Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

W. June Taylor

W. June Taylor

Jul 16, 2012

June Taylor, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, July 16, 2012, at Lexington Regional Medical Center. She was born June 9, 1925, in Headrick, Oklahoma to Leonard and Lela (Ricks) Knox. She was a 1943 graduate of Warren High School in Warren, Oklahoma. June was united in marriage to Dale Taylor on June 3, 1945, in Fort Worth, Texas. Two...

Carolina Faudoa Saenz

Carolina Faudoa Saenz

Jul 16, 2012

Carolina Faudoa Saenz, 72, of Lexington, Nebraska, formerly of Chihuahua, Mexico, passed away Monday, July 16, 2012, at her home in Lexington. She was born April 15, 1940, in Chihuahua, Mexico to Enrique and Carolina (Rodriguez) Faudoa. She attended school in Mexico and was married to Fidel Saenz in Mexico. Carolina moved to Lexington in 2000 after the death of...

Ellsworth Alven Clyde

Ellsworth Alven Clyde

Jul 10, 2012

Ellsworth Alven Clyde, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the WEL-Life at Plum Creek in Lexington. He was born June 1, 1935, in McGrew, Nebraska to Cyrus E. and Zena (Evans) Clyde. Ellsworth was a 1952 graduate of Spencer High School. He was baptized in Spalding, Nebraska and worked as a farmhand while living in Nebraska,...

Peggy L. Childress

Peggy L. Childress

Jul 10, 2012

Peggy L. Childress, 84, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center. Peggy was born September 18, 1927, at Stamford, Nebraska to Archie A. and Sadie N. (Davis) Longsine. Following Peggy’s graduation from Stamford High School in 1944, she went onto further her education at Lincoln School of Commerce. She moved to Lexington in...

Eric Alonso Avalos

Eric Alonso Avalos

Jul 9, 2012

Eric Alonso Avalos, 28, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, July 9, 2012, at the Lexington Regional Health Center. He was born November 3, 1983, in McAllen, Texas to Alonso and Norma (Pineda) Avalos. Eric grew up in Alamo, Texas and attended school at Donna, Texas. After his schooling he moved to Minnesota for a time where he worked in the...

Katherine Marie Willets

Katherine Marie Willets

Jul 8, 2012

Katherine Marie Willets, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Katherine was born June 28, 1918, on the family farm south of Leigh, Nebraska, to Adolph and Anna (Loseke) Kumpf. She was the second oldest of ten children. She attended a country school south of Leigh through the 8th grade. Her family...

Janette Sue Coons

Janette Sue Coons

Jul 5, 2012

Janette Sue Coons, 75, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born December 26, 1936, in Pound, Virginia, to Lawrence & Lockie (Shortt) Waltz. She was united in marriage to Gerald Dean Coons in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1956. To this union three boys were born: Rick, Ron & Randy. Sue...

Camden James Ward

Camden James Ward

Jul 3, 2012

Camden James Ward, 10, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in a car accident near Johnson City, Kansas. He was born May 30, 2002, in Kearney, Nebraska to Thomas and Malena (Rhoades) Ward. Camden just completed 4th grade in the Dual Language Program at Bryan Elementary School in Lexington. He was full of life and had a...

Maxine E. (Arrants) Parks

Maxine E. (Arrants) Parks

Jun 30, 2012

Maxine E. (Arrants) Parks, 85, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born August 29, 1926, in Bayard, Nebraska, to John B. & Elsie B. (Fiscus) Arrants. Maxine grew up in Morrill County and attended schools in Angora and Bridgeport. She was united in marriage to Homer Parks on September...

Kenneth A. Hodgson

Kenneth A. Hodgson

Jun 29, 2012

Kenneth A. Hodgson, 88, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, June 29, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center. Ken was born February 27, 1924, at Lexington, Nebraska to Oliver and Essie (McClamrock) Hodgson. He attended school in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1942. He was united in marriage to Gladys Clements on May 14, 1944,...

