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Lexington NE Obituaries
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Kevin Vargas
Aug 21, 2011
Kevin Vargas, 4, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, August 21, 2011, at his home in Lexington, Nebraska, surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 19, 2007, at Lexington, Nebraska to Fredy and Maria Guadalupe (Guido) Vargas. Kevin was diagnosed with Leukemia one year ago. He loved doing all the things any little...
Jeff M. Zediker
Aug 20, 2011
Jeff M. Zediker, 49, of Overton, Nebraska, died Saturday, August 20, 2011, at his home in Overton, following a valiant fight with pancreatic cancer. He was born October 18, 1961, at Battle Creek, Iowa to Clark Muckey and Dorothy (Pyle) Rediker. Jeff attended school at Mapleton, Iowa and worked as a carpenter/contractor his entire working career. Jeff was one of...
Berenice Lillian Libal
Aug 20, 2011
Berenice L. Libal, 94, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born December 7, 1916, at Hebron, Nebraska to Benjamin G. and Bertha (Ahlschwede) Velte. She grew up in rural Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School. She graduated from the University of Nebraska and taught school at Virginia,...
Caroline Jeanette Wamsley
Aug 14, 2011
Caroline Jeanette Wamsley, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, formerly of Johnson Lake, died Sunday, August 14, 2011, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born February 29, 1924, one out of fifteen children to Oscar & Mary (Braman) Holmstedt at Paxton. Carol graduated from Paxton High School in 1942. Following High School, Carol moved to Kearney, Nebraska, and worked...
Beverlye Dell Warnemunde
Jul 29, 2011
Beverlye Dell Warnemunde, 91, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, July 29, 2011, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born February 13, 1920, at Harlowton, Montana to Edward and Della (Williams) Hepburn. Bev attended schools in Montana and college in Missouri. She served as First Lieutenant, WAC, United States Army from Jun 4, 1943 until her honorable discharge on April...
Irene Josephine Darnall
Jul 28, 2011
Irene J. Darnall, 91, of Lexington died Thursday, July 28, 2011, at the Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, Nebraska. Mrs. Darnall was born March 19, 1920 in Ashton, Nebraska, to Cashmere and Nellie Radke. Irene grew up in Ashton where she attended school, then lived in Grand Island, Nebraska where she worked as a nanny. There she met her husband Valentine...
Darren Lynn Willis
Jul 26, 2011
Darren Lynn Willis, 43, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 near Overton, Nebraska on Interstate 80, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born October 19, 1967 at Colorado Springs, Colorado to Marvin Lewis and Bethel June (Whipple) Willis. He graduated from high school in Colorado Springs and lived in Colorado until his 30’s. He later...
Robert Dean Brestel
Jul 23, 2011
Robert D. Brestel, 82, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Saturday, July 23, 2011, at his home in Callaway surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 19, 1928, at Arnold, Nebraska to Oscar and Mary (Thinnes) Brestel. Robert was a 1947 graduate of Callaway High School and served his country in the United States Army from 1951 until being honorably...
Neal Kohl
Jul 17, 2011
Neal Kohl, 73, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, following a fatal stroke. He was born February 12, 1938, at Hastings, Nebraska to LaMoine and Juanita (Merimee) Kohl. Neal was a 1956 graduate of Hastings High School. Following graduation he went to work for the Sidles Company, an auto parts...
Ella L. Brown
Jul 12, 2011
Ella L. Brown, 95, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born November 8, 1915, the youngest of five children to James and Bessie (Howard) Pickering at Lexington. She graduated from Lexington High School 1933. She married Don E. Brown on October 13th in Lexington the...
Marvin Odell Loschen
Jul 10, 2011
Marvin Odell Loschen, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, July 10, 2011, at BryanLGH East Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born April 1, 1934 in Lexington, Nebraska to George and Irene (Soucie) Loschen. Marvin was a 1952 graduate of Lexington High School. He was united in marriage to Patsy Wing on June 18, 1953, at Lexington, Nebraska. Three...
Edith Marie Schuckman
Jul 8, 2011
Edith Marie Schuckman, 89, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, July 8, 2011, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born December 23, 1921, in Pierce County, Nebraska to John and Anna (Uhing) Wortman. Edith attended country school at Neligh, Nebraska. She was united in marriage to Stanley Snodgrass in 1942 at Plainview, Nebraska. Three children were born to...
Henry Carl Schilling
Jul 4, 2011
Henry Carl Schilling, 96, of Elwood, Nebraska, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, Nebraska. Henry was born December 13, 1914 to Henry and Wilhelmina (Ubele) Schilling at their homestead in Gosper County. He went to a rural school in Dawson County. Henry married Lois Catherine Kolb on March 14, 1936. The marriage was...
Rose A. McCarter
Jul 3, 2011
Rose A. McCarter, 78, of Overton, Nebraska, died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at her home after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was born July 13, 1932 at Hamill, South Dakota to John and Anna (Karas) Petersek. On August 2, 1950 she married Glenn McCarter, Sr. at Bridgeport, Nebraska. They were blessed with 6 children; Bonnie, Glenn, Jr., Michael,...
Esther Nadene Cox-Pearson
Jun 21, 2011
Esther Nadene Cox-Pearson, 84, of Broken Bow, Nebraska, formerly of Callaway, died Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. She was born September 28, 1926, in Holyoke, Colorado to Ray and Martha (Brown) Stroup. She was a 1945 graduate of Phillips County High School in Haxtun, Colorado and went on to further her education at...
Ruben Morales- Manriquez
Jun 20, 2011
Ruben Morales-Manriquez, 73, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, June 20, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born June 12, 1938, at Col. Alvaro, Obregon, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Manuel Morales and Trinidad Manriquez. Ruben farmed and ranched his entire life and moved to Lexington, Nebraska to be near family in 1990. Ruben enjoyed time spent with family...
Cruz Elodio Araujo, Jr.
Jun 20, 2011
Cruz E. Araujo, Jr., 66, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, June 20, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born October 22, 1944, in Lexington, Nebraska to Cruz E., Sr. and Consuelo (Ceballos) Araujo. Cruz attended school in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1963. Following high school he worked and was...
Darrell Dwain Svoboda
Jun 19, 2011
Darrell Dwain Svoboda, 70, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born May 29, 1941, in St. Paul, Nebraska to Edward and Emma (Hurt) Svoboda. The family lived on a farm near Elba, Nebraska until moving to Gothenburg, Nebraska when Darrell was a youngster. Darrell graduated from...
Robert Hugh Vinzant
Jun 15, 2011
Robert H. Vinzant, 83, of Elwood, Nebraska, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011, Elwood Care Center in Elwood. He was born March 13, 1928, on a farm south of Smithfield, Nebraska to Hugh & Bertha (Hibbs) Vinzant. Robert attended country school, District #46, south of Smithfield. As a young man he picked corn for 10 cents a bushel and then went...
Luclle Fagot
Jun 15, 2011
Lucille Fagot, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born April 5, 1928, in Danville, Virginia, to Claude and Esther (Parcell) Moon. Lucille was united in marriage to Lawrence Fagot on January 7, 1946 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lexington. To this union three children were born: Sharon, Keith &...
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