Beatrice Daily Sun Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Hugo T. Dux b Nov 29, 1919 Gladstone, NE d Feb 27, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: sister-in-law, nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great niece Services: Saturday at Zion United Church of Christ, Gladstone, NE Burial: United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gladstone, NE Thursday, March 2, 2006 Evelyn A. Ambrose b Feb 25, 1921 St. Louis, MO d Mar 1, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: sons, grandchildren, g-gch, Cremation services at a later date. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, in charge. Edna E. Knippelmeyer b Mar 23, 1906 Johnson County, NE d Feb 28, 2006 Humboldt, NE No survivors. Services: Friday at St. James Lutheran (Long Branch) Church, Humboldt, NE Burial: St. James Lutheran (Long Branch) Church Cemetery Wherry Mortuary in charge. Friday, March 3, 2006 Charles Albert Clark Jr. b Aug 21, 1929 Hobart, OK d Mar 1, 2006 Pawnee City, NE Survivors: wife, stepdaughter, siblings, Services: Saturday at Wherry Mortuary, Pawnee City, NE Burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Peru, NE Wherry Mortuary, Pawnee City, NE in charge. Saturday, March 4, 2006 Henry Heinrich Gustav Hueske b Feb 19, 1921 DeWitt, NE d Mar 1, 2006 Aurora, NE Survivors: son, grandchildren, siblings and their spouses, nieces, nephews, cousins Service: Monday at University Hills Lutheran Church, Denver, CO. Bullock Mortuary, Englewood, CO Alice Tilton b May 20, 1916 San Bernardino, CA d Mar 2, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: husband, son, grandchildren, brothers, in-laws Graveside service, Sunday, at Filley Cemetery. Burial: Filley Cemetery Harman-Wright Mortuary in Beatrice, NE Monday, March 6, 2006 Phyllis M. Boerner b Jul 2, 1913 Fairbury, NE d Mar 3, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: son, nieces, nephews Services: Monday at Gerdes-Meyer Chapel, Fairbury, NE and Tuesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Fairbury, NE Burial: Fairbury Cemetery Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home. Willis I. Graham b Dec 19, 1908 Home, KA d Mar 5, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: daughters, grandchildren, g-gch, sister, nieces, nephews Services: Thursday at Evangelical United Church of Christ, Marysville, KS Burial: Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice, NE Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Merle D. Colgrove b Jan 21, 1926 Odell, NE d Mar 5, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, siblings Services: Thursday at Wymore Church of Christ, Wymore, NE Burial: Wymore Cemetery Vance-Gerdes Funeral Home, Odell, NE Marvin “Will” Corbin b Oct 27, 1938 Scandia, KS d Feb 26, 2006 Donna, TX Survivors: daughters, grandchildren, step-granddaughter, siblings, Services: Saturday at Gerdes-Meyer Chapel, Fairbury, NE Inurnment at a later date at River View Cemetery, Scandia, KS. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, NE Mary Tillie Eastwood b May 28, 1922 Liberty, NE d Mar 5, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: daughter, grandchildren, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Services: Friday at Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore, NE Burial: Mission Creek Cemetery, Liberty, NE Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home Ethel E. Maddern b Dec 13, 1906 Emporia, KS d Mar 2, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: son, granddaughters, Services: Saturday at United Methodist Church in Fairbury, NE Inurnment at a later date at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, KS Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, NE Howard Price Metcalfe b Jan 30, 1944 Hopkinsville, Ky d Feb 28, 2006 Plano, TX Survivors: wife, sons, grandchildren, brother, sister, sister-in-law Services: Mar 4 in Dallas, TX. Internment in Highland Park in Ravenna. Jodeen Katherine Rix b Feb 26, 1934 Omaha, NE d Mar 4, 2006 Omaha, NE Survivors: daughters, grandchildren, siblings Services: Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Millard, NE. Burial: Voss Mohr Cemetery, Omaha, NE Kahler-Dolce