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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Pauline Marie Dodson
Apr 30, 2013
Pauline Marie Dodson, 100, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born August 17, 1912, in Cambridge, Nebraska, to Ray William and Hazel Pearle (Carter) Coleman. She was a 1931 graduate of Cambridge High School. Pauline lived in the Cambridge area until moving to Lexington in 1947. In 1934,...
Naomi Marie Hothem
Apr 28, 2013
Naomi Marie (Williams) Hothem, 81, of Sumner, Nebraska, passed away with celebration into Heaven Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Mt. Carmel Keens Memorial in Kearney. She loved getting ready for church and this was an especially great church day for her. Naomi was born August 8, 1931, the youngest child of twelve, born to Trever Tennyson and Lindsay Ann (Patterson)...
Garry Lee Herrmann
Apr 28, 2013
Garry Lee Herrmann, 69, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Omaha Veteran’s Hospital. Garry was born June 30, 1943, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Larry and Evelyn (Johnson) Herrmann. His younger years were spent in Grand Island. He later relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah with his mother and sister. This is where he graduated...
Eugene Allen Smith, Sr.
Apr 25, 2013
Eugene Allen Smith, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, after a courageous fight with lung cancer. He was born in Toronto, Kansas on December 19, 1931, to Marion Francis (Frank) and Elsie (Wooten) Smith. He was one of seven children. Gene served in the United States Army and is...
Marvin "Barney" W. Hickenbottom
Apr 24, 2013
Marvin W. “Barney” Hickenbottom, 95, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Callaway Good Life Center. He was born August 12, 1917, in Callaway, Nebraska to Rolla Clifford & Frances Addie (Schreyer) Hickenbottom. He was a 1934 graduate of Gandy High School in Logan County. Following school Barney farmed and moved from Arnold back to Callaway in...
Carol Ann Linden
Apr 20, 2013
Carol Ann Linden, 69, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 20, 1944, in St. Francis, Kansas, to Garnet Vinton and Bessie Pearl (Baker) Gilmore. Carol graduated from Osborne High School with the class of 1962, in Osborne, Kansas. Following graduation she attended...
Norine M. Quitmeyer
Apr 18, 2013
Norine (Landercasper) Quitmeyer, 94 of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. She was born on March 3, 1919, to Henry and Marvel (Hayden) Landercasper in Hillside Precinct, Dawson County, Nebraska. She was baptized on April 21, 1935, at Buffalo Grove Presbyterian Church and was confirmed at First Lutheran Church, Buffalo, on...
Norma Jean Bappe
Apr 15, 2013
Norma Jean Bappe, 78, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013, at Help for Health Hospice Home in Riverton, Wyoming. Norma Jean Henderson was born September 9, 1934, to Ross and Faye (Goedert) Henderson in Lexington, Nebraska. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1952. She lived in and around Lexington her entire life with the exception of...
Loma June Ballenger
Apr 9, 2013
Loma J. Ballenger, 89, of Callaway, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Callaway Good Life Center. She was born June 10, 1923, in Callaway, Nebraska, to William J. and Etta May (Weaver) Longmore. Loma attended Hillside rural school near Callaway. She was united in marriage to Carl W. Ballenger on June 29, 1946, in Callaway....
Lamoine D. Duis
Apr 8, 2013
Lamoine D. Duis, 61, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013, at his home in Lexington, following a courageous fight with cancer. He was born June 17, 1951, in Gothenburg, Nebraska to George and Leona (Sommer) Duis. He attended school at Gothenburg. Lamoine was united in marriage to Linda Defruiter on April 1, 1967, in Gothenburg. Two sons...
John F. Kruse
Apr 3, 2013
John F. Kruse, 88, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Solara Hospital in McAllen, Texas. John was born January 13, 1925, at York, Nebraska, to Johann and Helen (Kruse) Kruse, the second of eight children. He graduated from Burchard High School with the class of 1941. He was united in marriage to Lillian (Fran) Weakland on...
David Paul Anderson
Mar 31, 2013
David Paul Anderson, 63, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013, following a brave fight with cancer, at the Anderson Home place. He was born January 12, 1950, in Lexington, Nebraska to James B. and Kathleen E. (Norris) Anderson. David attended rural school at District #59 through the 8th grade. He then went onto graduate from Lexington...
Rachel Ann Hild
Mar 28, 2013
Rachel A. Hild, 74, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Cozad. She was born September 24, 1938, in Oconto, Nebraska to Walter and Effie (Elston) Garringer. Rachel graduated from Plattsmouth High School with the class of 1957. She was united in marriage to Dale Hild on June 9, 1962, at Christ Lutheran...
Jean G. Apgar
Mar 26, 2013
Jean G. Apgar, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Jean was born November 8, 1929, in Amherst, Nebraska, to Fred and Edna A. (Freeze) Holliday. She moved with her family to Lexington when she was 8 years old. She attended rural school near Lexington and then Lexington High School. She...
E. Jayne Pierce
Mar 24, 2013
Jayne Pierce, 93, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Callaway Good Life Center. She was born May 16, 1919, in Loup City, Nebraska, to Rudolph Paul and Rose E. (Rowe) Schweitzer. She attended school in Loup City and graduated with the class of 1936. She taught school following her Normal Training for two years. She was...
Berdena M. "Bernie" Gartner
Mar 24, 2013
Berdena M. “Bernie” Gartner, 89, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Elwood Care Center. Bernie was born October 13, 1923, in Edison, Nebraska, to Hugh and Bernice (Stevens) Deselms, the second of 4 children. The family moved to the Albin, Wyoming area when she was a child. She graduated from Albin High School in 1941....
Pauline Copass Trowbridge
Mar 21, 2013
Pauline Trowbridge, 90, of Cozad, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, at the Cozad Community Hospital. She was born December 11, 1922, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Sam and Della (Pitts) Hall. Pauline attended Cozad Public Schools. Her working years found her working for the care home in Cozad and Nebraska...
Pastor Richard W. Schwarz
Mar 19, 2013
Pastor Richard W. Schwarz, 90, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Cozad. Richard Walter Schwarz was born January 2, 1923, to Matthaeus and Katherine (Weisz) Schwarz, on a farm southwest of Hazen, North Dakota. He graduated from Wartburg College of Waverly, Iowa in 1946, and then from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque,...
Robert Emmett McTygue
Mar 17, 2013
Robert Emmett McTygue, 88, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away St. Patrick’s Day Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Bob was born on Halloween October 31, 1924, the perfect beginning and ending for a true Irishman. He was born at home on the family farm south of Eddyville, Nebraska, to Frank McTygue and Mary Veronica “Vera”...
Michael Richard Streit
Mar 16, 2013
Michael Richard Streit, 54, of Bertrand, Nebraska, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege. He was born December 27, 1958, at Great Lakes Naval Base in North Chicago, Illinois, to Larry and Janice (Dickson) Streit, the oldest of eight children. Mike attended school in Overton and graduated from Overton High School with the...
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