U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Martin - Margaret, 86, Hanover, Kan., widow of Sylvester, died Friday (10/26/2001). Born, Hanover. With husband, farmed near Hanover.
Survivors: sons, Joe, Wilber, Vern, Lakewood, Colo., Lawrence, Dennis, both Hanover; daughters, Ruth Grieves, Rosemount, Minn., Rose Ronnebaum, St. Marys, Kan.; 19 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. today, St. John's Church, Hanover. Church cemetery. Visitation: one hour before services, church. Hanover Mortuary.
Ocken - Lorenz W., 80, Aloha, Ore., formerly Seward, died Wednesday (10/24/2001).
Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, St. John Lutheran Church, Seward. Volzke Mortuary, Seward.
O'Connor - Ruth K., 82, Lincoln, died Monday (10/29/2001). Dental hygienist. Member, Grace Lutheran Church, Northwestern University Alumni.
Survivors: daughter, son-in-law, Margaret O'Connor and Albert Bartek, Lincoln; sons, daughters-in-law, Dr. Richard P. Jr. and Anitra, Peoria, Ill., Dr. John C. and Karla, Dubuque, Iowa; sister, Gertrude Teply, Omaha; grandchildren, Kerstin, Paul, Martin, Alec, Aaron O'Connor, Julia, Amanda Bartek. Preceded in death by husband, Richard; parents; brothers, Paul, John.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Burial: 2 p.m. Friday, Fremont Memorial Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, until services Friday, funeral home. Memorials to Tabitha Hospice or Tabitha Meals on Wheels.
Petri - Gertrude, 90, Seward, widow of Edwin L., died Monday (10/29/2001). Born near Seward (7/2/11).
Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Richard and Jane, Lees Summit, Mo.; grandchildren, spouses, Todd and Christie Petri, Omaha, Cara and Shawn Hornbeck, Peculiar, Mo.; great-granddaughters, Alexa Petri, Hannah Hornbeck; sisters, Clara Hillmann, Seward, Caroline Stejskal, Lincoln. Preceded in death by husband; parents, Gregor and Margaretha Preisinger; sisters, Ida Gade, Anna Krieser.
Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, St. John Lutheran Church, Seward. The Rev. Mark Cutler. Seward Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Wood-Zabka Funeral Home, Seward; one hour before services, church. Memorials to donor's choice in care of family.
Pokorny - Dennis, 70, Lincoln, died Saturday (10/27/2001). Born, Schuyler. Served, U.S. Navy.
Survivors: daughter, Michelle Alexander, Council Bluffs, Iowa; nieces; nephews.
Memorial services at later date. Cremation. Kracl Funeral Chapel, Schuyler.
Raymer - Helen L., 80, Lincoln, died Monday (10/29/2001). Retired organist for many churches, and Butherus, Maser and Love Funeral Home. Volunteer organist, Tabitha Home.
Survivors: husband, Harold; daughter, son-in-law, Mary and Rick Lange, Traverse City, Mich.; son, Bruce, Lincoln; granddaughter, Shannon Mara.
Services pending, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Memorials to favorite charity.
Rich - Violette F., 94, Plattsmouth, formerly of Milford and Lincoln, widow of William E., died Sunday (10/28/2001). Born, Hamilton, Mo. Longtime private duty LPN, Lincoln.
Survivors: son, Charles E., Milford; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Mildred Shaffer, Overland Park, Kan.
Graveside service: 2 p.m. today, Lincoln Memorial Park. Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Milford. Memorials to Milford Fire Department or Nebraska Masonic Home, Plattsmouth.
Richert - Ruth E., 86, Gresham, died Saturday (10/27/2001) in Milford.
Services: 1:30 p.m. today, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Utica. Visitation: 10:30 a.m. until service, church. Volzke Mortuary, Seward.
