Mar 22, 2013

Gary Lee Knutson, was born July 20, 1942, in Omaha, NE, to Eugene & Eunice (Brown) Knutson. He passed away, March 22, 2013 at his home in Phoenix, AZ, at the age of 70 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Gary, after graduating from Louisville High School, was a member of the United States Air Force from 1961 until 1964....

Mar 20, 2013

Francis Neumann was born June 27, 1929, on the Farm, near Louisville, Nebraska, to William & Lydia (Stohlmann) Neumann. He died on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the Louisville Assisted Living Center, Louisville, Nebraska, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 21 days.

Francis married Donna Mae Dagerman, on November 12, 1950, in Papillion, Nebraska .They celebrated...

Mar 10, 2013

Herman Frederick Garhard Sickmann was born on October 31, 1914 at Phillipsburg, Kansas to Gottlieb Herman Sickmann and Mary Magdalena (Warnken) Sickmann. He passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at the Louisville Care Center at the age of 98 years, 4 months, and 10 days. Herman married Velma Dagmar June Borjeson on December 23, 1945 at Weeping Water, Nebraska....

Mar 9, 2013

LaVerta Marie Meta Hillman Heusman Van Winkle Emshoff was born August 10, 1928 on the family farm near Otoe, NE. She passed away on Saturday March 9, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, NE. She was the 11th child of Anna Ottens Hillman and Fritz Hillman. She was baptized September 11, 1928 and confirmed on May 10, 1942...

Mar 9, 2013

Mary Kay Kirby was born in Endicott, Nebraska, on August 30, 1935, to Richard and Helen (Jones) DeVries. She passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 77 years, 6 months, and 9 days. Mary Kay married Raymond Kirby, on August 25, 1960, in Palmyra, Nebraska, and to this uion they...

Mar 5, 2013

Verla Probst was born February 8, 1925, in Greenwood, Nebraska, to Carl and Sara (Lau) Kupke. She passed away, March 5, 2013, at the Life Care Center, in Elkhorn, Nebraska, at the age of 88 years, and 25 days. Verla was confirmed June 18, 1939 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Murdock, Nebraska, and graduated from Ashland High School in 1943....

Mar 2, 2013

Evelyn Pearl Gerking of Cook, Nebraska was born on April 12, 1919 in Rural Burr, Nebraska to Ben & Mary (Homier) Spanjer. She passed away at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh, Nebraska on Saturday March 2, 2013 at the age of 93 years, 10 months, and 18 days. Evelyn married Charles Gerking on September 15, 1940 in Cook, Nebraska and to...

Feb 20, 2013

Joycelin (Joycie) Gayle Schacht, 60, of Beatrice died Wed., Feb. 20, 2013 at her home at the Beatrice State Developmental Center, surrounded by loving care givers. She was born March 12, 1952 in Nebraska City to Marvin and Vivian (Vermule) Schacht. She is survived by her sisters: Diane Schacht of Syracuse and Anita (Ron) Bowman of Hooper; nieces, Elizabeth (Ken)...

Feb 14, 2013

Delbert H. Heather was born on May 9, 1919 in Rural Syracuse, Nebraska to Harry & Mollie (Walker) Heather. He passed away on February 14, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital in Nebraska City, Nebraska at the age of 93 years, 9 months, and 5 days. Delbert married Marie Halvorsen on February 8, 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Delbert was a farmer...

Feb 14, 2013

Martha Winingham was born June 26, 1929, in St. Deroin, Nebraska to John & Edna (Conover) Foster. She left us on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at her home in Louisville, Nebraska, at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 19 days. Martha married James Houston Winingham, on October 22, 1947, in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and to this union they raise...

Feb 13, 2013

J.C. Nisely was born on May 27, 1927 in North Platte, Nebraska to John Francis Nisely & Sarah Katherine Harvison. He passed away on February 13, 2013 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 17 days. J.C. started school in Sunnyside Washington and graduated from North Platte High School...

Feb 2, 2013

Vernon V. Warnke was born November 28, 1926 at Cook, Nebraska to William R. & Mary (Stiehl) Warnke. He passed away on February 2, 2013 at Bryan East Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 5 days. When Vernon was younger he learned to play the guitar, banjo and harmonica and always dreamed of...

Jan 28, 2013

Roger Leroy Cram was born August 13, 1942, in Oakland, Nebraska, to Clyde E. and Ethyl Mary (Miller) Cram. Roger passed away at the Rehab Center, in Omaha, NE, on Monday, January 28, 2013 at the age of 70 years, 5 months, and 15 days. Roger had many important people in his life - three children Chad, Deanne, and Douglas,...

Jan 27, 2013

* Visitation on Wednesday January 30 in Burr has been CANCELED due to the Weather * Eugene H. Scheef was born September 14, 1931 to Harry and Erna (Henning) Scheef at Gretna, Nebraska. He was the second child and first-born son. Gene was baptized and confirmed at the Gretna Lutheran Church. They had a dairy farm on the edge of...

Jan 25, 2013

DEVA D. HERGENRADER, age 77, of Cedar Creek, NE, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2013. She was born on February 14, 1935 in Carson, IA, the daughter of Opal and Winona Leimbach. Deva worked as an accounting clerk and trainer for over 40 years beginning her career at Pendleton Wool in Bellevue, NE. She retired in 1994 and began...

Jan 22, 2013

Richard "Dick" L. Crofton, 85 of Louisville, passed away January 22, 2013, at Bergen Mercy Hospital with family by his side. Richard was born, September 3, 1927 in Dorchester, NE to Vernon & Katie Crofton. Retired cement finisher and restaurateur. Worked many years at Kiewitt Constr. Co. and owner of Hi-Vu Café, Crofton's Restaurant and Crofton Construction Co. Dick was...

Jan 21, 2013

Bernice M. Roberts, of Lincoln, formally of Unadilla, NE passed away on January 21, 2013 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 5 months and 24 days. She was born on July 28, 1926 in Otoe, Nebraska to John & Rebecca (Bruns) Martens. Bernice married Allen Dwight Roberts on March 21, 1946 at the Methodist Church in Syracuse,...

Jan 19, 2013

Reverend Reinhard Arthur Beckman was born in Phillips County, Kansas, on January 23, 1912, to parents Wilhelm and Clara Harms Beckman. He was made a Child of God in Holy Baptism in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He grew up on a farm in rural South East Nebraska, near Sterling. He graduated from High School in Sterling, Nebraska....

Jan 18, 2013

Gladys Jean (Wilhelm) Sorensen was born on May 22, 1928 in Tecumseh, NE. She passed away on January 18, 2013 at the age of 84 at her daughter Kathy's home with her husband Merl and grandchildren Kim & Tom at her side. She was the daughter of Harry and Katharine (Hild) Wilhelm. She lived in Tecumseh until June of 1944...

Jan 12, 2013

Russell D. Snyder age 87 of Syracuse, passed away Jan. 12, 2013 in Syracuse. He was born Jan. 11, 1926 to John & Ceola (Lewis) Snyder. A devoted husband and father, former Farmer and John Deere Implement Dealer in Syracuse. Survived by wife of 66 years, Gladys Snyder, Syracuse; sons, Dan & Kay Snyder, Omaha, Ken & Jan Snyder, Omaha,...