Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Esther M. Probst
Mar 23, 2012
Esther M. Probst was born February 2, 1917 in Sioux City, IA, to Iver Anton and Millie Nygard (Iver Anton Olsen Jorgenvag and Malla Jacobia Byrkja). She went to be with her Lord on March 23, 2012 at the age of 95 years, 1 month, 21 days, from the Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital. Esther was baptized April 1, 1917 at...
Leona S. Kastens Mason
Mar 20, 2012
Leona S. Kastens Mason age 97 of Daytona Beach, Florida passed away March 20, 2012. She was born April 11, 1914 in Otoe, NE to Herman Hillman and Adelaide (Brinkman) Hillman. Leona worked as a Sales Manager for the Tupperware Company. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at First Lutheran Church (North Branch) in...
Joseph L White
Mar 15, 2012
Joseph L. White was born April 18, 1947, in Omaha, NE, to Ira Jay & Anne Francis (Borsh) White. He passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Bryan LGH Hospital in Lincoln, NE, at the age of 64 years, 11 months, and 26 days. Joseph worked in Construction and served his country in the United States Military. He is survived...
Lucille Slosson
Mar 10, 2012
M. Lucille Slosson age 82, of Omaha, NE formerly of Syracuse, NE, wife of the late Donald Slosson, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012, at the Hospice House, in Omaha, NE. She is survived by son Ronald & Cynthia Slosson, of Ft. Collins, CO, daughters, Donna K. Slosson, of Omaha, NE, Janet & Roger Coffey, of Omaha, NE, son Roger...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
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