Obituaries
Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Dorothy E. Haney
Mar 21, 2009
Dorothy E. Haney, 90, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of rural Smithfield, died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Madonna Long Term Care Facility in Lincoln. She was born July 6, 1918 in Gosper County, Nebraska to Archie and Ethel (Benton) Moncrief. Dorothy attended rural school and graduated from Elwood High School in 1937. On February 23, 1938, she married Harold Haney...
Jon Allen Shaw
Mar 20, 2009
Jon Allen Shaw, 64, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born May 9, 1944, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Leo H. and Dorothy (Temple) Shaw. He grew up in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School. Jon was active in Boy Scouts during his school years, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout....
Morris Smith Hollander
Mar 20, 2009
Morris Smith Hollander, 91, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born March 19, 1918, on a farm north of Campbell, Nebraska to Albert Eugene and Ella Hazel (Smith) Hollander. Morris lived there until 1937, when he moved to Overton, Nebraska. He graduated from Campbell High School in 1935. He was married...
Earle William "Bill" Murphy
Mar 20, 2009
Earle W. “Bill” Murphy, 59, of Johnson Lake, passed away suddenly Friday, March 20, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born June 7, 1949, at Des Moines, Iowa to Clifford Emil and Edith (Kluver) Murphy. Bill grew up in Benton and Iowa Counties of Iowa until he was a junior in high school, and then moved with his...
LaVern Eugene Albrecht
Mar 16, 2009
LaVern Eugene Albrecht, 68, of Lexington, Nebraska, died suddenly at his home Monday, March 16, 2009, at Lexington. He was born January 27, 1941, at Miller, Nebraska to Robert and Elva (Stevens) Albrecht. LaVern graduated from Kearney High School with the class of 1959. He then went onto continue his education at Bloomington Community College in Bloomington, Indiana where he...
Catherine Janice Wolfe
Mar 15, 2009
Janice Wolfe, 86, of Eddyville, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 15, 2009, at her home in Eddyville. She was born September 14, 1922, in St. Mary’s, Nebraska to Mike and Emma (Hintz) Masur. On November 5, 1949, she married Ray Ivan Wolfe, Sr. in Lexington, Nebraska. Together they were blessed with eight children. Janice attended Capital Beauty College in Omaha, Nebraska,...
Marian B. "Frenchy" Lesniowski
Mar 7, 2009
Marian B. “Frenchy” Lesniowski, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. He was born September 8, 1925, at Krakow, Poland to Wincenty and Irma Nee (Ebel) Lesniowski. Frenchy was the eldest of five children. In 1939, fourteen year old Frenchy was in a bread line when KGB soldiers ordered him and...
Russell James Baker
Mar 2, 2009
Russell J. Baker, 51, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Callaway District Hospital in Callaway. He was born February 26, 1958, at Omaha, Nebraska, to Richard and Jean (Fox) Baker. Russell attended grade school in Needles, California. The family then moved back to Omaha where he graduated from Omaha Benson High School. At the age of...
Doris Jean Parks
Mar 2, 2009
Doris J. Parks, 78, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born January 17, 1931, at Oxford, Nebraska, to Leland and Hazel (Strever) McInturf. Doris graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1948. She went on to further her education at Midwestern School of Evangelism in Ottumwa, Iowa. She returned...
Marjorie A. "Marge" Karlberg
Mar 1, 2009
Marjorie A. “Marge” Karlberg, 80, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born September 28, 1928, at Detroit, Michigan, to Rex Vernon and Esther Eloise (Morris) Thomas. She moved with her family to Nebraska when she was 14 months old. Marge graduated in 1946, from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture...
Marilyn Leone Lowe
Mar 1, 2009
Marilyn Leone Lowe, 71, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born November 10, 1937, at Sturgis, South Dakota, to Clyde St. Clair and Leona Klosterman St. Clair. Marilyn made Lexington her home for the past 10 years and worked as a caretaker at the Bethany Home in Lexington. She was an...
Connie Jean (Morse) May
Mar 1, 2009
Connie Jean (Morse) May, 63, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. Connie was born to Marinus and Ethel (Probert) Morse on February 26, 1946. She grew up on a farm near Sargent, Nebraska. In her high school years the family moved into town. She graduated valedictorian of her class in 1964...
James Karl Treacle
Feb 27, 2009
James Karl Treacle, 24, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday February, 27, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born April 20, 1984, in Wayne, Nebraska, to Robert E. Treacle, Sr. and Diane (Allvin) Treacle. James lived in many different areas before moving to Cozad his freshman year and then to Dunning where he graduated from Sand Hills High School with the...
Brigid Rita Haines
Feb 25, 2009
Brigid R. Haines, 95, of Nelson, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at her daughter’s home in Nelson. Brigid Rita Haines was born July 16, 1913, in Lawrence, Nebraska to Margaret Buettner Maloney and John D. Maloney. On April 2, 1933, she married Elmer “Lefty” Haines in St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Lawrence, Nebraska. Brigid grew up...
Mary Ellen Sikyta
Feb 24, 2009
Mary Ellen Sikyta, 78, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh. She was born May 6, 1930, at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Simon Franklin and Gladys Marie (Sheldon) Denson. Mary attended school in Tecumseh, Nebraska. She worked for the Campbell Soup Company in Tecumseh for 26 years, Artistic Labels in Holdrege,...
Lucille Marie McCandless
Feb 23, 2009
Lucille Marie McCandless, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, February 23, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Cozad surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 25, 1923, at Bedford, Iowa, to Glen Weaver and Cassie Alma (Miller) Snyder. Lucille attended school at Bedford and graduated from Bedford High School with the class of 1940. Prior to...
Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly
Feb 20, 2009
Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly, 103, of Tucson, Arizona, died Friday, February 20, 2009, in Tucson. She was born January 24, 1906, in the Milldale community near Callaway, Nebraska, to Jess and Rosetta Woodward. The Woodward family land rushed in 1880, by Jason Woodward, Verna’s grandpa. Verna’s great-great-grandma was Annie Ortenta Kneeland, part Indian, she was married to J. Elisha Woodward....
Cecil William Wempen
Feb 18, 2009
Cecil W. Wempen, 78, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born May 21, 1930, on the family farm south of Sumner, Nebraska, to Henry William and Martha (Baker) Wempen. Cecil was united in marriage to Beverly Rutledge on May 22, 1953, at Lexington, Nebraska. Two children were blessed to...
Helen Stuckey Barrett
Feb 16, 2009
Helen Stuckey Barrett was born September 3, 1905, to George Edgar and Marjorie (Campbell) Stuckey in Broken Bow, Nebraska. For the first 10 years of her life she lived on a ranch with her parents and two younger brothers, attending nearby Burr Oak School in Custer County. In 1915, the family moved to Lexington, where her mother died shortly after...
Kathleen Ann Hendricks
Feb 15, 2009
Kathleen Ann (Kathy) Hendricks, 61, of Lexington, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2009, surrounded by her loving family at the home of her parents. She was born August 26, 1947, at Callaway, Nebraska, to Rollie Kenneth and Ruth Renee (Aikin) Hendricks. Kathy grew up in Callaway until she was in the 5th grade, when the family moved to Lexington. She...
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