Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

LaJean L. Bossung

LaJean L. Bossung

Nov 17, 2019

LaJean L. Bossung, 79, of Lexington passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019 at the Lexington Regional Health Center. LaJean was born June 12, 1940 in rural Webster County, Nebraska to Leo and Leone (Watson) Soucie. She graduated from Farragut, Iowa High School with the class of 1957. After graduation she attended Northwest Institute Of Medical Technology. She moved to Lexington...

Alejo Valente Lara

Alejo Valente Lara

Nov 14, 2019

Alejo Valente Lara, 66, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at his home in Lexington. He was born February 17, 1953 to Juan and Gabriela Lara (Montes) Valante in Tempantla, Jalisco, Mexico. Alejo moved to Lexington from California in 2017 to be closer to family. Survivors include his father, Juan Valente of Mexico; children, Araceli (Sal)...

Ruby Rangel

Ruby Rangel

Nov 13, 2019

Ruby Rangel, 95, of Lexington passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. She was born January 30, 1924 in Shelton, Nebraska to Marcus and Gertrude (Hernandez) Araujo. Ruby was united in marriage to George Berumen on August 27, 1964 and he preceded her in death in August of 1997. She was then united in...

Dolores "Dee" C. Blaydes

Dolores "Dee" C. Blaydes

Nov 11, 2019

Dolores C. “Dee” Blaydes, 87, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2019 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was born February 23, 1932 to Sigvard and Helen (Erickson) Jensen in Hawarden, Iowa. She graduated from Omaha Technical High School in 1949 and became the Production Manager at Bozell & Jacobs advertising agency....

LaVaughn Lauby

LaVaughn Lauby

Nov 6, 2019

LaVaughn Lauby, 93 of Lexington passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. LaVaughn was born July 7, 1926 in Elm Creek, Nebraska to Paul and Belva (McMichael) Brodine. Her family moved to the Lexington area in 1937 and she graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1943. On June 4, 1945 she...

Michael Allen Payton

Michael Allen Payton

Nov 5, 2019

Michael Allen Payton, 38, of Callaway, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at Callaway District Hospital. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska on January 25, 1981 to Olinka Phillips. He was adopted and raised by Robert A. Payton, Jr. When Michael was young his family moved to Starbuck, Minnesota where he attended elementary school. In 1991, they moved...

Bernece F. Mazanec

Bernece F. Mazanec

Nov 4, 2019

  Bernece Frances Mazanec, 96, formerly of Overton and Lexington passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Bernece was born October 3, 1923 in Arapahoe, Nebraska to Quincy C. and Mayme E. (Blackman) Eby. Bernece was united in marriage to Leopold (Leo) F. Mazanec on September 25, 1946 in Norton, Kansas.  Four children were blessed to this marriage: ...

Adelia Morales Lopez

Adelia Morales Lopez

Nov 1, 2019

Adelia Morales Lopez, 65, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney. No services are planned at this time. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington is honored to be assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be directed to the family by visiting:reynoldslovefuneralhome.com 

Barbara Ann Wheeler

Barbara Ann Wheeler

Nov 1, 2019

Barbara Ann Wheeler, born August 1, 1938 in Lexington, NE. to Joseph Wayne Coons and Laceil Ann (Phillips) Coons, passed away Friday, November 1, 2019 in Story City, Iowa.   Barbara grew up on a farm SW of Lexington, near Johnson Lake. She was baptized and confirmed in the First UMC of Lexington.   She attended country school and graduated from...

Francis Hagan, Jr.

Francis Hagan, Jr.

Oct 28, 2019

Francis Hagan, Jr., 82, of Newark, Delaware, formerly of Lexington passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 in Newark. Graveside Services will take place on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Lexington with Pastor Anne Gahn, officiating. The casket will be closed and there will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the family for...

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...