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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Katherine Marie Willets
Jul 8, 2012
Katherine Marie Willets, 94, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Katherine was born June 28, 1918, on the family farm south of Leigh, Nebraska, to Adolph and Anna (Loseke) Kumpf. She was the second oldest of ten children. She attended a country school south of Leigh through the 8th grade. Her family...
Janette Sue Coons
Jul 5, 2012
Janette Sue Coons, 75, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born December 26, 1936, in Pound, Virginia, to Lawrence & Lockie (Shortt) Waltz. She was united in marriage to Gerald Dean Coons in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1956. To this union three boys were born: Rick, Ron & Randy. Sue...
Camden James Ward
Jul 3, 2012
Camden James Ward, 10, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in a car accident near Johnson City, Kansas. He was born May 30, 2002, in Kearney, Nebraska to Thomas and Malena (Rhoades) Ward. Camden just completed 4th grade in the Dual Language Program at Bryan Elementary School in Lexington. He was full of life and had a...
Maxine E. (Arrants) Parks
Jun 30, 2012
Maxine E. (Arrants) Parks, 85, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born August 29, 1926, in Bayard, Nebraska, to John B. & Elsie B. (Fiscus) Arrants. Maxine grew up in Morrill County and attended schools in Angora and Bridgeport. She was united in marriage to Homer Parks on September...
Kenneth A. Hodgson
Jun 29, 2012
Kenneth A. Hodgson, 88, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, June 29, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center. Ken was born February 27, 1924, at Lexington, Nebraska to Oliver and Essie (McClamrock) Hodgson. He attended school in Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1942. He was united in marriage to Gladys Clements on May 14, 1944,...
Margie Helen Headley
Jun 26, 2012
Margie H. Headley, 83, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center. She was born August 27, 1928, in Callaway, Nebraska, to Cleveland A. & Mattie M. (Price) Pitkin. Margie graduated from Callaway High School in 1945. Margie attended Kearney Normal School, where she received her teaching certificate. She married Dean Headley on July...
Wynonna LaVonne Smith
Jun 14, 2012
Wynonna LaVonne Myers Smith, 94, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center. Born in Callaway, Nebraska, May 26, 1918, she was the daughter of Troy and Ruth Maze Myers and was married for sixty-nine years to her best friend and the love of her life, Foster Smith, who preceded her in death....
Jerry Jester Keyser
Jun 10, 2012
Jerry Jester Keyser, 80, of Callaway, Nebraska, formerly of Arnold, died Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Callaway District Hospital in Callaway, following a lengthy illness. Jerry was born January 19, 1932, at Kearney Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, to Lester and Emma (Cruise) Keyser. Jerry moved to Arnold, Nebraska in September of 1946, where he met his future bride, Jo Anne...
Gary F. "Shubie" Shubert
May 21, 2012
Gary Frank “Shubie” Shubert, 75, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at his home in rural Lexington. He was born February 3, 1937, in rural Elm Creek, Nebraska to E. Frank and Alice (Wolf) Shubert. Gary attended rural school near Elm Creek and graduated from Elm Creek High School in 1954. In 1955, Gary enlisted in the...
Esther Reinhardt
May 15, 2012
Esther Reinhardt, 88, of North Platte, Nebraska, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Linden Court in North Platte, Nebraska, where she has spent the past 3 ½ years battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Esther was born April 14, 1924, in Cozad, Nebraska to Alex Schneider and Amelia (Moore) Schneider. She attended school at Cozad. Esther worked at Russell Stover’s in Lincoln and...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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