Aug 27, 2020

Sergeant First Class Duane R. Bleich, 50, passed away at his home August 27, 2020.  He was born November 21, 1969 to Robert August & Connie Marie (Meyer) Bleich in Fairbury.

Duane served 23 years of service in the Armed Forces of the United States, including 16 years in the Army National Guard.  He was a certified...

Aug 15, 2020

Lloyd Dean Rippe was born on October 6th, 1943 in Steele City, Nebraska, to Richard Herman and Leta Laura (Roelfs) Rippe.  He departed this life on August 15th, 2020 at the age of 76 years, 10 months, and nine days.

Lloyd lived his entire life on the Rippe family farm south of Diller.  He attended grade school...

Aug 13, 2020

Theodore “Ted” C. Scherbarth, 90, of Fairbury, passed away August 13, 2020, at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, Nebraska. Ted was born August 1, 1930, in Burwell, Nebraska to Albert Fredrick William Scherbarth and Ella Mae Detienne. Ted graduated from high school in Taylor, Nebraska in 1948, briefly taught school and joined the National Guard. In 1953 he moved...

Aug 1, 2020

Doraline R. Churchill, 103, of Lincoln, NE, formerly of Fairbury, passed away peacefully August 1, 2020 at Southlake Village Rehabilitation and Care Center, Lincoln, NE.  She was born in Palisade, NE. on March 25, 1917, the daughter of Asa and Eugenia Lora Hunt Ridnour.   The family lived in McCook and Palisade during Doraline’s younger years, and in the 1930s,...

Aug 1, 2020

John C. Perkins, 87, of Tobias, NE passed away August 1, 2020 at his home.  He was born to Ezra & Thelma (Hadley) Perkins in Grant Township, NE.  He was a Korean War Veteran.

Cremation has taken place.  No services are scheduled at this time.  Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Jul 26, 2020

Tena Louise Brown was born December 17,1942 to Max and Juanita Hiatt in Wabash, Indiana. She married Robert Allen Brown on September 30,1961. They have three children. Tena Michelle Gonzalez (Roberto), Robert Allen Brown Jr (Joann), and Stephanie Ellen Moody (Kerry). Tena was a member of the First Church of God in Fairbury, Ne. She resided for 5 years...

Jul 23, 2020

Judy Diane Weiner, 69 of Fairbury, NE passed away July 23, 2020 in Lincoln.  She was born July 13, 1951 to Lawrence & Barbara (Zabokrtsky) Weiner in Aberdeen, MD.

Judy was born on an Army base in Maryland and returned shortly thereafter to Nebraska with her mother to live while her dad was serving in the Army. ...

Jul 16, 2020

Ruth Marie Snyder, aged 88, of Shelton, Nebraska, passed away on July 16, 2020 in the Omaha Josie Harper Hospice House after a recent diagnosis of CNS lymphoma.

Born in Goshen County Wyoming on October 31,1931 to Hiram Walter Billhimer and Nettie Pearl Miller Billhimer, Ruth married James Russell Snyder on May 15, 1949.

Ruth...

Jul 8, 2020

Kay Marie  (Lundeen) Taylor, 78, of Lincoln, formerly of the Steele City area, was born September 26, 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska.  She was adopted May 11, 1942 by Emerald Myrl Lundeen & Emma Marjorie (Carlson) Lundeen.

Kay was baptized May 17 th 1942 by Rev. C. O. Carlson in Trinity Lutheran Church in Axtell, NE.  She received...

Jun 30, 2020

Barbara “Bobbe” Jean (Mosley) Schwisow, daughter of Lester A. and Margaret M. (Winter) Mosley, was born in Lincoln, NE on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1946 and passed away on June 30, 2020.

Bobbe was raised in Western, NE and was baptized and developed her faith as a member of First Baptist Church.  She attended and graduated from...

Jun 26, 2020

Carrie Louise (Oliver) Siebe, born July 23, 1955, to Burnice S Oliver and wife Christina R. (Montague) Oliver in Brownfield TX. She was the 10 th child of 12 and the youngest girl. She died on June 26, 2020 at the age of 64 years old, 11 months, and 3 days at Bryan Medical Hospital West. For 2 years...

Jun 23, 2020

Shirley was born in rural Jefferson County, Nebraska, on April 21, 1935 to William Albert and Edith Lucille (Griffith) Junker. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and son William Earl (Bill) Howell, and brothers Roland, Calvin, and Bruce Junker.  Survivors include her daughter, Alana Howell Harness of Fairbury, son John Howell and his wife Teresa of...

Jun 18, 2020

Joseph Hermsmeier, 75, of Auburn Nebraska, passed away on June 18th in Auburn. Joe was born in Beatrice to Loyd and Elsie (Sipek) Hermsmeier on May 18 th , 1945.  Joe graduated from Tecumseh High in 1963. Following graduation he served in the Army, stationed in Germany, as a member of the First Air Defense Guided Missile Group and...

Jun 16, 2020

Leora Velma Ruth (Willems) Engel died June 16, 2020 while residing at the Country House Memory Care facility in Lincoln, NE.  She had insisted on moving to Lincoln from Fairbury so she could be near her boys after the death of her husband.  Leora was born at home in a rural area southwest of Gilead, NE to Henry “Hank”...

Jun 15, 2020

Clarissa Anita Pohlmann was born June 8, 1919 to Henry and Sena (Conradi) Schoenrock. She passed away on June 15, 2020, at 101 years old. She was the oldest of three daughters raised on a farm five miles west of Fairbury. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion United Church of Christ near...

Jun 14, 2020

Deborah C. Jones, 70, of Jansen, NE passed away June 14, 2020 at her home.  She was born July 22, 1949 to George & Rosemary (Musenbrock) Price in Hastings, NE.

Private Family services will be held.  Memorials to Family’s Choice & St. Michaels Catholic Church. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.gerdesmeyerfh.com

Jun 13, 2020

Susan M. Danner, 72, of Fairbury, NE passed away June 13, 2020 at JCH & L Gardenside.  She was born June 6, 1948 to Raymond & Verene (Renner) Wegener in Deshler, NE.

Graveside services will be Saturday, June 27, 2020 at St. Mark's Cemetery - Ruskin, NE at 1:00 p.m. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of...

Jun 13, 2020

Ruth Dorothy Ann Kiesow Drexler was born April 15, 1929 to Rev. and Mrs. John (Anna Meyer) Kiesow at Tipton, KS. She died June 13, 2020. She was the youngest of 8 children.  Her father was a Lutheran Minister. She was baptized at Tipton by her father at an early age.  At the age of 9 months, her father...

Jun 10, 2020

Marjorie Mae Terrill, 93 passed away at her home on June 10, 2020. Born on January 6, 1927 she was the 10th of 12 children born to Henry and Anna Lottman Elgert. She grew up on a farm near Reynolds, NE and attended school at District 94 and graduated from Reynolds High School in 1944.

On September...

Jun 8, 2020

Fay Dennis Shalla passed away on June 8, 2020 at home surrounded by his family. He was 82 years old. Fay, son of Ed and Ann (Beran) Shalla, was born on August 12, 1937 in Odell, Nebraska. He graduated Odell High School in 1955 and moved to Lincoln where he worked as a fireman.

After serving in...