Obituaries
Wanda K. Swanson
Nov 22, 2020
Wanda Kay Behrends was born November 21, 1954 in Auburn, Nebraska. She was one of five children of Donald and Betty Jean (Meininger) Behrends. Wanda attended school in Auburn through the eight grade before transferring to Johnson-Brock Public Schools where she graduated high school in 1973. Wanda worked various jobs throughout her life including with a construction company in Lincoln,...
Nellie L. Grooms
Nov 21, 2020
Nellie Lavonne Grooms was born December 27, 1928 to Walter and Minnie (Colerick) Curttright in Nemaha, Nebraska. She was the youngest of 11 children. Nellie grew up in Nemaha and graduated from high school there in 1947. On February 3, 1951 Nellie was united in marriage to Bob Grooms. They made their home in Nemaha and were blessed with one...
Hayley Marie (Fulton) Burton
Nov 19, 2020
Hayley Marie (Fulton) Burton, 56, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020, with her beloved husband at her side, at the Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, CO. She was born on January 7, 1964 to Francis W. and Joan G. (Epperson) Fulton in Nebraska City, NE, the youngest of 8 children. Hayley grew up in Brownville, NE, and graduated...
Joe Jones
Nov 17, 2020
Joseph Bishop Jones, the oldest of six children of Francis Morton and Bonnie Belle (Hamby) Jones, was born January 2, 1921 in Grayson, Missouri. Joe attended school in Grayson and graduated from high school there. Joe entered the U.S. Army in October 1942. He served with the 523rd Fighter Squadron during World War II. The air offensive in Europe he...
Jerry Anville
Nov 17, 2020
Gerald George (Jerry) Anville, son of Homer and Velma (Foglesong) Anville, was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on March 13, 1937. He was the oldest of four children. Jerry spent his youth on the family farm east of Julian. Jerry attended rural school near the farm and graduated from Nebraska City High School. Jerry was baptized and a member of...
Connie R. (Kelsay) Merrill
Nov 5, 2020
Connie Rae Kelsay, one of five children and the only daughter of Tennyson Earl and Fern Irene (Maxwell) Kelsay, was born October 2, 1947 in Sabetha, Kansas. She grew up in southeast Nebraska and attended school in Dawson through 9th grade and graduated from Stella High School in 1965. After high school Connie started in the business world as a...
Maxine C. Behrends
Oct 31, 2020
Maxine Caroline (Gerdes) Behrends, one of eight children of John Fredrich and Adele Wilhelmine (Behrends) Gerdes, was born December 21, 1924 at Auburn, Nebraska. She was baptized at St. John Lutheran (Stone) Church February 15, 1925 by Pastor R. Kunzendorf and confirmed Palm Sunday April 2, 1939 by Pastor G. K. Wiencke. On October 11, 1947 Maxine was united in...
Nadene Bergmann
Oct 22, 2020
Nadene Bergmann, daughter of Daniel W. Lang and Lucy A. Hunt Lang, was born November 2, 1929, on a farm in the Island Precinct in Nemaha County near Hamburg, Iowa. She was the youngest of eight children.She attended the Island School and Hamburg High School. In 1945, her family moved to a farm near Auburn, Nebraska. After graduation from Auburn...
Michael Paul Armstrong
Oct 21, 2020
Michael Paul Armstrong, age 38 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at UNMC in Omaha.Survivors include his mother Lori Shores of Ohiowa, NE; children Caitlyn Longfellow-Armstrong and her mother Crystal; Nicholas Garcia, James Armstrong, and Makenna Armstrong and their mother Jill; Abby Kite; sister Ali Henry of Clanton, AL; brother Luke Henry of Seward, NE; special aunts and...
Kathie (Taylor) Cash
Oct 17, 2020
Kathie Marie Taylor, daughter of Eugene and June (Bippes) Taylor, was born May 26, 1954 at the Auburn Hospital in Auburn, Nebraska. She grew up in Auburn and graduated from Auburn High School in 1972. Kathie was baptized in the Auburn Christian Church. Kathie was married to J.C. Cash and was blessed with three children: Jason, Kelly, and Justin. The...
