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

Bettye S. Albers

Bettye S. Albers

Mar 8, 2012

Bettye S. Albers was born on August 10, 1925 in Osceola, Arkansas to Gilbert and Florence (Sangster) Mastin. She passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 6 months, 27 days. Bettye married John W. Albers at the First Baptist Church in Osceola, Arkansas on August 12,...

Samuel "Sam" J Focken

Samuel "Sam" J Focken

Mar 8, 2012

Samuel "Sam" Jerome Focken was born on June 15, 1952 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Lawrence and Pearl (Vlasek) Focken. He passed away at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the age of 59 years, 8 months and 23 days. Sam was united in marriage on September 26, 1981 to Vicki Meyer in Coryelle Park...

Verena E Schutz

Verena E Schutz

Mar 8, 2012

Verena E. Schutz was born on May 29, 1932 in Otoe, Nebraska to William H. and Emma (Burr) Kempke. She passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 79 years, 9 months and 9 days. Verena was raised on a farm near Otoe, Nebraska and graduated from the Otoe...

Lois E. Schomerus

Lois E. Schomerus

Mar 5, 2012

Lois Eva (Dickman) Schomerus was born April 21, 1924 in Cass County, Nebraska. She departed this life on Monday March 5, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, NE. Lois was born to William Louis and Eda (Hobbie) Dickman, of Nehawka, Nebraska. Lois was baptized at Bethel Evangelical Church in Nebraska City, on October 20, 1924. She was also...

Lola J. Jay

Lola J. Jay

Mar 3, 2012

Lola J. Jay was born on November 23, 1941 in Sutton, Nebraska to Ruben W. and Viola (Rauscher) Griess. She passed away on Saturday March 3, 2012 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 70 years, 3 months, and 9 days. Lola married Ralph Jay in Sutton, Nebraska on May 22, 1964 and to...

Walter A. Brinkhoff

Walter A. Brinkhoff

Feb 27, 2012

Walter A. Brinkhoff was born on March 26, 1932 on the family farm near Syracuse, Nebraska to Charles F. and Orlena (Poppe) Brinkhoff. He passed away on Monday February 27, 2012 at the Syracuse Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 79 years, 11 months and 1 day. Walter married Rosalind H. (Juilfs) Kramer on February 3,...

Harlan Dean Sears

Harlan Dean Sears

Feb 25, 2012

Harlan Dean Sears was born on the family farm near Cook, Nebraska, on September 9, 1932, to Charles & Maude (Marshall) Sears. He left us on Saturday, February 25, 2012 while staying at Tabitha's Journey House, in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Harlan married Gloria Mae Hervey, on June 21, 1952, in...

Loys Marie Vollertsen

Loys Marie Vollertsen

Feb 23, 2012

Loys Marie Howell Vollertsen, longtime resident of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away Thursday February 23, 2012 after a short illness. Loys and her twin brother Pete were born August 9, 1924 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Austin and Lily Howell. Loys' beginnings were primitive, as her father was a roughneck in the wild oil fields of the 1920's oil boom in Oklahoma....

Clarence Petersen Jr.

Clarence Petersen Jr.

Feb 22, 2012

Clarence was born June 21, 1923 to Clarence and Ella (Schutt) Petersen on the family farm Southeast of Syracuse. He was a lifetime member of Christ Lutheran Church being baptized on August 14, 1923 by Pastor Niederwimmer and confirmed on April 10, 1938 by Pastor Haferman. He graduated from Dunbar High School in 1941. He and Dorothy Zahn were married...

Bessie Mae Meisinger

Bessie Mae Meisinger

Feb 21, 2012

Bessie Mae Meisinger was born August 20, 1922, in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Earl & Mae (Taylor) Bailey. She passed away, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Midlands Hospital at the age of 89 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Bessie married Glen Meisinger on December 9, 1944, in Independence, Kansas, and to this uion they raise 3 sons Stanley, Marlin,...

John William Kastens

John William Kastens

Feb 8, 2012

John William Kastens was born on April 17, 1946, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Alvin & Velma (Holscher) Kastens. He left us on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Country House in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 65 years, 9 months, and 22 days. John married Linda Mishler on September 26, 1970 in Lincoln, Nebraska. To this union they had 2...

Phyllis D. Petersen

Phyllis D. Petersen

Feb 2, 2012

Phyllis D. Petersen was born August 30, 1929, in Dunbar, Nebraska, to Fredrick & Charlotte (Griesewell) Gunn. She left us on Friday, February 2, 2012, at the Community Memorial Hospital Syracuse, Nebraska, at the age of 82 years, 5 months, and 3 days. Phyllis married Clarence M. Petersen, on April 23, 1955, in Avoca, Nebraska. She was a Registered Nurse...

Polly Lehman

Polly Lehman

Jan 24, 2012

Polly Lehman was born May 11, 1925, in Marceline, Missouri, to Newt & Cora (Arnett) Magill. She left us to join her husband Edwin, on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at the age of 86 years, 8 months, and 13 days. Polly married Edwin (Eddy) Lehman on October 21, 1949, in Humboldt, Kansas, and to this union they raised 2 children...

Shirley Martin

Shirley Martin

Jan 24, 2012

Shirley Maxine Martin was born July 14, 1930 to Edwin and Martha (Duling) Day in Kensington, Kansas. Shirley was the youngest of eight children, spending her early life around the Smith Center, Kansas area. Shirley was a true child of the depression era. Losing her beloved father at age eight and being raised by a widowed mother in the midst...

William Riggleman

William Riggleman

Jan 21, 2012

Services for William Riggleman will be Thursday, January 26, at 1:00 at Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery, 52nd and Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral Home in Louisville is in charge of arrangements. 402-234-3985

Pearl A. Monahan

Pearl A. Monahan

Jan 14, 2012

Pearl A. Monahan was born on November 20, 1913 in Palmyra, Nebraska to John & Falsom (Dwinell) Dowding. She passed away on Saturday January 14, 2012 at the age of 98 years, 1 month, and 25 days. Pearl married Clarence Monahan on March 19, 1935 in Wilber, Nebraska and to this union they raised 3 children Richard, Gladys, and John....

Charlotte Stander

Charlotte Stander

Jan 13, 2012

Charlotte Stander was born October 2, 1916, in Louisville, Nebraska, to Fredrick & Sigrid (Sjogren) Schmader. She passed away Friday, January 13, 2012, at the Louisville Care Society, Louisville, Nebraska at the age of 95 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Charlotte married Herbert Stander, on February 23, 1938, in Shenandoah, Iowa, and to this union they raised 2 children...

Delores Ann Lingle

Delores Ann Lingle

Jan 10, 2012

Delores A. Lingle was born on May 7, 1931 in Otoe, Nebraska to Fred and Dorothy (Hillman) Lockman. She passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 80 years, 8 months and 3 days. Delores married John Junior Lingle at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Otoe, Nebraska on...

Cecil Amos Beck

Cecil Amos Beck

Jan 7, 2012

Cecil Amos Beck was born January 21, 1926, in Drury, Missouri, to Ernest & Maggie (Dobbs) Beck. He left us to be with Ruth and his friends on Saturday, January 07, 2012, peacefully at his home with his family by his side, at the age of 85 years, 11 months, and 26 days Amos married Ruth on December 31, 1951...

James "Jim" "Chief" H. Hillman

James "Jim" "Chief" H. Hillman

Jan 4, 2012

James "Jim" "Chief" H. Hillman was born on January 31, 1947 in Nebraska City, Nebraska to Harold & Lorene (Siemers) Hillman. He passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 64 years, 11 months, and 4 days. James was involved with the American Legion and the VFW. He worked...

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