Obituaries
Robert Cole
Jan 27, 2012
Robert ?Bob? Cole, age 83 of Auburn, passed away Friday, January 27, 2012 at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn. A son Rick preceded him in death.Survivors include his children Michael of Beatrice; Cathy (Dave) Pierson of Omaha; Allison (Leroy) Caspers of Tecumseh; Larry of Beatrice; Steve (Cindy) of Auburn; Chris (Gene) McNeely of Auburn; Bert (Shannon) of Auburn; 18...
Leland Lunzmann
Jan 20, 2012
Leland ?Lee? Lunzmann, 77, of Auburn, died January 18, 2012 at Good Samaritan Society-Auburn. He was born to Herman and Christine Lunzmann at a farm home east of Auburn on April 23, 1934.Lee was self-employed for most of his life along with his wife, Pat, of 58 years. They purchased the Dairy Queen in Nebraska City in 1958. Lee was...
Evelyn Huffman
Jan 12, 2012
Evelyn ?Peggy? Huffman, age 85 of Auburn (formerly Nemaha), passed away Thursday, January 12, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn.Survivors include her children Nancy and husband Raymond Durr of Nebraska City; Jeanne Harris and friend Ralph Darling of Auburn; Sharon and husband Randy Striggow of Auburn; Shane and husband Robert Sailors of Brownville; Brad Huffman of Nemaha; 23 grandchildren; 44...
Margaret Stuart
Jan 11, 2012
Margaret Stuart, age 93 of Auburn, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.Survivors include her son Donald (Donita) of Lincoln; daughter Sally (Mike) Richman of Alma; grandchildren Darcy (Shea) Thompson, Jeff (Wanda) Richman, Jenna (Justin) Smallfoot, John (Shelley) Smith; great-grandchildren Cory James and Cali Rae Thompson; Alexis Richman, Connor Brown, Andrew Smallfoot, and Josh,...
Pearl Gebers
Jan 8, 2012
Pearl B. Gebers, age 90 of Auburn, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn.Survivors include her sister and brother-in-law Doris and Walter Gebers of Auburn; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.Funeral services will be Saturday, January 14, 11:30 a.m. at Hemmingsen Funeral Home in Auburn. Burial will follow in the Johnson Cemetery at Johnson. Visitation will...
Lloyd Williams
Jan 7, 2012
Lloyd Charles Williams, son of Albert and Nita (Duerfeldt) Williams, was born November 1, 1920 on a farm north of Stella, Nebraska. He was one of three children. He attended Stella High School and received his high school diploma in 1938. On October 22, 1942 Lloyd enlisted in the Army Air Force and served his country until the end of...
Frances Nies
Jan 2, 2012
Frances Marie (Puhlmann) Nies was born on May 12, 1916 to William Fredrich and Augusta Caroline (Hitzke) Puhlmann on the family homestead in McIntosh County near Ashley, North Dakota. She was the youngest of eight children, five boys and three girls. She grew up in the Lutheran faith and was baptized on November 19, 1916 and was confirmed in June...
Laverne Wheeldon
Dec 15, 2011
LaVerne Wheeldon, age 87 of Brownville, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn. Survivors include his wife Lucille of Brownville; daughter and son-in-law Janice and Russ Sears of Crete; son Kenton Wheeldon of Brownville; 5 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister Velma Ham of Loveland, CO; other relatives and friends.Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 20, 10:30 a.m....
Mary Hessenflow
Dec 10, 2011
Mary Ann Hessenflow, age 87 of Auburn (formerly Arapahoe), passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn.Survivors include her sister Grace Emmett of Auburn; nephews Scott Emmett of Scotia, NE; Don Hessenflow of San Antonio, TX; nieces Kathy and husband Gary Ensz of Auburn; Sarah Emmett of Lincoln; Mary and husband Bill Fitzke of Sun Lakes, AZ;...
Esther Russell
Dec 5, 2011
Esther Russell, age 85 of Auburn (formerly Peru), passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn.Survivors include her husband Lester of Auburn; daughter and son-in-law Martha and Ron Brestel of Marshalltown, IA; sisters Twila and husband Alan Stiers of Cedar Rapids, IA; Donna Wheeler of Tacna, AZ; other relatives and friends.Memorial services will be Friday, December 9,...
