberg
Nov 10, 2012
Karen L. Salberg was born June 17 th, 1935 in Louisville NE to Robert and Tressie (Bickford) Gess. She left us on Saturday, November 10th 2012 at Midlands Hospital in Papillion, NE. She reached the age of 77 years, 4 months, and 24 days. Karen married Chris Salberg on September 4th, 1955 at the First United Methodist Church in Louisville...
Arlene Henrietta Gruber
Nov 7, 2012
Arlene H. Gruber Arlene Henrietta (Gartner) Gruber was born September 16, 1923 on a farm in Unadilla, NE to Henry & Anna (Hahne) Gartner. She passed peacefully at the Louisville Care Center on November 7, 2012 at the age of 89. She married on May 23, 1948 to Ernest Gruber and moved to Louisville, NE. Arlene was a homemaker and...
Mildred Anna Minnie Werner
Nov 4, 2012
Mildred Anna Minnie (Buchholz) Werner was born on May 7, 1931 in Otoe, NE to John & Lydia (Neemann) Buchholz. She passed peacefully at home on Sunday November 4, 2012 at the age of 81 years, 5 months and 28 days. Mildred was confirmed on May 20, 1945 at the First Lutheran Church (North Branch), Avoca, NE. Her confirmation verse...
Dean P. Kraft
Oct 31, 2012
Dean Philip Kraft was born on February 21, 1926 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Philip & Gladys (West) Kraft. He passed away on October 31, 2012 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Society at the age of 86 years, 8 months, and 10 days. Dean grew up around Cook and later moved to Syracuse. He worked as a farmer and also was...
Lucille Marie Kupke
Oct 13, 2012
Lucille Marie Kupke was born September 22, 1939, to August & Pauline (Vogler) Kupke, at home in Murdock, Nebraska. She passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2012, at her home in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 73 years, and 21 days. Lucille worked as an Assembler for Industrial Companies. Lucille is survived by her brother Gerald Kupke, of Weeping...
Glenda Jean (Kasal) White
Oct 13, 2012
Glenda loved gardening and working outdoors – fostering kittens, and bringing home stray's, like her pet duck "Freckles" that would come in the Kitchen to be feed, also loved motor cycles, and old cars, like her Car Glenda is survived by her husband Bill White of Palm Bay, Florida, and step-daughter Whitney White, mother Audrey Kasal, of Papillion, NE, sister...
Donald Lee Hemje
Sep 16, 2012
Donald Lee Hemje was born June 25, 1934 at his parent's farm home near Hildreth, NE. He was the 7th child of Fooke and Minnie (Keiser) Hemje. He passed away on Sunday September 16, 2012 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hildreth, NE. He graduated from Hildreth...
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