Mortuary, Papillion, NE Wednesday, March 8, 2006 Bobette Sejkora b Mar 26, 1933 Table Rock, NE d Mar 6, 2006 Pawnee City, NE Survivors: husband, children Services: Friday at First Presbyterian Church, Summerfield, KS Landreth-Popkess Funeral Home, Axtell, KS Thursday, March 9, 2006 Blanche M. (Mann) Bartlett b Jul 15, 1915 Diller, NE d Mar 7, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, gg-gch, siblings, Services: Saturday at Harman-Wright Mortuary Chapel, Beatrice, NE Burial: Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Harman-Wright Mortuary, Beatrice, NE Ivan F. Keller b Aug 4, 1915 Carden, KS d Mar 8, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: sons, grandchildren, g-gch, sisters Services: Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE Burial: Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice, NE Theodore V. Pacha b Feb 17, 1920 Marysville, KS d Mar 6, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, grandchildren, g-gch, son-in-law, siblings Services: Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Odell, NE Burial: Odell Cemetery Vance-Gerdes Funeral Home, Odell, NE Friday, March 10, 2006 Delmar Louis Kuntz b Dec 4, 1931 Hanover, KS d Mar 8, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, children, siblings, in-laws, nieces, nephews Services: Monday at Harman-Wright Mortuary Chapel, Beatrice, NE Inurnment at Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Harman-Wright Mortuary, Beatrice, NE Cleo E. Willis b Feb 23, 1914 Wymore, NE d Mar 9, 2006 Wymore, NE Survivors: husband, nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, Services: Saturday at Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore, NE Burial: Blue Springs Cemetery Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore, NE Saturday, March 11, 2006 Leo Huffman b Nov 20, 1937 Fairbury, NE d Mar 8, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: sons, grandchildren, g-gch, sisters and spouse, brother Services: Tuesday at Gerdes-Meyer Chapel. Fairbury, NE Gerdes-Meyer Chapel in charge. Arnest E. Husa b Oct 22, 1909 Barneston, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, g-gch, nieces, nephews Services: Wednesday at Fox Funeral Home, Beatrice, NE Burial: Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Lincoln, NE Fox Funeral Home in charge. John E. Starlin b Sep 2, 1915 Vesta, NE d Mar 9, 2006 Wymore, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, gg-gson, sister, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews Services: Tuesday at Wymore Church of Christ, Wymore, NE Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore in charge. Esther Williams b Mar 4, 1905 Cortland, NE d Mar 9, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: daughter & spouse, grandchildren, g-gch, gg-gch, sister, nieces, nephews Services: Monday at Roper and Sons Chapel, Lincoln NE Roper and Sons Chapel in charge. Patricia A. Wolverton b Sep 28, 1965 Omaha, NE d Mar 9, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: companion, parents, sisters & their spouses, brother, grandmother, nieces and nephews Service held at a later date. Wadlow-Rozanek Funeral Home, Lincoln, NE in charge. Monday, March 13, 2006 Merlin Charles Beckmann b Oct 5, 1926 Sterling, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Tecumseh, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, siblings, fiance Services: Tuesday at Hope Lutheran Church Cemetery, Burr, NE Wherry Mortuary, Tecumseh, NE in charge. Carol J. Corkery b Jun 16, 1949 Lincoln, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: husband, son, former husband, sisters-in-law, cousins Services: Tuesday at Harman-Wright Mortuary Chapel, Beatrice, NE Burial: Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Harman-Wright Mortuary, Beatrice, NE, in charge Rickie Evers b Apr 11, 1913 Cortland, NE d Mar 11, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: sister, in-laws Services: Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Pickrell, NE Burial: Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice, NE, in charge Raymond "Ray" L. Gaston b Dec 14, 1931 Hebron, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: stepsisters