Obituaries
Martha Muse
Nov 23, 2012
Martha Janet (Snyder) Muse was born November 12, 1920 in her grandmother Snyder?s house in Auburn, Nebraska. One of five children of John C. and Joy (Briggs) Snyder, she was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Auburn. Martha attended Harmon Elementary and graduated from Auburn High School. On March 4, 1943 Martha was married to Duane Bennett...
Mary Gnade
Nov 19, 2012
Mary Anna (Doran) Gnade, one of five children of Frank Lahr and Inez (Dillon) Doran, was born April 30, 1917 in Springview, Nebraska. She was baptized in the Methodist church. Until she was 12 years old Mary Anna?s family alternated between Winnebago, Nebraska (the home of her grandparents Simon and Mary Doran), and Peru, Nebraska (where her grandparents John and...
Lucille Kimball
Nov 17, 2012
Mildred Lucille (Adams) Kimball, one of two daughters of Ralph and Mildred (Morris) Adams, was born October 30, 1938 in Peru, Nebraska. She attended Indian Hill School, graduated from Peru Prep, and went on to attend Peru Teachers College. Lucille, the name she was known by, was baptized in the Peru Christian Church. On February 14, 1959 Lucille was united...
Nancy Handley
Nov 10, 2012
Nancy (Darrah) Handley, age 80 of Nemaha, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2012 at her home. She was born January 12, 1932 in Tabor, Iowa. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents Warren and Ruth Darrah, husband Howard Handley, and brother Ronald T. Darrah. Survivors include her sisters Liz Bingham of Brownville, NE; Merrilee Hartzer of Cambridge, IA; Susan...
Norma Mehlin
Nov 7, 2012
Norma Joy Mehlin was born May 8, 1926 to Leah (Shurtleff) and Joy W. Mehlin on the family farm in Nemaha County near Humboldt, Nebraska. Norma attended Bratton Union School, where she graduated from high school. She continued her education at Peru State College, and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. Following college, Norma taught in the Auburn,...
Raymond Gerdes
Nov 7, 2012
Raymond Friedrich Gerdes, one of eight children of John Friedrich and Wilhelmine (Behrends) Gerdes, was born December 3, 1929 on the family farm near Auburn, Nebraska. He was baptized December 29, 1929 and confirmed by Rev. G.K. Wiencke November 21, 1943, both occurring at St. John Lutheran (Stone) Church. Raymond attended the Old Muddy District 41 School near his home....
Lucy Suhr
Oct 31, 2012
Lucy (Hinrich) Schutte Suhr was born February 20, 1919 in Wakefield, Nebraska. One of 12 children of Gustav C. and Emily (Miller) Hinrich, she was baptized and confirmed at St. Mark?s Lutheran Church in Pender, Nebraska. Lucy attended elementary school in Wakefield and high school in Pender, graduating in 1937. In August of 1937 Lucy was united in marriage to...
Cecil Hahn
Oct 16, 2012
Cecil Louis Hahn, one of two children of Louis W. and Marie M. (Hahn) Hahn, was born February 18, 1921 on a farm near Johnson, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church near his home. Cecil attended Graf School, graduated from Johnson High School, and furthered his education at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and Kearney...
Jack Conn
Oct 14, 2012
Jack Galen Conn, son of Adelbert ?Kelly? and Blanche (LaVigne) Conn, was born October 10, 1918 on a farm between Auburn and Brock, Nebraska. One of eight children, he attended Center School north of Auburn. On December 20, 1939 Jack was united in marriage to Henrietta Millet in Sidney, Iowa. They made their home in Nemaha County, and would be...
Dorothy Fike
Oct 13, 2012
Dorothy Matelle Dunn Fike, one of three children of Frank T. and Mary Leota (Lewis) Dunn, was born February 10, 1932 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She graduated from Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida. On December 9, 1949 Dot was united in marriage to Bobbie Fike in Gulfport, Mississippi. After 21 years as a Navy wife, changing home ports many times,...
