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Frances M. Hottovy

Frances M. Hottovy

May 8, 2014

Frances Mary Hottovy was born on August 2, 1924, near Bee, NE; to Charles and Mary (Miriovsky) Hain and passed away on May 8, 2014, in David City, NE; at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 6 days. Frances grew up in the Bee area, she attended Bee school and District 33 school, she then graduated from Assumption...

Theodor C. Priess

Theodor C. Priess

May 7, 2014

Theodor C. Priess, Cedar Creek, Nebraska was born March 21, 1921 in Seward, Nebraska, the son of Benhard "Ben" and Caroline "Lena" (Brandt) Priess and passed away on May 7, 2014 at the age of 93 years, 1 month, 16 days. Theodor was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church near Malcolm, Nebraska. He attended Seward County School District 52P....

Arthur J. Hoffbauer

Arthur J. Hoffbauer

Apr 24, 2014

Arthur John Hoffbauer was born on August 17, 1922, on the family farm southwest of Brainard, NE; to Jacob and Rose (Dobesh) Hoffbauer and passed away on April 24, 2014, at his home at the age of 91 years, 8 months and 7 days. He grew up on the farm and attended country school in the Brainard area. Art enlisted...

Judith A. "Judy" Weber

Judith A. "Judy" Weber

Apr 23, 2014

Judith Ann (Polenz) Weber of Friend, NE was born on August 28th, 1941 in Leigh, NE. She joined our Heavenly Father on April 23, 2014. She was 72. Judy was a Nebraskan through and through. She grew up in Leigh and graduated from high school there. She attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where she met...

Dr. Howard C. Reynolds

Dr. Howard C. Reynolds

Apr 10, 2014

Howard C. Reynolds was born on May 1, 1914, in rural Seward County, NE; to George Washington and Marion Irene (Spear) Reynolds and passed away on April 10, 2014, in Hays, KS. Howard graduated from Seward High School on May 28, 1931, he later received his Bachelor Degree on June 5, 1939, followed by his Master of Science degree from...

Louis F. Kotera

Louis F. Kotera

Apr 10, 2014

Louis Frank Kotera, Jr. was born July 8, 1915 on a farm near Highmore, South Dakota, the son of Alois Sr. and Mary (Bohuslavsky) Kotera and passed away in Seward, Nebraska on April 10, 2014 at the age of 98 years, 9 months, 2 days. At the age of four years Louis' family moved near Brainard, Nebraska where he attended...

Elizabeth Wright

Elizabeth Wright

Apr 8, 2014

Mary Elizabeth (Parnham) Wright was born August 17, 1920 in Seward, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Ruth (Sanders) Parnham and passed away in Waverly, Nebraska on April 8, 2014 at the age of 93 years, 7 months, 22 days. Elizabeth attended Seward High School. On November 17, 1949 she was united in marriage to William Armstrong Wright at Rockport,...

Lois L. Hodde

Lois L. Hodde

Apr 7, 2014

Lois Lenore Hodde was born August 26, 1924, in rural Milford, NE; to Harry Irl and Cora Estella (Blacker) Fosler and passed away in Seward, NE on April 7, 2014, at the age of 89 years, 7 months, 12 days. She was baptized on April 4, 1926 at the First United Methodist Church in Seward, NE. She was raised on...

Donald R. Baack

Donald R. Baack

Apr 2, 2014

Donald Reed Baack was born April 6, 1955 in Seward Nebraska, the son of Victor William and Ina Jean (Wolvin) Baack and passed away on April 2, 2014 at the age of 58 years, 11 months, and 27 days. Don was baptized on May 1, 1955 and was confirmed both at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, rural Staplehurst. Don was a...

Ernest And Amy Mares

Ernest And Amy Mares

Mar 26, 2014

Amy Elinor Brungardt Mares March 22, 1922 - October 20, 2009 Ernest Richard Mares May 4, 1923 - March 26, 2014 A graveside service will be held for Ernie and Amy Mares on Monday June 29 at 11:00 AM in the Seward Nebraska Cemetery. Friends and family are respectfully invited to attend. A luncheon reception will follow. Interment arrangements are...

