Obituaries
Betty Joyce (Kizer) Perry
Nov 20, 2016
Betty Joyce (Kizer) Perry, one of seven children of Elza and Velois (Smith) Kizer, was born August 15, 1940 at Peru, Nebraska. She attended school in Peru, where she graduated from high school. On March 18, 1957, Joyce was united in marriage to Dale Perry in Peru. They lived for a couple of years in Rock Port, Missouri before moving...
Nancy C. Darling
Nov 17, 2016
Nancy C. Darling passed away unexpectedly in her home in Mountain View, Calif., on November 17, 2016. She was born in Auburn to Mervalyn (Pasco) and Joe Darling on May 5, 1939. Joe moved the family to Falls City where he ran the Darling Transfer. Nancy graduated from Falls City High in 1957 where she was best remembered as being...
Raymond Garver
Nov 15, 2016
Charles Raymond Garver, born June 14, 1929 at home in Brownville, Nebraska, was one of two children of Charles and Helen (Newton) Garver. He attended country school near Brownville, and graduated from high school in Brownville. Ray was quite a basketball player while in school. Ray served in the United States Army during the Korean War, and returned to the...
Nadyne E. Gerdes
Nov 12, 2016
Nadyne Erma (Alberts) Gerdes was born February 7, 1932 on the family farm near Humboldt, Nebraska. She was one of two daughters of Eddie and Erma (Tjaden) Alberts. Nadyne was baptized March 27, 1932, and confirmed October 14, 1945, both at St. James Lutheran (Long Branch) Church near Humboldt. She attended Greenfield rural school, and graduated from Humboldt High School...
Charlie "Paw" Garcia
Nov 3, 2016
Charles Edwin Garcia, son of Roland Patrick and Pearl Ann (Nunez) Garcia, was born May 12, 1933 in Slidell, Louisiana. He attended public school in Slidell and received his GED. Charles joined the United States Navy in November of 1950, and served during the Korean War. He received his honorable discharge in March of 1954. On October 21, 1951, Charles...
Rae Hoffart
Nov 3, 2016
Raedith Joyce (Haskins) Hoffart, one of five children of Homer L. and Winifred (Knight) Haskins, was born October 17, 1936 at Plainview, Nebraska. She attended school in Plainview, where she graduated from high school. Rae went on to Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, and earned her teaching certificate. On July 24, 1955, Rae was united in marriage to Lloyd...
Robert G. "Bob" Sandfort
Nov 1, 2016
Robert Glenn "Bob" Sandfort, son of Edward Elmer and Esther Mae (Fricke) Sandfort, was born on June 9, 1922 in a farm home six miles east and north of Humboldt, Nebraska.He attended Hazel Dell rural school for eight years and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1939, shortly before his seventeenth birthday. He attended what was then the College of...
Irene Feighner
Oct 30, 2016
Ida Irene (Mann) Feighner, daughter of Charles and Emma (Nelsen) Mann, was born November 18, 1950 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. She started school in Stover, Missouri, and attended other schools in Missouri until her family moved to Auburn, Nebraska, where she graduated from high school. On October 14, 1966, Irene was united in marriage to Lonnie Ray Feighner in Auburn....
Matthew "Matt" Sciarappa
Oct 23, 2016
Matthew Ehrick Sciarappa, son of Paul William and Vickie Lynn (Horn) Sciarappa, was born January 4, 1991 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Matt attended Locust Grove School near Auburn, Nebraska, and graduated from Johnson-Brock High School in 2010. After high school Matt attended Peru State College for a while, and then went to work at the Ariens Company plant in Auburn....
Donald C. Wright
Oct 14, 2016
Donald Charles Wright, one of two sons of Charles and Mary Lucille (Chamberlain) Wright, was born June 29, 1942 in Auburn, Nebraska. He attended country school near his home and then the Brownville Public School before going to school in Nemaha, where he graduated from high school in 1960. In September of 1960, Don joined the United States Air Force....
