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

Julia Mcdonald

Julia Mcdonald

Jun 8, 2011

Julia Marie Christine Nelsen McDonald, 94 of Lake Charles, LA, formerly of Avoca, NE. was born to Marcus and Lenora Nelsen on January 02, 1917, in Avoca, NE. She died at 4:53 P.M. on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in a local Hospital in Lake Charles, LA. Mrs. McDonald Lived in Nebraska for 66 years, moved to Florida in 1983 and...

Junius A. Koch

Junius A. Koch

Jun 7, 2011

Junius A. Koch was born on June 20, 1922 in Otoe, Nebraska to Dick and Bertha (Rueter) Koch. He passed away on June 07, 2011 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 88 years, 11 months and 17 days. Junius married Norma Rottman on June 21, 1945 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Otoe. To this union they raised 6...

Bethel C. Cleasby

Bethel C. Cleasby

Jun 5, 2011

Bethel Cleasby was born on August 2, 1918 in Syracuse, Nebraska to Walter & Veda (Lockhart) Goos. She passed away on June 5, 2011 at Life & Care Center in Elkhorn, Nebraska at the age of 92 years, 10 months, and 3 days. Bethel married Harold McClane on November 28, 1936 in Julesburg, Colorado. They were together for 42 years...

Ruby R. Keim

Ruby R. Keim

Jun 4, 2011

Ruby Keim was born on July 19, 1916 in Syracuse, Nebraska to Fred & Laura (Seelhoff) Mohr. She passed away on June 4, 2011 at Syracuse Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse, Nebraska at the age of 94 years, 10 months and 16 days. Ruby married Ernest Jacob Keim on February 15, 1945 in Syracuse, Nebraska. Together they raised 3 sons...

Floyd "Jake" L. Renner

Floyd "Jake" L. Renner

Jun 3, 2011

Floyd Leslie "Jake" Renner was born at Weeping Water, Nebraska on February 24, 1925. Son of John Emmanuel and Lena Margaret (Hinck) Renner. He passed away on Friday, June 3, 2011 at Midlands Hospital in Papillion, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 9 days. Jake grew up in Weeping Water and graduated from Weeping Water High...

Daniel L. J. "Boone" Spiering

Daniel L. J. "Boone" Spiering

Jun 1, 2011

Dan "Boone" Spiering will be greatly missed But never forgotten. He passed away on June 1, 2011 after the most courageous and amazing battle against Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). The hardest thing for Dan was not being able to live life to the fullest as he always had. Anyone that knew him knows it was all or nothing- always. Dan...

Stuart Erickson

Stuart Erickson

May 24, 2011

Stuart Erickson was born on December 6, 1938, in Salem, South Dakota, to Nels Ervin and Susanha Matilda (Strand) Erickson. He passed away, May 24, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 72 years, 5 months, and 28 days. Stuart married Argentina Cardenas, on February 14, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas. He retired from the Lincoln...

Katherine W Metzger

Katherine W Metzger

May 24, 2011

Katherine Wegner Metzger, of Cedar Creek, NE passed away at the Louisville Care Community on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, where she had resided since April 2009. Katherine was born on December 24, 1922, in Council Bluffs, to Edward F. and Dorothy (Donahue) Wegner. She was raised and schooled in Council Bluffs, graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School. Katherine was engaged...

Harvey J. Harms

Harvey J. Harms

May 20, 2011

Harvey "Doc" J. Harms was born on January 1, 1930 in Syracuse, NE to Harvey John & Clara Mary (Engelbrecht) Harms. He passed away on May 20, 2011 at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, at the age of 81 years, 4 months, and 19 days. Harvey married Joyce Larimore on August 22, 1987. He was involved in the American Legion...

Noel Ernest Kemper Sr.

Noel Ernest Kemper Sr.

May 17, 2011

Noel E. Kemper Sr. was born on January 12, 1941, in Lincoln, NE to Ernest & Jennie (Snoke) Kemper. He passed away on May 17, 2011 at his daughter's home in Bennet, at the age of 70 years, 4 months, and 5 days. Noel married Clara Mae Dunlap on April 15, 1961 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Walton, NE. To...

