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Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Rosalie Stuart Franklin

Rosalie Stuart Franklin

Oct 25, 2019

Rosalie Stuart Franklin, 99, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Lexington passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019 at Morningside Place in Overland Park. She was born to Leonard J. and Winifred (Seeger) Stuart on November 10, 1919 at Lexington, Nebraska. She joined an older brother, L. John Stuart. Her second brother, Hugh Stuart, was born a few years after...

Evangeline "Van" S. Kloepping

Evangeline "Van" S. Kloepping

Oct 22, 2019

Lexington- Evangeline (Van) Kloepping, 97 of Lexington passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Avamere in Lexington. Van was born March 20, 1922 near Holdrege, Nebraska to John N.E. and Matilda (Thorne) Lindblade. She attended rural school and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1939. After graduation she attended Wesleyan College, where she was a cheer leader, and received...

Harry G. Perkins

Harry G. Perkins

Oct 22, 2019

Harry G. Perkins, 89, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Cozad Community Hospital. He was born March 23, 1930, in the home of his maternal grandparents at Schuylerville, New York. Harry was the eldest of eight children born to Harry Carlton and Margaret Garnsey Perkins. The family’s home was at Greenwich, NY, beginning in...

Sharon Kay Area

Sharon Kay Area

Oct 14, 2019

Sharon K. Area, 72, of Overton, Nebraska passed away after a lengthy illness on Monday, October 14, 2019 at her home with her family by her side. She was born November 30, 1946 to Lewis and Betty (Brown) Schroeder. She grew up in the rural Elm Creek/Overton area. She attended grade school at District 96 and then attended Overton High...

Leonor Garcia Reynoso

Leonor Garcia Reynoso

Oct 11, 2019

Leonor Garcia Reynoso, 75, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019 at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 14, 2019 from 1-5 p.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. Rosary will be recited on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lexington....

Kathleen O'Donnell Walton

Kathleen O'Donnell Walton

Oct 9, 2019

Kathleen O’Donnell Walton died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, at the age of 86 years. She was a longtime resident of Bowie, Md. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, at the St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church in Bowie, Md., at 1:00 pm. Kathleen was born on Dec. 30, 1932, to James and Esther O’Donnell of Lexington....

David Gene Wescoat

David Gene Wescoat

Oct 8, 2019

David G. Wescoat, 62, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Elwood Care Center. David was born April 29, 1957 in Henderson, Nebraska to Alvin and Eunice (Kranau) Wescoat. He attended school in Lexington and then was employed at Husky’s Truck stop in Lexington.. He then enlisted in the Army. After the Army he built...

Gonzalo Vega Ortiz

Gonzalo Vega Ortiz

Oct 4, 2019

Gonzalo Vega Ortiz, 64, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Morrill County Community Hospital in Bridgeport, Nebraska. He was born in La Laja, Jalisco, Mexico on January 10, 1955 to Teodoro and Josefina (Ortiz) Vega. He grew up in Mexico before moving to California. He lived in California until the early 90’s when he...

Peggy J Nichols Sarr

Peggy J Nichols Sarr

Sep 30, 2019

Peggy J. Nichols Sarr, 77, of Elwood passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 in Franklin. Peggy J. Nichols Sarr was born March 7, 1941 in Eddyville, Nebraska to Ada Eliza (Hopkins) and James Clifton Flint. She was the 7th child in a family of twelve children. The family lived in Eddyville where Peggy attended a country school and eventually Sumner...

Freda Ann Schmitz

Freda Ann Schmitz

Sep 27, 2019

Freda Ann Schmitz, 79, of Lexington passed away Friday, September 27, 2019 at her home in Lexington. She was born October 7, 1939 in Oconto, Nebraska to Fredrick John and Anna Hedwig (Kalinowski) Schmitz. Freda attended school in Oconto and graduated with the class of 1958. She then went on to further her education at Grand Island Business College. She...

