Estella C. Peck
Jun 6, 2020
Estella C Peck was born April 30th 1923 to Raymond G and Elizabeth F Hubbard at Beatrice ,Nebraska. She passed away June 6th 2020. She was confirmed April 10th 1938 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Beatrice ,Nebraska.She graduated from Beatrice High School in 1941.
On July 4th 1942 she married Edward A Peck Sr. To this Union...
Patrick J. Connell
Jun 5, 2020
Patrick J. Connell, 71, of Fairbury, passed away June 5, 2020 at his home. He was born March 10, 1949 to John Phillip & Mintia (Dean) Connell in Fairbury.
Cremation has taken place. No services are scheduled at this time. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Charles T. Hoge
Jun 2, 2020
Charles Thomas Hoge, 72, passed away at his home near Plymouth, NE, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, after a courageous battle with brain cancer.
Charlie was born on March 4, 1948, in Fairbury, NE, to Ralph and Frances (Summers) Hoge. Charlie and his three brothers were baptized on Nov. 20, 1963, by Pastor William...
Melvin J. Rahe
Jun 1, 2020
Melvin John Rahe, 77, formerly of Ellis, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, NE. Born September 20, 1942 to Henry and Anna (Haeckert) Rahe. Melvin was a kind, generous man who didn’t know a stranger. He served in the Army from April 9, 1964 to April 4, 1966 where he was...
Merle Marie (Miles) Melcher
May 30, 2020
Merle Marie Miles Melcher died May 30, 2020 at her home in Fairbury, NE. She was 92 years old. Merle was born at Jerico Springs, MO at her Grandparents home, John & Ella Lester on February 3, 1928 to Austin & Janie Mae Lester Miles.
Merle was raised in a sod house on a ranch in the...
Eldo Lee Bartels
May 26, 2020
The family is here to celebrate the life of Eldo Lee Bartels. We want to remember with thanksgiving what God has done for us through our husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
On March 8, 1924, Eldo Bartels, the tenth child of William and Dorthea (Jordening) Bartels, was born in Covington, Oklahoma. He was baptized by Pastor...
Milford Leroy Smith
May 21, 2020
Milford LeRoy Smith, 82, of Odell, NE passed away on May 21, 2020 at Goldcrest Nursing Home in Adams, NE. He was born on September 26, 1938 in Long Pine, Nebraska to Robert L. and Emma (Lambrecht) Smith. He graduated from Chadron High School in 1956 and from Chadron State Teacher’s College in 1960. In 1960 he also married...
Wanda L. Shultz
May 16, 2020
Wanda L. Shultz passed from this world on Saturday, 5/16/20. Wanda was a lifelong resident of Fairbury, NE. She found her life’s love here in Fairbury, Charles L. Shultz, and was married in Fairbury in the Old Methodist Church on August 12, 1951. They were married for 54 years. Wanda was a devoted wife and mother to three children. ...
Lori K. Busing
May 15, 2020
Lori Kenna Busing (Brodecker) "mom", 55, of Fairbury Ne, formally of Marysville Ks, went home to be with Jesus on May 15 2020.
Lori was born on May 14 1965 in Holton Ks to Kenneth and Laura (Sorensen) Brodecker. Lori was joined in marriage to George "Bill" Busing on May 17, 1999.
Lori is survived...
Michael C. Backer
May 15, 2020
Michael C. Backer, 73, of Fairbury, passed away at Good Samaritan of Beatrice on May 15, 2020.
Mike was born January 13, 1947 to Sid Backer Jr. and Mary Ann Backer in Fairbury, where he attended school and was in the 1965 graduating class, going on to attend Fairbury Junior College and Augustana University in Sioux Falls,...
Ruby E. Niederklein
May 15, 2020
Ruby Eileen Glinsmann, daughter of Peter Frederich August and Laura (Obermiller) Glinsmann was born on July 29, 1928 at Ashton, NE and passed away Friday May 15 at daughter Robin's house surrounded by her family at the age of 91.
Ruby was baptized on September 2, 1928 and confirmed October 11, 1942 both at Immanual Lutheran Church,...
Freddie A. Drexler
May 12, 2020
Freddie Alfred Drexler was born on December 10, 1922 to Alfred and Stefanie Drexler in Sternberg, Czechoslovakia. He died May 12, 2020.
At the age of 3 months his father’s visa expired while visiting in Czechoslovakia, so his parents returned to the United States, leaving Freddie with his grandmother as he was too young to travel that...
Larry A. Miller
May 8, 2020
Larry Miller, 55, formerly of Daykin, NE passed away Friday, May 8 th , 2020. He was born July 12, 1964 to Clel & Ardella Miller in Fairbury.
Larry attended grade school at Zion Lutheran School in Tobias, NE and graduated from Meridian High School in 1982. He attended Southeast Community College in Lincoln and went on...
Jerry B. Gaston
May 3, 2020
Jerald (Jerry) Billy Gaston of Fairbury, NE, died May 3, 2020 at JCH&L Gardenside Long Term Care in Fairbury, NE, at the age of 83 years and 21 days. Jerry had called Gardenside his home since May of 2016. Jerry was born on April 12,1937 to Ivan and Helen (Strodtman) Gaston near Alexandria, NE. He attended Alexandria High School,...
Betty J. Rohr
May 1, 2020
Betty Jean Rohr, 61, of Harbine, NE passed away Friday, May 1, 2020, peacefully at home surrounded by the love of her family. She put up a long, courageous fight against breast cancer that spanned many years.
Betty was born in Fairbury, NE on November 29, 1958 to George and Dorothy (Dimond) Rohr. She graduated from Fairbury...
Rm Sally Massouris
May 1, 2020
RM Sally Massouris, 79 passed away May 1, 2020 at her home in Fairbury. She was born May 16, 1940 to George & Helen (Emmons) Massouris in Council Bluffs, IA.
No services are scheduled at this time. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Henry G. Itzen
Apr 30, 2020
Henry G. Itzen was born June 5, 1930 to parents Henry D. & Renste (Mier) Itzen, one of 6 children. He died April 30, 2020.
Henry graduated from Fairbury High School in 1948. Henry farmed all his life except for a time when he was drafted into the United States Army. Henry served his country in Japan....
Berniece M. Wieters
Apr 24, 2020
Berniece Malinda Wieters, 93, Hanover, Kan., passed away Friday evening, April 24, 2020, at Hanover Long Term Care, a place she grew to love and had called home since August 2011. She was born Feb. 10, 1927, the daughter of Albert and Nettie (Behrens) Knabe. She was baptized into the Christian faith on Feb. 20, 1927, at Bethlehem Lutheran...
Viola M. Cumro
Apr 21, 2020
Viola Mae Cumro passed away on April 21, 2020 at the age of 99 when God called her home from Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury, Nebraska.
Viola is survived by her husband: Maurice “Pete” Cumro; her stepsister: Lois Mueller; her children: Charles Lovgren and his wife Penny, Robert Lovgren and his wife Diann, Sheryl Wenzl, and Diane...
Ronald C. Nickel
Apr 17, 2020
Ronald C. Nickel, 75 years of age of Western NE passed away peacefully in Lincoln at Bryan East Hospital on April 17, 2020. Ronald was born in Madison, South Dakota on June 14, 1944. He was adopted by Charles F. and Edna Clara (Matzke) Nickel in 1953. He was a graduate of Western High School in 1962. He graduated...
