Obituaries

Daniel Richard Sealock

Daniel Richard Sealock

Mar 14, 2022

My Wife, Chris, and I were talking about being near the end and how maybe I should write my own obituary. People wouldn’t feel as though they had to make up something nice. Also, how often do you get the chance to write your own obituary. I did have to promise no cussing or married jokes.I was born in Council...

Andrea Kay "Andy' Rinkleff

Andrea Kay "Andy' Rinkleff

Mar 11, 2022

Andrea Kay Rinkleff, one of three daughters of Clayton and Irene Clara (Wedeking) Elliott, was born September 2, 1947, at Charles City, Iowa. Andy, as she was known, grew up and attended school in Clarksville, IA, graduating from Clarksville High School. After high school, Andy went on to attend University of Northern Iowa, receiving her bachelor’s degree in English with...

Kenneth "Kenny" Lee Goering

Kenneth "Kenny" Lee Goering

Mar 11, 2022

Kenneth “Kenny” Lee Goering was born in Tecumseh on June 12, 1945, to Alvin and Esther (Bohling) Goering. The youngest of four children and only son born to the Goering family, he grew up on their family farm southwest of Brock and graduated from Brock High School in 1964.Shortly after graduation, Kenny began working for Campbell Soup Company in Tecumseh....

Daniel Nicholas Gerdes

Daniel Nicholas Gerdes

Mar 7, 2022

Daniel Nicholas Gerdes was born August 4, 1989, at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. He was the oldest of two sons of Deborah Sue Gerdes. Dan was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran (Hickory Grove) Church near Auburn, Nebraska. He attended Kindergarten at Johnson-Brock Public School in Johnson, completed grades 1,2 and 3 elsewhere, and returned to J-B in 4th...

Megan C. Mcconnaughey

Megan C. Mcconnaughey

Mar 7, 2022

Megan, a member of St. Clara’s Catholic Church, Peru, Nebraska, spent much of her life praying and thinking of others. Her emotional and spiritual strength were unwavering. She was a person of faith, and that warrior spirit afforded her 14 additional years after her diagnosis of brain and spine cancer at the tender age of 8 when the best outcome...

Shirley A. Wilberger

Shirley A. Wilberger

Feb 27, 2022

Shirley Ann Wilberger, daughter of Robert and Alma (Harms) Shanks, was born February 7, 1926, at Bayard, Nebraska. Shirley began her schooling at Bayard, and then attended school at Auburn, Nebraska after her family moved when she was in the 5th grade. Shirley graduated from Auburn High School in 1943, and then attended Lincoln School of Commerce. On May 6,...

Betty (Whitlow) Miller

Betty (Whitlow) Miller

Feb 27, 2022

Betty Louise (Whitlow) Miller, one of three children of Raymond and Bessie (Sitzman) Whitlow, was born January 5, 1938, at Auburn, Nebraska. Betty was baptized and received first communion at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Auburn. She attended school at Auburn, graduating from Auburn High School in 1955. Betty began working at Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn, but soon after...

Clifford "Skip" Peterson Jr.

Clifford "Skip" Peterson Jr.

Feb 22, 2022

Clifford Richard Peterson, Jr., one of six children of Clifford, Sr. and Wilma Harrell, was born May 15, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York. The family would move to Hawaii, and then to Omaha, Nebraska, where Skip, as he was known, would grow up attending school in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha. Skip was a painter by trade, owning a...

Claude "Buck" Jones

Claude "Buck" Jones

Feb 21, 2022

Claude Dean Jones, one of four children of Oland and Cornelia (Moore) Jones, was born October 16, 1934, at Brownville, Nebraska. “Buck” as he was known, grew up on a farm near Brownville where he attended school. On July 7, 1956, Buck was united in marriage to Linda Stiers at Nemaha, Nebraska. The couple would be blessed with four children:...

Ronald Lee Lotter

Ronald Lee Lotter

Feb 20, 2022

Ronald Lee Lotter, one of eight children of Donald and Evelyn Pearl (McConnaughey) Lotter, was born August 3, 1953, at Nebraska City, Nebraska. Ron grew up and attended school in Nemaha County, graduating from Auburn High School in 1971. On September 11, 1972, Ron was united in marriage to Marcha Armstrong at Hiawatha, Kansas. They would be blessed with three...