Frank Knipe
Dec 5, 2011
Frank L. Knipe, youngest of three children of William and Ella (Blinde) Knipe, was born December 29, 1927 near Auburn, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Auburn, and attended school and graduated from high school in Auburn. Frank entered the United States Marine Corps during World War II, and after his honorable discharge in...
Leon Eickhoff
Nov 27, 2011
Leon P. Eickhoff of rural Stella, son of Joe and Lucille Eickhoff, was born in Falls City on April 29, 1949. He graduated from Falls City Sacred Heart in 1967 and Peru State College in 1972, lettering in baseball and earning a Bachelor?s degree in Business. He devoted his life to farming in Nemaha and Richardson counties. He was committed...
Laberta Palmer
Nov 18, 2011
Laberta ?Bert? Palmer, age 79 of Auburn, passed away Friday, November 18, 2011 at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln.Survivors include her husband Marvin of Auburn; sons Kenny (Theresa) of Albertville, MN; Lonnie of Albertville, MN; Richard of Omaha; 11 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sister Loraine; brothers Harold, Vervil, Charles, Lester, Jerry, Edwin, Leon, and Deon; other relatives and friends.Memorial services will...
Donald Grotrian
Nov 13, 2011
Donald Leroy Grotrian, one of five children of Carl and Leona (Brehm) Grotrian, was born April 4, 1926 on the family farm near Cook, Nebraska. Don was baptized June 27, 1926 at Cook and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Talmage, Nebraska. He attended rural school near his home and graduated from Talmage High School. On May 5, 1947 Donald...
Donald Williams
Oct 31, 2011
Donald Eugene Williams was born on a farm just north of Stella, Nebraska on July 16, 1924. He was the second of three sons of Albert and Nita (Duerfeldt) Williams. Don attended a rural one room school during his grade school years. When he was 12 years old Don broke his arm in a serious fall from a corn crib,...
Doris Trumble
Oct 19, 2011
Doris Jean (Kuechel) Trumble, one of five children of Jacob and Hazel (Harness) Kuechel, was born October 24, 1944 in Grovertown, Indiana. She grew up and graduated from high school in her hometown. Doris spent many years working in manufacturing plants. She worked 20 years for Wagner Wire assembling wire harnesses and 22 years at Ferro Fiberglass, ending her career...
Philip Bender
Oct 19, 2011
Philip Allan Bender, the youngest of two children of Arthur and Kathryn (Rood) Bender, was born September 16, 1940 in Warren, Ohio. He graduated from Lincoln East High School in Cleveland, studied pre-med at Kent State University , and later earned a degree in Instrumentation and ControlsOn June 16, 1962, Phil was united in marriage to Barbara Wyler of East...
Howard Gilliland
Oct 16, 2011
Howard Wayne Gilliland, one of 14 children of Charles C. and Mildred (Gaston) Gilliland, was born May 12, 1930 in Leavenworth, Kansas. He attended school in Leavenworth, Weston, Missouri and St. Deroin, Nebraska. On April 12, 1953 Howard was united in marriage to Laura Lorraine Palmer in Hiawatha, Kansas. They were blessed with three daughters: Sondra Lee, Susan, and Shirley....
Patty Plasters
Oct 12, 2011
Patty Jean Plasters, 62, of Stella, NE, died at St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Lincoln on October 3, 2011 after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Muriel (Peterson) and Jack Farno Plasters. She is survived by her aunt, Helen Plasters Nemzek; her cousins, Laura French, Jean Nemzek-Hamlin and Bob Nemzek; two indoor cats, Amber and Pearl;...
Dennis Schroeder
Sep 15, 2011
Dennis Joseph Schroeder, one of six children of Arthur and Rita (Myers) Schroeder, was born September 5, 1950 in Louisville, Kentucky. Dennisgraduated from Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona and attended several colleges receiving his Culinary Art Chef?s Associates degree. As a multi-talented man, Dennis held many positions throughout his life, but his main focus was the culinary arts. He...
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