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Betty Armstrong
Jul 31, 2007
Betty Armstrong, age 77 of Beatrice died on July 31, 2007. She was born on February 14, 1930 at Wymore, Nebraska the daughter of Joseph and Mabel Ramsey Goodell. Survivors include her son Gary and wife Dianna Armstrong, grandsons Jeff Armstrong, Brad and wife Nikki Armstrong and great-granddaughter Addison Armstrong. Graveside services will be on Friday, August 3, 2007...
Jane Mcdonald
Jul 30, 2007
Jane McDonald, age 74 of Fairbury, died on July 30, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on May 14, 1933 at Hollenberg, Kansas the daughter of Carl and Ellen James Brenneis. Survivors include her children Mary Hess, Jodi Hotchkiss, Naomi Fields, Larry McDonald, Sherry McDonald, 4 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter. Graveside services will be...
Eugene Triplett
Jul 28, 2007
Eugene Triplett, age 50 of Fairbury, died on July 28, 2007 at Fairbury. He was born on September 21, 1956 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of John and Sally Smith Markey. Survivors include his mother Sally Markey, children Curtis, Christopher, Cory, Chad, Tasha nd Michelle and 3 grandchildren. Services will be on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 10:30 a.m....
Merlen Mees
Jul 26, 2007
Merlen J. Mees, age 85 of Fairbury, died on July 26, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. He was born January 2, 1922 at Daykin, Nebraska the son of John and Martha Schwisow Mees. Survivors include his wife Corene Mees, children Karen and husband Brian Roskilly, Carolyn and husband Donald Junker, Michael and wife Sondra Mees, Keith...
Irene Marie Hansmire
Jul 24, 2007
Irene Marie Hansmire, age 93 of Fairbury, died on July 24, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on October 13, 1913 at Narka, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Emma Kvasnicka. Survivors include her sons Arthur Hansmire and wife Rachael, Gerald Hansmire and wife Audrey, 4 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, brothers Keith Kvasnicka and wife...
Viola Kohlmeyer
Jul 24, 2007
Viola Kohlmeyer, age 90 of Fairbury, died on July 24, 2007 at Louisville, Nebraska. She was born on October 30, 1916 at Wilber, Nebraska the daughter of William and Ida Richtarik. Survivors include her son Tim Kohlmeyer and wife Debra of Louisville and 2 grandchildren. Services will be on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the Grace...
Eva English
Jul 12, 2007
Eva English, age 91 of Lincoln, formerly of Fairbury, died on Thursday, July 12, 2007. Services will be on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 1:30 P.M. at the First Christian Church in Fairbury. Burial will be in the Fairbury Cemetery. Survivors include her sons Richard English and wife Linda, Dale English and wife Carolyn, Jerry English and wife Cathie,...
Elizabeth Gasper
Jul 11, 2007
Elizabeth Lavinia Gasper, age 87 of Fairbury, died on July 11, 2007 in Lincoln. She was born on November 24, 1919 at Fairbury, Nebraska the daughter of Eva and Elisha Kirk Brown. Survivors include her sons Joseph Gasper and wife Julie Ann, Jon Gasper and wife Elena, Steve Gasper and wife Ruth, 7 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, sister Joyce Lewis....
Ellen Schroeder
Jul 8, 2007
Ellen E. Schroeder, age 90 of Fairbury, died on July 8, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on December 4, 1916 at Reynolds, Nebraska the daughter of Broer and Catherine Green Neeman. Survivors include her sons Russell Schroeder and wife Linda, George Schroeder and wife Carmen, 6 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be...
Raymond "Ray" Skeens
Jul 5, 2007
Raymond D. "Ray" Skeens, age 57 of Fairbury died on July 5, 2007 in Fairbury. He was born on January 14, 1950 at Hebron, Nebraska the son of John and Delores Rippe Skeens. Survivors include his mother Delores Skeens, daughters Erica Clegg, Rebecca Shan, sons Phillip Skeens Kreissler, Jeremy Skeens, Joshua Skeens, brothers John Skeens and wife Suzanne, David...
