Recent Obituaries from Syracuse, Louisville, Elmwood, Weeping Water, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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...
Berniece Ann Janssen
Apr 4, 2011
Berniece A. Janssen age 82, of Lincoln, NE, formerly of Crete, and Burr, passed away 4-4-2011 at her home. She was born May 24, 1928, on the Farm near Burr, NE, to Henry & Anna (Spanjer) Holscher. Berniece was Baptized and confirmed at Hope Lutheran Church, Burr, NE. She Graduated from Burr High School in 1945. She married Lloyd Janssen...
Lorraine O. Mcgaugh
Apr 2, 2011
Lorraine Opal McGaugh was born September 28, 1922 on the family homestead near Burr, Nebraska to Herman and Ida (Pieper) Neemann. She was baptized on October 29, 1922. Lorraine often shared happy memories of her childhood on the farm and attending country school. On December 30, 1942 she married Gayland McGaugh at the Hope Lutheran Church in Burr, Nebraska. To...
Glenn Alvin Lewis
Mar 31, 2011
Glenn Alvin Lewis, 86, passed away March 31, 2011 after a courageous two-year battle with cancer. He was born on June 1, 1924 in Bald Hill, OK. His parents were James Thomas and Orpha (Fanning) Lewis. He spent a Tom Sawyer boyhood in Oklahoma. He joined the Marines in December 1941 and spent World War II in the Pacific Theater....
Dale Richard Hillman
Mar 28, 2011
Dale Richard Hillman was born on January 12, 1928 in Unadilla, Nebraska to Henry and Emma (Knickman) Hillman. He passed away on March 28, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 83 years, 2 months and 16 days. Dale was united in marriage on September 22, 1948 to Maxine Juilfs at Christ Lutheran (Delaware) in...
Margie D. Mcvay
Mar 25, 2011
Marjorie Delane McVay was born in Auburn, Nebraska on December 12, 1925 to Cleo and Dorothy (Pierce) Kipling. She lived in Auburn until her marriage to Albert Bauers on December 31, 1942. Together they moved to California where Albert was stationed in the U.S. Army. After Al was called to duty overseas during World War II, Margie moved back to...
Verna M Metzger
Mar 23, 2011
Verna Marie (Michon) Metzger, 78, died at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse on March 23, 2011. She was born on October 14, 1932 in Nebraska City to Joseph J. and Helen I. (Burdick) Michon. She lived in Nebraska City until the 5th grade before moving to Auburn where she graduated from high school in 1950. After graduation, she moved...
Kenneth W. Badberg Sr.
Mar 21, 2011
Kenneth Wayne Badberg Sr. was born on January 30, 1939 in Nebraska City, NE to Ervin & Leora (Cook) Badberg. He passed away on March 21, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, NE at the age of 72 years, 1 month and 20 days. Kenneth retired from Good Year after 33 years. He was a member or the American...
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