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Wauneta Ahrens Weichel
Sep 27, 2007
Wauneta Ahrens Weichel, age 78 of Fairbury, died on Thursday, September 27, 2007 in Fairbury. She was born on August 4, 1929 at Carleton, Nebraska the daughter of Emma Dirks and Fred Beanblossom. Survivors include her children Joyce and Dennis Bessler of Swanton, William and Debra Ahrens, Joann and Douglas Zimmerman, Barb Schoenrock all of Fairbury, Robert and Terri...
Lila Hannappel
Sep 26, 2007
Lila Hannappel, age 71 formerly of Fairbury died on September 26, 2007 in Kearney. Survivors include her husband Louis Hannappel, daughters Nancy Jurgens and Janet Johnson, 5 grandchildren, 3 sisters Alice Iseli, Evelyn Fleeman, Lois Lauer, brother Lavern Anderson. Services in Fairbury will be on Monday, October 1, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the St. Michael's Catholic Church in...
Irene Quinn
Sep 24, 2007
Irene D. Quinn, age 82 of Fairbury, died on September 24, 2007 at the Jefferson Community Health Center in Fairbury. She was born on February 1, 1925 at Grand Island, Nebraska the daughter of Albert and Mary Pecka Kostlan. Survivors include her husband Lyle B. Quinn of Fairbury, sons Dr. James Quinn and wife Susan of Nebraska City, Nebraska,...
Erich Hummel
Sep 24, 2007
Erich Paul Hummel, age 46 of Lincoln, died on Monday, September 24, 2007 at Seward, Nebraska. He was born June 29, 1961 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Lowell and Luanna Roberts Hummel. Survivors include his wife Barbara Hummel, sister-in-law Lucy Hummel, aunt Marlys Smith, aunt and uncle Ron and Elaine Royuk, many cousins and friends. Services will be...
Walter Milius
Sep 21, 2007
Walter J. Milius age 85 of Fairbury, NE., died September 21, 2007 at Gardenside Long Term Care in Fairbury. He was born March 21, 1922 at Plymouth, NE, the son of Charles and Lena Birkholz Milius. Survivors are Wife Dorrine Milius of Fairbury, Sons: Robert Milius & Wife Donna Jean of Fairbury, Dr. Gary Milius & Wife LuAnn of...
Glenn Ebbers
Sep 19, 2007
Glenn Henry Ebbers was born September 22, 1927 on a farm 8 miles east of Daykin. He died on September 19, 2007 at his home at the age of 79. He was the youngest of six children born to Henry and Mary Ebbers. He attended country school near his home. He graduated in 1944 from Fairbury High School where...
Vermillion "Dietz" Deditius
Sep 16, 2007
Vermillion Francis "Deitz" Deditius, age 89 of Fairbury, died on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. He was born July 20, 1918 at St. Louis, Missouri the son of August and Lydia Schmenburger Deditius. Survivors include his wife Winifred, children Richard Deditius and wife Lori, Sarah Montgomery and husband Michael, Danny Deditius and wife...
Ted Ballinger
Sep 13, 2007
Ted Ballinger, age 66 of Fairbury, died on September 13, 2007. He was born on November 16, 1940 at Longmont, Colorado, the son of James and Juanita Briney Ballinger. Ted was a hard working man. A Man who loved life and knew how to live it to its fullest. He had the unique ability to bring laughter into the...
Lorena Bertha Jarchow
Sep 12, 2007
Lorena Bertha Jarchow, age 102 of Daykin, Nebraska, died on September 12, 2007 at Beatrice, Nebraska. She was born on February 20, 1905 at Daykin, Nebraska the daughter of John and Emma Endorf Schmidt. Survivors include her daughters, Arlene Holtmeier of Beatrice, Marilyn Holtmeier and husband Aldo of Crete, Jeanette Stengel and husband Dale of Geneva, 13 grandchildren, 16...
Betty Ellen Ruble
Sep 11, 2007
Betty Ellen Meyer Ruble, age 81 of Fairbury, died on September 11, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. She was born on May 2, 1926 at Fairbury, Nebraska the daughter of William and Leona Singleton Huss. She was preceded in death by her husbands David Meyer and Jack Ruble. Survivors include her children Steven Meyer and wife...
