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Deloris Hellwig

Deloris Hellwig

Oct 18, 2008

Deloris Hellwig, age 82 of Fairbury passed away on October 18, 2008 in Fairbury. She was born July 28, 1926 at Helvey, Nebraska the daughter of Bernhard and Dora (Hohensee) Hellwig. Survivors include her sisters Myrtle Terpening, Lois Schipper and husband George and Beverly Forsch, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at...

Raymond Wendlandt

Raymond Wendlandt

Oct 16, 2008

Raymond E. Wendlandt, age 87 of Fairbury passed away on October 16, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born February 22, 1921 at Gladstone, Nebraska the son of Carl and Christine Uphoff Wendlandt. Survivors include his wife June Wendlandt, sons Larry Wendlandt and wife Terri, Terry Wendlandt and wife Chris, daughter Rita Beachler and husband Mike, 5 grandchildren and 9...

Carlyn Sue Lytle

Carlyn Sue Lytle

Oct 10, 2008

Carlyn Lytle, age 39 of Odell passed away on October 10, 2008 in Odell. She was born on January 7, 1969 in Beatrice the daughter of Carl and Marilyn White Lytle. Survivors include her parents Carl and Marilyn Lytle, brother Patrick Lytle and wife Michelle and nephew Sean Lytle. Funeral services were on Monday, October 13, 2008 at 2:00...

Verne Albert Pretzer

Verne Albert Pretzer

Oct 9, 2008

Verne Pretzer,age 91 of Diller passed away on October 9, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born on September 28, 1917 at Beatrice the son of Albert and Bertha Moschell Pretzer. Survivors include his wife Irene Pretzer, son Dean and Jane Pretzer, daughters Ruth Gasper and husband Stephen and Marilyn Gaster and husband Jim, 8 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren....

Frank "Fritz" Leonard Prellwitz

Frank "Fritz" Leonard Prellwitz

Oct 8, 2008

Frank "Fritz" Prellwitz, age 94 of Fairbury passed away on October 8, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born on September 29, 1914 at Hanover, Kansas the son of Charles and Lena Nutsch Prellwitz. Survivors include his wife Vola, sons Charles Prellwitz and Susan Bohlmeyer and Michael and Karen Prellwitz, 6 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Funeral services were Saturday,...

Ella Amanda Ehrett

Ella Amanda Ehrett

Oct 8, 2008

Ella Ehrett, age 97 of Fairbury passed away on October 8, 2008 in Fairbury. She was born on March 26, 1911 in Summit, South Dakota the daughter of August and Ida Schuelke Kaaz. Survivors include daughter-in-law Jill Ehrett and Gary Jones, 2 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Funeral services were Friday, October 10, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the...

Walter Kriesel

Walter Kriesel

Sep 29, 2008

Walter J. Kriesel, age 90 of Fairbury, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born September 10, 1918 at Gladstone, Nebraska the son of Ernest and Helena Kujath Kriesel. Survivors include his wife Nadine Kriesel, children Carolyn Tate and husband Ralph, Phyllis Kriesel, Kent Kriesel and wife Julie, 5 grandchildren, 1 great-grandson, sister-in-law Viola Kriesel....

Larry Sasse

Larry Sasse

Sep 29, 2008

Larry Lynn Sasse, age 64 of Diller, Nebraska passed away at his home on September, 29, 2008. He was born June 30, 1944 at Fairbury, Nebraska the son of Orlyn and Martha Kleine Sasse. Survivors include his wife ReJeanna Sasse, son Ron Sasse and wife Mindy, daughter Sheila Goldsberry and husband Kevan, 4 grandchildren, mother Martha Sasse, brother Darrell...

Warren Roelfs

Warren Roelfs

Sep 28, 2008

Warren Roelfs age 83 of Austin, Texas, formerly of Diller and Lincoln, Nebraska, passed away on September 28, 2008 in Austin. He was born October 15, 1924 at Diller the son of William and Hulda Hahn Roelfs. Survivors include his wife Frieda Roelfs, daughters Reva Quakenbush, Sue Bohr and husband Phillip, Mary Gottsleben-Sukovaty, son Mardell Roelfs, 5 grandchildren, 2...

Anna Potter

Anna Potter

Sep 23, 2008

Anna Louise (Krause) Potter, 86, died at 8:15 pm on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at George Davis Manor in West Lafayette IN. She suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for over 10 years. She was born on February 2, 1922 in Reynolds NE to the late Paul C and Alma A Krause. She married Eugene Potter on December 31, 1946 in...