Rick Ellis
Oct 12, 2012
Rick William Ellis was born September 14, 1950. The adopted son of Sam and Joanne Ellis, Rick grew up in Fairbury, Nebraska. He graduated from Fairbury High School in 1969 and went on to receive an Associates Degree in Business at Fairbury Junior College. Rick served his country in the Army Reserve during the Vietnam War. On August 29, 1971...
Lonnie Feighner
Sep 29, 2012
Lonnie R. Feighner, age 68 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, September 26, in Sabetha, KS.Survivors include his wife Irene of Auburn; son and daughter-in-law Dellyn and Stacy Feighner of Gretna; daughter Brandy Feighner of Omaha; 4 grandchildren; mother Bessie Feighner of Auburn; brothers and sisters-in-law Lowell and Connie Feighner of Auburn; Dwayne and Judy Feighner of Auburn; sister-in-law Jean and...
Lloyd Gerdes
Sep 29, 2012
Lloyd E. Gerdes, age 79 of Auburn, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln.Survivors include his wife Marlene of Auburn; sons Jerry of Omaha; Terry of Central City, NE; Craig and wife Bobbi of Omaha; 2 grandchildren; sisters Ora Behrends and Maxine Behrends, both of Johnson; Della Bergmann and husband Harvey of Auburn;...
Edna Stribling
Sep 24, 2012
Edna (Juilfs) Stribling of Auburn passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 at her home in Auburn. Survivors include her children Val (Theresa) Petersen of Palmyra; Harvine Kirchhoff of Lincoln; Janet Page of Hutchinson, KS; Terry (Pat) Petersen of Dunbar; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Edna's son, Jamie Stribling, preceded her in death.Funeral services will be...
August Blinde
Sep 16, 2012
August H. ?Augie? Blinde, one of seven children of A.F. and Mary (Knippelmeier) Blinde, was born September 15, 1930 in a hotel on Main Street in Johnson, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Johnson. Augie grew up in Johnson and attended Johnson Public Schools, graduating from Johnson High School in 1950. During high school,...
Leroy Chancellor
Sep 11, 2012
Lee Chancellor, age 69 of Nemaha, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at his home in Nemaha. He was born February 24, 1943 in Bonnerdale, Arkansas.Survivors include his wife Arlene of Nemaha; daughters Ginger and husband Greg Hubert of Cypress, CA; Candy Garcia of Auburn; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; mother Mary Chancellor of Bonnerdale, AR; brother Roger and wife Sharon...
Laverne Norvell
Sep 6, 2012
LaVerne LeRoy Norvell, one of three children of Roy B. and Augusta (Bohling) Norvell, was born December 13, 1921 on a farm near Auburn, Nebraska. LaVerne grew up southeast of Auburn, and attended Fairview School through the 8th grade. He then attended and graduated from Auburn High School. On August 22, 1940 he eloped with Helen Davis and they were...
Lydia Hafermann
Aug 31, 2012
Lydia G. Hafermann, age 93 of Auburn, passed away Friday, August 31, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn. She was born February 28, 1919, near Auburn.Survivors include nephew Alan Metzger and wife Janice of Lincoln; great nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 6, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran (Stone) Church...
James G. Green
Aug 28, 2012
James George Green, son of John Henry Green and Ella Marie (Meyer) Green, was born March 6, 1923, on the family farm near Johnson, Nebraska. He was baptized into the Lutheran Faith on July 8, 1923, by Rev. Heinecken, Zion Lutheran Church, near Johnson. Jim was confirmed at Martin Luther Lutheran Church by Rev. Wm. Freuhling. Jim was one of...
Melva Stanley
Jul 30, 2012
Melva Jean (Shroyer) Stanley was born October 5, 1934 in Auburn, Nebraska to Melvin and Estle (Green) Shroyer. She was one of two daughters born to this union. Melva Jean attended Bratton Union Consolidated Schools, and graduated as the Valedictorian of her Class of 1952. Upon graduation Jean attended Peru State College for three summers?teaching during the school year at...
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