Juliajean Golden

Juliajean Golden

May 16, 2011

Juliajean Golden was born on July 27, 1913, in Avoca, NE, to August & Maude (Wilkinson) Ruhge. She passed away, May 16, 2011 at the Ashland Care Center, at the age of 97 years, 9 months, and 19 days Juliajean married Noel Golden on May 18, 1940, in Lincoln, NE. She worked as a One Room School Teacher, farmwife, owned...

Wilma R Dermann

Wilma R Dermann

May 13, 2011

Wilma Ruth Dermann was born on August 30, 1920 in Tecumseh, Nebraska to Carl and Francis (Gyhra) Schultz. She passed away peacefully on May 13, 2011 with her family by her side in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 13 days. She was raised and attended school in the Tecumseh area. On October 16, 1941,...

Ronald F. White

Ronald F. White

May 5, 2011

Ronald F. White was born on December 12, 1940 in Douglas, Nebraska to Gerald and Florence (Stroh) White. He passed away on Thursday May 5, 2011 at Oschner Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the age of 70 years, 4 months and 23 days. Ronald married Mary Ann Wilhelm on August 1, 1964. To this union they raised 2...

Faye M. Brandt

Faye M. Brandt

May 4, 2011

Faye Margaret Brandt, beloved mother, highly skilled teacher, loyal friend, and compassionate care-giver for many people, passed away May 4, 2011 at the Ambassador nursing home in Nebraska City. Faye was a regular visitor and care giver to many of her friends at the same facility, where she eventually spent over 10 years receiving care herself. She was born in...

Ernest C. Gross

Ernest C. Gross

Apr 26, 2011

Ernie Gross was born August 9, 1917, in rural Burr, NE, to Charles and Minnie (Neeman) Gross. He passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in Lincoln, NE at the age of 93 years, 9 months, and 17 days. Ernie married Naomi Vohs, on October 25, 1940 at Papillion, NE, to this union they raised son Kenny and daughter Susan. Ernie...

Ethel Bailey

Ethel Bailey

Apr 21, 2011

Mrs. Ethel Leona Clark Bailey, 103, passed away April 21, 2011, in Asheville, NC. Born June 26, 1907, in Reynolds, Nebraska, she was daughter of the late Clarence Edgar & Elsie Perrigo Clark. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Henry Bailey; sister, Edith Vern Hughes; and two brothers: Lewis William Clark...

Andrew C Seybert, Jr.

Andrew C Seybert, Jr.

Apr 17, 2011

Andrew Carl Seybert, Jr. was born on August 26, 1924 in Dunbar, NE to Della (Wright) and Andrew Seybert, Sr. He passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Tabitha Healthcare Nursing Home in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 7 months and 21 days. Andy graduated from the Otoe School and enlisted into the U.S. Navy serving...

Hazel Steinhoff

Hazel Steinhoff

Apr 15, 2011

Hazel Steinhoff was born on June 5, 1915, in Syracuse, NE to Rudolph D. Sugden and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Sugden. She passed away on Friday April 15, 2011 at Syracuse Good Samaritan Center, at the age of 95 years, 10 months and 5 days. Hazel married Edwin A. Steinhoff on April 17, 1938 in Papillion, Nebraska. To this union they had...

Darrel G. Krogh

Darrel G. Krogh

Apr 15, 2011

Darrel G. Krogh was born on December 23, 1935 in Spalding, Nebraska to John and Thelma (Huff) Krogh. He passed away on Friday April 15, 2011 at Homestead Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 75 years, 3 months, and 23 days. Darrel married Carol McPherson on June 27, 1959 at the United Methodist Church in Syracuse, Nebraska....

Dorothy Ann Rakes

Dorothy Ann Rakes

Apr 9, 2011

Dorothy Ann Rakes was born, February 19, 1927, in Geddes, South Dakota, to George Sr. &Anna Elizabeth (Mortonson) Drake. She left us on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital, at the age of 84 years, 1 month, and 21 days. Dorothy married Theodore August Hollmann, on 12-21-47, in Platte, South Dakota, and they had 4 children...

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