Obituaries
Martin E. Kelsay
Dec 11, 2014
Martin Earl Kelsay, one of five children of Tennyson Earl and Fern Irene (Maxwell) Kelsay, was born January 25, 1950 in Sabetha, Kansas. He attended elementary school at Dawson, Nebraska and graduated from Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools in Stella, Nebraska in 1968. Martin then attended Peru State College graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Industrial Technology....
John E. Oakley
Dec 4, 2014
John Erwin Oakley, son of Erwin Daniel and Leora Mae (Hill) Oakley, was born August 11, 1928 in Auburn, Nebraska. He was one of five children, and attended the Auburn Public Schools. John served in the U.S. Army from December 1948 to December 1949. In October 1950 he was recalled for the Korean War, and received his honorable discharge in...
Larry G. Peterson
Dec 2, 2014
Larry Gene Peterson, one of five children of Donald Everett and Perle Viola (Hunter) Peterson, was born December 16, 1947 on a farm near Corning, Iowa. He attended Grove #3 country school near his home until his family moved. He finished grade school and graduated from high school at Prescott, Iowa. As a young man he worked with race horses...
John M. Huey
Nov 28, 2014
John Michael Huey was born July 20, 1951 to Clyde and Shirley (Vice) Huey. He was one of five children. John attended school in Nemaha and Southeast Consolidated in Stella. Most of John’s life he worked as a scrapper, a junkman! He cut up more metal than anyone could even imagine. He is survived by his wife of 24 years,...
Aletha H. Bowen
Nov 16, 2014
Aletha H. Bowen, age 97 of Auburn, passed away at her home Sunday, November 16, 2014.Survivors include her sister Lydia Dahlenburg of Auburn as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.A funeral service will be Friday, November 21, 2014 2:30 p.m. at Hemmingsen Funeral Home in Auburn. Burial will follow in Bedford Cemetery near Howe. No visitation is planned.
Ronald E. Simmons
Nov 11, 2014
Ronald Edward Simmons, one of six children of George W., Jr. and Margaret J. (Helms) Simmons, was born May 15, 1942 in Auburn, Nebraska. He attended Auburn Public Schools through high school and received his GED later in life. On October 22, 1961 Ron was united in marriage to Carol Maddox in Auburn. They made their home in rural Auburn...
Eldon W. Swinney
Oct 25, 2014
Eldon Wilson Swinney, one of five children of Merritt S. and Hazel (Wilson) Swinney, was born July 17, 1928 at his parents’ home in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He attended Nebraska City Public Schools, where he graduated from high school. On August 6, 1948 Eldon was united in marriage to Donna Rae Potter at the First Christian Church in Nebraska City....
Douglas "Duke" Boellstorff
Oct 23, 2014
Douglas Howard Boellstorff, one of five children of Charles and Ruth (Richardson) Boellstorff, was born December 16, 1937 on the family farm near Johnson, Nebraska. He attended Cherry Grove School as a young boy, and graduated from Brock High School in 1956. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Peru State College. Doug played football at PSC and had the...
Luetta L. Volker
Oct 23, 2014
Luetta Lura (Haack) Volker was born March 19, 1927 on a farm in Johnson County near Tecumseh, Nebraska. One of seven children of Julius and Emilie (Deubler) Haack, she was baptized April 17, 1927 and confirmed November 30, 1941, both at Martin Luther Lutheran Church near Johnson. Luetta attended country school near her home, graduated from Elk Creek High School,...
Audre "Granny" Blankenship
Sep 24, 2014
Audre Leona (Hunter) Blankenship, daughter of Clarence DeMar and Ethel (Whited) Hunter, was born January 17, 1916 in Martinsville, Missouri. She attended Morningstar country school through the 8th grade, graduated from Tarkio High School, and attended Tarkio College in Tarkio, Missouri. On July 30, 1934 Audre was married to Robert Alexander Knox in Tarkio. Two daughters, Barbara and Linda, were...