Linda Jean (Pieters) Bernt

Linda Jean (Pieters) Bernt

Feb 15, 2022

Linda Jean (Pieters) Bernt, one of 10 children of Edward and Joan (Mahoney) Pieters, was born April 28, 1953, in Columbus, Nebraska. Linda grew up and attended school in Columbus, graduating with the class of 1971 from Columbus High School. On March 29, 1974, Linda was united in marriage to Gustaf Bernt. The couple would be blessed with two sons,...

Geraldine A. "Jerri" Duncan

Geraldine A. "Jerri" Duncan

Feb 13, 2022

Geraldine Alberta Duncan, one of 10 children of David and Myrtle (Everett) Brickey, was born July 21, 1927, at Mound City, Missouri. Jerri, as she was known, grew up and attended school in Mound City, where she lettered in both softball and volleyball while in high school. After high school, Jerri moved to Fairfax, Missouri, where she would meet her...

Rosalie Ann Meixsell

Rosalie Ann Meixsell

Feb 10, 2022

Rosalie Ann Meixsell was born in Johnson, Nebraska on August 4, 1933 to Ora and Mildred Boellstorff, she was the oldest of three children. She attended the Cherry Grove Country School and then moved on to attend and graduate from Brock High School. Rosalie attended Peru State College where she received a teaching certificate. Teaching school in Plattsmouth was a...

Steven Eugene Dunn

Steven Eugene Dunn

Feb 7, 2022

Steven Eugene Dunn, of Stella, Nebraska was born on January 16, 1948 to Daniel and Julia (Killingsworth) Dunn in Falls City, Nebraska. He attended Stella High School, in Stella, Nebraska graduating in 1966. Steve was baptized at Prairie Union Baptist Church near Shubert. Following high school, he began farming in the Stella area. On June 6, 1970, he was united...

Norma Jean Loew

Norma Jean Loew

Feb 7, 2022

Norma Jean Loew, one of two daughters of Orval and Hazel (Huffmon) Bales, was born January 23, 1933, on the family farm in Carroll County, Missouri. Norma grew up and attended school in Carroll County, graduating from Hale High School in Hale, Missouri. After high school, Norma attended Kansas State University where she graduated in 1955 with a degree in...

Eugene "Whitey" Taylor

Eugene "Whitey" Taylor

Feb 7, 2022

Eugene “Whitey” Taylor was born December 24, 1930, at home in Peru, Nebraska to Roy and Opal Taylor. He attended Antioch School in Auburn. At the age of 15, he left home and hopped a train to go work in the fields. Gene enlisted in the United States Army on January 17, 1951. He served in the front lines of...

Ernest W. Coe

Ernest W. Coe

Jan 28, 2022

Ernest William Coe was born November 7, 1929 – the seventh child of Delbert and Martha (Pohl) Coe near Oak Mills, Kansas. How do you write 92 years on a sheet of paper?? We are just hitting the highlights. He did not like to draw attention to himself but fixed up his vehicles so they were one of a kind.He...

Janet Knippelmier

Janet Knippelmier

Jan 25, 2022

Janet Pauline (Yelkin) Knippelmier, one of three children of John and Irene (Kehr) Yelkin, was born May 8, 1943, in Auburn, Nebraska. She grew up and attended school in Auburn, graduating from Auburn High School in 1961. On September 16, 1961, Janet was united in marriage to Stanley Knippelmier at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Auburn. This union would be...

James Harvey Findlay

James Harvey Findlay

Jan 23, 2022

James Harvey Findlay, one of two sons born to Robert and Mildred (Eichstaedt) Findlay, was born February 17, 1949 in Auburn, Nebraska. Jim grew up on a farm north of Stella and attended Stella Schools. He graduated with the first class of Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools in 1967. He attended Peru State College for three years.On February 21, 1970 Jim...

Wanda Joyce (Betts) Reed

Wanda Joyce (Betts) Reed

Jan 23, 2022

Wanda Joyce (Betts) Reed was born in Auburn, Nebraska on May 24, 1942, the second of four children born to Robert A. and Lillian G. “Jeep” (Byrom) Betts. Her family moved around a lot following construction so she went to many different schools in Nebraska and Colorado. In 1958 Wanda married Clayton Kidd and one son, Jerry L. Kidd, was...

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