Obituary Listing

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...

Jan 25, 2015

LaVaughn Elaine (Schweitzer) Detweiler was born March 30, 1927 in Milford, Nebraska, the daughter of Joseph Franklin and Grace Marie (Roth) Schweitzer and passed away on January 25, 2015 at her home in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 9 months, 26 days. LaVaughn attended country school northeast of Beaver Crossing and also in Dorchester, Beaver Crossing and...

Jan 19, 2015

Fredrick Julius "Fritz" Duer was born on July 16, 1935 on the farm near Staplehurst, Nebraska to Bernhard Julius "Ben" and Wilhelmina Sophia "Minnie" (Schuemann) Duer and passed away on January 19, 2015 at his home in Staplehurst at the age of 79 years, 6 months, and 3 days. Fritz was baptized on July 28, 1935 and confirmed at Our...

Jan 11, 2015

Vera Eloise Krieser was born June 18, 1932 near Garland, Nebraska and passed away on January 11, 2015 at her home in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 82 years, 6 months, 24 days. Vera was the daughter of Martin Julius and Anna Gertrude (Presinger) Krieser. Vera was baptized on July 3, 1932 at Immanuel Lutheran Church (Middle Creek) and...

Jan 10, 2015

"Marjorie" Nicolaus, 97, was born November 22, 1917 in Ulysses, Nebraska and passed away at Sumner Place in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 10, 2015. Marjorie was one of the sweetest human beings that anyone will ever meet as testified by her friends, family and caregivers. She already is desperately missed by family and friends. Marjorie was born to Homer and...

Jan 8, 2015

Robert Lee Pollock was born February 21, 1925 on the family farm southwest of Utica, Nebraska, the son of Robert "Ralph" and Lulu V. (Roden) Pollock. Bob passed away in Seward, Nebraska on January 8, 2015 at the age of 89 years, 10 months, 18 days. Bob attended elementary school at District 33 in rural York County and was a...

Jan 7, 2015

Robert Paul Sheldon was born on October 9, 1967, in Omaha, Nebraska to Irwin Willard and Rita Ann (Rezek) Sheldon and passed away unexpectedly on January 7, 2015, in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 47 years, 2 months and 29 days. Bob spent his younger years in Omaha before the family moved to the family farm North of Garland....

Jan 5, 2015

Jim Booher died on January 5th at his home in Santa Rosa, CA surrounded in love by his wife, children, grandchildren and good friends, following a brief hospital stay and a five year period battling cancer and ultimately congestive heart failure. He had shared over 55 of his 80 years married to his dear wife Harriett. Together they have enjoyed...

Dec 30, 2014

Matthew D. Lichty was born on October 29, 1957 to Howard Dean and Jeannine "Judy (King) Lichty in Lincoln, Nebraska and passed away on December 30, 2014 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 57 years, 2 months, and 1 day. Matt attended school in Lincoln and was a 1976 graduate of Lincoln Northeast High School. He attended Lincoln School...