U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Behrends - Doris, 75, Johnson, widow of Chester, died 1/28/01 in Lincoln.
Graveside memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Johnson Cemetery, Johnson. Memorials to Saint Elizabeth Hospice, Lincoln. Wyuka Funeral Home, 3600 O St.
Focher - Joseph Jr., 90, Prague, died Saturday (5/12/2001) at Schuyler. Born, Abie. Farmer.
Survivors: wife, Agnes Paseka, David City; son, Don, Prague; daughters, Darlene Macholan, Linwood, Marlene Focher, Lincoln; special daughter, Marcie Mensik, Omaha; sister, Ella Woita, David City.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel, Schuyler. Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Monday, funeral home. Linwood Hill Cemetery, Linwood. Visitation: noon-8 p.m. Monday, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home. Memorials to cemetery or family's choice.
Hackwith - Emma Reine, 77, widow of Robert G., Plattsmouth, died Thursday (5/10/2001).
Corrected survivor: Holly Hackwith, Omaha.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Presbyterian Church, Plattsmouth. Visitation: 2-8 p.m. today, family will greet 6-8 p.m. Memorials to First Presbyterian Church or Alzheimer's Association.
Hendee - Ethel E., 97, Lincoln, widow of Harold H., died Tuesday (5/8/2001).
Memorial service: 4 p.m. today, Pine Lake Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 6800 Pine Lake Road. Loran Inselman, officiating. Wadlow-Rozanek Colonial Chapel, 5200 R St.
Hofer - Craig Alan, 28, Lincoln, died Thursday (5/10/2001).
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, Wyuka Funeral Home, 3600 O St. Visitation: noon-8 p.m. today, funeral home; one hour before services. Memorials to family.
Jacobs - Alvin G., 79, Lincoln, died Wednesday (5/9/2001).
Corrected Survivors: nephew, Johnny Jacobs, Bloomfield, N.M.
Private family services. No visitation. Memorials to Lincoln Elks Lodge 80 Building Fund.
Kliment - Katherine, 89, Valparaiso, widow of Adolph, died Saturday at Lincoln. Born, Dwight (9/26/11) to Frank and Anna (Bartek) Matulka.
Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Ron and Darlene; daughters, sons-in-law, Norma and Jim Buresh, Bernice and Larry Suchy, all Valparaiso; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brothers, sisters-in-law, Alois and Millie Matulka, Joe and Ann Matulka, all David City, Helen Ohnoutka, Valparaiso, Eileen Matulka, Seward; sister, Agnes Bohuslavsky, David City; brother-in-law, Frank Furasek, Valparaiso. Preceded in death by sisters, Tony Fiedler, Marcella Furasek; brothers, Frank and Sylvester Matulka; grandson, David Buresh.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sts. Mary and Joseph Catholic Church, Valparaiso. The Rev. Thomas Kuffel. Sunrise Cemetery, Wahoo. Scripture Service: 7 p.m. Monday, followed by K of C and CD of A rosary, all at the church. Visitation: 1-3 p.m. Monday, Svoboda Funeral Home, Wahoo; after 5 p.m. Monday, church; one hour before mass, church.
Lafler - Phyllis I., 75, Lincoln, died Thursday (5/10/2001).
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Roper and Sons Chapel, 4300 O St. Visitation: 5 p.m. today until service time at funeral home. Memorials to American Cancer Society, 7441 O St., Suite 104 (01) or Saint Elizabeth's Hospice, 555 S. 70th St. (10). Condolences may be e-mailed to roperandsons.com.
Lyons - Lewis "Oden," 60, Lincoln, died Wednesday (5/9/2001).
Memorial services were Saturday, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1345 S. 16th St. Cremation. No visitation. Memorials to family. Aspen Mortuary, 4822 Cleveland Ave.
Minchow - Sidney Morgan, Lincoln, born at rest Thursday (5/10/2001).
