U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Irma Lenton
RANDOLPH - Memorial services for Irma Lenton, 101, Randolph, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church here with inurnment in the Randolph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home in Randolph.
She died Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home.
Fern Meier
RANDOLPH - Services for Fern Meier, 83, Randolph, will be at St. Frances Catholic Church here Monday at 10:30 a.m. with burial in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Sunday with a 3 p.m. Christian Mothers rosary and 7:30 p.m. rosary at Johnson Funeral Home in Randolph.
She died Thursday, July 6, 2006, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home.
Survivors include three daughters, Pat Stratton of Lincoln, Sharon and Howard Timmerman of Osmond and Judy and Allen Lambing of Sioux City, Iowa; 12 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jack and Betty Blotz of Orville, Calif., and Don and Julie Blotz of Byron, Calif.; two sisters-in-law, Lorena Blotz of Hollywood, Fla., and Charolette Meier of Sioux City; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Charles in December 1987, three brothers and three sisters.
The Rev. Ron Battiato will officiate.
Pearl Seger
O’NEILL - Pearl Evelyn Seger, 90, of O’Neill died at her home Wednesday, July 5, 2006. A private family service was held Thursday at her home with burial at the O’Neill Cemetery.
Pearl was born on Oct. 18, 1915, to Ed and Martha (Sargent) Burge in O’Neill. Her father was a carpenter, building numerous homes in the O’Neill area. Pearl received her education in the O’Neill Public Schools, graduating valedictorian of the class of 1933.
She married
D.E. “Bud” Seger on Oct. 23, 1934, in Belleville, Kan. Bud operated Seger Oil Co. in O’Neill and Pearl was a homemaker, truck driver, bookkeeper and secretary, working along side her husband for many years.
She loved tending her flower gardens and planting many trees and shrubs. Pearl enjoyed her kitchen, baking cakes, treats of all kinds, including a wide variety of Christmas candies.
Pearl is survived by her son, Warren and Esther Seger of O’Neill; daughters, Janet Devall and Bruce of Milford, Iowa, Linda and Bill Eby of Cordova, Tenn., and Vicki Seger of Madison, S.D.; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and sister, Ruth Morrison of California.
Her parents, husband, infant sister Marvel and sister Myrl Verzal preceded Pearl in death.
Irene Warnemunde
WINSIDE - Services for Irene “Dolly’’ Warnemunde, 100, Winside, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church here with burial in Pleasantview Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday at Schumacher-Hasemann Funeral Home in Winside with family present 6-8 p.m.
She died Tuesday, July 4, 2006, at Heritage of Bel-Air in Norfolk.
Dwaine Weinrich
PIERCE - Services are pending at Stonacek Memorial Chapel here for Dwaine G. Weinrich, 67, Pierce. He died Friday, July 7, 2006, at Faith Regional Health Services.
Joanne Westcott
AINSWORTH - Services for Joanne E. Westcott, 68, of Ainsworth will be Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Ainsworth. Visitation will be at Hoch Funeral Home in Ainsworth after 1 p.m. Sunday with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
She died Thursday, July 6, 2006, at Brown County Hospital.
Rev. Harold Wood
ATKINSON - Services for the Rev. Harold A. Wood, 92, Atkinson, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Seger Funeral Home here with burial in the O’Neill City Cemetery. Visitation will be after 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
He died Tuesday, July 4, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center.
Jim Dietz
Services for Jim Dietz, 71, Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Norfolk, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls with burial in Sioux Falls.
He died Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at a Sioux Falls hospital.
Lorraine Gipe
Lorraine Beckenhauer Gipe, 81, Virginia City, Nev., died Saturday, July 1, 2006. Burial will be in Virginia City.
Memorials are directed to any hospice.
The daughter of Otto and Merle (Lanman) Beckenhauer graduated from Norfolk High School in 1943 and attended the University of Nebraska for two years, where she joined Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. During those summers she worked at the Grand Island Ordnance Plant.
In 1946, Lorraine married
George Reeves. In 1961, she moved to Nevada. In 1962, Lorraine married
Richard Gipe of Virginia City, Nev. Lorraine had an antique shop called The Silver Strope in Virginia City from 1965 until 1994.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Gipe of Virginia City; a stepdaughter, Carol Allison and husband Larry Allison and granddaughter Jamie of Reno, Nev.; a brother, Lowell Beckenhauer of Norfolk; sister, Jane Bentley of Omaha; nieces, Becky Spencer of Omaha, Jan Bass of Dakota Dunes, S.D., Doris Johnson of Pleasant Hill, Calif., Donna Knapp of Madison; nephews, Lowell Beckenhauer Jr. of Norfolk, Tom Beckenhauer of Puyallup, Wash., Scott Stinebaugh of Cloverdale, Calif., Joe Bullis of Salsburg, Md., and Jim Bullis of Prescott, Ariz., and many cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Merle Beckenhauer; sisters, Lois Stinebaugh and Bernis Bullis; nieces, Jane Stinebaugh and Sally Anspach.
Merle Eksman
Inurnment services with military rites were June 28 at Arlington National cemetery Columnbarium in Virginia for Merle A. Eksman, 80, formerly of Carroll.
He died Dec. 22, 2005, in Mason City, Iowa.
Merle graduated from Carroll High School at Carroll, Nebraska, and then served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946. He attended Norfolk Junior College from 1946-1948 while working at Graham Ice Cream Co.
Merle began his railroad career in May 1957 with Chicago and North Western Railroad in Norfolk and retired from the railroad in Mason City, Iowa, in August 1985.
He married
his wife, Jane, in 1980 who survives him along with the ready-made family of four children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, niece and nephew, grandnieces and nephews, cousins and many friends.
Merle was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Ethel (Montgomery) Eskman, and sister, Verla Eksman Jurgens.
Garnette Gragert
ALBION - Services for Garnette Gragert, 72, formerly of Albion, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church here with burial in Mount Pleasant cemetery at Petersburg. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Levander Funeral Home in Albion.
She died Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at a Lincoln hospital.