Carl Vorderstrasse
Jul 1, 2007
Carl H. Vorderstrasse, age 85 of Fairbury, died on July 1, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. He was born on August 2, 1921 at Plymouth, Nebraska the son of Casper and Louise Pittnauer Vorderstrasse. Survivors include son Dennis Vorderstrasse and wife Nancy, daughters Diane Waldmeier and husband Randy, Sharon Sellenrick and husband Doug, 7 grandchildren, 4...
Leonard Prellwitz
Jun 25, 2007
Leonard L. Prellwitz, age 80 of Reynolds, died on June 25, 2007. He was born on March 26, 1927 at Mahaska, Kansas, the son of Julius and Mary Nutsch Prellwitz. Survivors include his wife Rozella Prellwitz, sons Randy Prellwitz and wife Mary, Jeff Prellwitz and wife Amy, daughters Linda Lowe and husband Bob, Jill Lothson, 8 grandcildren, brothers Paul...
Isabel Rogers
Jun 19, 2007
Isabel Rogers, age 74 of Fairbury died at her home on June 19, 2007. She was born on June 2, 1933 at Fairbury the daughter of Richard and Gertrude Davis Kurth. Survivors include her daughter Janice McIntyre and husband Randy, son Ben Rogers and wife Julie, brother Dean Kurth, sister Helen Hubka, 6 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews....
Robert Thrasher
Jun 18, 2007
Robert W. Thrasher, age 65 of Harbine, Nebraska died on June 18, 2007 at the Beatrice Community Hospital in Beatrice. He was born on September 17, 1941 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Corwin and Avis McLaughlin Thrasher. Survivors include his daughter Christina Koenig and husband Andy, son Brian Thrasher and wife Cindy, mother Avis Thrasher, sister Donna Ross...
Hilda M. Beckmann
Jun 13, 2007
Hilda M. Beckmann, age 97 of Washington, Kansas, formerly of Harbine and Fairbury, died on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born on March 13, 1910 at Hardy, Nebraska the daughter of Frederick and Anna Dittmer Eitzmann. Survivors include her son Jerry Beckmann and wife Virginia of Lincoln, daughter Jeanette Stewart of Washington, KS., brother Ernest...
Loretta Dionne
Jun 10, 2007
Loretta L. Dionne, age 89 of Fairbury, died on June 10, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on March 18, 1918 at Aurora, Kansas the daughter of Jospeh and Angelina Metro Bechard. Survivors include daughters Yvonne Brunow and husband Phillip, Karen Junker, 6 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, sisters Eveline Saindon, Rena Nunnenkemp and Louella Davidson...
Joseph "Joe" Jelinek
Jun 1, 2007
Joseph "Joe" Frank Jelinek, age 81 of Fairbury, died on June 1, 2007 at Cedarwood Assisted Living. He was born on July 26, 1925 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Michael and Marie Hanus Jelinek. Survivors include his wife Gertrude Jelinek, sister Della Dewey, nephew Mark Buller, nieces Nancy Needles-Rode and Lisa Schmitt. Services will be on Tuesday, June...
Kathy Lea Starr
May 18, 2007
Kathy Lea Starr, age 62 of Fairbury died on May 18, 2007 at Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born on August 25, 1944 at Lincoln, Nebraska the daughter of Robert and Ellen Weston Wilde. Survivors include her husband Kenneth Starr of Fairbury, daughter Lynn Jacobs and husband David of Lincoln, Nebraska, grandchildren Mitchell and Spencer Jacobs, father Robert Wilde and...
Lloyd Napier
May 17, 2007
Lloyd G. Napier, age 90 of Fairbury, died on May 17, 2007 at Gardenside Long Term Care in Fairbury. He was born on March 8, 1917 at Clearwater, Nebraska the son of George and Mary Elizabeth Young Napier. Survivors include sons Galen Napier and wife Laurel of Fairbury, Ron Napier and wife Mary of Rossville, Kansas, 4 grandchildrean and...
Clyde Renwick Moore
May 16, 2007
Clyde Renwick Moore, age 100 of Fairbury, Nebraska, died on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at Gardenside Long Term Care in Fairbury. He was born on December 10, 1906 at Tecumseh, Kansas the son of Edgar and Mary Collins Moore. He was former Newspaper Editor of The Fairbury Journal News. Survivors include his daughters Bobbie Likens and husband Jerry of...

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