Obituaries
John D. "Jack" Joy
Mar 31, 2022
John Derward Joy, Jr. was born near Stella, Nebraska October 28, 1935, to Jack D. and Gertrude (Miller) Joy, the eldest of four sons. Jack attended school at Stella, then Shubert, where he graduated from high school in 1954. He loved playing football while in school. After graduation he began farming with his dad and helping with the livestock. Jack...
Geraldine M. "Gerry" Bohling
Mar 29, 2022
Geraldine Marie Bohling was born to Albert and Viola (Volker) Plager on September 22, 1928 on the family farm near Table Rock, NE. She was baptized by Reverend E. F. Geyer on October 14, 1928 and confirmed by Reverend H. G. Bents on October 25, 1942 at St. James Lutheran (Long Branch) Church near Humboldt Nebraska. After attending Bush School...
Beverly Jean Hahn
Mar 29, 2022
Beverly Jean (Grant) Hahn was born in Falls City, NE to parents James W. & Ethel (Kelly) Grant on April 8, 1931; she was the youngest of 7 children. When Bev was 5 years old the family moved to Auburn, NE where Bev graduated from Auburn High School in 1949. In Bev’s senior year of high school, she met the...
Myrna Coleen (Chandler) Georges
Mar 25, 2022
Myrna Coleen (Chandler) Georges, one of four children of Raymond and Gladys (Boatman) Chandler, was born January 23, 1941, at the family home in rural Nemaha County, Nebraska. Myrna grew up and attended school in Nemaha County. Myrna was united in marriage to Albert Dale Georges, Jr. The couple would be blessed with three children: son Terry and daughters Vickey...
Ken R. Jenkins
Mar 24, 2022
Kenneth Ray Jenkins, one of four sons of Riley and Doris (Edwards) Jenkins, was born May 24, 1939, at Auburn, Nebraska. Ken attended school at Auburn thru junior high, and then at Tecumseh thru the 11th grade. Ken later earned his GED while in Lincoln. Ken was united in marriage several times throughout his life. He was married to Ruby...
Daniel Richard Sealock
Mar 14, 2022
My Wife, Chris, and I were talking about being near the end and how maybe I should write my own obituary. People wouldn’t feel as though they had to make up something nice. Also, how often do you get the chance to write your own obituary. I did have to promise no cussing or married jokes.I was born in Council...
Andrea Kay "Andy' Rinkleff
Mar 11, 2022
Andrea Kay Rinkleff, one of three daughters of Clayton and Irene Clara (Wedeking) Elliott, was born September 2, 1947, at Charles City, Iowa. Andy, as she was known, grew up and attended school in Clarksville, IA, graduating from Clarksville High School. After high school, Andy went on to attend University of Northern Iowa, receiving her bachelor’s degree in English with...
Kenneth "Kenny" Lee Goering
Mar 11, 2022
Kenneth “Kenny” Lee Goering was born in Tecumseh on June 12, 1945, to Alvin and Esther (Bohling) Goering. The youngest of four children and only son born to the Goering family, he grew up on their family farm southwest of Brock and graduated from Brock High School in 1964.Shortly after graduation, Kenny began working for Campbell Soup Company in Tecumseh....
Megan C. Mcconnaughey
Mar 7, 2022
Megan, a member of St. Clara’s Catholic Church, Peru, Nebraska, spent much of her life praying and thinking of others. Her emotional and spiritual strength were unwavering. She was a person of faith, and that warrior spirit afforded her 14 additional years after her diagnosis of brain and spine cancer at the tender age of 8 when the best outcome...
Daniel Nicholas Gerdes
Mar 7, 2022
Daniel Nicholas Gerdes was born August 4, 1989, at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. He was the oldest of two sons of Deborah Sue Gerdes. Dan was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran (Hickory Grove) Church near Auburn, Nebraska. He attended Kindergarten at Johnson-Brock Public School in Johnson, completed grades 1,2 and 3 elsewhere, and returned to J-B in 4th...