Mel Sandau
Sep 23, 2014
Mel Sandau, age 78 of Auburn, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.Survivors include his wife Gerri of Auburn; daughter and son-in-law Michelle and Richard Tanderup of Brownville; 4 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law Jim and Marilyn Sandau of Lincoln; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.A funeral service will be Friday, September...
Donna Pryor
Sep 19, 2014
Donna Pryor, age 91, formerly of Nemaha, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Papillion Manor in Papillion, NE.Survivors include her children and their spouses Larry and Dianna of Papillion; Sharon Pryor of Meridian, ID; Sara and Dennis Stiers of Shubert; Randy and Michelle of Wilber; Alan and Diane of Lincoln; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister Carol and husband...
Keith Williams
Sep 6, 2014
Richard “Keith” Williams, age 56, passed away from pancreatic cancer on September 6, 2014. He wanted all to know that he didn’t die peacefully; he wasn’t quite done attending ball games, playing with his beloved grandchildren, hunting and fishing with his friends, working on his Willy’s Jeep, or with his ever-expanding list of projects. He left for his trip to...
Doug King
Aug 31, 2014
Doug King, age 47 of Brock, passed away at his home Sunday, August 31, 2014.Survivors include his wife Caron of Brock; children Don and wife Candice Dowland of Syracuse; Kristy Wolsmann of Council Bluffs; Shane Dowland of Omaha; grandchildren Devin, Keaton, and Kendra Dowland; Nikolaus, Nathan, and Addison Wolsmann; Christian Dowland; mother and step-father Linda and Albert Zook of Nebraska...
Jack Broady
Aug 30, 2014
Jack Broady, age 73 of Omaha and Johnson, passed away at his home in Omaha on Saturday, August 30, 2014.Survivors include his wife Kathy of Omaha; sons Scott, Steve, and Mike Caniglia; Scott and Jack Broady and their wives; 14 grandchildren; sisters Jeanne (Gary) Harsin; Marilyn (Del) Kienker; brother Brad (Pegi) Broady; uncle Jim Casey; other relatives and friends.A funeral...
Patricia Ann Hollenbeck Rn
Aug 26, 2014
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 10, 1944, passed away on August 26, 2014 in Auburn, Nebraska following a very short bout with pancreatic cancer. Patty was an RN with WIC program in Nebraska for 34 years. Left to mourn her passing are her husband John; son Mike (Robbin); son Greg (Jackie Macaluso); daughter Janis (Rick Pelt); and daughter Sara...
Ralph A. Lampe
Aug 24, 2014
Ralph Arthur Lampe, one of three children of Arthur and Leona (Ashcraft) Lampe, was born November 27, 1940, in Auburn, Nebraska. Ralph attended rural school through the 8th grade, and graduated from Auburn High School in 1958. After graduation, Ralph enlisted in the United States Army, where he spent a majority of his service in Germany. On June 11, 1965,...
Margaret Piper
Aug 23, 2014
Margaret Yvonne (Christy) Piper, one of two children of Howard Chandler Christy and Edith Evalyn (Gilbert) Christy, was born August 5, 1934 at Auburn, Nebraska. Born during the drought and depression, Chan often told her "she was all they grew in 1934." She lived her entire life in and around the Brock area devoting her time to her family, church,...
Arlene P. Jauken
Aug 12, 2014
Arlene Pearl (Feldmann) Jauken was born September 8, 1930 in Humboldt, NE. She was the only daughter of Alfred and Cleo (Adams) Feldmann, and sister to three brothers: Eldon, Melvin, and Gary, Humboldt,NE. Following her graduation from high school in 1948, Arlene attended Peru Teacher's College. She dedicated eight years of her life to teaching. She met her soulmate, Jack,...
Ora Z. Eltiste
Aug 6, 2014
Ora Zerline (Torbeck) Eltiste was born on a farm southeast of Johnson, Nebraska to Fred W. and Kathrena (Nordbrock) Torbeck on October 25, 1918. She was baptized at St. John Lutheran (Stone) Church near her home by Rev. Pett and confirmed into the Lutheran faith March 23, 1932 at the Stone Church by Rev. Kunzendorf. Ora attended District 42 School...
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