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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...
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...

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