Services: Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Daykin, NE Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Hebron, NE Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, NE, in charge. Allison Grace Wurm b Dec 13, 2005 Lincoln, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: parents, sister, and extended family Services: Wednesday at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Plymouth, NE Burial: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Plymouth, NE Harman-Wright Mortuary, Beatrice, in charge Irma E. Wymore b Feb 15, 1916 Dorchester, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: children, friend, grandchildren, brother, Services: Tuesday at Fox Funeral Home in Beatrice Burial: Wymore Cemetery, Wymore, NE Fox Funeral Home in charge Bertha Spilker Schroeder b Apr 13, 1914 Pickrell, NE d Mar 11, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: daughter & spouse, daughter-in-law, stepson & spouse, grandchildren, g-gch, stepgrandchildren, stepg-gch, nieces & nephews Services: Tuesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in DeWitt, NE Burial. St. Paul's Church Cemetery Fox Funeral Home of Beatrice in charge. Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Rolland D. "Curly" Decker b Dec 5, 1922 Bridgman, MI d Mar 13, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, g-gch Services: Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE Fox Funeral Home, Beatrice, NE in charge. Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Eva M. Beckmann b Dec 31, 1904 Odell, NE d Mar 14, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: grandchildren, g-gch, gg-gch, stepgg-gch, ggg-gdau, sister Services: Friday at St. John Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE Fox Funeral Home in Beatrice, NE in charge. Betty B. Lamb b Jan 31, 1914 New York, NY d Mar 13, 2006 Waverly, NE Survivors: grandsons, Services held at later date at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling. Burial: Sterling Cemetery Griffiths-Hovendick Chape, Beatrice, in charge. Theodore Kohlmeyer b Feb 7, 1912 Greenleaf, KS d Mar 13, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: wife, son & wife, grandchildren, Services: Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, Fairbury, NE Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, NE, in charge. Thursday, March 16, 2006 Nancy (Kerl) Howell b Nov 6, 1951 Pawnee City, NE d Mar 14, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: son, daughter, brothers, parents, grandchildren, Services: Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Beatrice, NE Harmann-Wright Mortuary, Beatrice, in charge. Alene May (Skip) Meyer b Jun 22, 1923 Plymouth, NE d Feb 14, 2006 San Jose, CA Survivors: daughter, grandchildren, g-gch, former husband, siblings, Services were held Feb 22 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Los Gatos, CA Friday, March 17, 2006 Almon D. Adams d Mar 16, 2006 Beatrice, NE Funeral arrangements pending at Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel in Beatrice. Kathleen M. "Kathy" Gierhart Services: Friday at First Evangelical Church in York, NE Inurnment at a later date at Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Holmesville, NE Lila Marie McCown b Apr 1, 1923 DeWitt, NE d Mar 6, 2006 Riverside, CA Survivors: siblings, nieces & nephews Private graveside service and inurnment in Pickrell Cemetery, Pickrell, NE, at a later date. Saturday, March 18, 2006 Almon D. Adams b Nov 23, 1914 Munden, KS d Mar 16, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, g-gch, gg-gdau, sister, nieces and nephews Services Tuesday at Griffiths-Hoveldick Chapel, Beatrice, NE Betty Lorraine Curtis b Sep 18, 1921 Waverly, NE d Mar 15, 2006 Friend, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, nieces and nephews Services Saturday at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend, NE Lou Fredrickson b Feb 18, 1934 Deshler, NE d Mar 17, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: son, grandchildren, siblings, Services Monday at Grace Lutheran Church, Fairbury, NE Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury, NE Monday, March 20, 2006 Hilda Eggert b Dec 14, 1916 