Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Merlin Frank Hilty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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,...