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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Marjorie Jane Burnett
Feb 25, 2013
Marjorie J. Burnett, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013, at Park Avenue Estates in Lexington. She was born June 30, 1922, in Smithfield, Nebraska, to Charles and Elizabeth (Melosh) Carroll. Marjorie graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1937. Following graduation she worked for Smith Law Firm in Lexington. On September 19, 1942, she...
Robert Bruce Rapp
Feb 24, 2013
Robert Bruce Rapp, 74, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. He was born February 10, 1939, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Robert Beckwith and Carol (Powers) Rapp. Robert attended school and graduated from Palmer High School in Colorado Springs with the class of 1957. He was united in marriage to Georgiann...
Matthew Alan Dukes
Feb 20, 2013
Matt Dukes, 38, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. Matt was born March 20, 1974, in Aurora, Nebraska to Wilson and Judy (Anderson) Dukes. He spent his early childhood on the farm outside Aurora and attended grade school in Aurora. In 1983, Matt, his parents and brothers, Wilson, III, and Michael, moved to...
Kristina Leigh Anne Allen
Feb 20, 2013
Kristina Allen, 19, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, in an automobile accident near Giltner, Nebraska. She was born June 12, 1993, in North Platte, Nebraska to David Allen and Ann Marie Dauel. Kristina attended grade school in Florida and middle school at Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She moved to Callaway in 2007, where she attended school and...
Donald Edward "Don" Lahm
Feb 10, 2013
Donald Edward “Don” Lahm, 86, of Lexington, Nebraska, was called home Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. Don was born June 3, 1926, at Sumner NE, to Arthur Jacob “Dude” Lahm and Ruby Pearl (Fleming) Lahm, the youngest of four boys. He was educated in Sumner and graduated in 1943, and furthered his education at auctioneer school...
Burdette L. "Ronnie" Ronnau
Feb 7, 2013
Burdette L. “Ronnie” Ronnau, 86, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. He was born October 26, 1926, in Otoe County, Nebraska, 4½ miles north of Syracuse, to Floyd and Melda (Finke) Ronnau. Ronnie started school at Klondike District #37 through the 5th grade, then Pawnee District #43 through the 7th grade, and...
Ardis W. Smith
Feb 2, 2013
Ardis W. Smith, 88, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. She was born May 1, 1924, in Kearney, Nebraska, to Harry and Dortha (Bowen) Wilke. Ardis was a 1941 graduate of Wood River High School. She then went onto further her education at Kearney State Teacher’s College. She taught for a time...
Ruth Evelyn Anderson
Feb 1, 2013
Ruth Evelyn Anderson, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Friday, February 1, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. She was born December 6, 1927, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Paul I. and Viola M. (Goldstein) Stevens. Ruth was a 1945 graduate of Lincoln High School. Following graduation she worked for Russell-Stover Candy and Western Electric. Ruth was united in marriage to...
David Rodney "Big Nuts" Lawhead
Jan 30, 2013
David Rodney “Big Nuts” Lawhead, 61, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away suddenly of a heart attack, Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. He was born December 29, 1951, in Jamestown, New York, to Donald and Marcia (Gustafson) Lawhead. He grew up and attended school in Oneonta, New York, graduating from Oneonta High School...
Harold Arthur Chase
Jan 26, 2013
Harold Arthur Chase, 91, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, January 26, 2013, at his home. He was born on March 18, 1921, in Mason City, Nebraska, to Jess & Lillie Mae (Davis) Chase. Harold grew up in Mason City and attended school there graduating with the class of 1941. He was an outstanding basketball player and team captain. He married...
Bert Eugene Ogg
Jan 19, 2013
Bert Eugene Ogg, 82, of Madrid, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, Nebraska. He was born June 16, 1930, in Custer County, Nebraska to Fredrick Charles and Leota Marie (Mason) Ogg. Bert attended school in Cozad, Nebraska and lived in the Cozad/Lexington area most of his life, until moving to Madrid to be...
Verna A. Ohlmann
Jan 18, 2013
Verna A. Ohlmann, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. She was born August 18, 1920, near Ayr, Nebraska, to Herman and Christine (Krueger) Plautz. Verna grew up in the Ayr area and then moved to Shelton. She moved to Kearney, Nebraska in 1938, this is where she met her future husband,...
Glenn Lloyd Rohde
Jan 15, 2013
Glenn L. Rohde, 79, life-long resident of Eddyville and Sumner, Nebraska, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at Callaway Good Life Center. He was born March 9, 1933, the 5th child and 3rd son of Roland and Mayme (Anderson) Rohde in Eddyville. He graduated from Eddyville High School with the class of 1951, and went on to further his education at...
Edsel Paul Chandler
Jan 14, 2013
Edsel Paul Chandler, 87, of Smithfield, Nebraska, passed away Monday, January 14, 2013, at Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born February 7, 1925, in Lexington, Nebraska to John J. and Ethel A. (Alkire) Chandler. He attended school in Overton, Nebraska. Edsel was united in marriage to Agnes Hagan on September 11, 1951, in Overton. Four children were...
G. Hanford Smith
Jan 13, 2013
G. Hanford Smith, 93, long-time Lexington Businessman, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center. He was born September 21, 1919, in Lexington, Nebraska to Hanford D. and Katie (Pratt) Smith. Hanford grew up in Lexington where he attended school and graduated with the Lexington High School class of 1937. Following high school he worked in a...
Donald LeRoy "Donny" McGinnis
Jan 10, 2013
Donald L. “Donny” McGinnis, 48, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born March 2, 1964, in Cozad, Nebraska to Franklin Robert and Clara Louise (Zogg) McGinnis. Donny graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1982. Following graduation he worked for Cornland Dressed Beef, Orthman Manufacturing and Monroe...
Donald Dean Barta
Jan 9, 2013
Donald D. Barta, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. Donald was born February 27, 1931, at Sumner, Nebraska, to Mike G. and Eva A. (Warner) Barta. He was united in marriage to Helen Ropers on October 3, 1954, at Callaway Lutheran Church in Callaway, Nebraska. Five children were blessed to...
Dean Shadel
Jan 7, 2013
Dean Shadel, 91, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013, at Callaway Good Life Center. Dean was born August 5, 1921, to Samuel B. and Bertha Ellen (Wells) Shadel, on a ranch south of Callaway, Nebraska. He grew up in the Callaway area, graduating from Callaway High School with the class of 1940. He lived in Wyoming and...
Inez Marie Cunningham
Jan 6, 2013
Inez Marie Cunningham, 94, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Eddyville and Lexington, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Tabitha Health Care in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born January 19, 1918, on the Brown family farm Northeast of Sumner, Nebraska, to Wray and Sophie (Snurr) Brown. She attended primary school at Victory Hill until moving to Park Valley in the...
Marjorie Jean Stewart
Jan 6, 2013
Marjorie Jean Stewart, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Elwood Care Center in Elwood. Marjorie was born November 14, 1925, in Lexington to William and Hazel (McCall) Britton. She spent her entire life in Lexington. She graduated from Lexington High School. Marjorie was united in marriage to Stanley Stewart on May 27, 1946. The marriage...
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