Jansen, NE d Mar 18, 2006 Fairbury, NE Survivors: son, sister Services Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jansen, NE Burial Jansen Cemetery Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home Alfred Louis Luhring b Apr 30, 1915 Hollenberg, KS d Mar 17, 2006 Clay Center, KS Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, gg-gch Services Wednesday at Zion Stateline Lutheran Church, Hollenberg, KS Burial Washington City Cemetery Ward Funeral Home Alma B. Richards b Nov 21, 1908 Wymore, NE d Mar 17, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: daughter, grandchildren, g-gch, nieces Services Tuesday at Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice, NE Burial Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, NE Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel Janet L. Tounsley b Jun 24, 1949 Los Angeles, CA d Mar 19, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: mother, sister, brother Services Wednesday at All Faiths Chapel, Beatrice, NE Cremation Fox Funeral Home Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Mary Ann Callan b Sep 30, 1927 Davenport, IA d Mar 17, 2006 Boulder, CO Survivors: husband, children, grandchildren, brother, sister-in-law Services Tuesday at Mountain View United Methodist Church, Boulder, CO Private interment Crist Mortuary, Boulder, CO in charge Dean D. Perry b Aug 2, 1912 Beatrice, NE d Mar 18, 2006 Survivors: brother, nieces and nephews Services Wednesday at Wadlow Rozanek Funeral Home, Lincoln, NE Burial Lincoln Memorial Park Anita M. Piersol d Mar 19, 2006 Custer, SD Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, brother Services Friday at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Tecumseh Interment Tecumseh Cemetery Wherry Mortuary in Tecumseh Elmer B. Sasse b Jan 30, 1919 Diller, NE d Mar 10, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, g-gch, brother, in-laws, Services Wednesday at First Lutheran Church in Fremont Committal at Prairie Home Cemetery in Diller Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, NE Walter Tallant b Sep 3, 1933 Phelps City, MO d Mar 19, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, stepgrandchildren, siblings, g-gdaus, stepg-gdaus, stepchildren, nieces, nephews, ex-wife, Services Friday at Wherry Mortuary in Tecumseh Interment Vesta Cemetery in Tecumseh Wherry Mortuary in Tecumseh Dorsey W. Weston b Jul 2, 1906 Gibbon, NE d Mar 19, 2006 Kearney, NE Survivors: nieces and nephew Private graveside services at Evergreen Cemetery in Beatrice O'Brien-Straatmann-Apfel Funeral Home of Kearney Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Paul T. Conradi b Nov 20, 1916 Cheyney, NE d Mar 21, 2006 Tecumseh, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, sister, nephews, nieces Services Friday at St. John Lutheran Church, Sterling Burial Sterling Cemetery Zink-Fox Funeral Home Martin J. Keebler b Jan 6, 1982 Tecumseh, NE d Mar 21, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: Parents, siblings, grandparents, g-gmother, cousins Services Saturday at John Lutheran Church, Sterling, NE Burial North St. John Cemetery, Sterling, NE Zink-Fox Funeral Home, Sterling, NE William B "Bill" Pepper b Mar 26, 1935 Grand Island, NE d Mar 14, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: wife, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, g-gson, nieces, nephews, in-laws Services Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, NE Cremation; inurnment at a later date Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home Thursday, March 23, 2006 Jayne (Essex) Braudaway b Oct 3, 1930 Liberty, NE d Mar 16, 2006 Phoenix, AZ Survivors: children, grandchildren, sister, sister-in-law Services Saturday at Canyon Community Church, Chula Vista, CA Burial Ft. Rosencrans Cemetery Leonard Roy Oaks d Mar 21, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren Services Saturday at Assembly of God Church in Fairbury Burial Fairbury Cemetery Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury Friday, March 24, 2006 George H. Bartlett b Sep 8, 1915 Ellis, NE d Mar 22, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, son, grandchildren, g-gch, siblings, Services Saturday