Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Lois M. Nordberg

Lois M. Nordberg

Jul 5, 2008

Lois M. Nordberg, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born September 15, 1920, at home on a farm in southern Indiana, to Frank and Maye (Prince) Colvin. She lived on the farm until she was 4 years old, when the family moved to a small town near Indianapolis....

Clementine M. (Fagot) King

Clementine M. (Fagot) King

Jul 2, 2008

Clementine M. (Fagot) King, 73, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born May 12, 1935, at Lexington, Nebraska to Ralph B. and Matilda (Welter) Fagot. Clementine grew up in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1952. She then went on to attend Kearney State...

Violet Alma Henry

Violet Alma Henry

Jun 25, 2008

Violet A. “Vi” Henry, 84, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born October 4, 1923, north of Cozad, Nebraska, to Martin and Alma (Fickenscher) Block. Vi was a graduate of Gothenburg High School and then attended Teacher’s College at Greeley, Colorado. She moved back to Gothenburg where she taught...

Wilfred Lawrence Fochtman

Wilfred Lawrence Fochtman

Jun 23, 2008

Wilfred Fochtman, 84, of Gordon, Nebraska, died Monday, June 23, 2008, at his son’s home in Marquette, Nebraska. He was born March 9, 1924, at Callaway, Nebraska, to Irma (Heunefeldt) and Dewey Fochtman. He attended school through the 8th grade, before leaving to work on the family farm. He was united in marriage to Barbara Brabham on August 24, 1949,...

Wilma May Zoerb

Wilma May Zoerb

Jun 21, 2008

Wilma May Zoerb, 89, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 21, 2008, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born April 21, 1919, at Finchville, Nebraska, to Howard W. and Rosa A. (Halouska) Hill. Wilma attended school at Finchville and was united in marriage to Leonard Zoerb on May 22, 1927, at Lexington, Nebraska. Wilma and Leonard...

Francis Edward Fagot

Francis Edward Fagot

Jun 21, 2008

Francis Edward Fagot, 82, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 21, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. He was born March 21, 1926, at Lexington, Nebraska to Forest Mathias and Sevilla May (Reynolds) Fagot. Fran grew up at Lexington where he graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1944. He then served his Country during WWII...

Floyd Vernon Pierce

Floyd Vernon Pierce

Jun 14, 2008

Floyd Vernon Pierce, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at his home in Lexington. He was born May 23, 1923, at Overton, Nebraska, to James E. and Alice H. (Musser) Pierce. Floyd lived his entire life in the Overton/Lexington area except for the time he spent in the United States Army. He was 1942 graduate of Overton...

Delores Elaine Huss

Delores Elaine Huss

Jun 13, 2008

Delores E. Huss, 79, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, June 13, 2008, at her home in Lexington. She was born April 25, 1929, at Stratton, Nebraska, to Alois and Mary Anna (Sramek) Lorens. Delores attended school at Stratton, graduating from Stratton High School with the class of 1947. Delores taught school for several years and worked in the Commercial National...

Richard Henry Schulte

Richard Henry Schulte

Jun 12, 2008

Richard H. “Dick” Schulte, 79, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at his home in Lexington surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 4, 1929, at Kearney, Nebraska, to Lloyd and Rosie (Brisbin) Schulte. Dick grew up in the Kearney area and stayed close to home until entering the United States Navy on September 23, 1947,...

Margaret Florence (Klein) Willis

Margaret Florence (Klein) Willis

Jun 3, 2008

Margaret Florence (Klein) Willis, 92, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She died exactly 12 years following the death of her beloved husband, Tony. She was born to William and Minnie M. (Suponchick) Klein on August 1, 1915, in a two-story sod house south of Oconto, Nebraska during a hail storm....

William Thomas Karr

William Thomas Karr

May 24, 2008

William “Bill” Thomas Karr, 79, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, Nebraska, where he had been a resident for just a few days. He was born August 22, 1928, in Miller, Nebraska, to Guy Winfred and Mary Veronica (Curran) Karr. He attended his early elementary years in Overton, Nebraska until his...

Margaret Mary "Maggie" Kearney

Margaret Mary "Maggie" Kearney

May 15, 2008

Margaret “Maggie” Kearney, 54, of Overton, Nebraska, died Thursday, may 15, 2008, at University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born October 20, 1953, at Lexington, Nebraska, to John “Jack” and Marjorie Ann (Naprstek) Kearney. Maggie attended country school at District #6, St. Ann’s Catholic School and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1971. While in...

Connie Marie Young

Connie Marie Young

May 13, 2008

Connie Marie Young, 63, of Holdrege, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at BryanLGH East Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska following a battle with Guillaian-Barre Syndrome. She was born March 21, 1945, at Lexington, Nebraska to Lloyd and Jessie (Love) Meyer. Connie graduated from high school in Evans, Colorado with the class of 1965. She met James...

Verna Mae Flint

Verna Mae Flint

May 9, 2008

Verna Mae Flint, 73, of Elwood, Nebraska, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born April 16, 1935, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Frances "Packy" and Velma Lucille (Sides) Hagan. Verna Mae attended school at Lexington. She was married twice prior to marrying Walter Flint on May 16, 1966, at the Elwood Methodist Church. Five children...

Thomas Preston Priel

Thomas Preston Priel

May 6, 2008

Thomas Preston Priel, 60, of Overton, Nebraska, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at his home in Overton following a short illness. He was born March 4, 1948, at Lexington, Nebraska, to William and Norma (Naffziger) Priel. Tom attended grade school at District #6 country school and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1966. He then went on...

Henry J. "Harry" Hellman

Henry J. "Harry" Hellman

Apr 30, 2008

Henry Joseph “Harry” Hellman, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, due to complications of congestive heart failure. Harry was born to Raymond J. and Elizabeth M. (Doebele) Hellman on June 5, 1917, in Lincoln, Kansas, the third of four children. He grew up and went to...

Garner Earl Parks

Garner Earl Parks

Apr 28, 2008

Garner E. Parks, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, April 28, 2008, at Shackley Retirement Village in Lexington. He was born May 4, 1926, at Juniata, Nebraska to Marvin Earl and Lora (Madsen) Parks. Garner was a graduate of Wood River High School with the class of 1944. He was united in marriage to Cleone White on November 28, 1948,...

Else F. Biehl

Else F. Biehl

Apr 19, 2008

Else F. Biehl, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born March 30, 1914, on the farm in rural Lexington, Nebraska, to Adolf and Henney (Seehusen) Rickertsen. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1932. On March 11, 1934, Else married Wesley Biehl at Lexington, Nebraska. To this union...

Maurice Ralph Kammerlohr

Maurice Ralph Kammerlohr

Apr 18, 2008

Maurice R. Kammerlohr, 91, of McCook, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, died Friday, April 18, 2008, at McCook. He was born February 7, 1917, at Spring Ranch, Nebraska, near Hastings, to Frank and Hazel (Coba) Kammerlohr. He moved with his family as a young boy to McCook, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school with the class of 1935. Following graduation,...

Richard E. Wackerla

Richard E. Wackerla

Apr 13, 2008

Richard E. Wackerla, 48, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, died Sunday, April 13, 2008, at his home. He was born July 20, 1959, in Callaway, Nebraska, to Louis and Dorothy (Landreth) Wackerla. He grew up in Callaway and graduated from Callaway High School. He worked in Lexington for Orthman Manufacturing, drove for Wynne Transportation, and was currently a mechanic at Fairbanks...