Obituaries
Hazle Sherman
Feb 22, 2008
Hazle ?Jean? Sherman, age 74 of Peru, passed away Friday, February 22, 2008 at her home in Peru. She was born February 24, 1933 in Julian, NE.Survivors include her children Kathleen and husband Lee Moyer of Auburn; Mary and husband Richard Bacon of Humboldt; Robert and wife Barbara Ann Sherman of Peru; Barbara Mikkelsen of Peru; Charles and wife Jeannette...
Mildred Erisman
Feb 19, 2008
Mildred I. Erisman, age 94 of Auburn, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at the Nemaha County Good Samaritan Center in Auburn. She was born October 7, 1913 at Council Bluffs, IA.Survivors include her daughter Connie Biggars of Ojai, CA; daughter-in-law Nancy Erisman of Lincoln; granddaughter Kelly Erisman and partner Kara Kugler of Lincoln; sisters-in-law Ruth Bath of Auburn; Madeline...
Ellen Oestmann
Feb 18, 2008
Ellen A. Oestmann, age 95 of Auburn, passed away Monday, February 18, 2008 at the Nemaha County Good Samaritan Center in Auburn. She was born June 9, 1912 near Auburn.Survivors include her son James L. and wife Linda Oestmann of Auburn; daughter-in-law Linda Oestmann of Auburn; 5 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.Funeral services will be Saturday, February 23,...
Merle Allen
Feb 9, 2008
Merle Allen, age 83 of Nemaha, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2008 at the Nemaha County Good Samaritan Center in Auburn. He was born December 12, 1924 near Nemaha.Survivors include his wife Gwendolyn of Nemaha; children Janice and husband Ron Moore of Kearney, MO; Sharon and Bill Hessler of Auburn; Jack and Bev Allen of Auburn; Diana and Ron Perry...
Donna Killion
Feb 4, 2008
Donna A. Killion, age 66 of Auburn, passed away Monday, February 4, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. She was born February 9, 1941 in Auburn.Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law Deb and Dan Kaufman of Centennial, CO; Kayla and Conrad Sparks of Westminster, CO; 5 grandchildren; aunt Arlene Higgins of Auburn; other relatives and many friends.Donna?s...
Herman Sohnholz
Feb 4, 2008
Herman August Sohnholz, one of four sons of Walter and Adina (Bohling) Sohnholz, was born August 18, 1934 on the family farm near Auburn, Nebraska. He was baptized September 16, 1934, and confirmed May 15, 1949, at St. Paul Lutheran (Hickory Grove) Church. Herman attended Hickory Grove School, and graduated from Auburn High School. He then attended the University of...
Frances Rogers
Jan 14, 2008
Frances Rogers, age 96 of Auburn, passed away Monday, January 14, 2008 at the Nemaha County Good Samaritan Center in Auburn. She was born September 10, 1911.Survivors include her son Don Rogers of Auburn; grandchildren Yancy and husband Al Armstrong of Auburn; Dwight Rogers and friend Cindy Tjernagel of Auburn; great-grandsons Adam and Todd Armstrong; two great-great-grandsons; other relatives and...
Johnnie Allgood
Jan 12, 2008
Johnnie Andrew Allgood, age 85 of Bellevue (formerly of Peru), passed away Saturday, January 12, 2008 at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans? Home in Bellevue.He was born February 8, 1922 near Peru, and was an Army Veteran of WWII.Survivors include his children and their spouses Marlene and Bob Balance of Russellville, KY; Marcia and Carroll Reeves of Peru; Richard and Carolyn...
Helen Maclay
Jan 7, 2008
Helen Belle Dirks, daughter of Roy W. and Rose (Pohlman) Dirks, was born at Auburn, Nebraska on October 3, 1912. She received her education at the Auburn Public Schools, graduating with the class of 1929. Helen attended Peru State College and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. On December 27,...