Barbara Berry Roberts

Barbara Berry Roberts

Sep 26, 2019

Barbara Berry Roberts, 89, formerly of Lexington and Lincoln, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019, at Elk Ridge Village in Elkhorn, NE due to complications from Alzheimer’s. Celebration of Life Service will be held Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 2:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church with Pastor Eddie Mariel officiating. Cremation was chosen and there will be no visitation. Private...

Joann G. Newton

Joann G. Newton

Sep 24, 2019

  Joann G. Newton, 84, of Kearney, formerly of Lexington passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Mt. Carmel Home Keens Memorial in Kearney. Joann was born May 30, 1935 in Buffalo, Nebraska to Albert and Gertrude (Westbrook) Wood. She was the youngest of eleven children. She attended school at a Buffalo rural school. On September 22, 1951 she was...

Michael D. Commins

Michael D. Commins

Sep 21, 2019

Michael D. Commins, 69 of rural Lexington passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Kearney Regional Health Center. Mike was born June 20, 1950 in Lexington to Roy and Belva (Velte) Commins. Mike attended school at District 59 until the eighth grade and then attended Lexington Public Schools graduating with the class of 1968. While in school he was...

Susan Frazier Garcia

Susan Frazier Garcia

Sep 20, 2019

Susan Frazier Garcia Of Lexington Susan was born on January 11, 1955 in Saltville, Virginia. On December 16, 2018, she suffered a massive stroke and in the following months, she survived multiple sepsis infections. Because of her health problems, she endured excruciating daily pain and was compassionately cared for at the Elwood Care Center Assisted Living. On September 20, 2019,...

Carolyn E. Lewis

Carolyn E. Lewis

Sep 19, 2019

Carolyn Elizabeth Lewis, 79, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born November 25, 1939 in Rhode Island to Walter John and Gladys Hart. She attended school in Queens, New York. She went on to further her education at Hofstra University where she earned her Master’s Degree...

Catherine M Adams

Catherine M Adams

Sep 18, 2019

Catherine M. Adams, 89, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Catherine was born September 7, 1930 in Overton, Nebraska daughter of Hugh L. and Emma V. (Anderson) Purintun. Catherine grew up in rural Overton, Nebraska and graduated from Overton High School. Catherine was united in marriage to Robert H. Adams on April 24, 1949. The couple...

William "Bill" R. Harshbarger

William "Bill" R. Harshbarger

Sep 17, 2019

William “Bill” R. Harshbarger, 58, of Eddyville, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at his home surrounded by family. He was born May 15, 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri to Donald and Jackie (Warning) Harshbarger. He attended school in Edwardsville, Illinois and graduated from Edwardsville High School. Bill worked and lived in several places before settling in Lincoln, Nebraska...

Kathryn Ann "Katie" Bourn

Kathryn Ann "Katie" Bourn

Sep 17, 2019

Kathryn Ann “Katie” Bourn, 93, of Lexington, formerly of Overton, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington.Katie was born September 22, 1925 in Overton, Nebraska to John J. and Anna (Ripp) Kearney.Katie graduated from  Lexington High School with the class of 1943. She was united in marriage to Burrell Bourn January 29,...

Lisa Flores Yoakum

Lisa Flores Yoakum

Sep 17, 2019

Lisa Flores Yoakum, 57 of Lexington passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Lexington Regional Health Center. Lisa was born July 7, 1962 in Brush, Colorado to Tom and Lupe (Rocha) Flores. She graduated from Brush High School with the class of 1981. She met Jan Yoakum and the couple moved to Lexington from Brush, Colorado in 1996. Lisa...

Mary Lou Hodges

Mary Lou Hodges

Sep 15, 2019

Mary Lou (Lambert) Hodges, 92 of Lexington passed away peacefully Sunday September 15th at Lexington Regional Health Center with her loving sons near her side. Mary was born November 26, 1926 in Shelton, NE to Gus and Mary Lambert. Mary was the youngest of three children, joining her sister Corrine and brother Gus in the family lineup. Mary never met...

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