Survivors: parents, Matt and Heather Minchow; grandparents, Bill and Shirley Bottorf, Sutton, Ron and Susan Minchow, Pleasant Dale; great-grandparents, Marcella Kluver, Clay Center, Don Wilsey, Green Valley, Ariz.; aunts, uncles and cousins. Preceded in death by grandparents, John A. and Beulah Bottorf, Eldon "Bud" Kluver, Ardell and Lorene Minchow, Olive "Sis" Wilsey.
Private family graveside services. The Rev. Megan Morrow. Lincoln Memorial Park. No viewing. No visitation. Memorials to the family. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Pratt - Helen L., 72, Lincoln, widow of Robert E., died Friday (5/11/2001).
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Wadlow-Rozanek Colonial Chapel, 5200 R St. Visitation: noon-5 p.m. today, funeral home.
Steinke - Lillian, 96, Lincoln, died Wednesday (5/9/2001).
Survivors: daughter, Dolores Steinke, Lincoln; son, Duane, Florence, Mont.; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, Fargo, N.D. Alsen Cemetery, Alsen, N.D. No viewing. No visitation. Memorials in lieu of flowers to American Cancer Society. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Thompson - Elsie, 82, Lincoln, died Saturday (5/12/2001). Born, Philadelphia.
Survivors: sons, Charles, York, Pa., Walter, Oklahoma City; daughter, Joy Pachucki, Lincoln; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; seven sisters; one brother.
Memorial Services: 1:30 today, Messiah Lutheran Church, 1800 S. 84th St. Cremation. No visitation. Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.
Vana - Robert J. Sr., 76, Milford.
Survivors: sons, Robert, Donald, John, Thomas; daughter, Barbara Reed; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Services: 10:30 Monday, Brewer-Korisko Funeral Home, Omaha. Mass: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Bernadette Church, Omaha. St. Johns Cemetery. Visitation: 5-8:30 p.m. (7 p.m. vigil service), mortuary.
Wells - Marie C., 88, Lincoln, died Thursday (5/10/2001).
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, St. Paul United Church of Christ, 14th and F streets. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Monday, St. John's McWilliams Cemetery, Lorton. Visitation: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St. Memorials to Tabitha Garden Fund.
Woodward - Helena Nelson, 96, formerly Lincoln, died 5/2/01 in Stoneham, Mass. Born, Deadwood, S.D. (1905). Moved to Lincoln, 1925. Moved to Melrose, Mass., 1985. Attended University of Nebraska. Member: Westminster Presbyterian Church (in community affairs), Lincoln; Lincoln YWCA; Haymarket Art Gallery, Lincoln; Kappa Delta sorority, Lincoln; Girl Scouts, Lincoln; Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church; Friends of the Melrose Public Library; Community Associates, Melrose; Republican Women's Club, Melrose.
Survivors: daughters, Karen Woodward, Eau Claire, Wis., Greta Friel, Melrose; son-in-law, Robert Friel, Melrose; grandchildren, Michele Friel Mullen, Belmont, Mass., Ryan Friel, Brendan Friel, both Whitefish, Mont.; nieces; nephews; cousins. Preceded in death by husband, W. Warren.
Memorial service was held on May 5. Memorials to Lincoln YWCA, 1432 N St., Lincoln (08). Philip X. Carr Funeral Home, Melrose.
Boster - Joy E., 80, Lincoln, died Saturday (5/12/2001) in Milford. Born, Lincoln (7/19/20) to Frank and Evelyn (Johnson) Miller. Member, Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, American Legion Auxiliary. Life member, Nebraska Alumni Association, BPOE Does.
Survivors: husband, Doyle; son, daughter-in-law, Jerry and Anne, Topeka, Kan.; daughter, Pat Boster, Lincoln; three grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents.
Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. Memorials to Alzheimer's Association.
Catlett - Rose E., 88, Falls City, died Saturday (5/12/2001). Born, northeast of Shubert. Seamstress.
Survivors: sons, Delmar, Overland Park, Kan., Eldon, New Orleans, Norman, Ralston, James A., Gladstone, Mo.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Gene Hanika, Shubert; sister, Sue Coughlin, Las Vegas.
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Clark Funeral Home Chapel, Falls City. Harris Cemetery, Barada.
Hile - Elizabeth, 66, Lincoln, died Sunday (5/13/2001).
