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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...
Esther Marie Onnen
May 14, 2007
Esther Marie Onnen, age 81 of Fairbury, died on May 14, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. She was born on March 1, 1926 at Reynolds, Nebraska the daughter of Herman and Martha Hennings Meyer. Services will be on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Fairbury with Pastor Charles Schmidt...
Donald D. Weeks
May 14, 2007
Donald D. Weeks, age 75 of Fairbury died on May 14, 2007 in Fairbury. He was born April 24, 1932 at Irving, Kansas the son of Verne and Iva Higgins Weeks. Survivors include wife Janice Weeks of Fairbury, sons David Weeks and wife Sondra of Austin, Texas, James Weeks and wife Kimberly of Beatrice, Nebraska, daughter Jayne Peters and...
Hulda L. Cizek
May 13, 2007
Hulda L. Cizek, age 93 of Fairbury, died on Sunday, May 13, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on April 12, 1914 at Jansen, Nebraska the daughter of Charles and Anna Paul Siebe. Services will be on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Fairbury with Don Canady officiating....
Leonard H. Bartels
May 12, 2007
Leonard H. Bartels, age 89 of Tobias, died on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. He was born on May 12, 1918 at Tobias, Nebraska the son of Herman and Frieda Endorf Bartels. Services will be on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the Zion Lutheran Church of rural Tobias. Burial will...
Shirley Lange
May 6, 2007
Shirley A. Lange, age 77 of Sun City West, Arizona died on May 6, 2007. She was born on December 25, 1929 at Fairbury, Nebraska the daughter of Albert and Hazel Shumard Johnson. Survivors include her husband Merle Lange of Sun City West, Arizona. Memorial services will be on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the Gerdes-Meyer...
Harry Paul Kroeger
May 6, 2007
Harry Paul Kroeger, age 82 of Fairbury died on May 6, 2007 at Fairbury. He was born on January 8, 1925 at Holyoke, Colorado the son of William Frederick and Louise Lenz Kroeger. Survivors include his wife Hazel of Fairbury, daughters Marsha Wandersee of Lincoln, Nancy and husband Matt Holsten of Greenwood, Nebraska, son Gary and wife Susan Kroeger...
Arthur Bruce Achtemeier
May 4, 2007
Arthur Bruce Achtemeier, age 61 of Denver, Colorado, died on May 4, 2007 in Denver. He was born on September 4, 1945 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Arthur Frederick and Anna Colene Darrow Achtemeier. He served in the United States Navy during Vietnam. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the Presbyterian...
Robert James Hackbarth
Apr 21, 2007
Robert James Hackbarth, age 63 of Diller, died on April 21, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. He was born on August 29, 1943 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Samuel and Fannie Hackbarth. Survivors include his wife Delores Hackbarth, daughters Denise Powell and husband Dick, Robin Sawin, step-children George Rhoden and wife Linda, Ron Rhoden and...
Harold E. Ebke
Apr 18, 2007
Harold E. Ebke, age 82 of Fairbury died on April 18, 2007 at his home. He was born on November 15, 1924 at Helvey, Nebraska the son of William and Lena Drees Ebke. Services will be on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the St. John Lutheran Church in Daykin with Pastor Joan Herbon officiating. A family...
James Delose Engler
Apr 15, 2007
James D. Engler, age 86 of Lincoln, formerly of Fairbury, died on April 15, 2007 in Lincoln. He was born on February 27, 1921 at Beatrice, Nebraska the son of Jospeh and Ruby Swales Engler. Survivors include son James and wife Kathy Engler, granddaughters Tammy and husband Tony Samuel and Michele and husband Tim Wilkinson, 4 great-grandchildren, sisters Faye...
Velma Berniece Swett
Apr 11, 2007
Velma Berniece Swett age 82 of Fairbury died on April 11, 2007 in Fairbury. She was born on October 2, 1924 at Endicott, Nebraska the daughter of Louis and Susie June Folkner. Survivors include her daughters Nancy and husband Kenneth Riggle of Endicott, Elaine Garrett of Endicott, 4 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren and 2 step great-grandchildren. Services...
Lareta Bartels
Apr 7, 2007
Lareta Katherine Elizabeth Bartels age 87 of Fairbury, formerly Tobias, died on April 7, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. She was born on June 25, 1919 at Champion, Nebraska the daughter of Herman and Katherine Ahrens Bartels. Survivors include her husband Leonard Bartels of Fairbury, brother Gilbert and wife Leona Greim of Imperial, Nebraska, sister-in-law Arlene...
Neola Lee
Apr 1, 2007
Neola Lee, age 82 of Fairbury, died on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. She was born on September 8, 1924 at Alexandria, Nebraska the daughter of Frank and Adele Mills Joe. Survivors include her son Gerald and wife Melissa Lee of Fairbury, daughter Deanna Johnson of Omaha, sisters Bonnie Joe of Lincoln, Nebraska,...
William F. Mcatee
Mar 29, 2007
William F. McAtee, age 78 of Endicott, died on March 29, 2007 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. He was born on January 9, 1929 at Morrowville, Kansas the son of Roy and Emma Mooren McAtee. Survivors include his son Dale and wife June McAtee, daughters Lorraine and husband David Carstensen, Judith Benz, Debra Fahrenbruch, Kathryn and husband...

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