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...

May 4, 2019

Leona Silvester, 89, of Fairbury, NE passed away May 4, 2019 at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury.  She was born October 5, 1929 to Leopold & Nellie (McKay) Richter of Fairbury.  Leona attended West Ward Elementary and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1948.  While in school, Leona worked at the Bonham Theater and played clarinet in the band....

Apr 27, 2019

Wilmer Leroy Ruhnke, 87, passed away Saturday April 27, 2019 at Beatrice Community Hospital surrounded by family. Wilmer was born June 26, 1931 to Arthur A. and Gertrude (Krause) Ruhnke at the Mennonite Hospital in Beatrice, Nebraska. Wilmer was baptized at the Evangelical Reformed Church in Jansen, NE and then confirmed in 1944. He attended Dist. 65 School in...

Apr 25, 2019

Mary Ann Cunningham Larkins, 91, of Fairbury, passed away April 25, 2019 at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury.  She was born January 14, 1928 to Lloyd & Ida Cunningham at Gladstone, NE.  She was the 7 th of 9 siblings.

Mom and her family moved to Fairbury when she was 4 and for the next 87 years...

Apr 23, 2019

Roland Eugene Carriker, 92, passed away April 23, 2019 at Good Samaritan in Beatrice. He was born March 18, 1927 to Virgil Edwin and Ruby Gertrude (Kaschmieder) Carriker in Bucklin, Linn County, MO. In July 1944 he entered the U.S. Navy and attained GMM3rd Class and took part in the invasion of Okinawa aboard LST 879. In 1947 he...

Apr 17, 2019

Nettie Carol Rose Dragoo was born on April 6, 1924 on a farm 4 miles east of Mahaska, Kansas to Harry and Mary (Wells) Rose.  She spent her childhood days growing up on her parents’ farm and attended Glen Country School for eight years, and then graduated from Mahaska High School, Mahaska, Kansas in 1942.  She was active in...

Apr 14, 2019

Virginia Ruth (Iverson) Sadil was born in Daykin, Nebraska on Sept. 6, 1926 to Chester Olin and Addie Marie (Wagoner) Iverson.  She was the middle child of three born to them.

Her family later moved to Fairbury where she graduated from High School in 1944.  After graduating she worked in the offices of the Farmers Union Creamery....

Apr 7, 2019

Larry Dean Niederklein was born November 8, 1950 to Erwin G. & Erna L. (Marschman) Niederklein in Fairbury, NE.  His entire life was spent in residence in Daykin, NE.  He passed away April 7, 2019 at Gardenside Nursing Home in Fairbury at the age of 68 years and 5 months where he had been a patient for a short...