Services pending, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Hofer - Craig Alan, 28, Lincoln, died Thursday (5/10/2001).
Services: 1 p.m. today, Wyuka Funeral Home, 3600 O St. Visitation: one hour before services. Memorials to family.
Holroyd - Harold, 85, Crete, died Sunday (5/13/2001).
Survivors: wife, Lola; sons, daughter-in-law, Ron, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Robert and Judy, Wilber; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brother, Ray, Geneva; sisters, brother-in-law, Ruth Bode, Friend, Lorraine and Edward Fischer, Lincoln, Marguerite Duffek, Lincoln; sister-in-law, Helen Holroyd, Lincoln; nieces, nephews.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete. Riverside Cemetery, Crete. Visitation: beginning 6 p.m. today, funeral home. Memorials in care of the family.
Hornbacher - Edna H., 96, Sutton, widow of Harold, died Sunday (5/13/2001). Born, near Freeman, S.D. Homemaker.
Survivors: daughters, Janet Jewah, Henderson, Melva Jean Tintelnot, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; son, Rolland, Los Angeles; stepsister, Bertha Bauer, Wichita, Kan.; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Hope Reformed Church, Sutton. Sutton Cemetery. Memorials to the church or Sutton Community Home. Kohler Mortuary, Sutton.
Jacobs - Alvin G., 79, Lincoln, died Wednesday (5/9/2001).
Private family services. No visitation. Memorials to Lincoln Elks Lodge 80 Building Fund.
Kliment - Katherine, 89, Valparaiso, widow of Adolph, died Saturday (5/12/2001) at Lincoln.
Mass of Christian burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sts. Mary and Joseph Catholic Church, Valparaiso. Scripture service: 7 p.m. today, followed by K of C and CD of A rosary, all at the church. Visitation: 1-3 p.m. today, Svoboda Funeral Home, Wahoo; after 5 p.m. today, church; one hour before mass, church.
Lafler - Phyllis I., 75, Lincoln, died Thursday (5/10/2001).
Services: 11 a.m. today, Roper and Sons Chapel, 4300 O St. Visitation: until service time, funeral home. Memorials to American Cancer Society, 7441 O St., Suite 104 (01) or Saint Elizabeth's Hospice, 555 S. 70th St. (10). Condolences may be e-mailed to roperandsons.com.
Lock - John D., 79, Falls City, died Saturday (5/12/2001). Born, Woodward, Iowa. Served U.S. Army, World War II. Oil driller.
Survivors: wife, Shirley; sons, John A. Lock Pape, Dawson, Gale D., Winnemucca, Nev.; daughters, Karen Ruth Lempkuhl, Hiawatha, Kan., Roxann Osborne, Winnemucca, Nev.; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; brothers, Harry, Don, both Falls City, Karl, Preston; sisters, Joan Brulja, Humboldt, Francis Dunn, Denver, Louise Kirkendall, Falls City.
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Falls City. Falls City Catholic Cemetery. Rosary: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Clark Funeral Home, Falls City.
Lyons - Lewis "Oden," 60, Lincoln, died Wednesday (5/9/2001).
Memorial services were Saturday, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1345 S. 16th St. Cremation. No visitation. Memorials to family. Aspen Mortuary, 4822 Cleveland Ave.
Maw - Ethel, 71, Lincoln, died Sunday (5/13/2001).
Services pending, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
McKay - LeRoy L., 80, Hebron, died Friday (5/11/2001). Born, Hastings. Served U.S. Army, World War II. Truck driver.
Survivors: wife, Roberta; sons, Robert D., Durango, Colo., LeRoy Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; other relatives.
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Chester Cemetery, Chester. Hebron Memorial Funeral Home, Hebron.
Minchow - Sidney Morgan, Lincoln, born at rest Thursday (5/10/2001).
Private family graveside services. No viewing. No visitation. Memorials to the family. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Pratt - Helen L., 72, Lincoln, widow of Robert E., died Friday (5/11/2001).
Services: 2 p.m. today, Wadlow-Rozanek Colonial Chapel, 5200 R St.