Eugene Kratochvil

Eugene Kratochvil

Mar 11, 2014

Eugene Joe Kratochvil was born March 16, 1938 at Valparaiso, Nebraska, the son of Ignac "Nick" and Lillian (Baus) Kratochvil and passed away on March 11, 2014 at his home in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 75 years, 11 months, 23 days. Eugene was the oldest of 11 children. He attended school at Ulysses and David City. On October...

Edmund V. Lance

Edmund V. Lance

Mar 10, 2014

Edmund Victor "Mert" Lance was born November 30, 1929 in Brainard, Nebraska, the son of Joseph J. and Antonia (Coufal) Lanc and passed away in Omaha, Nebraska on March 10, 2014 at the age of 84 years, 3 months, 10 days. Ed attended Brainard Country School and then Seward High School and earned a GED in 1982. He entered the...

Jeramie Schoepf

Jeramie Schoepf

Mar 7, 2014

Jeramie Jon Schoepf was born August 31, 1977 in Seward, Nebraska , the son of Bruce Allen and Karel Ann (Oborny) Schoepf and passed away on March 7, 2014 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 36 years, 6 months, and 7 days. Jeramie attended Seward Public Schools, where he was active in the wrestling program, graduating in 1996. Jeramie...

Alan M. Loewen

Alan M. Loewen

Mar 4, 2014

Alan Mark Loewen was born December 6, 1948 in LeMars, Iowa to Cornelius and Anna Marie (VanAsselt) Huisman and passed away in David City, Nebraska on March 4, 2014 at the age of 65 years, 2 months, 26 days. Alan lived with and was adopted by Ernest and Gertrude (VanAsselt) Loewen. He was a 1968 graduate of Alton High School...

Ruby M. Broman

Ruby M. Broman

Mar 1, 2014

Ruby M. Broman, age 102, of Seward, Nebraska, formerly of Blue Rapids, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Ridgewood Rehabilitation and Care Center in Seward. Ruby was born January 30, 1912, at Alexander, Kansas to Jacob W. and Marie L. (Hula) Henrich. She married June W. Cole in 1927, they later divorced. She married William L. Whitesell in 1930,...

Ardella L. Bredwell

Ardella L. Bredwell

Feb 26, 2014

Ardella Lavaun Bredwell was born July 30, 1927 in Kearney County, Nebraska the daughter of Frank O. and Emma (Driscoll) Rundquist and passed away on February 26, 2014 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 6 months, 27 days. She attended rural school in Kearney County and was a 1944 graduate of Minden High School and received her...

Mardel K. Fuller

Mardel K. Fuller

Feb 24, 2014

Mardel K. Fuller was born on December 19, 1934, in Manning, IA; to Henry and Pearl (Harper) Bonnesen and passed away on February 24, 2014, in Seward, NE; at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 5 days. Mardel attended and graduated from Manning High School. On December 27, 1952, she married Jack Royden Fuller in Manning, IA; the...

Norah Elyse Heyen

Norah Elyse Heyen

Feb 22, 2014

Norah Elyse Heyen was born on Friday, February 21, 2014, in Omaha, NE; to Eric and Elizabeth (McIvor) Heyen and became an angel on Saturday, February 22, 2014, in Omaha, NE; surrounded by her family and loved ones. Norah is survived by her parents, Eric and Beth Heyen, big brother, Liam Heyen, grandparents, Tim and Chris McIvor of Omaha, NE;...

Keith Brose

Keith Brose

Feb 14, 2014

Keith O. Brose was born on February 9, 1940, near Milford, NE; to Oscar and Emma (Ihde) Brose and passed away after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer on February 14, 2014, at the age of 74 years and 5 days. Keith was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed on April 11, 1954 at St. John Lutheran Church. Keith...

Irene Gieselman

Irene Gieselman

Feb 13, 2014

Irene Catherine Dorothy (Mumm) Gieselman was born March 11, 1922 in Bloomfield, Nebraska, the daughter of Hans Detlef and Ida Antonio Dorthea (Hansen) Mumm and passed away on February 13, 2014 in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 91 years, 11 months, 2 days. Irene was baptized on April 2, 1922. She attended a rural school near Bloomfield and was...

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