Margie Helen Headley

Margie Helen Headley

Jun 26, 2012

Margie H. Headley, 83, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center. She was born August 27, 1928, in Callaway, Nebraska, to Cleveland A. & Mattie M. (Price) Pitkin. Margie graduated from Callaway High School in 1945. Margie attended Kearney Normal School, where she received her teaching certificate. She married Dean Headley on July...

Wynonna LaVonne Smith

Wynonna LaVonne Smith

Jun 14, 2012

Wynonna LaVonne Myers Smith, 94, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center. Born in Callaway, Nebraska, May 26, 1918, she was the daughter of Troy and Ruth Maze Myers and was married for sixty-nine years to her best friend and the love of her life, Foster Smith, who preceded her in death....

Jerry Jester Keyser

Jerry Jester Keyser

Jun 10, 2012

Jerry Jester Keyser, 80, of Callaway, Nebraska, formerly of Arnold, died Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Callaway District Hospital in Callaway, following a lengthy illness. Jerry was born January 19, 1932, at Kearney Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, to Lester and Emma (Cruise) Keyser. Jerry moved to Arnold, Nebraska in September of 1946, where he met his future bride, Jo Anne...

Gary F. "Shubie" Shubert

Gary F. "Shubie" Shubert

May 21, 2012

Gary Frank “Shubie” Shubert, 75, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at his home in rural Lexington. He was born February 3, 1937, in rural Elm Creek, Nebraska to E. Frank and Alice (Wolf) Shubert. Gary attended rural school near Elm Creek and graduated from Elm Creek High School in 1954. In 1955, Gary enlisted in the...

Esther Reinhardt

Esther Reinhardt

May 15, 2012

Esther Reinhardt, 88, of North Platte, Nebraska, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Linden Court in North Platte, Nebraska, where she has spent the past 3 ½ years battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Esther was born April 14, 1924, in Cozad, Nebraska to Alex Schneider and Amelia (Moore) Schneider. She attended school at Cozad. Esther worked at Russell Stover’s in Lincoln and...

Jerry Donald "J.D." Finley

Jerry Donald "J.D." Finley

May 14, 2012

Jerry D. “J.D.” Finley, 48, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. Jerry was born April 30, 1964, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of loving adoptive parents, Jerry E. and B. Janice (Smith) Finley. Jerry was a 1983 high school graduate of Centennial High School near Utica, Nebraska. He...

Florence Elizabeth Lantz

Florence Elizabeth Lantz

May 12, 2012

Florence Elizabeth Lantz, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012, at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Florence spent her life in Lexington, born November 15, 1915, to Roscoe and Florence (Allen) Fellers. She was raised on a farm southeast of Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School in 1933. She was united in marriage on...

Dale Denton Walston

Dale Denton Walston

May 11, 2012

Dale D. Walston, 92, of Elwood, Nebraska, died Friday, May 11, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. He was born August 29, 1919, at Lexington, Nebraska to John H. and Rena (Tullis) Walston. Dale attended school at Lexington. He was united in marriage to Virginia Leonard on April 3, 1942, at Ventura, California. One daughter was blessed to...

Ruth Woehrle

Ruth Woehrle

May 7, 2012

Ruth Woehrle, 84, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington, Nebraska. Ruth was born September 24, 1927, at Bridgeport, Nebraska to Alex Schneider and Amelia (Moore) Schneider. Ruth attended school at Cozad, Nebraska. On November 22, 1943, she married Arnold Woehrle and to this union four children were born. Ruth was...

Gale Morgan Payton

Gale Morgan Payton

May 5, 2012

Gale Morgan Payton, age 80, of Encampment, Wyoming took his final flight to be with Jesus on May 5, 2012, at Encampment, WY. He was born the youngest of nine children on Jan 8, 1932, in Callaway, Nebraska. As a youth he grew up on the old N.M. Morgan Homestead, just a half mile north of town. He loved building...