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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Evelyn M Hutt
Apr 2, 2024
Evelyn Mae Hutt, 100, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska.Evelyn Mae Weaver was born to LeRoy and Ethel Koehn Weaver on August 5, 1923, on a farm southwest of Oconto, Nebraska. She attended grade school at District 231 for eight years and graduated from Lexington High School...
Patricia Arlene France
Apr 1, 2024
Patricia Arlene France, 89, formerly of Lexington, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Kearney Regional Medical Center.She was born on December 9, 1934, in North Platte, Nebraska to Darrel and Arlene (Drake) Fellows. She graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1952. She continued her education at Mid Plains Community College where she received her...
Marilyn Kay Licking
Mar 29, 2024
Marilyn Kay Licking 79, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, died on March 29, 2024 at the Bickford Estates in Lincoln, Nebraska where she spent the last year of her life.
Marilyn was born on May 31, 1944 in Lincoln, Nebraska to David and Marie (Kaiser) Filbert. Aside from a short period in Columbus, the family spent most of Marilyn’s early...
Thomas McGuire Slaby
Mar 29, 2024
Thomas McGuire Slaby, 76, of Lakeview, Arkansas, formerly of Nebraska passed away on Friday, March 29, 2024 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.
He was born on June 11, 1947, in Denver, Colorado to Thomas and Vera (McGuire) Slaby.
Tom graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School with the class of 1965. Following high school, Tom joined the United States...
Elsie Linnea Barrett
Mar 28, 2024
Elsie Linnea Carlson Barrett died on March 28, 2024, at her home in Lexington, Nebraska, of complications from cancer at the age of 94.
Born and raised in New London, Connecticut, Elsie graduated from Williams Memorial Institute in 1947 and worked for a year to earn enough money to visit relatives in Sweden. On a frigid January day in 1950,...
Stephen Earl Mingus
Mar 27, 2024
On Wednesday, March 27, Stephen Earl Mingus, age 69, a beloved brother, friend, and neighbor, passed away at the Lexington Regional Hospital. He lost his two year battle with MDS, and finally leukemia complicated by pneumonia.
Steve graduated with the Lexington High School Class of 1973, then studied at both the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the University of Nebraska...
Gary E Gifford
Mar 20, 2024
Gary Eugene Gifford, 84, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family.He was born on January 11, 1940, in Norton, Kansas, to James O. and Rosalie A. (Kjar) Gifford. He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Denver, Colorado with the class of 1958. After high school, Gary joined the...
Gary Scot Wolfe
Mar 13, 2024
Gary Scot Wolfe, 72, of Bertrand, Nebraska passed away on March 13, 2024, in Overland Park, Kansas where he was loved and cared for by the staff of Garden Terrace.
He was born on November 10, 1951, in Lexington, Nebraska to Donald Francis Wolfe and Patricia (Stanford) O’Dell.
Gary graduated from Bear Creek High School in 1970 and entered the United States...
Thomas E. Lauby
Mar 11, 2024
Thomas E. Lauby, 75, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024 at the Bethany Home in Minden.
He was born on January 20, 1949 in Lexington, Nebraska to Clinton W. and Eileen (Thinnes) Lauby. Tom attended public schools in Lexington and graduated from St. Ann’s Catholic High School with the class of 1967.
Following High School, Tom lived in...
John Charles McTygue
Mar 3, 2024
John C. McTygue, 58, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at his home in Overton, Nebraska.He was born on July 15, 1965, in Kearney, Nebraska to James and Barbara (Dickerson) McTygue. He attended public school at Sumner-Eddyville-Miller and graduated with the class of 1984. He then went on to receive a bachelor's degree in business administration...
Melvin Henry Achterberg
Mar 3, 2024
Melvin Henry Achterberg, 92 of Lexington, Nebraska, formerly of Oconto, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Ridgeway Senior Living in Lexington.
He was born April 5, 1931, in Rural Oconto, to Carl and Ida (Camin) Achterberg, the last of nine children. He attended school in rural District No. 217 and graduated from Oconto High School. He was drafted into...
Ma. Magdalena Chavez Escobar
Feb 27, 2024
Ma. Magdalena Chávez Escobar, de 86 años, de Lexington, Nebraska, falleció el martes 27 de febrero de 2024 en CHI Health St. Elizabeth en Lincoln, Nebraska.Nació el 9 de abril de 1937 en Chichihualco, Guerrero, México, hija de Bulmaro Chávez Velez y Hermila Escobar de Chavez. A María le encantaba pasar su tiempo cocinando y haciendo postres para su familia...
Kay Tingelhoff
Feb 23, 2024
MaryLynn Kay Tingelhoff, 83, of Eustis, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, February 23, 2024, peacefully in her home.
Kay was born on June 9, 1940, to Perry and Anne Smith in Lexington, Nebraska, where she was raised. Kay attended high school in Bertrand, Nebraska.
On November 23, 1960, Kay married Lawrence H. Tingelhoff of Lexington, Nebraska, the love of her life. Together,...
Paula Jeane Knapple
Feb 22, 2024
Paula Jeane (Minnick) Knapple, 97, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away peacefully with family surrounding her Thursday, February 22, 2024, at Ridgeway Senior Living in Lexington, Nebraska.
Paula was born during a terrible blizzard on December 6, 1926, in the kitchen of her family’s rural Furnas County log home. She was kept warm by the heat radiating out from the...
Robert Dean Byrns
Feb 19, 2024
Robert Dean Byrns, 78, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024, at Elwood Care Center in Elwood.
He was born on March 15, 1945, in Lexington, Nebraska to James and Verna (Rasmussen) Byrns. He attended Lexington Public Schools and graduated from Lexington High School. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy and began his training at...
Beverly A Foster
Feb 17, 2024
Beverly “Bev” A. Foster, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Brookstone Village in Omaha, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on August 23, 1946, in Cambridge, Nebraska to Harlan and Athol (Black) Hansen. She attended public school in Bartley, Nebraska and graduated from Southwest High School with the class of 1964. Bev was united...
Philip Ed Darby, Jr.
Feb 17, 2024
Philip "Ed" Darby, Jr., 93, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Tabitha Prairie Commons in Grand Island surrounded by his loving family.He was born on October 16, 1930, near Darr, Nebraska to Philip Edwin Darby Sr. and Clara B. Strohmyer. He graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1948. In 1951, Ed...
William Ralph Fread
Feb 12, 2024
William "Bill" R. Fread, 74, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2024, at his home in Lexington, surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on June 29, 1949, in Petersburg, Virginia to Harold Lee and Lorene Ruth (Mansir) Fread. The family spent many years traveling and spent some time in El Paso, Texas, where Bill graduated from...
Linda Jane Mins
Feb 9, 2024
Linda Jane Mins, 72, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2024, at Emerald Nursing and Rehab in Cozad, Nebraska.
She was born on May 26, 1951, in Pontiac, Illinois, to C. Harold and Dorothy Mae (Bruner) Colvin. Her family moved to Miller, South Dakota five years later. She attended Miller High School where she graduated with the class...
Roger Portillo Estrada
Feb 7, 2024
Roger Portillo Estrada, 57, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at his home in Elwood.Those left to cherish his memory are his three children, Kimberly Aguila, Roger Portillo, and Brian Portillo.Funeral Services will be held on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington with Pastor Rex Adams, officiating.Visitation will be...
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