Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Donald Dean Hofferber

Donald Dean Hofferber

Nov 22, 2011

Donald D. Hofferber, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born May 18, 1926, at Lexington, Nebraska to George and Ida (Hatfield) Hofferber. Don attended school at Lexington and was a 1944 graduate of Lexington High School. He was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Lexington in...

Jayson Thomas Maloley

Jayson Thomas Maloley

Nov 14, 2011

Jayson Thomas Maloley, 60, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born May 8, 1951, at Lexington, Nebraska to Faud N. and Wanda A. (Maalouli) Maloley. Jayson attended District #17 country school and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1969. He then attended Kearney State College. Jayson...

Gordon Max Jensen

Gordon Max Jensen

Nov 12, 2011

Gordon M. Jensen, 84, of Grand Island, Nebraska, formerly of Callaway and Overton, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Good Samaritan Village in Grand Island. He was born April 15, 1927, at Palmer, Nebraska to Horace V. and Christina (Williamsen) Jensen. He attended school at Callaway and graduated from Oconto High School with the class of 1945. He then...

Margaret Fern "Peg" Newton

Margaret Fern "Peg" Newton

Nov 9, 2011

Margaret Fern “Peg” Newton, 87, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at Callaway District Hospital. She was born August 31, 1924, at Callaway, Nebraska to Ralph and Elsie (Myers) Miller. Peg graduated from Callaway High School in 1942 and attended and graduated from Business College in Hastings. She met Billy Richard Newton – in a bowling alley. They...

Lorraine Olivene G'Schwind

Lorraine Olivene G'Schwind

Nov 7, 2011

Lorraine O. G’Schwind, 91, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born August 8, 1920, at Merna, Nebraska to Arthur and Hulda (Nitz) Hirsch. Lorraine attended Wayside country school and graduated from Merna High School with the class of 1937. She was united in marriage to Herbert Arthur G’Schwind on...

Daniel C. Peppler

Daniel C. Peppler

Nov 6, 2011

Daniel C. Peppler, 74, of rural Cozad, Nebraska, died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. He was born July 2, 1937, at Detroit, Michigan to Clare I. and Helen Irene (Williams) Peppler. His early years were spent in Alanson, MI with his parents and sisters Marjorie and Patricia. Dan moved to Miami, Florida with...

Foster Smtih

Foster Smtih

Oct 23, 2011

Foster Smith, 92, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011, at the Callaway District Hospital in Callaway. Foster was born January 10, 1919, in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Foster was the son of Russell and Rhoda (Speas) Smith. He was married to the love and the center of his life, LaVonne Myers, for 69 years. Foster graduated from Callaway...

H. Keith White

H. Keith White

Oct 23, 2011

H. Keith White, 89, of Lexington, died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at the Lexington Regional Hospital. Keith was born June 25, 1922, in Lexington, Nebraska to Harold Clifford and Hazel Valentine (Dunlap) White. Keith was a 1940 graduate of Lexington High School and attended the University of Nebraska Ag College. He married Pauline Corder on March 24, 1944, in Lexington...

Virginia Alice Walston

Virginia Alice Walston

Oct 22, 2011

Virginia A. Walston, 91, of Elwood, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the Lexington Regional Health Center. She was born on March 24, 1920, to John H. and Mary Ellen (Cronin) Leonard, in Atlanta, Nebraska. Virginia grew up in the Beaver City area and graduated from Beaver City High School in 1940. Following graduation, Virginia moved...

Junior Eugene Roberts

Junior Eugene Roberts

Oct 19, 2011

Junior E. Roberts, 83, of rural Eddyville, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born December 4, 1927 at Kimball, Nebraska to Ray and Amelia (Mikkelson) Roberts. Junior grew up and attended school in Weld County, Colorado and moved to Eddyville after marrying Sarah M. (Warner) Wiley on November 12,...

Fred C. Warnemunde, Jr.

Fred C. Warnemunde, Jr.

