Obituaries
Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Avis Meryl McFarland
Oct 3, 2009
Avis M. McFarland, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, formerly of Sumner, went to be with the Lord Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born November 7, 1918, in Sumner, Nebraska to Harry and Fern (Brown) Roper. She attended elementary school at Stone School and Sumner High School. Avis was united in marriage to...
Jackson Thomas Brass
Oct 1, 2009
Jackson Thomas Brass, infant son of Anthony Robert and Lisa Nicole (Schaneman) Brass, was delivered into Heaven on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Survivors include his parents of Lexington, Nebraska Maternal grandparents: Clyde & Barbara Schaneman of Scottsbluff, Nebraska Maternal great-grandparents: John & Clara Schaneman of Scottsbluff, Nebraska Jim & Barb Durfee of Caldwell, Idaho...
Reverend Melvin LeRoy Shafer
Sep 30, 2009
Reverend Melvin LeRoy Shafer, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Reverend Shafer was born June 19, 1926 at Hastings, Nebraska to Maynard and Eva (Losee) Shafer. He attended grade school at Rosedale and then went on to attend Hastings High School. Mel then went on to college and seminary. He was united...
Opal Pearl Brucker
Sep 29, 2009
Opal Pearl Brucker, 91, of Lexington, Nebraska died Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at her home in Lexington. She was born February 10, 1918, at Okteo, Kansas to Gus and Pearl (Pike) Novotney. Opal attended school in Okteo. Opal married Charles Brucker on February 1, 1936, in Salina, Kansas. To this union two children were born: Charles Jr., and Beverly. The...
Gerald Franklin May
Sep 28, 2009
Gerald F. May, 73, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Monday, September 28, 2009 at his home. Gerald was born to David C. and Irena (Neth) May on December 10, 1935. He grew up on the farm north of Callaway where he lived until his death. He attended elementary school at the Crossroads School just down the field from his home and...
Pearl LaVonne Martin
Sep 24, 2009
Pearl LaVonne Martin, 79, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, September 24, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born July 6, 1930, at Oconto, Nebraska to Clarence and Verna Mae (Lovitt) Stockham. Verna Mae died in 1933, when Pearl was not quite three and her sister, Shirley was nine months old, from scarlet fever. Her father then married Verna...
Thelma Arlene (Gummere) Desmond
Sep 22, 2009
Thelma G. Desmond, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood. She was born May 30, 1913 at Stratton, Nebraska to George W. and Rosa Jane (Boston) Gummere. Thelma graduated with honors from Benkelman High School in Benkelman, Nebraska with the class of 1930. She attended Colorado Women’s College in Denver and...
A.J. "Mike" Harvey
Sep 20, 2009
A.J. “Mike” Harvey, 95, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. He was born October 5, 1913, at Callaway, Nebraska to James and Louise (Johansen) Harvey. Mike lived in Callaway, Nebraska until 1927 when his family moved to Dawson County. Mike enjoyed being a farmer and farmed North of town for thirty-seven...
Leona Anna McNerny
Sep 19, 2009
Leona A. McNerny, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born June 14, 1917 at Fairbolt County, Minnesota to August Henry William and Amelia (Fredricks) Carstens. Leona attended the Lutheran Church in Elmore, Minnesota. She moved to Kansas in 1929 and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Bird City,...
Gary Lee Feddersen
Sep 18, 2009
Gary L. Feddersen, 68, of Hastings, Nebraska, died Friday, September 18, 2009, at his home in Hastings. He was born December 4, 1940, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Don and Maxine (Koehn) Feddersen. Gary graduated in 1958 from Miller High School, the last graduating class prior to the school closing. Gary was able to attend his 50 year class reunion in...
Brian Dean Eilers
Sep 15, 2009
Brian D. Eilers, 52, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at his home amongst family. He was born March 26, 1957, at Lexington, Nebraska to Richard and Marion (Cook) Eilers. Brian was the first born of three brothers. He grew up on the family farm that is located east of Overton. Brian graduated from Overton High School with...
Mary Eleanor Ramirez
Sep 13, 2009
Mary E. Ramirez, 80, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, September 13, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Mary was born April 27, 1929, at Gibbon, Nebraska to Marcelino and Marcelina Ramirez. Mary moved to Lexington as a young girl where she attended school. Following school she took in laundry, cleaned homes and worked in the fields. She then went to...
Marjorie Elizabeth Skinner DeFilipps
Sep 12, 2009
Marjorie E. (Skinner) DeFilipps, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born November 5, 1918 at Kansas City, Missouri to Charles T. and Ella Mae (Haley) Skinner, Sr. Marge graduated from high school in Kansas City and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from the University of...
Harvey Dean Hampton
Sep 11, 2009
Harvey D. Hampton, 76, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, September 11, 2009, at his home in Lexington following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born April 20, 1933, in Mullen, Nebraska, to Carlie and Cammie (Morrison) Hampton. Harvey grew up in the sand hills area. He settled in the Lexington area in the 1960’s where he was a...
Leroy Frederick Kussman
Sep 6, 2009
Leroy F. Kussman, 70, of Cozad, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Cozad Community Hospital. He was born December 11, 1938, in Wayland, Missouri, to Francis and Wilveretta (Burgess) Kussman. Leroy attended school and worked on his grandfather’s farm in Alexandria, Missouri prior to enlisting in the Army in 1957. He was honorably discharged in...
Pastor Edwin H. Cook
Aug 31, 2009
Pastor Edwin H.Cook, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Pastor Cook was born November 20, 1927 at Sheridan, Wyoming to Henry and Katherine (Pitsch) Cook. He attended school in Sheridan, but dropped out of school in his senior year to serve his Country during WWII in the United States Navy....
Gladys Mary Brown
Aug 28, 2009
Gladys Mary (Henry) Brown, 98, of Carpenteria, California, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska. Gladys Mary Brown, much loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully one day after her 98th birthday, August 28, 2009, with her son and daughter-in-law by her side. Gladys was born on August 27, 1911, in Big Springs, Nebraska. She was the third child of David...
Carol Lois Chamberlin
Aug 26, 2009
Carol Lois Chamberlin, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her home in Lexington. She was born June 11, 1932 at Chicago, Illinois to Harold and Irene (Basch) Schradzke. Carol graduated from high school in Chicago and went on to further her education at the University of Colorado at Boulder majoring in English and minoring in Music....
Norma Jean Wigstone
Aug 24, 2009
Norma Jean Frazer Wigstone, 66, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday August 24, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Norma was born August 16, 1943 at rural North Loup, Nebraska to Anson Orrin Frazer and Opal Grace Hunt Frazer. Norma was their second child. Norma was born on her sister Shirley’s 3rd birthday. Norma was married on March 6, 1964, to...
Wayne E. Young
Aug 24, 2009
Wayne E. Young, 87, lifetime Lexington farmer, died Monday, August 24, 2009, at his home near Lexington. He was born September 20, 1921, at Lexington, Nebraska, the youngest of four children, to Arthur E. and Frances M. (Anderson) Young. Wayne was a 1940 graduate of Lexington High School and entered the United States Navy during WWII on August 6, 1942,...
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