Alvina Thomas
Jan 6, 2008
Alvina S. Thomas, age 103 of Auburn (formerly of Nemaha), passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008 at the Nemaha County Good Samaritan Center in Auburn. She was born August 16, 1904 in rural Auburn.Survivors include her children Guilford and wife Norma Thomas of Osage City, KS; Marjorie and husband Vaughn Thompson of Topeka, KS; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister Josephine...
June Skillett
Jan 6, 2008
June L. Skillett, age 92 of Nebraska City (formerly of Stella), passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Duff?s Friendship Villa in Nebraska City. She was born June 24, 1915 in rural Nemaha County, NE.Survivors include 10 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.Funeral services will be Thursday, January 10, 10:30 a.m. at the Prairie Union Baptist Church near...
Harold Johnson
Jan 1, 2008
Harold W. Johnson, age 100 of Auburn, passed away Tuesday, January 01, 2008 at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn. He was born March 5, 2007 near Dawson, NE. Harold was a longtime educator in Nebraska.Survivors include his daughters Ruth and husband Marvin Gerdes of Auburn; Janice Moen of Vancouver, WA; 6 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; nephew Dr. Irving...
Thomas Curttright
Dec 18, 2007
Thomas Curttright, Sr., age 63 of Lincoln, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Bryan LGH West Medical Center in Lincoln. He was born January 5, 1944 in Sidney, IA.Survivors include his son Tom Curttright, Jr. of Rapid City, SD; daughter Tammie Curttright of Rapid City; 8 grandchildren; former wife Patricia Robinson of Rapid City; sister Betty of Greeley, CO;...
Dale Cullen
Dec 17, 2007
Dale Cullen, age 77 of Auburn, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born June 2, 1930 in Ceresco, Nebraska.Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law Bill and Cathy Cullen of Vian, OK; daughter and son-in-law Jennifer and Terry Wiltse of Falls City, NE; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; dear friend Judy Heidzig of...
Wesley Cooper
Dec 12, 2007
Wesley M. Cooper, currently of Auburn, NE, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2007 in Auburn. He was born November 29, 1960 in Fontana, CA.Survivors include his fiancée Joyce Dyer of Auburn; children Tiffany and husband Dakota Conrad of Kingman, AZ; Nicole and Shawn Heitmann of Flagstaff, AZ; Jeremy Cooper of Kingman, AZ; one grandchild (and two soon to be born);...
Lois Armstrong
Dec 1, 2007
Lois R. Armstrong, age 89 of Auburn (formerly of Brownville), passed away Saturday, December 1, 2007 at the Nemaha County Good Samaritan Center in Auburn. She was born September 16, 1918 at Syracuse, NE.Survivors include her daughter Carolyn K. Bedea of DuBois, NE; son and daughter-in-law Al E. and Yancy Armstrong of Auburn; 3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sisters Lucille Mather...
Rosemary Lerdahl
Nov 29, 2007
Rosemary (Johnson) Lerdahl, age 59 of Arbutus, MD (formerly of Lincoln and Auburn), passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007 in Baltimore, MD. She was born September 27, 1948 in Auburn.Survivors include her daughter Angela Lerdahl of Bellevue and fiancé Jim Helm; nephew Kyle Brinckerhoff of Omaha and fiancée Sherri Cottrell and their daughter Mallory Brinckerhoff; former husband Jim Lerdahl and...
Barbara Breazile
Nov 29, 2007
Barbara J. Breazile, age 85 of Tecumseh (formerly of Auburn), passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh. She was born March 6, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, IA.Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law Rodney and Donna Breazile of Sterling, NE; 4 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; sisters Margaret Hamel of Bakersfield, CA; Leann Wurtele of Syracuse; brothers...
Alan Gilliland
Nov 29, 2007
Alan L. Gilliland, age 71 of Auburn (formerly of Brownville), passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Bryan LGH West Medical Center in Lincoln. He was born June 7, 1936 in Leavenworth, KS.Survivors include his friend Holly Gilliland of Auburn; daughter Sadie Gilliland of Auburn; son Bill Gilliland of Auburn; brothers Howard of Auburn; Charles of Concordia, KS; Gary of...