Alvera Colgrove
Sep 5, 2007
Alvera Rosalie Marie Colgrove, age 78 of Washington, Kansas, died on September 5, 2007 in Washington, Kansas. She was born on May 14, 1929 at Hollenberg, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Clara Roseman Saathoff. Survivors include her children Gloria Bruna and husband Dale, Gale Wollenberg and wife Betty, step-son Dwight Colgrove and wife Peggy, step-daughters Anita Bott and...
Henry Jones
Aug 28, 2007
Henry D. Jones, age 90 of Fairbury, died August 28, 2007 in Omaha. He was born November 14, 1916 at Daykin, Nebraska the son of Ernest and Lena Fisbeck Jones. Survivors include his children Allen Jones and wife Letha, Gary Jones and special friend Jill Ehrett, Charles Jones and wife Joyce, Estaletta Jones, sister Ina Mae Drew, grandchildren Pam...
Anna Robbins
Aug 23, 2007
Anna A. Alercia Robbins, age 92 of Fairbury, Nebraska died on August 23, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. She was born on June 13, 1915 at Rochester, New York the daughter of Salvator and Rose Asolina Alercia. Survivors include her son Bill Robbins and wife Paula of Fairbury, step-daughter Joan Robbins Cavnuto of Newark, New York,...
Vivian Lankford
Aug 21, 2007
Vivian Florence Lankford, age 89 of Fairbury, Nebraska, died on August 21, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on May 4, 1918 at Denver, Colorado the daughter of Robert and Florence Dunham Stufft. She attended high school at Hastings, Nebraska and worked as a clerk at the Hested’s store in Fairbury and at Miller...
Velma Koch
Aug 17, 2007
Velma Anna Koch, age 84 of Fairbury died at her home on August 17, 2007. She was born on June 21, 1923 in rural Jefferson County, Nebraska. Survivors include he son Robert Koch and special friend Kathy Empfield and numerous niecs and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 20, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Faith...
Ronald Riddle
Aug 15, 2007
Ronald Dean Riddle was born on September 11, 1944 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Wallace Dean and Dorothy M. Glaze Riddle. He died on August 15, 2007 at Norfolk, Nebraska at the age of 62 years, 11 months and 4 days. Ron graduated from Diller High School in 1962. He lived in Lincoln, Fairbury and Hebron (where he...
Ruth Hosack
Aug 12, 2007
Ruth LaJean Hosack, age 82 of Fairbury, died on August 12, 2007 in Fairbury. She was born on December 3, 1924 in Thayer County, Nebraska the daughter of Lee and Minnie Pearl Hoppe Harrold. Survivors include her sons Lynn and wife Mary Hosack, Max Hosack, 6 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and sister Vera Powell. Funeral services will be on Friday,...
Richard L. Henry
Aug 10, 2007
Richard Lowell Henry, age 61 of Fairbury died at his home on August 10, 2007. He was born February 16, 1946 at Parsons, Kansas the son of Lowell and Margaret Conrow Henry. Survivors include his children Todd Henry and wife Stepahnie, daughter Rachelle Knothe and husband Sean, sister Shirley Lippoldt and husband Vernon, grandchildren Briaunna Knothe and Jeromy Henry....
Dr. Charles Schwab
Aug 9, 2007
Dr. Charles Blades Schwab, age 85 of Fairbury, died on August 9, 2007 in Fairbury. He was born on January 22, 1922 at Morrowville, Kansas the son of John and Jessie Mallery Schwab. Survivors include his son Ron and wife Bev Schwab, daughter Lana Criner, 7 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren and brother Harold Schwab. Funeral...
Herbert Grams
Aug 8, 2007
Herbert Grams, age 78 of Fairbury, died on August 8, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. He was born on July 3, 1929 at Chicago, Illinois the son of Fred and Gertrude Hellweg Grams. Survivors include his wife Marian Grams, daughter Lisa Grams, grandchildren Natasha Bowland and Eric Grams, brother Ervin Grams and wife Sharon. Memorial graveside...

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