Wayne Gerdes
Oct 5, 2016
Wayne Leonard Gerdes was born April 30, 1953 in Auburn, Nebraska. One of five children of Leonard Thomas and Pearle (Gebers) Gerdes, he was baptized May 29, 1953 at St. Paul (Hickory Grove) Lutheran Church and confirmed March 19, 1967 at St. John (Stone) Lutheran Church. Wayne attended school in Johnson, Nebraska, and graduated from Johnson-Brock High School in 1971....
Dawn Collin
Sep 30, 2016
Dawn Collin, age 49, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at her home in Auburn.Survivors include her husband Tim; sons and daughter-in-law Garrett and Stacie of Syracuse; Tyler of Auburn and friend Tara; mother Ronda Steinhoff of Syracuse; brother and sister-in-law Troy and Julie Steinhoff of Crete; sister and brother-in-law Darci and Mark Carlson of Syracuse; mother-in-law Geneva Collin of...
Helen V. Siebe
Sep 17, 2016
Helen V. (Bohl) Siebe was born August 3, 1924, at Howe, Nebraska to Charles N. and Myrtle (Dovel) Bohl. Helen spent her childhood in Nemaha County, Nebraska. She attended the rural school in Howe. When her family moved to Auburn, Nebraska, she attended school there and graduated from Auburn High School. She was united in marriage to Lawrence H. Jaros,...
Darlene Bradley
Sep 3, 2016
Darlene Ann (Lotter) Bradley, daughter of Lawrence and Bernice Laberta (Fox) Lotter, was born October 25, 1935 on a farm south of Peru, Nebraska. When Darlene was young, her mother married Vaun Byrom, who helped raise her. She attended school in Auburn, Nebraska, where she graduated from high school. After high school, Darlene worked for a time at the Green...
Lucille Schaefer
Aug 31, 2016
Olive Lucille (Able) Schaefer, one of ten children of John and Olive Laurinda (Tobler) Able, was born May 26, 1913, near Peru, Nebraska. Lucille attended District #3 School and graduated from high school there in 1931. On October 3, 1934, Lucille was united in marriage to Lloyd Schaefer in Hiawatha, Kansas. The couple made their first home in Brock, Nebraska...
Raelynne Marie (Malone) Dunn
Aug 30, 2016
Raelynne Marie (Malone) Dunn, age 45 of St. Joseph, MO, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.Survivors include her husband of 23 years, Brett; three children, Kaleb, Trevor and Sierra; mother and step-father, Bobbi Daugherty (Fred), Bensalem, Pennsylvania; sister, Rachelle Malone, St. Joseph, Missouri; brother, Rusty Clark Malone (Amanda), Kansas City, Missouri; mother and...
Betty Fitzsimmons
Aug 20, 2016
Betty Ann (Nauenburg) Fitzsimmons of Auburn, Nebraska would like to let you know that her last Bob Ross painting on earth is complete. Betty met her Lord and Savior at the age of 78 on August 20, 2016 after a brief diagnosis of lung cancer. Her next commission takes her to the place where she will be with her soulmate,...
Dona Brungardt
Aug 14, 2016
Dona Gene Brauch was born May 2, 1933 on the family farm between Diller and Odell, Nebraska to Irvin William and Henrietta (Novotny) Brauch. She was the third of six children. As a child she attended rural school at District 152 known as Prairie College in Gage County. She graduated from Diller High School in 1950 and proceeded to teach...
Charles Stelling
Aug 1, 2016
Charles William Stelling, one of three children of Carl and Frieda (Malchow) Stelling, was born May 9, 1936, in Columbus, Nebraska. He attended grade school in Pierce and Bancroft, and graduated from Concordia High School in Seward, Nebraska. Charles went on to earn a degree in elementary education from Concordia College, and would later receive his Masters in Library Science...
Sue Justus
Jul 27, 2016
Charlotte Sue (McVey) Justus was born February 16, 1934 in Chillicothe, Missouri. One of three children of Ross N. and Nina E. (Malone) McVey, Sue attended school in Chillicothe and graduated from high school there. She then attended Chillicothe Business College. After college, Sue began working with the Rural Electric Association in Chillicothe. While working there she met Charles Justus,...