Lenore Jeanette (Gravatt) Sandfort
Oct 15, 2020
Lenore Jeanette (Gravatt) Sandfort, one of two children of Ross Ellsworth and Gladys Jeanette (Stites) Gravatt, was born on the family farm south of Talmage, Nebraska on January 1, 1925. Lenore attended school in Talmage, and when the family moved west of Brock, she attended Brock High School, graduating in 1942. Lenore attended Nebraska Wesleyan and Peru State Teachers College....
John Ballard Glen Jr.
Oct 5, 2020
John Ballard Glen, Jr., only son of John B. and Donna M. (McPherren) Glen, was born October 6, 1941 in Auburn, Nebraska. John grew up in Auburn and graduated from Auburn High School. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Pharmacy and graduated with his Pharmacy Doctorate. On December 30, 1962 John was united in marriage to Lynda Kay...
L. Wayne Chase
Oct 2, 2020
Leonard Wayne Chase, one of two sons of Leonard N. and Regina Marcile (Ankrom) Chase, was born October 19, 1938, on his grandparents’ farm south of Auburn. Wayne was baptized at the Howe Methodist Church. He started his schooling near Malvern, Iowa, he then attended school at Clover Dale from 2nd grade through the 8th grade, and then attended Auburn...
Diane Sue (Kinghorn) Bausch
Oct 2, 2020
Our sweet wife, mother, and grandmother, Diane Sue (Kinghorn) Bausch, entered her heavenly home on October 2, 2020. Diane was born on July 9, 1946 to Wilbur and Marjorie (Bouwens) Kinghorn at the Auburn Hospital in Auburn, Nebraska. She was baptized August 21, 1946 and confirmed on Palm Sunday 1960 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Auburn. Diane attended Auburn...
Kenneth W. Heidzig
Oct 1, 2020
Kenneth Walter Heidzig, one of three sons of Walter and Henrietta (Oestmann) Heidzig, was born February 14, 1955, in Auburn, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Paul Lutheran Church (Hickory Grove). Kenneth attended Hickory Grove country school from kindergarten to fourth grade, while his family lived on the Oestmann home place of rural Johnson. When his parents...
Harvey H. Bergmann
Sep 24, 2020
Harvey Henry Bergmann, son of Henry C. and Anna (Rippe) Bergmann, was born southwest of Auburn, Nebraska on August 19, 1930. He was the youngest of six children and was baptized September 7, 1930 by Reverend Theodore Streng and confirmed March 25, 1945 by Reverend B. C. Wiebke, both at St. Paul Lutheran (Hickory Grove) Church.Harvey attended District #72 (Frerichs)...
Robert "Bob" Fulton
Sep 23, 2020
Robert Francis Fulton was born April 3, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. One of eight children of Francis and Joan (Epperson) Fulton, Bob attended school in SW Iowa, NW Missouri, and SE Nebraska as his family operated sawmills along the Missouri River. He graduated from Peru Prep in Peru, Nebraska in 1967. Bob joined the U.S. Marine Corps on January...
Darlene (Boden) Volker
Sep 21, 2020
Darlene Mae (Boden) Volker, daughter of Herman John and Rosa Gretja Etta Anna (Hestermann) Boden, was born January 27, 1932 at Sterling, Nebraska. She was baptized January 29, 1932 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sterling by Pastor Degner. She was confirmed January 26, 1947 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn, Nebraska by Pastor Dreyer. Darlene moved with her family to...
Keith H. Edmonds
Sep 19, 2020
Keith Herbert Edmonds, one of five children of Herbert “Pat” and Lydia M. (Roberts) Edmonds, was born July 20, 1944 in Auburn, Nebraska. Keith grew up in Brock, the family moved to Kansas City in the late 1950’s, but Keith moved back to Brock to live with his aunt and graduated from Brock High School. After graduating, Keith went to...
Laverne H Speckmann
Sep 18, 2020
LaVerne Henry Speckmann, only child of Henry and Freida (Knippelmier) Speckmann, was born April 9, 1935 on a farm outside Johnson, Nebraska. LaVerne was baptized and confirmed at Martin Luther Lutheran Church by Rev. W. F. Freuhling. He attended country school at Long Branch #37 through the 8th grade, and then went to Tecumseh High School, graduating with the class...
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