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Doris C. Shelburne
Dec 11, 2010
Doris C. Shelburne, age 89 of Fairbury passed away on December 11, 2010 in Fairbury. She was born May 11, 1921 at Fairbury the daughter of Floyd and Mabel McFarland Catlin. Survivors include her sons Sidney Shelburne and wife Diana, Scott Shelburne and wife Cheryl, Rick Shelburne, 9 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and close family friend Ed Svajgr. Funeral services...
Marty E. Hardesty
Dec 6, 2010
Martin "Marty" E. Hardesty, age 56 of Fairbury passed away on December 6, 2010 in Fairbury. He was born September 12, 1954 at Kansas City, Kansas the son of Arthur and Marl Johnston Hardesty. Survivors include his wife Sharon Hardesty, sons Charles and Michelle Malette, Timothy and Shara Malette, Andrew Hardesty, Matthew Hardesty, daughteer Megan Hannahan, 5 grandchildren, sisters...
Doran D. Milius
Dec 6, 2010
Doran Dale Milius age 87 of Fairbury passed away on December 6, 2010 in Fairbury. He was born January 15, 1923 in Jefferson County, Nebraska the son of Oscar and Emma Ruhnke Milius. Survivors include his daughters Vicki Kroll and husband Ron, Cindy Melcher and husband Bill, son Larry Milius and wife Patti, 8 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. Funeral services...
George Leroy Sutton
Dec 3, 2010
George LeRoy Sutton age 68 of Beatrice, Nebraska passed away on December 3, 2010 in Beatrice. He was born February 4, 1942 at Grand Island, Nebraska the son of George S. and Ethyl Mueller Sutton. Survivors include his sons David E. Sutton, George R.A. Sutton and Victoria Christianson, John W. Sutton and Erin Sutton, Miachael D. Sutton and Cynthia...
Samuel E. Hackbarth
Nov 28, 2010
Samuel E. Hackbarth, age 86 of Fairbury passed away on November 28, 2010. He was born February 5, 1924 at Eldorado, Kansas the son of Samuel C. and Elsie Gage Hackbarth. Survivors include his daughter Susan Bartels and husband Roy, 6 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, sisters Alice Gibson, Ruth Wagner, Lillian Colmer, Agnes Roland, Ethel Williams, Carolee Barber, Thelma Bean...
Harriet Darlene Mora
Nov 26, 2010
Harriet Darlene Mora, age 71 of Fairbury passed away on November 26, 2010 in Fairbury. She was born August 4, 1939 at Washington, Kansas the daughter of Burnice and Christina Montague Oliver. Survivors include her daughters Cheryl Eisenberg, Debbie Davis, son Miguel Mora, 4 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, brothers Walter Oliver, Roy Oliver, Albert Oliver, Leon and Kim Oliver, sisters...
Leland D. Pettigrew
Nov 25, 2010
Leland D. Pettigrew age 92 of Fairbury passed away on November 25, 2010 in Fairbury. He was born July 27, 1918 at Norton, Kansa the son of Harry and Orpha Whartman Pettigrew. Survivors include his daughter JoAnn Frankforter and husband Richard, 6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, daughter-in-law Sherry Pettigrew, many nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held on Saturday,...
Lindsey Lee Rickstrew
Nov 24, 2010
Lindsey Lee Rickstrew age 23 of Manhattan, Kansas formerly of Diller, Nebraska passed away on November 24, 2010. She was born December 22, 1986 at Manhattan, Kansas the daughter of Ronald and Shana Cook Rickstrew. Survivors include her parents, Ron and Shana Rickstrew, sisters Jenna Rickstrew and fiance Michael Henrichs, Janelle Rickstrew, grandparents Andy and Barbara Sackrider, JayN and...
Howard Angell
Nov 16, 2010
Howard Wesley Angell, 52, of Green Castle, MO and formerly of Milan, MO died, Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. The son of Donald Warren and Doris Marie (Seiford) Angell, he was born July 31, 1957 in Princeton, MO. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Matthew Lewis of Lincoln, NE;...
Lena Friesen
Nov 14, 2010
Lena A. Friesen 96 of Fairbury, NE., passed away November 14, 2010 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. She was born September 6, 1914 at Powell, NE. Survivors are Daughters: Lanette Bedeaux & Husband Delbert of Fairbury, Glenda Wright & Husband Jerry of Lincoln, NE., 5 Grandchildren, 12 Great Grandchildren, 4 Great Great Grandchildren. Preceded by Parents George...
