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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Merlin Frank Hilty
Jan 28, 2016
Merlin Frank Hilty, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016, at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born September 10, 1925, near Gibbon, Nebraska, the sixth of ten children born to John C. and Mattie May (Rayback) Hilty. Merlin started school in Newark in Buffalo County. He then moved to Elm Creek, and finished...
Benjamin Chavez Garcia
Jan 26, 2016
Benjamin Chavez Garcia, 50, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at Lexington. He was born July 8, 1965, in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Hipolito Chavez and Paulina Garcia. Benjamin graduated high school in Mexico, and went on to further his education and became an Accountant. In 1996, he moved to Lexington. He bought Teresa’s Tortillas from the former...
Naomi L. Ceballos
Jan 25, 2016
Naomi L. (Adams) Ceballos, 89, of Brush, Colorado, formerly of Lexington, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016, at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. Naomi was born June 18, 1926, near Overton, Nebraska, to E. Noble and Julia Leola (Jones) Adams. She attended school and graduated from Platte Valley Academy in Shelton, Nebraska. She was united in marriage to...
Della Mae Courter
Jan 23, 2016
Della Mae Courter, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Lexington. Della Mae was born the fifth child of Walter and Samantha (Thompson) Courter on August 8, 1923. She graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1940. She took normal training in high school, and upon graduation, taught school at...
Angela Rivera De Dimas
Jan 22, 2016
Angela Rivera De Dimas, 88, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016, at her home in Overton, surrounded by her loving family who cared for her during her illness. Angela was born September 28, 1927, in Chalchupa, El Salvador, to Genero and Damina (Ayala) Rivera. Angela moved to the United States many years ago, and obtained her status...
Lila Lea Lerdall-Urban
Jan 20, 2016
Lila L. Lerdall-Urban, 69, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at her home in Lexington. Lila was born June 15, 1946, in Elwood, Nebraska, to Elmer and Marguerite (Nelsen) Stoll. She attended school and graduated from Elwood High School with the class of 1964. She then went onto further her education at beauty school in Kearney. Following...
Winona C. "Wink" Bogner
Jan 10, 2016
Winona “Wink” Bogner, 90, former Lexington and Kearney resident, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016, at the Grand Island Veterans Home in Grand Island. Winona was born November 29, 1925, in Smithfield, Nebraska, to Ralph L. and Ethel R. (LaVene) Forster. She attended school and graduated from Smithfield High School with the class of 1944. She then moved to Lexington....
Clara Ann Glassmeyer
Jan 7, 2016
Clara Ann “Stupe” Glassmeyer, 89, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2016, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. Clara was born February 18, 1926, in Sholes, Nebraska, to John and Fannie (Mattingly) Ream. She attended school at Wayne, Nebraska. On November 30, 1945, she was united in marriage to Merle Glassmeyer in Wayne, Nebraska. Four children were...
Laura E. Ellingson
Jan 3, 2016
Laura E. Ellingson, 72, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016, at Callaway District Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She had been under Hospice care for the past two weeks, along with being lovingly cared for by her family. She was born February 24, 1943, in Beloit, Kansas, to George Washington and Olive Emily (Hemminger) Pepper. Laura...
Bruce E. Batie
Dec 31, 2015
Bruce Batie, 75, of Broomfield, Colorado, former Holdrege resident, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015, at home. Bruce was born October 23, 1940 in Lexington, Nebraska, the first of four children to Clyde and Julia (Magnuson) Batie. He attended a country school through eighth grade and graduated from Wood River High School with the Class of 1958. As a teen,...
Rosella Frances Davis
Dec 30, 2015
Rosella Frances (Ourada) Davis, 89, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, surrounded by her large, loving family. She was born August 9, 1926, in Overton, Nebraska, to Frank and Frances (Pavelka) Ourada. She attended school at Overton, graduating from Overton High School with the class of 1944. Through the...
Lois May Hagan
Dec 29, 2015
Lois May Hagan, 85, of Cozad, Nebraska, formerly of Sutherland, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Cozad, Nebraska. Lois was born July 19, 1930, in Lexington, Nebraska, to Albert Roy and Hazel May (Richardson) Hanson. She attended school in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1947. She was united in...
Nora Belle Tubbs
Dec 25, 2015
Nora B. Tubbs, 95, of Broken Bow, formerly Callaway, Nebraska, died Friday, December 25, 2015, at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born January 3, 1920, to Charley & Gracie (Stivers) Lloyd in Callaway, Nebraska. She attended grade school in Callaway and graduated from Callaway High School. She then went on to Normal Training School in Kearney....
Kelly Ann Jones
Dec 25, 2015
Kelly Ann Jones, 31, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. She was born July 26, 1984, in Modesto, California to James and Wilma (Calk) Jones. Kelly moved from California to Lexington in 13 years ago. At the age of 10 Kelly had heart surgery, this would be a struggle for...
Vera Mae Haney
Dec 18, 2015
Vera M. Haney, 92, of Centennial, Colorado, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015, at Someryn Glen Nursing Home in Centennial. She was born July 10, 1923 in Eustis, Nebraska, the daughter of Fredrick and Emma (Hess) Wissmann. She attended Elwood High School. Vera is survived by two daughters, Lola (Jon) Ladwig, Beverly (Bob) Fuhrmann; five grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; two great...
Eileen Biehl
Dec 16, 2015
Eileen Biehl, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. Eileen was born January 2, 1919, in Lexington, Nebraska, to C.J. “Kit” and Sarah “Ann” Elizabeth (Pickering) Batie. She attended school at Lexington, and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1936. She went onto further her education at...
Gary Boyd Rasmussen, Sr.
Dec 11, 2015
Gary Boyd Rasmussen, Sr., 76, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015, at his home in Lexington, surrounded by his loving family. Gary was born November 27, 1939, in Eddyville, Nebraska, to Earl William and Avis LaRaine (Nelson) Rasmussen. Following graduation from Lexington High School in 1958, Gary joined the United States Air Force. He was stationed in...
Elizabeth Louise "Betty" Hofferber
Dec 6, 2015
Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Hofferber, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. Betty was born July 24, 1928, in Seward County, Nebraska, to Richard and Louise (Abrahams) Zwick. She moved with her family to the Buffalo, Nebraska area as a young girl of 10. She graduated from Lexington High School with...
Jean Arlene Bowling
Dec 2, 2015
Jean Arlene Bowling, 64 of Kearney, Nebraska, formerly of Doniphan, Nebraska, passed away suddenly in Mercedes, Texas, on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Jean was born May 4, 1951, in Lexington, Nebraska, to Fred M. and Geraldine (Eby) Vollmer. She attended school in Lexington and graduated with the Class of 1969. On October 11, 1980, she was united in marriage to...
Deloris Juanita "Babe" Carlson
Dec 1, 2015
Deloris Juanita “Babe” Marriner Carlson, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, December 1, 2015, in Lexington. Babe was born April 24, 1925, to John Walker (J.W.) Marriner and Edna Ruth Jones Marriner, in Colby, Kansas. Babe spent her early years in Colby, and then moved with her mother and stepfather, Leon Shank, to Colorado. When visiting her father in Holdrege,...
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