Obituary Listing

Mar 26, 2015

Raynelle Cloyd Troester was born May 4, 1943 in Lebanon, Tennessee, the daughter of Ray Gordon and Alice Pauline (Spears) Cloyd and passed away on March 26, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 71 years, 10 months, 22 days. Raynelle was a graduate of Lebanon High School. Raynelle moved to Seward with her family in 1989. She was...

Mar 23, 2015

Henrietta Benes was born on October 25, 1927, on the family farm near Bee to Frank and Rosina (Langbauer) Jirovsky and passed away on March 23, 2015, in Lincoln at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 26 days. She grew up on the family farm and attended Romine Country School District #68. Henrietta worked on the home farm...

Mar 23, 2015

Leslie Dale Eckhard, son of Francis William and Velma "Leta" (Collier) Eckhard, was born April 2, 1926 in Milford, Nebraska and passed away on March 23, 2015 at the age of 88 years, 11 months, and 22 days. He graduated from Seward High School in 1944 and entered into the U.S. Navy serving until the end of WWII. Les attended...

Mar 22, 2015

Tye Raymond Seaman was born March 21, 1959 in Lincoln, Nebraska and passed away March 22, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 56 years and 1 day. Tye was the beloved son of Donald R. and Janita J.(Barnes) Seaman. He graduated from Lincoln East High School in 1977 and attended Heavy Equipment training in Sidney, Nebraska in 1978....

Mar 22, 2015

George Jerome Kalcik of Seward, formerly of Crete was born on July 3, 1944, in Lincoln, NE to Frank and Rose (Sukovaty) Kalcik and passed away on March 22, 2015, in Seward at the age of 70 years, 8 months and 19 days. He grew up on the family farm between Crete and Wilber. George attended country school until the...

Mar 16, 2015

Ivan Dwaine Dvorak was born on August 17, 1953, in Seward to Mike J. and Bessie (Bohac) Dvorak and passed away on March 16, 2015, in Seward at the age of 61 years, 6 months and 27 days. He grew up in Seward where he attended school and graduated with the class of 1972. He then attended Southeast Community College...

Mar 16, 2015

Steven Lee Rader was born September 29, 1954 in Broken Bow, NE, to Marvin and Ardeth (Wirz) Rader. He passed away peacefully on March 16, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln at age of 60 years, 5 months and 16 days. His early years were spent in Dunning and Kearney, Nebraska, and Wichita, Kansas. The family moved to Lincoln...

Mar 12, 2015

William Armstrong Wright was born October 29, 1916 in Plymouth, Nebraska the son of Leroy Singleton and Mahala Barbara (Maharg) Wright and passed away on March 12, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 98 years, 4 months, 12 days. William was a 1936 graduate of high school in New Bloomfield, Missouri. Bill was a U.S. Army veteran, serving...

Mar 11, 2015

Carol Ann Ahlschwede was born on September 8, 1951, in York, NE; to Clarence E. and LaVerna E. (Knudsen) Blum and passed away on March 11, 2015, in Seward, NE; at the age of 63 years, 6 months and 3 days. Carol grew up on the family farm near Waco, NE. She attended school in Utica and graduated from Centennial...

Mar 11, 2015

June Margaret Adams was born on June 27, 1927, near Seward and passed away on March 11, 2015, at her home in Beaver Crossing at the age of 87 years, 8 months and 12 days. She grew up in the Seward area where she attended and graduated from country school. After school she lived in Lincoln where she worked for...

Mar 10, 2015

Douglas William Gallagher was born February 24, 1955 in Friend, Nebraska to Dale and Viola (Whitenack) Gallagher and passed away on March 10, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 60 years, 14 days. Doug was baptized at St. John Lutheran Church, Seward, Nebraska. He was a 1973 graduate of Seward High School. Doug was united in marriage to...

Mar 1, 2015

Harold Ward Blank was born March 7, 1939 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Russell Merle and Mabel Elizabeth (Gossman) Blank and passed away in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 1, 2015 at the age of 75 years, 11 months, 22 days. Harold first attended school in Lincoln and was a 1957 graduate of Bear Creek High School in Denver, Colorado....

Feb 23, 2015

Erna Charlotte (Knorr) Staehr was born on May 12, 1921 at home, south of Waco, York County, Nebraska, the sixth of eleven children born to Joseph and Anna (Wiemer) Knorr. Erna passed away on February 23, 2015, in Utica, Nebraska at the age of 93 years, 9 months, 11 days. She was baptized on June 5, 1921 at St. John's...

Feb 10, 2015

L. Pauline Graham was born on September 9, 1918, in Cordova, Nebraska to Hiram Watson and Lulu May (Stetler) Campbell and passed away on February 10, 2015, in Seward at the age of 96 years, 5 months and 1 day. Pauline grew up in Seward county where she attended several different schools. She later attended St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing...

Feb 10, 2015

Walter Stanley Waas was born January 23, 1919 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Einar and Marvel (Rasch) Waas and passed away on February 10, 2015 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 96 years and 18 days. Wally was a graduate of Humboldt High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was a graduate of the Northwest Institute of...

Feb 6, 2015

Florence Hostetler, of Seward, Nebraska, passed away Friday February 6 at Bryan East Hospital after suffering complications from a broken hip. She lived at Seward Manor for the past eight years where she enjoyed sharing good times with friends and neighbors. Florence was born in Springfield Ohio 1921. She graduated from high school in 1939 from Rockway High School. She...

Feb 5, 2015

Ocee L. Otte was born on December 1, 1917, in Charleston, NE; to John A. and Mary (Steingard) Friesen and passed away on February 5, 2015, in Seward at the age of 97 years, 2 months and 4 days. Ocee grew up in the Charleston and Bradshaw area where she attended and graduated from Bradshaw High School in the class...

Feb 3, 2015

Joanne (Merrill) Lostroh was born in Seward, Nebraska, on November 2, 1929, the daughter of Wiston and Amy (Fougeron) Merrill of Pleasant Dale, Nebraska. She attended Seward County District 17, graduated from high school in Pleasant Dale, and obtained a teaching certificate after attending the University of Nebraska. She married the love of her life, Melvin Lostroh, on August 15,...

Feb 1, 2015

Rita Rasperger, 91, of Falls City, NE (formerly of Fremont, NE) passed away February 1, 2015 at Falls City. She was born April 3, 1923 at Tamora, NE to the late Thomas and Mary (Osentowski) Mullally. She married Donald Daake and they were later divorced. She married Rudy Rasperger and they were later divorced. Rita was raised in Seward, NE...

Jan 30, 2015

Gerald F. Lenz was born on August 9, 1926, to Paul and Katie Lenz in Moorefield, NE.  He was baptized on September 19, 1926, and confirmed on June 7, 1942, at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Moorefield, NE. He passed away on January 30, 2015, in Seward, NE.

"Judd" attended Moorefield High...