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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Mildred Emily Yantz
Sep 4, 2008
Mildred Emily Yantz, age 95 of Fairbury passed away on September 4, 2008 in Fairbury. She was born on July 4, 1913 in Fairbury the daughter of Peter and Emma Wurth Yantz. Survivors include her nephew Robert and wife Lois and niece Naomi Maske. Private family services were held.
Russell Raymond Miller
Sep 3, 2008
Russell Miller, age 89 of Fairbury passed away on September 3, 2008 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was born on March 11, 1919 in Ellis, Nebraska the son of Orion and Sylvia Thompson Miller. Survivors include his daughters Rowena Cowles and Marcia Carlson and husband Chuck, 7 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Funeral services were...
Nelda Flower
Sep 2, 2008
Nelda Flower, age 92 of Fairbury passed away on September 2, 2008 in Fairbury. She was born June 9, 1916 at Washington, Kansas the daughter of John and Alta Robbins Jandera. Survivors include a brother John Jandera of Pinehurst, NC. Private family services were held.
Herman Alfred Frederick Rohlfing, Jr.
Sep 1, 2008
Herman Alfred Frederick Rohlfing, Jr., age 83 of Fairbury passed away on September 1, 2008. He was born on March 13, 1925 at Plymouth, Nebraska the son of Herman, Sr. and Caroline Schlake Rohlfing. Survivors include his wife Phyllis, son Rex Rohlfing, daughter Amy Dike and husband Steven and 2 grandchildren. Funeral services were on Friday, September 5, 2008...
Omer Marvin Scheuler
Aug 31, 2008
Omer Scheuler, 97 of Hebron passed away on August 31, 2008. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska the son of Benjamin and Mary Schneoblen Scheuler. Survivors include his wife Idella Scheuler of Fairbury, son Marvin and his wife Janice, daughter Velda Graff and husband Dennis, daughter-in-law Lynne Scheuler, 7 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Graveside services were Wednesday, September...
Matthew S. Kroeker
Aug 29, 2008
Matthew Stephen Kroeker, of Jansen, Nebraska was born at rest on August 29, 2008. Survivors include his parents Russell and Lois Kroeker, sister Brittany Kroeker all of Jansen, grandparents Isaac Kroeker of Fairbury, Janice Morrill of Paige, Nebraska, Elwin Morrill and friend Mary Blank of Pierce, Nebraska, aunts and uncles Bob and Amy Kroeker of Jansen, Becky and Glenn...

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