Obituaries
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...
Norma Jean Loew
Feb 7, 2022
Norma Jean Loew, one of two daughters of Orval and Hazel (Huffmon) Bales, was born January 23, 1933, on the family farm in Carroll County, Missouri. Norma grew up and attended school in Carroll County, graduating from Hale High School in Hale, Missouri. After high school, Norma attended Kansas State University where she graduated in 1955 with a degree in...
Ernest W. Coe
Jan 28, 2022
Ernest William Coe was born November 7, 1929 – the seventh child of Delbert and Martha (Pohl) Coe near Oak Mills, Kansas. How do you write 92 years on a sheet of paper?? We are just hitting the highlights. He did not like to draw attention to himself but fixed up his vehicles so they were one of a kind.He...
Janet Knippelmier
Jan 25, 2022
Janet Pauline (Yelkin) Knippelmier, one of three children of John and Irene (Kehr) Yelkin, was born May 8, 1943, in Auburn, Nebraska. She grew up and attended school in Auburn, graduating from Auburn High School in 1961. On September 16, 1961, Janet was united in marriage to Stanley Knippelmier at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Auburn. This union would be...
Wanda Joyce (Betts) Reed
Jan 23, 2022
Wanda Joyce (Betts) Reed was born in Auburn, Nebraska on May 24, 1942, the second of four children born to Robert A. and Lillian G. “Jeep” (Byrom) Betts. Her family moved around a lot following construction so she went to many different schools in Nebraska and Colorado. In 1958 Wanda married Clayton Kidd and one son, Jerry L. Kidd, was...
James Harvey Findlay
Jan 23, 2022
James Harvey Findlay, one of two sons born to Robert and Mildred (Eichstaedt) Findlay, was born February 17, 1949 in Auburn, Nebraska. Jim grew up on a farm north of Stella and attended Stella Schools. He graduated with the first class of Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools in 1967. He attended Peru State College for three years.On February 21, 1970 Jim...
Lee Roy Ehlers
Jan 12, 2022
Lee Roy Ehlers was born December 13, 1951, in Auburn, Nebraska. He was one of two children of Clarence William and Emma (DeBuhr) Ehlers. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran (Hickory Grove) Church. Lee attended Hickory Grove School through the 8th grade and then graduated from Johnson-Brock High School in 1970. He next attended business school in...
Dick Hahn Jr.
Jan 11, 2022
Dick Junior Hahn was born August 26, 1928 at the family farm north of Johnson, Nebraska, to parents Dick and Leona (Kienker) Hahn. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church. He graduated from Johnson High School in 1945, at the age of 16. Dick was a member of three Lutheran Churches in his lifetime. Zion Lutheran at Johnson,...
Norma Bray
Jan 11, 2022
Norma Maxine (Hahn) Bray, daughter of Ed F. and Gertrude (Boellstorff) Hahn, was born on August 13, 1926, in Johnson County, Nebraska. Norma attended Cherry Grove Country School and graduated from Johnson High School in 1944. She received a teaching certification from Peru State College and subsequently taught at Cherry Grove Country school for five years. Norma was baptized at...
Karen Lynn Cave
Jan 10, 2022
Karen L. Cave, age 62 of Auburn, passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 in Lincoln.Survivors include her daughters Lorisa Bowland of Auburn, Amanda Moura of Lincoln; grandchildren Kataleah Bowland, Corey and Sebastian Cave; other relatives and friends.A Celebration of Karen's Life will be held Saturday, January 22, 2022, 1:00 p.m., at Westbury Heights in the Dining Room.
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