Jan 5, 2022

Terry Ray Henke, 71, of Western, passed away peacefully at home on January 5, 2022.  Terry was born on December 11, 1950 to Raymond and Valera (Gross) Henke.  He graduated from Fairbury High School in 1969.  He later married Cindy (Girmus) on June 1, 1972.

Terry was a member of the National Guard, Crete Volunteer Fire Dept,...

Jan 4, 2022

Shirley Ann Scheele, 83, of Odell passed away January 4th, 2022. She was born July 11, 1938 in Odell. She was the daughter of the late Henry & Rose (Brezina) Saathoff.

Shirley graduated from Odell High School in 1955 at the age of 16. After high school, she worked at the Odell Cafe. She met the handsome...

Jan 2, 2022

Eugene “Gene” E. Henkel , 84, of Gladstone, passed away January 2, 2022, in Lincoln. He was born July 22, 1937, to Eimer E. Henkel and Emma Louise Caroline (Spilker) Henkel in Gladstone.

He was baptized at East Gladstone Church and confirmed at American Lutheran Church, Fairbury. He was a charter member of Faith Lutheran...

Jan 2, 2022

Becky Ann Seibolt Meredith was born June 22, 1966, in Omaha, NE. She was shortly after adopted by Ruth and Leonard Seibolt, and brought to Fairbury, NE where she would spend her life growing up with her older brother, John. Becky was a bit of a wild child, often running off to go see her best friends down the...

Dec 30, 2021

Larry F. Stoll, 82 years of age, of Fairbury passed away Thursday December 30, 2021 at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln. He was born on December 25, 1939 to Melvin and Mary (Walters) Stoll.

Larry grew up on a family farm in Greenleaf, KS. He attended school in Greenleaf and graduated in 1957. Larry and his...

Dec 27, 2021

Nathan L. Schmidt, 69, of Fairbury, NE passed away December 27, 2021 at Cedarwood Assisted Living in Fairbury.  He was born December 1, 1952 to Howard Harold & Esther Elda (Ebbers) Schmidt in Beatrice, NE.

Services will be Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 11:00 at the First Baptist Church in Fairbury.  Memorials to the First Baptist Church. ...

Dec 23, 2021

Shirley A. (Hewitt) Forney, 85, passed away on December 23, 2021 in Fairbury.  Born April 24, 1936 to Howard and Anna Hewitt in Fairbury, NE.  She attended rural school, (3 years was taught by sister Belva).  She graduated from Endicott High School in 1953 and attended Peru State College for 2 yrs, receiving her teachers certificate.

After...

Dec 17, 2021

Lucille Fay Roland, 93 of Fairbury, passed away December 17, 2021 at Gardenside LTC in Fairbury, NE. Lucille was born November 10, 1928 in Fairbury to Guy and Anna (Leggett) Hellyer.

Dec 16, 2021

Gilbert Lee Beadle, 83, passed away peacefully at his home on December 16, 2021. Gilbert was born in Olewein, Iowa on August 5, 1938, to Margaret Viola (Jefferies) and Percy Beadle.  He attended school in Council Bluffs, Iowa, through the 11 th grade.  At the age of 17, in 1955, Gilbert enlisted in the U. S. Navy.  He was...

Dec 14, 2021

The Lord called Merlin LaMonte Nolte of Fairbury, Nebraska, home on December 14 after a courageous battle with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. He was 71 years old.

Merlin was born on August 9, 1950 to Orville and Romaine (Gutzmer) Nolte in Fairbury and grew up on a farm near Western. He was baptized on August 27, 1950 and...

Dec 13, 2021

Phyllis Lucille Jordening was born February 22, 1931 to Charles & Edna Houser and given her angel wings on December 13, 2021. Her early years were spent growing up during the Depression on a farm southwest of Daykin. She attended elementary school by walking with her sister Marge to a one room schoolhouse one half mile west of the...

Dec 11, 2021

Yale David Hunt of Fairbury, Nebraska, passed away on December 11, 2021 at the Creighton/Bergan Mercy hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 38.

He was born on May 31, 1983 to David and Loretta Hunt in McCook, Nebraska.

Yale lived in Palisade, Nebraska until his parents divorced and then he and his mother...

Dec 9, 2021

James Lee Moser, 69, of Fairbury, NE passed away on December 9, 2021.  He was born January 24, 1952, to Earl and Esther Moser in Fairbury. He was baptized and confirmed at the American Lutheran Church and was a Fairbury graduate of the class of 1970.

Jim worked along side his father and brother as a mechanic...

Dec 4, 2021

Robert Dale Behrends, 70, passed away December 4th, 2021, surrounded by his family. Born October 31, 1951 to Eddie and Verna (Cacek) Behrends.

Bob grew up on a farm northwest of Diller NE. He graduated from Diller High School in 1970. He started work at Endicott Clay, then worked at several different grain elevators for at least...

Dec 3, 2021

John Howard Folkner passed away at the age of 81 on December 3, 2021, at Jefferson Community Health and Life Gardenside Long Term Care in Fairbury. John was born December 25, 1939, in Richmond, CA to Howard Markess Folkner and Viva Marie (Criner) Folkner. He was baptized at Feather River Butte County, CA and confirmed at Calvary Lutheran Church...

Dec 2, 2021

Dean F. Kleeman, 69, of Diller, NE passed away December 2, 2021, at his home. He was born October 22, 1952, to Otto & Esther (Bartels) Kleeman in Pawnee City, NE.

Dean was baptized at Axtell, KS and confirmed at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Wymore. He graduated from Wymore High School.

After his father...

Nov 30, 2021

Harold George Stelling, 78, was born December 28, 1942, in Fairbury, NE to William and Klasine (Betten) Stelling. He passed away on November 30, 2021, in Fairbury. Harold was baptized September 18, 1949, by Pastor Arnold A. Hoferer and confirmed April 14, 1957, by Pastor Clair Geibert at American Lutheran Church of Fairbury, NE. Harold lived and grew up...

Nov 30, 2021

Janet Elaine (Kidwell) Sinn was born on November 18, 1951, in Abilene, Kansas to Arthur and Roberta Kidwell of Enterprise, Kansas. She departed at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, Nebraska on November 30, 2021 at the age of 70 years.

Janet was the firstborn of Arthur and Roberta. She grew up in Enterprise on the Kidwell Poultry...

Nov 23, 2021

Mervin E. Houser was born on May 23, 1923 in Daykin, Nebraska to Emil E. Houser and Mayme M. Kozak Houser.  His journey of faith started with his baptism at the Daykin United Methodist Church on May 30 th , 1956 by Minister LaRoy E. Seaver.  He continued his walk of faith by attending Methodist church services in Daykin...

Nov 23, 2021

Emanuel Junior Cerveny, 88 of Reynolds, NE passed away on November 23, 2021, at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, surrounded by his daughters. Junior was born July 24, 1933 at the family farm East of Reynolds to Emanuel and Nettie (Bronson) Cerveny.

Junior attended school at district #26 and graduated from Reynolds High School in 1951. On...