Rogers - Vance D., 84, Lincoln, died Saturday (10/27/2001). Born, Frontenac, Minn. (5/16/17) to A.F. and Mary (Martinson) Rogers. Attended, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. Graduated, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn., 1938; Master of divinity degree, Garret Graduate School of Theology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1941. Received honorary doctorate degrees from Oklahoma City University, Hamline University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lane College, Morningside College, Mount Union College and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Navy chaplain, lieutenant commander, World War II; stationed in South Pacific, 1943-46; received Commendation Medal and Award for military services from Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Served as Methodist minister in Illinois, then came to Lincoln in 1953 where he was minister at Trinity Methodist Church until 1957. In 1957, became president of Nebraska Wesleyan University until retirement in 1977. During that time, was president of Nebraska Independent College Foundation, Nebraska Educational Television Council for Higher Education and Association of Methodist Colleges and Universities. During his tenure, transformed Wesleyan into a dynamic force in city, state and nation. Served as staff consultant and interim president, Lincoln Foundation, 1980-87. Senior associate/vice president, Larry Price & Associates, 1986-90. Chairman, Nebraska Educational Television Commission, 1981-94. Advisory director-customer and community relations, National Bank of Commerce, Lincoln, 1987-94, retiring on 12/31/94 at age 77. Member, Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Blue Key, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary International, Mason, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, Sesostris Temple-Shrine, Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln University Club, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Newcomen Society of North American, American Legion, VFW. Traveled and studied all over the world. Member, Comparative Education Seminar studying reform and policy in European education. Met with educational leaders in USSR and Eastern Europe and attended Institute on Man and Science seminar in Tunisia. Took an around the world tour, 1968. As member of Friendship Force, represented our country in Costa Rica in 1979; his last trip was to Norway, Sweden and Denmark with his wife and two daughters in 1996. Served on board of directors for many companies, including National Bank of Commerce Trust & Savings, Bryan Memorial Hospital and Midwest Life Nebraska, Lincoln. Recipient: Kiwanis Distinguished Service Award; grand orator, Masonic Lodge, chaplain for Sesostris Temple and Scottish Rite of Freemasonry S.J. Knight Commander of Court of Honour; Brownville Builders Award by Historical Society, Fine Arts Association and Village Theatre of Brownville; Newcomen Society Award and the Friend of Science Award by Nebraska Academy of Sciences; Pi Kappa Delta Golden Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Award; Nebraskans for Public Television Distinguished Service Award; and Distinguished Service Award from Architectural Foundation of Nebraska.
Survivors: wife of 61 years, Barbara; daughters, sons-in-law, Nancy and James Steele, Chula Vista, Calif., Mary Lou and Karl Fredrickson, Bennet; granddaughters, Melanie and husband Jeff Mueller, Lincoln, Stephanie Downs and fiancee Mike Bradley, Lincoln, Barbara Steele, Chula Vista; grandson, Justin Steele, Chula Vista; great-grandson, Logan Mueller, Lincoln.
Memorial Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1345 S. 16th St. The Rev. Lauren Ekdahl. Honorary pallbearers: Glenn Bonacker, Mrs. Carl Curtis, Robert and Jane Fredrickson, Brad Korell, Frank and Maxine Morrison, Marvin Spitsnogle, James and Helen Katherine Stuart, John White. Special tribute: noon-1 p.m. Friday, Rogers Center for Fine Arts, NWU, with reception with family following. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Vance D. Rogers Scholarship Fund, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 50th Street and St. Paul Avenue, Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.
Schidler - Verneda L., 74, Lincoln, died Saturday (10/27/2001). Born, Fairbury (11/1/26) to Carl H. and Emma Sophia (Huss) Bauer. Supervisor, Miller & Paine/Dillards, 30 years. Attended, country school districts 26 and 83 near Fairbury. Coordinator, M&P Breakfast Club.
Survivors: husband, Rudolph; son, daughter-in-law, Michael C. and Kathy, Beatrice; daughter, son-in-law, Linda K. and Kenneth Benton, Greenwood; grandchildren, spouses, Cosette and Steve Stewart, Stacy and Troy Kellerman, all Lincoln, Cory and Kelli Schidler, Scottsdale, Ariz., Sean Schidler, Beatrice; great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Madison Kellerman. Preceded in death by parents; four brothers; one sister; great-grandson; stepfather.
Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. The Rev. Maynard Kellerman. Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Cory Schidler, Steve Stewart, Sean Schidler, Jerry Schidler, Troy Kellerman, Ralph Miller. Honorary pallbearers: M&P Breakfast Club. Visitation: 3 p.m. today until services, funeral home. Family will greet friends, 7-9 p.m. today, funeral home. Memorials to Tabitha Hospice Maseman Unit, 4720 Randolph St. (10).
Schierkolk - Hannah Mae, 98, Fairbury, died Saturday (10/27/2001). Born, Endicott. Homemaker.
Survivors: son, Dean Cusic, Monteview, Idaho; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins. Preceded in death by three husbands.