Vernon Minge
Nov 6, 2010
Vernon F. Minge, age 72 of Odell, NE passed away Saturday, November 6, 2010 in Lincoln, NE. Survivors include son Todd Minge & wife Linda of Beatrice, NE; daughters Renee Benash and Deb Sasse both of Plymouth, NE; grandchildren Samantha Minge, Tanner Benash, Christian Benash, Andrew Sasse & Ashley Sasse; brother Lawrence Minge & wife Jeanette of Hanover, KS;...
Daniel G. Griffin
Nov 2, 2010
Daniel G. Griffin, age 57 of Humboldt, TN. passed away on November 2, 2010. He was born June 22, 1953 at Duluth, Minnesota the son of Eldon and Mary Ann Fencl Griffin. Survivors include his son Mitchell Griffin and wife Josie, daughter Tina Samuleson, mother Mary Ann Griffin, brothers Randy Griffin and wife Becky, Rod Griffin and wife Deb,...
Doris L. Kugel
Oct 26, 2010
Doris L. Kugel, age 86 of Fairbury passed away on October 26, 2010 in Fairbury. She was born August 26, 1926 at Daykin, Nebraska the daughter of Benjamin and Emma Drees Marschman. Survivors include her daughters Lois Pohlman and husband Gale, LaJeanne Haecker and Curt Bohlmeyer, Lynne Blackwell and husband Dude, 10 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, sisters Darlene Schweer, Eleanor...
Dorrine C. Milius
Oct 18, 2010
Dorrine C. Milius, age 85 of Fairbury passed away on October 18, 2010 in Fairbury. She was born April 7, 1925 at Powell, Nebraska the daughter of Harry and Pauline Scheer Williams. Survivors include her sons Robert Milius and wife Donna, Gary Milius and wife LuAnn, Kenneth Milius and friend Terri Urich, 9 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, brother James Williams...
Omar C. Hoffman
Oct 13, 2010
Omar Charles Hoffman, of Endicott, passed away October 13, 2010 at the Beatrice Good Samaritan Society, at age 81. Omar was born July 19, 1929 in Haddam, KS in a sandstone house with a dirt floor that his father built. Omar attended school in Kansas through the 8th grade. In 1944, he moved with his parents and siblings to...
Gary L. Wolken
Oct 11, 2010
Gary L. Wolken, age 74 of Fairbury passed away on October 11, 2010. He was born April 26, 1936 at Odell, Nebraska the son of Clarence and Wilma Darling Wolken. Survivors include his wife Elaine Wolken, daughter Sheri Fischer and husband Lloyd, grandsons Trenton and Preston, nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and...
Daniel G. Post
Oct 10, 2010
Daniel G. Post, age 66 of Fairbury passed away on October 10, 2010 in Fairbury. He was born on May 13, 1944 in Fairbury the son of Daniel and Tillie Willcoxon Post. Survivors include his wife Debra Post, son Kelvin Post and wife Terry, daughters Sherry Kaiser and husband Paul, Jovay Post and Shannon Ellis, step-daughter Rachael Junker, 10...
Winifred E. Deditius
Oct 8, 2010
Winifred E. Deditius, age 91 of Fairbury passed away on October 8, 2010 in Fairbury. She was born October 13, 1918 at St. Louis, Missouri the daughter of Gordon and Margaret Paige Faragher. Survivors include her children Richard Deditius and wife Lori, Danny Deditius and wife Kelly, Sarah Montgomery and husband Michael, Patti Seitz and husband Brad, 9 grandchildren,...
Chad Myers
Sep 26, 2010
Chad D. Myers, age 35 of Fairbury passed away on September 26, 2010 at Bridgeport, West Virginia. He was born May 20, 1975 at Pampa, Texas the son of Ernest and Debra Scheu Myers. Survivors include his wife Nichole Myers, children Courtney, Sydney, Cambria and Asher, father Ernest Myers, mother Debra Daum, brothers Chris Myers and wife Joyce, Matt...
Dorothy Mcginty
Sep 17, 2010
Dorothy J. McGinty, age 88 of Fairbury passed away on September 17, 2010 in Beatrice. She was born August 18, 1922 at Stratton, Colorado the daughter of Edwin and Nora Klein Mewes. Survivors include her sons Gary McGinty and Jerry McGinty, 3 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, sister Wanda Babcock, niece, nephew, special friends Tonya Griffin and John Gayer. Funeral services...

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