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Irma Viola Chancellor
Dec 31, 2006
Irma Viola Chancellor, was born on February 15, 1912 at Butler County, Nebraska the daughter of Harry Wentworth and Viola Mae Wood Butler. Irma died on December 31, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury at the age of 94 years, 10 months and 16 days. Services will be on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 1:00 P.M. at...
Heather Bock
Dec 29, 2006
Heather A. Bock, age 17 of Fairbury, died on Friday, December 29, 2006 at the Bryan LGH West Hospital in Lincoln. She was born July 25, 1989 at Beatrice, Nebraska. She is a member of the Senior Class at Fairbury High School. Survivors include: Guardian parents: Lurri and Brad Schoenrock of Fairbury, Father: Patrick Bock of Beatrice, Mother: Kimberly...
Earl Milton Ebbers
Dec 26, 2006
Earl Milton Ebbers was born December 17, 1919 to John and Delia Pietinpol Ebbers on a farm near Cortland, Nebraska. He died on December 26, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury at the age of 87. He was baptized at the country church south of Princeton. Earl attended school at Sunny Side near Cortland and graduated from...
Emilie Marie Hajek
Dec 23, 2006
Death notice: Emilie Marie Hajek, age 97 of Beatrice formerly of Odell, died on Saturday, December 23, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Home in Beatrice. She was born on June 26, 1909 at Milligan, Nebraska the daughter of Frank and Cecilia Vitak Rut. She and her husband Frank raised their family in the Odell area. Survivors include: daughter Dorothy...
Fern Messing
Dec 20, 2006
Fern Messing, age 91 of Fairbury, Nebraska, died on December 20, 2006 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 91. Services will be on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 2:30 P.M. at the Presbyterian Church in Fairbury with Don Canady officiating. Burial will be in the Fairbury Cemetery. Survivors include sons (and wives) Jerald and Isabel Messing of San...
Dale F. Wickwire, Sr.
Oct 8, 2006
Dale F. Wicwire, Sr. was born on March 19, 1922 at Douglas, Wyoming, the sone of Leland Arthur and Sarah Fowler Wickwire. Dale died on October 8, 2006 at his home in Beatrice, Nebraska. Survivors include sons: Dale and wife Phyllis Wickwire, Jr. of Beatrice, Leland Wickwire of Crete, Russell Wickwire of Beatrice, Ricky Wickwire of Betarice and Alan...
Harold Elgert
Oct 7, 2006
Obituary for Harold Elgert Harold “Jack” Elgert, of Fairbury, was born on March 12, 1917 near Reynolds, Nebraska, the son of Henry and Anna Lottman Elgert, and died on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury at the age of 89 years, 6 months and 25 days. Harold was a retired hospital custodian and a...
Letha Viola Dawson
Oct 7, 2006
Letha Dawson of Fairbury was born on February 24, 1913 to Phil and Anna Bakewell Dawson in Endicott, Nebraska. She died on October 7, 2006 at the Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury at the age of 93 years, 7 months and 13 days. She spent all of her life in the Endicott and Fairbury area. In 1933, Letha moved...
Theodore Ted Doyle
Oct 6, 2006
Theodore Dennison "Ted" Doyle was born January 12, 1914 on a ranch near Maywood, Nebraska the son of Guy and Grace Towne Doyle. Ted died on Friday, October 6, 2006 in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 92 years, 8 months and 24 days. Ted graduated from Curtis High School and went on to receive his BS in Agriculture...
Milda Sophie Vorderstrasse
Oct 5, 2006
Milda Sophie 'Rehm' Vorderstrasse, age 86, of Fairbury, NE, formerly of Plymouth, died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born on August 6, 1920 at rural Plymouth, growing up on the family farm southeast of Ply mouth. She attended parochial school east of Plymouth through the 8th grade. She was married to...
Elma A. Goldsberry
Oct 3, 2006
Elma Adeline Goldsberry, age 82, of Fairbury, NE formerly of Steele City, NE, died Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at the Jefferson Community Health Center in Fairbury. Funeral Services will be Friday, October 6, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. at the Steele City Presbyterian Church with Gail Cross officiating. Burial will be in the Steele City Cemetery. Visitation will start on...
Ellnora Mae Bush
Oct 1, 2006
Ellnora Mae Bush, was born December 17, 1917 at Turon, Kansas, the daughter of Johnie and Martha Williamson Jeffers. Mae died on Sunday, October 1, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury at the age of 88 years, 9 months and 14 days. Her first trip to Fairbury was in a covered wagon in 1919. She attended grade...
Michael G. Grams
Sep 25, 2006
Michael G. Grams, age 46, passed away September 25, 2006 at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born November 5, 1959 to H. Fred and Marian Michels-Grams in Lincoln, Nebraska. He attended Lincoln Public Schools. During his early years, he enjoyed hobbies such as baseball, bowling and constructing model cars. Later in his teenage years, he developed many...
Sam Seachord
Sep 19, 2006
Sam Seachord, age 94, of Fairbury, NE, died Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. Funeral Services for Sam will be Friday, September 22, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at the Endicott United Methodist Church with Pastor Warren Schoming officiating. Burial will be in the Fairbury Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.,...
Larry Rempel
Sep 18, 2006
Larry Rempel age 64 of Fairbury died September 18, 2006 at the Jefferson Community Health Center in Fairbury. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday September 21, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Fairbury with Pastor Robin Stoops officiating. Burial at the Fairbury Cemetery. Memorials to the Family's Choice. He was born April 16, 1942 in Fairbury, NE....
Lillian West
Sep 17, 2006
Lillian West age 91 of Fairbury died September 17, 2006 at Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury. Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday September 20, 2006 at the Assembly of God Church in Fairbury with Pastor Eldon Mincks officiating. Memorials to the Assembly of God Church or Gardenside Nursing Home. Survivors are Sister: Rosa Jones - Fairbury, NE., Sisters-in-law:...
Harold Vinkenberg
Sep 3, 2006
Harold Wilbur Vinkenberg, son of William and Freda Splittgerber Vinkenberg was born on a farm east of Hebron on March 29, 1919 and passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2006 of cancer at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 5 months and 4 days. When Harold was small, his mother took him...
Elva Steinbrook
Sep 3, 2006
Elva Dora (Endorf) Steinbrook was born on January 5, 1911, on the family farm near Tobias, NE to Henry A. and Mary (Rohr) Endorf. Elva died on Sunday, September 3, 2006 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, NE at the age of 95. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church, Tobias by Rev. A.K. Schroeder and was confirmed...
Vaughn Cline
Aug 30, 2006
Henry Vaughn Cline (known as Vaughn to all) was born October 31, 1924 on the family farm, in the house his Great Grandfather John Flock had built, northwest of Haddam Kansas, the 3rd son of Chester Henry and Ora (Landis) Cline. He was welcomed home by Jesus on August 30, 2006 from the Good Samaritan Care Center, Beatrice, Nebraska....
Roger Kendall
Aug 28, 2006
Roger L. Kendall, age 69, of Reynolds, NE, died Monday, August 28, 2006 near Gilead, NE. Services will be September 2, 2006 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gilead with Pastor Joan Herbon officiating. Music will be provided by Mary Flagle. Burial of ashes will be in the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery in Gilead. Honorary...

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