Jul 4, 2019

Fern Marguerite Snyder was born October 4, 1918 at Western, Nebraska to parents Jesse and Muriel (Bennet) Snyder.   She received the rites of Holy Baptism officiated by Pastor Henry W. Wagner at the Methodist Church in Western on August, 1, 1920.

She received her early childhood education at Rural Schools in the Western area, completing the 8...

Jul 4, 2019

Verda Ileane Welsh Cacak, 92, of Broken Bow passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Quality Senior Villages in Broken Bow.

She was born Feb. 18, 1927 on a farm near Morrowville, Kan., the oldest of five children of Donald and Margaret Stafford Welsh. Verda was raised on a farm south of Fairbury and some of her...

Jul 4, 2019

Barbara J. Witt, 76, of Fairbury, NE passed away July 4, 2019.  She was born March 10, 1943 to Louis John Sand & Neomi Elizabeth (Holly) Sand in Odell, NE.  She married Dale Witt on July 28, 1958 and to this union was born 4 children Kathy, Doug, Susan & Stacey.

Jul 2, 2019

Mildred Anna Jantzen Dux

Mildred Anna Jantzen Dux daughter of Henry W and Louise Ensz Jantzen was born May 2, 1926 near Harbine, Nebraska and passed away July 2, 2019 at the age of 93. She moved to near Ellis Nebraska as a baby and attended District 40 and 147 schools until the 8th grade. She then...

Jul 1, 2019

Cheryl Faye Achtemeier Zweifel was born November 19, 1942 to Harold F. and Letha Lee McCord Achtemeier at Fairbury, NE and passed away July 1, 2019 at the Jefferson County Health & Life with her daughter and family at her side.

Cheryl was baptized at the Fairbury Methodist Church June 6, 1952.  Cheryl attended Fairbury Public Schools...

Jun 27, 2019

Paul Loren Dunekacke liked to get things done and, to the disappointment of many, exited this world with the same hustle Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the age of 75.

Paul is remembered by his wife, Karen, and his sons Jeff (and his wife Cindy and their children Luke, Gus, Ty (Rebecca), and Michael (and his daughter...

Jun 27, 2019

Janell (Jan) Jesse Gibson, 89 of Fairbury, passed away June 27, 2019 at Gardenside LTC.  She was born August 17, 1929 to Desco & Gertrude Mary (Smith) Brownawell in Beatrice, NE.

There are no services planned at this time. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.gerdesmeyerfh.com

Jun 25, 2019

John Samuel Johnson (Sam), 93, of Fairbury, Nebraska, passed away at his home June 25, 2019. He was born September 25, 1925 in Mahaska, Kansas to Guy and Leona (McFarland) Johnson. He had five brothers, Jim, Luther, Bill and Guy Jr., and one sister, Maxine.

Sam attended Fairbury High School and enlisted in the United States Marine...

Jun 20, 2019

Marcene Marie Brackle (Kellie), 66 years, of Fairbury, Nebraska died Thursday June 20, 2019 at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE. Marcene was born June 2, 1953 in Fairbury, Nebraska to Clyde and Violet (June) Kellie. Marcene grew up in Endicott, Nebraska and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1971. Marcene married her high school sweetheart, Robert Brackle on September...

Jun 13, 2019

Gale Norman Brauch was born May 11, 1937 to Irvin and Henrietta (Novotny) Brauch of rural Odell.  He was the fifth child of six children.     He passed away on June 13, 2019 at the family farm near Gilead.    Gale was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Diller, Nebraska.  He was united in marriage to Myrna Bodtke...

Jun 9, 2019

Galen J. Schneider, 74, of Fairbury, NE passed away June 9, 2019 at Bryan West in Lincoln.   Galen was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska on May 12, 1945 and was the oldest of six children born to Mervin & Elzada (Rippe) Schneider.  Galen grew up in Johnson, NE.  He was baptized at Martin Luther Church in Johnson and was confirmed...

Jun 6, 2019

Lupe Medina, 99, passed away June 6, 2019 with her family by her side in Fairbury, Ne.

A rosary will be held at Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m in Fairbury, Ne. The funeral service will be held at St. Michael’s Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 11th at 10:30 a.m....

Jun 1, 2019

Sharron Jeannette (Sherry) Serkes passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Gardenside, in Fairbury, NE at the age of 76. Sherry was born February 7, 1943 in Berkeley, CA.  She was the daughter of Maurice Oscar and Dorothy Jeannette (Familton) Gould.

Sherry grew up in Nebraska and graduated from Cozad High School in 1960.

On...

May 25, 2019

Charles F. Brown, 77, of Fairbury passed away May 25, 2019 in Fairbury.  He was born July 23, 1941 to Norbert F. & Mayo R. (Davis) Brown in Fairbury.

He attended Park Elementary School and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1959.  He then went on and attended Fairbury Junior College.

In 1961 he joined...

May 22, 2019

Marilyn L. Tyree, 80, formerly of Fairbury, passed away May 22, 2019 in Petoskey, MI.  She was born November 30, 1938 to Floyd J. (Ozei) & Rene (Vandervort) Osborne in Fairbury.

She is survived by Bryon and Andrea Tyree of Lincoln, NE, and Donald and Kris Tyree of Petosky, MI., eight grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter, sister Patricia...

May 20, 2019

Lloyd Dwayne Scarrow was born in Mankato, Kansas on June 9, 1938, to Verne and Ruby Hamilton Scarrow. Lloyd attended school in Mankato where he enjoyed athletics and the marching band. He excelled in football, basketball, baseball and track and upon graduation in 1956, received a football scholarship to Fairbury Junior College.

Lloyd attended Fairbury Junior College,...

May 17, 2019

Linda I. Piatt, 72, of Fairbury passed away May 17, 2019 in her home.  She was born March 24, 1947 to Oliver & Wanda (Rees) Beard in Wichita, KS.  Cremation has taken place.

May 16, 2019

Sharon Vey Anderson was born to E. Jerome & Blanche (Lapcheska) Anderson in Edinburg, Texas on July 14, 1934.  Her parents divorced when she was two and she came to Nebraska with her mother. Until she was four, she lived with her aunt and uncle, Pearl and Mervil Elward, on a farm near Strang.  At that time her mother...

May 11, 2019

Theresa JoAnn Luebcke was born March 13, 1935 in Marysville, KS to Ferdinand J. “Pete” Luebcke and Belva L. Blocker Luebcke. She was baptized at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Marysville. At an early age the family moved to Jansen, Nebraska. JoAnn contracted polio as a child. After a long, determined struggle, she regained her ability to...

May 11, 2019

Pat Junior Swett, 65, of Fairbury passed away May 11, 2019 at Bryan East Medical Center. Pat was born to Max and Norma (Horak) Swett on May 17, 1953 in Fairbury. He spent nearly his entire life on a farm near Powell, NE. He attended country school in Powell and graduated from Fairbury high school in 1971. As a...