Services: 11 a.m. today, Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury. Steele City Cemetery, Steele City. Memorials to Endicott United Methodist Church.
Shipman - Esther, 95, Lincoln, died Sunday (10/28/2001).
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Havelock United Methodist Church, 4140 N. 60th St. Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Standley - Margaret Hennings, 104, Lincoln, died Monday (10/29/2001). Born, (5/31/1897). Comptometer, Armour Meat Packing office. Member, Danish Sisterhood, Burlington Northern Auxiliary, G.I.A. of B.L.E, World War I Widows, World War I Auxiliary Barracks 163, Church Circle No. 2, Church Women's Association, Heritage Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: niece, Mrs. John W. "Betty Lou" Copper, Montrose, Colo.; three great-nieces; one great-nephew; five great-great-nieces; three great-great-nephews. Preceded in death by brother, sister-in-law, Louis and Mary Jensen; sister, brother-in-law, Sarah and Paul Brickley.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Heritage Presbyterian Church, 880 S. 35th St. Pastor Raymond Meester. Wyuka Cemetery. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Memorials to the church or donor's favorite charity.
Te Kolste - Ruth, 83, Firth, widow of Christopher, died Saturday (10/27/2001) in Lincoln.
Services: 11 a.m. today, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Memorials to Hospice of Nebraska.
Wiechmann - Esther Lillian (Heiniger), 86, Pawnee City, widow of Ernie, died Sunday (10/28/2001). Born, Bern, Kan. With husband, farmed, Lewiston, Palmyra, Pawnee City, Oregon; retired nurse's aide, Pawnee Manor.
Survivors: many nieces, nephews, friends.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Wherry Brothers Mortuary, Pawnee City. DuBois Cemetery. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. today, mortuary.
Adams - Dixie Maye, 67, Shell Knob, Mo., died Tuesday (10/30/2001).
Services: 2 p.m. today, Central Community United Methodist Church, Shell Knob. Williamson Funeral Home, Shell Knob. Additional Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Layton Funeral Home, Minden. Memorials to church in Shell Knob.
Axford - Gordon, 83, and Margaret, 83, Yuma, Ariz.
Services to celebrate their lives, 1 p.m. today, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, 6800 S. 14th St. Cremation, no visitation. Memorials to The Heifer Project International, P.O. Box 8085, Little Rock, AR 72203; or favorite charity.
Duchek - Libbie J., 89, Wilber, died Wednesday (10/31/2001).
Services: 10:30 a.m. today, Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete.
Fry - Nella Allan, 95, Leesburg, Fla., formerly Belleville, Kan., California, died 10/13/01. Born, DuBois.
Survivors: nephew, Joseph Allan Fowler, Leesburg, Fla.; four nieces.
No memorial services. Cremation. Inurnment, Pawnee City Cemetery. Wherry Brothers Mortuary, Pawnee City. Memorials to Joseph Allan Fowler, 149 N. Lake Drive, Leesburg, FL 34788-2749.
Gilliland - L. Lorraine "Sis," 73, Auburn, died Thursday (11/1/2001). Born, Peru.
Survivors: husband, Howard; daughters, Sondra Lee Sawtell, Pensacola, Fla., Susan Delay, Shirley Torres, both Auburn; five grandchildren; brothers, George Keith Palmer, Omaha, Robert Palmer, Nemaha.
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, Auburn. Mount Vernon Cemetery, Peru. Visitation: 4-9 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday with family greeting friends 7-8 p.m., all at Hemmingsen Funeral Home, Auburn.
Hass - Edwin M., 76, Ceresco, died Thursday (11/1/2001). Born, Swedeburg (8/27/25) to Max and Rosa (Eichmeier). Farmed, retired in 1995. Served, U.S. Army (4/3/45-11/6/45). Married Florence Hageman (11/27/46) at Ithaca. Attended Ceresco elementary, Wahoo High School. Member, United Methodist Church, Ithaca; Legion Post 244, Ceresco. Enjoyed hunting, fishing, collecting coins, refinishing furniture.
Survivors: sons, Mike and fiancee Marcia Harms, Paul, all of Ceresco; daughters, Connie Christiansen, Wahoo, Sherry Anderson, Stanwood, Mich.; sister, Bernice Moore, Omaha; 12 grandchildren; nephew, Rick Moore, Omaha.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, United Methodist Church, Ithaca. Sunrise Cemetery, Wahoo. Visitation: 1-8 p.m. Monday, Pruss Funeral Home, Wahoo.
