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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Homer Lloyd Parks
Jan 28, 2008
Homer Lloyd Parks, 83, of Callaway, died January 28, 2008, at Callaway District Hospital. He was born on May 3, 1924, at Page, Nebraska, to Harold and Minnie (Park) Parks. Homer was born and raised in Page, Nebraska. He was united in marriage to Maxine Arrants on September 22, 1944, at Bridgeport, Nebraska. To this union three children were born:...
Norma Louise Rickel
Jan 15, 2008
Norma Louise Rickel, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born February 4, 1930, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, to Gerald and Edith (Saal) Young. Norma moved to many different towns, because of her father’s job, prior to coming to Lexington as a sophomore in high school. She graduated from...
Francis John "Johnny" Anthony
Jan 10, 2008
Francis John “Johnny” Anthony, 92, of rural Lexington, died Thursday, January 10, 2008, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born March 10, 1915, on the family farm northwest of Lexington, Nebraska, to Luther Francis and Elizabeth (Peters) Anthony. Johnny attended rural Dawson County District North #22 school and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1933....
William James Dunford
Jan 7, 2008
William James “Willie” Dunford, 62, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, January 7, 2008, at his home in Lexington. He was born July 14, 1945, at Peckham, England, southeast of London, to William and Florrie Dunford. Willie came to the United States in 1978, and lived in Anacortes, Washington. He married Rebecca Moe and to this union one child was born,...
Minnie Tillie Schultze
Jan 5, 2008
Minnie Tillie Schultze, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born to Fred and Mary (Lange) Schultze on a farm south of Mason City, Nebraska on December 23, 1913. She was baptized January 25, 1914, in Litchfield, Nebraska. In 1920, she moved with her family to a farm north...
Ralph Edward Weichel, Sr.
Jan 4, 2008
Ralph Edward Weichel, Sr. 93, of Kearney, Nebraska, died Friday, January 4, 2008, at St. Luke’s Good Samaritan Village in Kearney, where he had been a resident since 2006. He was born October 18, 1914, at Clinton, Missouri, to Aaron Benjamin and Anna Lydia (Epperson) Weichel. Ralph was united in marriage to Mildred “Dodi” Duncan on October 23, 1934, at...
Gladys Marjorie Knoedler
Dec 30, 2007
Gladys M. Knoedler, 92, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed on to meet our Lord, Sunday, December 30, 2007, at Hospice House in Omaha. She was born September 13, 1915, near Lexington, Nebraska, to Charles and Dollie (Dingee) Brand. Gladys attended District #37 school at Darr and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1932. On June 7, 1936, she...
Mina Lydia West
Dec 29, 2007
Lydia West, 91, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, December 29, 2007, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born June 3, 1916, at Arlington, Minnesota to Carl Wilhelm and Elizabeth K. (Letzrik) Wirth. Lydia moved with her family to the Scottsbluff/Gering area when she was just a baby, moving to Lexington in 1929. She was united in marriage to...
Joe Dale Sill
Dec 27, 2007
Joe D. Sill, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, December 27, 2007, at Mt. Clair Skilled Nursing Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born May 29, 1915, at Eustis, Nebraska, to James H. and Effie C. (Cole) Sill. Joe grew up in the Lexington area with a farming background. He was a graduate of Lexington High School with the class...
Esther Marie Holbein
Dec 21, 2007
Esther M. Holbein, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, December 21, 2007, at Golden Living Center in Cozad, Nebraska. Esther was born on July 30, 1911, at Cozad, Nebraska, to Laurids and Anna (Viig) Hansen. She graduated from beauty school and owned and operated a beauty salon with her sister in Cozad for a short period of time. On April...
Raymond Joseph Fagot
Dec 20, 2007
Raymond Joseph Fagot, 65, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, December 20, 2007, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Raymond was born June 2, 1942, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Joseph and Alene (Wilson) Fagot. Raymond graduated from Lexington High School in 1960. Following graduation, Raymond enlisted in the United States Navy; where he served his Country proudly for four years. Raymond served...
Deloris June Stout
Dec 18, 2007
Deloris “Dee” Stout, 65, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at her home in Lexington following a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born June 30, 1942, at Fairbury, Nebraska, to Pearl and Helen (Trefethen) Wehrli. Deloris moved as a young girl with her family to Lexington in 1947. She attended elementary school in Lexington and graduated...
Dorothy Emigene Bonde
Dec 15, 2007
Dorothy Emigene (Sterner) Bonde, 93, of Kearney, Nebraska, died Saturday, December 15, 2007, at the home of her grandson, Frank Bonde and his wife Lori, in Kearney. She was born April 12, 1914, in Callaway, Nebraska, to Charles W. and Emma May (Beckwith) Sterner. She attended Callaway Public Schools, graduating from high school in 1931. In high school she played...
Elizabeth Joy Pfeiffer
Dec 11, 2007
Elizabeth Joy “Beth” Pfeiffer, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, died at her home, Tuesday, December 11, 2007. She was born June 10, 1924, at Elwood, Nebraska, to Earl and Carolina (Harms) Salisbury. Beth spent her entire life in the Elwood and Lexington areas. She graduated from Elwood High School with the class of 1942. She was united in marriage to Floyd...
Lily Marie Ourada
Dec 10, 2007
Lily Marie (Henderson) Ourada, 88, of Kearney, Nebraska, passed away Monday, December 10, 2007, at St. Luke’s Good Samaritan Village in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born November 23, 1919, in rural Phelps County, Nebraska, to Fred and Mabel (Ecklund) Henderson. Lily grew up in Sumner, Nebraska where she attended high school and received her teaching certificate from Kearney State Teacher’s...
Jean McVicker Crawford Strickland
Dec 5, 2007
Jean McVicker Crawford Strickland, 90, of Reno, Nevada, died December 5, 2007, at Reno, Nevada. She had been in declining health since experiencing congestive heart failure in late May and suffering a mini-stroke September 20. She was born March 31, 1918, at Oxnard, California, to Walter and Pearl (McVicker) Crawford. Jean lived in Lexington from 1953 to 1955, teaching in...
Paul Anders Andersen
Nov 24, 2007
Paul A. Andersen, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, November 24, 2007, at BryanLGH East Medical Center in Lincoln. He was born May 13, 1926, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Anders Gade and Catherine (Smith) Andersen. Paul grew up on the ranch northwest of Lexington and was a lifetime member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. He graduated from Cozad High School...
Bonnie Kay Allen
Nov 21, 2007
Bonnie Kay Allen, 67, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born January 22, 1940, at Grand Island, Nebraska, to Othel Keith and Ida Kay (Carpenter) Maybon. Bonnie’s mother died during childbirth and Bonnie was raised by her stepmother, Opal Phoebe Medbery. She was baptized in to the Methodist Church...
Lola Belle Johnson
Nov 20, 2007
Lola B. Johnson, 84, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born August l7, 1923, at North Platte, Nebraska, to Leonard and Grace (Henry) Applegate. Lola was a 1941 graduate of Cozad High School. She then moved to Detroit, Michigan during WWII, where she worked in an Aircraft factory. Following the...
Lawrence Edward Loose
Nov 19, 2007
Lawrence Edward Loose, 83, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away Monday, November 19, 2007, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born March 1, 1924, at Brush, Colorado to George P. and Pauline (Kaufman) Loose. Larry received his schooling at Brush and entered the United States Navy on March 26, 1943, until he was Honorably Discharged on February...
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