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Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Jerry Donald "J.D." Finley

Jerry Donald "J.D." Finley

May 14, 2012

Jerry D. “J.D.” Finley, 48, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. Jerry was born April 30, 1964, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of loving adoptive parents, Jerry E. and B. Janice (Smith) Finley. Jerry was a 1983 high school graduate of Centennial High School near Utica, Nebraska. He...

Florence Elizabeth Lantz

Florence Elizabeth Lantz

May 12, 2012

Florence Elizabeth Lantz, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012, at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Florence spent her life in Lexington, born November 15, 1915, to Roscoe and Florence (Allen) Fellers. She was raised on a farm southeast of Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School in 1933. She was united in marriage on...

Dale Denton Walston

Dale Denton Walston

May 11, 2012

Dale D. Walston, 92, of Elwood, Nebraska, died Friday, May 11, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. He was born August 29, 1919, at Lexington, Nebraska to John H. and Rena (Tullis) Walston. Dale attended school at Lexington. He was united in marriage to Virginia Leonard on April 3, 1942, at Ventura, California. One daughter was blessed to...

Ruth Woehrle

Ruth Woehrle

May 7, 2012

Ruth Woehrle, 84, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington, Nebraska. Ruth was born September 24, 1927, at Bridgeport, Nebraska to Alex Schneider and Amelia (Moore) Schneider. Ruth attended school at Cozad, Nebraska. On November 22, 1943, she married Arnold Woehrle and to this union four children were born. Ruth was...

Gale Morgan Payton

Gale Morgan Payton

May 5, 2012

Gale Morgan Payton, age 80, of Encampment, Wyoming took his final flight to be with Jesus on May 5, 2012, at Encampment, WY. He was born the youngest of nine children on Jan 8, 1932, in Callaway, Nebraska. As a youth he grew up on the old N.M. Morgan Homestead, just a half mile north of town. He loved building...

Jessie Winnifred Talbott

Jessie Winnifred Talbott

May 4, 2012

Jessie Winnifred Talbott, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Friday, May 4, 2012, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Jessie Winnifred (Winnie) Talbott was born July 30, 1917, to Clay and Alice (Wright) Wallace on the family farm northwest of Lexington, Nebraska. Winnie graduated from Lexington High School and attended Hastings College. After graduation in 1938, she embarked on...

Mark Alan Schievelbein

Mark Alan Schievelbein

May 1, 2012

Mark Alan Schievelbein, 42, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at his home in Lexington. Mark was born June 25, 1969, in Lebanon, Missouri to Lyle and Ramona (Shepherd) Schievelbein. When he was four the family moved to Elwood, Nebraska, where he grew up. He was active in school sports and loved to wrestle. He graduated from Elwood...

Marian "Macky" Vollmer

Marian "Macky" Vollmer

Apr 30, 2012

Marian “Macky” Vollmer, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. She was born July 17, 1928, in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Clay County and attended school in Edgar, Nebraska. In 1943, she moved to Dawson County with her family. On July 24, 1944, she married Frank Vollmer. They...

Gregory G. Witthuhn

Gregory G. Witthuhn

Apr 30, 2012

Gregory G. Witthuhn, 55, of Omaha, Nebraska, departed this life on Monday, April 30, 2012, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Home. He was born December 24, 1956, in Callaway, Nebraska, to Wayne Witthuhn and Nadine Ellison Witthuhn. Greg was the fourth of five children. He grew upon the farm in the Callaway area. He attended Callaway Public Schools. As a...

Gustavo Vargas Carrasco

Gustavo Vargas Carrasco

Apr 27, 2012

Gustavo Vargas Carrasco, 39, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney with his family by his side. He was born May 29, 1972, in Villachuato, Michoacan, Mexico, to Salvador and Maria Consuelo Carrasco Vargas. Gustavo lived in California for 17 years, but would come to Lexington often to visit his family. Three years...

Denise Kay (McReynolds) Mosier

Denise Kay (McReynolds) Mosier

Apr 26, 2012

Denise Kay (McReynolds) Mosier, 57, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at her home at Johnson Lake, surrounded by her loving family. She was born February 18, 1955, at Columbus, Nebraska to Leonard and Ilene (Shack) Mohr. Denise was a 1973 graduate of Genoa High School. She was united in marriage to John Wilcox in 1974 at...

Vera P. Daleness

Vera P. Daleness

Apr 15, 2012

Vera P. Daleness, 72, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. She was born February 1, 1940, in Elbow Woods, North Dakota, to Walter and Emma (Cold Hand) Plenty Chief. Vera was a member of Arikara Sioux Tribe. She attended school in North Dakota and lived there until 1964. She was united...

Ruby Elaine Warner

Ruby Elaine Warner

Apr 14, 2012

Ruby E. Warner, 89, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Park Avenue Estates in Lexington. She was born March 9, 1923, in Cairo, Nebraska to O. Jay and Hazel Marie (Manners) Waddington. Ruby grew up in the Grand Island area and graduated from Grand Island High School with the class of 1941. Ruby was married to...

Rigoberto Beltran Valdez

Rigoberto Beltran Valdez

Apr 13, 2012

Rigoberto Beltran Valdez, 55, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, April 13, 2012, in Lexington. He was born October 21, 1956, in Cubiri De Portelas, Sinaloa, Mexico to Eutiquio Beltran and Evarista Valdez. He attended school in Mexico. Rigoberto moved to Lexington, Nebraska in 1995, where he worked for Tyson Fresh Meats in the Slaughter Department at the time of his...

Janice Jean Givens

Janice Jean Givens

Apr 12, 2012

Janice Givens, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born February 5, 1920 in Lexington, graduating from Lexington High School in 1937. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan University for 2 years, studying elementary education and music, taking her first teaching job at Litchfield, NE. where she met her future...

Howard "Levern" Snider

Howard "Levern" Snider

Apr 12, 2012

Howard “Levern” Snider, 55, of Overton, Nebraska, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at his home in Overton, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 22, 1956, in Broken Bow, Nebraska to Howard and Ida Mae (Swisher) Snider. The family moved to Overton in 1969. Levern spent his working years at alfalfa mills, working construction and feedlots. His...

Roy Wesley Houser

Roy Wesley Houser

Apr 7, 2012

Roy Wesley Houser, 63, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, following a heart transplant operation. He was born December 8, 1948, in Eustis, Nebraska to Elmer Wesley and Ramona (Kirwin) Houser. Roy attended school at Elwood, Nebraska. He was united in marriage to Nancy Young on January 15,...

Thomas W. Eland

Thomas W. Eland

Apr 7, 2012

Thomas W. Eland, 93, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Tom was born August 26, 1918, at Wisner, Nebraska to Ralph and Faye (Waller) Eland. He was raised a farm north of Arapahoe, Nebraska and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of 1936. Tom was united in...

Janet Lynn "Spiegel" Psota

Janet Lynn "Spiegel" Psota

Apr 6, 2012

Janet Lynn (Spiegel) Psota, 57, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, April 6, 2012, following a courageous battle with cancer, at the Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born November 7, 1954, at Albion, Nebraska, to John E. “Jack” and Marilyn (Arthur) Spiegel. Janet was a 1973 graduate of Ravenna High School. Following high school she was a...

Alonzo Jon DeLara

Alonzo Jon DeLara

Apr 5, 2012

Alonzo Jon DeLara, 84, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012, at the Grand Island Veteran’s Home in Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born June 2, 1927, in Placitas, New Mexico, to Antonio and Florinda (Gurule) DeLara. Jon was a career Marine and served on the front lines in the Korean War. He was one of the...

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