Hoffman - Esther M., 53, Beatrice, widow of Larry, died Friday (11/2/2001) of cancer in a Lincoln hospital. Born, Axtell, Kan. Department manager, Wal-Mart.
Survivors: son, Tony Hoffman, Beatrice; daughters, Angie Jameson, Dea Hoffman, both Rochester, Minn.; three grandchildren; mother, Nora Boeding, Lewiston; sisters, Doris Thornburg, Beatrice, Norma Sedlacek, Virginia, Neb.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Burchard. Lewiston Cemetery, Lewiston. Family prayer service: 7 p.m. Monday, Fox Funeral Home, Beatrice. Visitation: until 9:30 p.m. Monday, funeral home. Memorials to the Serenity House, Houston, and the American Cancer Society, funeral home in charge.
Hood - Steven A., 49, Ulysses, died Thursday (11/1/2001) in Lincoln. Born, Lincoln. Machinist at Addax, Inc., in Lincoln. Formerly worked at Hughes Brothers in Seward. Graduated, Lincoln Northeast High School. Member: National Rifle Association.
Survivors: wife, DeLores; daughters, son-in-law, Laura "Laure" and Robert Elder, Linda Hood, all of Ulysses; brother, sister-in-law, Gerald and Marilyn Hood, Lincoln; two grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Roberts Funeral Chapel, David City. The Rev. David Schulz. Ulysses Township Cemetery. Visitation: 2-8 p.m. Sunday, 8:30-10 a.m. Monday, all at Roberts Funeral Home. Memorials in care of the family.
Jones - Cornelia M. (Moore), 94, Brownville, died Friday (11/02/2001) in Auburn.
Survivors: sons, Warren "Corky," Brownville, Claude "Buck," Auburn; daughter, Veneta Nincehelser, Peru; 15 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Casey-Witzenburg-Hall Funeral Home, Auburn. Walnut Grove Cemetery, near Brownville. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, funeral home. Memorials to family's choice.
June - Deborah E., 41, Crete, died Wednesday (10/31/2001).
Memorial service: 2 p.m. today, Grace United Methodist Church, Crete. Private interment. Memorials in lieu of flowers in care of the family. Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete.
Lepert - Myles Tanner, 12, Plattsmouth, died Tuesday (10/30/2001) in Omaha. Born, Papillion. Attended school at Conestoga schools in Murray, raised at Beaver Lake.
Survivors: parents, Tom and Gay; brothers, Elliott, Alex, and Connor Lepert, all of Beaver Lake; maternal grandmother, Ruth Windhorst, Syracuse; paternal grandparents, Frank and Margaret Lepert, Plattsmouth; aunts and uncles; cousins.
Services: 10:30 a.m. today, Church of the Holy Spirit, Plattsmouth. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Plattsmouth. Roby Funeral Home, Plattsmouth. Memorials to family's choice (scholarships will be established).
Mason - Verda J., 67, Grand Island, formerly Hastings, widow of Loren, died Wednesday (10/31/2001) in Lincoln. Born, Hastings. Employed, Grand Island Public School system.
Survivors: sons, Scott, Long Pine, Mark, Oklahoma City, Okla., Grant, Grand Island; daughters, Deborah Ferguson, St. Joseph, Mo., Evette Ramirez, Hastings, Susan Wilson, Milissa Lade, both Grand Island; 21 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Donna Lewis, Lincoln, Verona Osgood, Hastings, Lois Marymee, Concord, Calif.; nieces, nephews.
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home, Grand Island. Grand Island City Cemetery. Visitation: 4-9 p.m. Sunday, with family 4-6 p.m., funeral home. Memorials to the family.
Miley - Ahkenaton Markiese, 5, Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/31/2001) in Omaha. Born, Lincoln (2/16/96) to Frank Jr. and Jackie D. (Patterson) Miley.
Survivors: parents; brothers, Mike, Asika, Ahmaad; sisters, Kavon, Stephanie, Tashanika; grandparents, Alma and Isaac Johnson, Lincoln, Shirley Miley, Miami, Fla.; aunts, Patti and LaTeika Patterson, Lincoln; uncles, Patrick and Maurice Miley, Lincoln.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Berean Church. Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Sylvester Cotton, Brad Bryan, Seth Cobb, Johnny Alexander. Visitation: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St. Memorials in care of the family.