Oct 15, 2011

Fred Warnemunde, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, October 15, 2011, at The Landing Assisted Living in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born November 30, 1916 in Oconto, Nebraska to Fred and Olga (Rohwer) Warnemunde. Fred was a 1933 graduate of Lexington High School and attended Kearney State College and University of Nebraska. He was a charter member of the Phi...

Ila Irene Leach

Ila Irene Leach

Oct 10, 2011

Ila “Irene” Leach, 76, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born May 28, 1935, in Kearney, Nebraska to Albert and Nora (Hodge) Dobberstein. Irene attended school at Kearney and graduated from Kearney High School with the class of 1953. She was united in marriage to Clifford “Paige”...

Christian Matthew Lauby

Christian Matthew Lauby

Oct 10, 2011

Christian Matthew Lauby, 96, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011, at his home near Lexington in the care of his children. He was born October 24, 1914, on the farm south of Darr to Michael J. and Elizabeth (Kjar) Lauby. Chris attended and graduated from Regis High School in Denver, CO. He was drafted in the...

Stanley Delmar Knudsen

Stanley Delmar Knudsen

Oct 7, 2011

Stanley Delmar Knudsen, 84, of Paris, Texas, former long-time Lexington resident, passed away peacefully Friday, October 7, 2011, in Paris, Texas. Stanley had moved to Paris, Texas and resided at Springlake Assisted Living. Stanley was born April 5, 1927, in Cozad, Nebraska to Soren and Anna (Rasmussen) Knudsen. He married Jean Louise Allaway on June 26, 1949, in Homer, Nebraska....

Minnie May Wolf

Minnie May Wolf

Oct 3, 2011

Minnie May Wolf, 88, of Kearney, Nebraska, passed away Monday, October 3, 2011, at Mt. Carmel Home Keens Memorial in Kearney. She was born May 19, 1923, in Spalding, Nebraska to James A. and Rosa (Hemenway) Harvey. On March 18, 1944, she married Steven Lenno Wolf, in North Platte, Nebraska. He died on October 7, 1971. She attended country school...

Madonna Nichelson

Madonna Nichelson

Oct 3, 2011

Madonna Nichelson, 82, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, October 3, 2011, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born June 6, 1929, at Omaha, Nebraska to Claude and Edna (Lobdell) Janson. The family moved to Cozad when she was in the 8th grade, where she finished her schooling. She was united in marriage to Jim Nichelson...

Harold Dale Lantz

Harold Dale Lantz

Oct 1, 2011

Harold Lantz, 80, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born March 22, 1931, in Dawson County, Nebraska to William L. and Mabel (DeVol) Lantz. Harold was a Lexington High School graduate and worked in the welding business. Harold was united in marriage to Clara Hemphill on December 26, 1988 in...

Jerry Joe Hernandez

Jerry Joe Hernandez

Sep 30, 2011

Jerry J. Hernandez, 63, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, September 30, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on September 30, 1948, in Axtell, Nebraska, to John G. & Lydia (Michael) Hernandez. Jerry attended grade school in Lexington and graduated from St. Ann’s High School in Lexington. Following High School, Jerry worked various jobs; including, eight...

David Ray Hodgson

David Ray Hodgson

Sep 30, 2011

David R. Hodgson, 60, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, September 30, 2011, at his home. David was born May 15, 1951, at Lexington, Nebraska to L. Arbor and Fern Iola (Bell) Hodgson. He grew up on the family farm east of Lexington and graduated from Overton High School with the class of 1969, while in high school David played...

James Earl Jewett

James Earl Jewett

Sep 24, 2011

James Earl Jewett, 70, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011, the result of a car accident southeast of Lexington, Nebraska. He was born March 30, 1941, at Smithfield, Nebraska to Thomas Rufus and Mary Ethel (Brown) Jewett. He attended country school at District #48 and then high school at Overton. Jim was involved in the family farm...