at Fox Funeral Home, Beatrice, NE Burial Evergreen Home, Beatrice Agnes J. Daniel b Jan 18, 1929 Willowdale, KS d Mar 23, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, siblings, in-laws, nieces, nephews Services Tuesday at Roper and Sons Chapel, Lincoln, NE Private burial in Fairview Cemetery Luetta Louise Hitzeman b May 1, 1928 Hanover, KS d Mar 22, 2006 Lincoln, NE Survivors: daughters, grandchildren, g-gch, siblings, nieces, nephews, sister-in-law Services Monday at St. John Lutheran Church, Tecumseh Wherry Mortuary, Tecumseh, NE Viola M. Wollenberg b Mar 24, 1916 Hanover, KS d Mar 23, 2006 Topeka, KS Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch Services Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, Hanover, KS Burial Hanover City Cemetery Hanover Mortuary Saturday, March 25, 2006 Edward J. Borrenpohl Sr. b Oct 10, 1913 Tecumseh, NE d Mar 23, 2006 Syracuse, NE Survivors: children, grandchildren, g-gch, sister Services Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Tecumseh, NE Burial Tecumseh Cemetery Wherry Mortuary, Tecumseh, NE Melvin D. Ideus b Nov 3, 1928 Beatrice, NE d Mar 24, 2006 Beatrice, NE Survivors: wife, son, grandchildren, siblings, Services Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Beatrice, NE Burial Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice, NE Herman G. Rademacher b Aug 10, 1913 Tecumseh, NE d Mar 24, 2006 Tecumseh, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, g-gch, siblings, nieces and nephews Services Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church in Tecumseh Burial Tecumseh Cemetery Wherry Mortuary, Tecumseh, NE Melvin R. Shottenkirk b Oct 9, 1942 Beatrice, NE d Mar 23, 2006 Bellevue, NE Survivors: wife, children, grandchildren, sisters, nieces and nephews Services Monday at Bellevue Cemetery Bellevue Memorial Chapel, Bellevue, NE Michael Lee Wilson, 35, Kearney, Mo. b Aug. 12, 1970, in Los Angeles, Calif. d Mar 23, 2006. Survivors: son, daughter, father and stepmother, James and Barbara Wilson of Jefferson City; mother and stepfather, Sharen and Joe Holmstrand of Beatrice; 4 sisters, grandmother, Charlotte Spargur of Long Beach, Calif., and Daphena Wilson of Topeka, Kan. Preceded in death by his grandfathers, William Leal and Albert Wilson; brother, David James Wilson. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday, March 27, Church of the Annunciation in Kearney, Mo. Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Kearney, Mo. Fry-Bross and Spidle Funeral Home, Kearney, Mo., in charge of arrangements. Richard Alan Barta Jr., 30, Western, died Friday, March 24, 2006 in Omaha. He was born Feb. 14, 1976, in Lincoln, Neb., the son of Richard Alan Sr. and Linda Jean (Sapp) Barta. He was a graduate of Wilber High School. Served in U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors: wife, parents, 2 sisters, parents-in-law, stepfather,grandparents, nieces and nephews; aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Alan Barta Sr.; grandparents, Felix and Erma Barta, Daryl Sapp and Sally Andrus. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, Sokol Hall Auditorium, Wilber. Burial: Wilber Czech Cemetery, Wilber. Geraldine L. Schuster, 76, Beatrice, d Mar 24, 2006. B. Dec. 14, 1929, in Elgin, Union County, Ore. Married Richard Schuster on May 7, 1946, in Elgin, and moved to Sterling, Neb., shortly after. Survivors: 2 sons, daughter, grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; 7 stepchildren; 3 brothers, nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Eatha (Hodgen) Witty; brother, Stan Witty; special friend, Ralph Whitmore. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Mar 29, Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice. Loren Wm. Kelle, 58, Clatonia d Mar 25, 2006 in Lincoln. b Dec. 13, 1947, at Beatrice. Married Lois Skoch in 1974. They later divorced. Survivors: son, stepdaughter, grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Grace (Williams) Kelle; daughter, Jennifer Kelle (1994). Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice. Burial: Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice. ====== Copyright © 2006 Nebraska Obituary Abstracts NEGenWeb Project