Shirley A. Wilberger
Feb 27, 2022
Shirley Ann Wilberger, daughter of Robert and Alma (Harms) Shanks, was born February 7, 1926, at Bayard, Nebraska. Shirley began her schooling at Bayard, and then attended school at Auburn, Nebraska after her family moved when she was in the 5th grade. Shirley graduated from Auburn High School in 1943, and then attended Lincoln School of Commerce. On May 6,...
Betty (Whitlow) Miller
Feb 27, 2022
Betty Louise (Whitlow) Miller, one of three children of Raymond and Bessie (Sitzman) Whitlow, was born January 5, 1938, at Auburn, Nebraska. Betty was baptized and received first communion at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Auburn. She attended school at Auburn, graduating from Auburn High School in 1955. Betty began working at Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn, but soon after...
Clifford "Skip" Peterson Jr.
Feb 22, 2022
Clifford Richard Peterson, Jr., one of six children of Clifford, Sr. and Wilma Harrell, was born May 15, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York. The family would move to Hawaii, and then to Omaha, Nebraska, where Skip, as he was known, would grow up attending school in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha. Skip was a painter by trade, owning a...
Claude "Buck" Jones
Feb 21, 2022
Claude Dean Jones, one of four children of Oland and Cornelia (Moore) Jones, was born October 16, 1934, at Brownville, Nebraska. “Buck” as he was known, grew up on a farm near Brownville where he attended school. On July 7, 1956, Buck was united in marriage to Linda Stiers at Nemaha, Nebraska. The couple would be blessed with four children:...
Ronald Lee Lotter
Feb 20, 2022
Ronald Lee Lotter, one of eight children of Donald and Evelyn Pearl (McConnaughey) Lotter, was born August 3, 1953, at Nebraska City, Nebraska. Ron grew up and attended school in Nemaha County, graduating from Auburn High School in 1971. On September 11, 1972, Ron was united in marriage to Marcha Armstrong at Hiawatha, Kansas. They would be blessed with three...
Linda Jean (Pieters) Bernt
Feb 15, 2022
Linda Jean (Pieters) Bernt, one of 10 children of Edward and Joan (Mahoney) Pieters, was born April 28, 1953, in Columbus, Nebraska. Linda grew up and attended school in Columbus, graduating with the class of 1971 from Columbus High School. On March 29, 1974, Linda was united in marriage to Gustaf Bernt. The couple would be blessed with two sons,...
Geraldine A. "Jerri" Duncan
Feb 13, 2022
Geraldine Alberta Duncan, one of 10 children of David and Myrtle (Everett) Brickey, was born July 21, 1927, at Mound City, Missouri. Jerri, as she was known, grew up and attended school in Mound City, where she lettered in both softball and volleyball while in high school. After high school, Jerri moved to Fairfax, Missouri, where she would meet her...
Rosalie Ann Meixsell
Feb 10, 2022
Rosalie Ann Meixsell was born in Johnson, Nebraska on August 4, 1933 to Ora and Mildred Boellstorff, she was the oldest of three children. She attended the Cherry Grove Country School and then moved on to attend and graduate from Brock High School. Rosalie attended Peru State College where she received a teaching certificate. Teaching school in Plattsmouth was a...
Eugene "Whitey" Taylor
Feb 7, 2022
Eugene “Whitey” Taylor was born December 24, 1930, at home in Peru, Nebraska to Roy and Opal Taylor. He attended Antioch School in Auburn. At the age of 15, he left home and hopped a train to go work in the fields. Gene enlisted in the United States Army on January 17, 1951. He served in the front lines of...
Steven Eugene Dunn
Feb 7, 2022
Steven Eugene Dunn, of Stella, Nebraska was born on January 16, 1948 to Daniel and Julia (Killingsworth) Dunn in Falls City, Nebraska. He attended Stella High School, in Stella, Nebraska graduating in 1966. Steve was baptized at Prairie Union Baptist Church near Shubert. Following high school, he began farming in the Stella area. On June 6, 1970, he was united...