Harold Zabel

Harold Zabel

Sep 22, 2008

Harold Merlyn Zabel, age 93 of Daykin, passed away on September 22, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born September 26, 1914 at Daykin, Nebraska the son of Lloyd and Winnifred Cox Zabel. Survivors include his wife Ruby, son Dennis Zabel and wife Rebecca, granddaughter Sara, 3 great-grandchildren, sister Ruth Schmidt and husband Earl Funeral services will be on Thursday,...

Jimmie Neal

Jimmie Neal

Sep 20, 2008

Jimmie E. Neal, age 75 of Reynolds, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, September 20th in Fairbury. He was born April 27, 1933 at Belleville, Kansas the son of Leonard and Dorothy Hall Neal. He graduated from Belleville High School in 1952. He attended Fort Hays State College and graduated from Emporia State College in 1958. He served our country...

Catherine Wright

Catherine Wright

Sep 16, 2008

Catherine Wright, age 80 of Reynolds, Nebraska was born September 24, 1927 at Turin, Italy. She passed away on September 16, 2008 at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. Survivors include her husband Tom, daughters Pat Arnold and husband Mike, Diana Sonder, Kathy Cummings and husband Tom, 9 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and a brother Mario Germonio. Vigil service will...

Harland Hunsberger

Harland Hunsberger

Sep 14, 2008

Harland Hunsberger, age 89 of Fairbury, passed away on September 14, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born December 18, 1918 at Ravenna, Nebraska the son of Alfred and Lydia Boeckner Hunsberger. Survivors include his children Connie Doehring and husband Lee, Trudy Dvorak and husband Jerry, son Steve Hunsberger and friend Emily Eutsler, 3 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, brother Raymond Hunsberger....

Delma Smith

Delma Smith

Sep 13, 2008

Delma E. Smith, age 92 of Tobias, Nebraska passed away on September 13, 2008 in Fairbury. She was born April 20, 1916 at Tobias the daughter of Joseph and Anna Burda Sobotka. Survivors include her daughters Carol Shelton and husband Mose of LaBelle, FL., Joyce Patch and husband Mick of Broken Bow, NE., son Lynn Smith and wife Jean...

David Brian Johnson

David Brian Johnson

Sep 11, 2008

David Johnson, age 45 of Fairbury passed away on September 11, 2008 in Fairbury. He was born on May 26, 1963 at Fairbury to George Jr., and Joyce Craig Johnson. Survivors include his mother Joyce Johnson and brothers Mike Johnson and Bill Johnson and sister Donna Johnson. Funeral services were Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at the...

Bernice Vera Elgert

Bernice Vera Elgert

Sep 11, 2008

Bernice Elgert, age 88 of Fairbury passed away on September 11, 2008 in Fairbury. She was born on August 9, 1920 at Tobias, Nebraska the daughter of Roy and Minnie Kollmorgan McDonald. Survivors include her son Darrel and Rose Elgert, 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at...

Elmer Korthals

Elmer Korthals

Sep 10, 2008

Elmer John Korthals, age 90 of Fairbury passed away on September 10, 2008 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born July 11, 1918 at Jansen, Nebraska the son of Herman and Hattie Schmalz Korthals. Survivors include his children, Patricia Peregrine and husband Larry, Mary Korthals, Leonard Korthals and wife Becky, 4 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, 7 step-great-grandchildren, numerous...

Merle Josephine Masek

Merle Josephine Masek

Sep 9, 2008

Merle Masek, age 88 of Odell passed away on September 9, 2008 in Beatrice. She was born on December 11, 1919 at Hanover, Kansas the daughter of Joseph, Sr. and Emilie Sedlacek Klecan. Survivors include her husband Francis, son John Masek and daughters Jean Potter and Dennis and Franceen Darwin and Bill, 3 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Funeral...

Beulah Lorene Mau

Beulah Lorene Mau

Sep 6, 2008

Beulah Mau, age 89 formerly of Alexandria passed away on September 6, 2008 at Fairbury. She was born November 26, 1918 at Sutton, Nebraska the daughter of Walter and Anna Johnson Kreachbaum. Survivors include daughters Dianne Gaston and husband Lyle and Nancy Snider, son Gary Mau and wife Nancy, 7 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were on...

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