Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Alfon John Schwarz

Alfon John Schwarz

Aug 31, 2010

Alfon J. Schwarz, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born June 16, 1923, in Gosper County, Nebraska to John Fred and Elizabeth (Schweinhuber) Schwarz. Alfon graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1942. He then entered the United States Army, serving his Country during WWII from February 16,...

Harriette Pickering Furry

Harriette Pickering Furry

Aug 30, 2010

Harriette Pickering Furry, 99, longtime Overton resident, died Monday, August 30, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born May 16, 1911, in rural Lexington, to James E. and Bessie L. (Howard) Pickering, growing up on their Dawson County farm north of Lexington, attending Dist. 56 rural school. As a young girl, she became a member of the Mt....

Eilene P. Jones

Eilene P. Jones

Aug 28, 2010

Eilene P. Jones, 89, of Overton, Nebraska, passed to the next life on Saturday, August 28, 2010, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born November 21, 1920, in the Overton, Nebraska area to Hugh and Emma (Anderson) Purintun. She graduated from Overton High School. Following graduation she married H. Thomas Jones on June 15, 1944, at...

Howard Aubrey Snider

Howard Aubrey Snider

Aug 25, 2010

Howard A. Snider, 81, of Overton, Nebraska, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska. He was born April 19, 1929, at Broken Bow, Nebraska to Robert Lee and Henrietta (Smith) Snider. Howard was united in marriage to Ida Mae Swisher on March 31, 1956, at Thedford, Nebraska. Four children were blessed to...

Ed "Eddie" Hernandez

Ed "Eddie" Hernandez

Aug 25, 2010

Ed “Eddie” Hernandez, 50, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family and friends. He was born on June 30, 1960, in Sioux City, Iowa. Ed graduated from St. Ann’s High School in 1978. Following High School he worked construction for a couple of years and then at New Holland until going into...

Edgar Matias Martin

Edgar Matias Martin

Aug 21, 2010

Edgar Matias-Martin, 21, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, August 21, 2010, the result of a drowning accident near Brady. Edgar was born July 29, 1989, in Todos Santos Cuchumatan Huehuetenango Guatemala to Pedro Matias Pablo and Catarina Martin Jimenez. Edgar moved to Lexington three months ago where he worked for Tyson. He lived in Oakland, California two and half years...

Richard L. "Dick" Carr

Richard L. "Dick" Carr

Aug 20, 2010

Richard L. “Dick” Carr, 70, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, August 20, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Dick was born December 5, 1939, at Parma, Idaho to Robert H. “Bob” and Dorothy (Koehn) Carr. He moved with his family to Lexington as a young boy and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1958. He was a...

Ronald Dean "Ronnie" Harvey

Ronald Dean "Ronnie" Harvey

Aug 15, 2010

Ronald (Ronnie) Dean Harvey, 76, of Gothenburg went to be with our Lord Sunday, August 15, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Ronnie was born October 24, 1933, in Lexington, Nebraska to Albert and Verna (Golden) Harvey. He was the fourth of ten children. When Ronnie was young, the family settled in Gothenburg, Nebraska. Ronnie spent his youth...

D.D. "Dutch" Ernst

D.D. "Dutch" Ernst

Aug 13, 2010

D.D. “Dutch” Ernst, 97, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, August 13, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Dutch was born September 19, 1912, at Johnson, Nebraska to Charles and Anna (Hauberg) Ernst. Dutch lived his youth in Johnson, Graf, Gilead and the last two years of high school in Fairbury, Nebraska, graduating with the class of 1931. He then went...

David Lyle Jandebeur

David Lyle Jandebeur

Aug 13, 2010

David L. Jandebeur, 73, of Overton, Nebraska, died Thursday, August 12, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, Nebraska. He was born December 4, 1936 at Paxton, Nebraska to Leo and Olive (Willmes) McQueen. His father died when he was young and David was raised by his grandparents. David grew up south of Sutherland and lived there until 1945, when the...

Mary Rebecca Lemm

Mary Rebecca Lemm

Aug 10, 2010

Mary Rebecca Lemm, 47, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born February 11, 1963, at Garden City, Kansas to Frank and Rosie (Folsem) Burchett. Mary was united in marriage to Alan Lemm on December 21, 1985, at Norfolk, Virginia. The couple moved to Lexington in 2007 for Alan’s job. She...

Marilyn J. Larsen

Marilyn J. Larsen

Aug 10, 2010

Marilyn J. Larsen, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born April 9, 1933, at Lexington, Nebraska to Daniel and Mildred (Martin) Roether. Marilyn attended school at Lexington and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1950. During high school Marilyn worked at Westerman’s Drug Store and...

Diane Lynn Treacle

Diane Lynn Treacle

Aug 8, 2010

Diane Lynn Treacle, 49, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, August 8, 2010 at Providence Medical Center in Wayne, Nebraska following a courageous fight with cancer. She was born May 14, 1961, at Wayne, Nebraska to Carl and Leona (Modlin) Allvin. She graduated from Wayne High School with the class of 1979. She was united in marriage to Robert Treacle, Sr....

Thurman Eugene "Mr. T" Myers

Thurman Eugene "Mr. T" Myers

Jul 26, 2010

Thurman Eugene “Mr. T” Myers, 100, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, July 26, 2010, at the Grand Island Veteran’s Home in Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born January 31, 1910, at Platter, Oklahoma in the Indian Territory to Elic and Sally (McKamey) Myers. Thurman was one of 12 children. They had a hard life living through the depression, but also...

Ardith West

Ardith West

Jul 23, 2010

Ardith West, 69, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Friday, July 23, at Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway, Nebraska. She was born August 8, 1940, at Oconto, Nebraska, to Clyde and Kathryn (Noyes) West. Ardith lived the majority of her life with her parents in Oconto. She then moved to the Callaway Good Samaritan Center where she lived the past nine...

Sofia Amelia Jeffrey

Sofia Amelia Jeffrey

Jul 22, 2010

Sofia Amelia Jeffrey, 88, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at Pike’s Peak Care Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born August 7, 1921, in Wood County, Ohio, to Deloy M. and Helen S. (Schroder) Speck. Sofia attended school in Ohio and was united marriage to Raymond Sherman Jeffrey on October 1, 1938, at Perrysburg, Ohio....

Evelyn M. Racek

Evelyn M. Racek

Jul 20, 2010

Evelyn M. Racek, 78, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Lexington, died Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at Manor Health Care Center in Las Vegas. She was born October 20, 1931, in Ashton, Nebraska to Walter and Mary (Sidzyik) Piontkowski. Evelyn attended school at Ashton and was united in marriage to Charles Racek on August 3, 1948, at Ashton, Nebraska. Two...

Betty Neal Daiss

Betty Neal Daiss

Jul 15, 2010

Betty N. Daiss, 82 of Lexington died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Betty was born September 30, 1927 in Kechi, Kansas to Howard and Margaret (McCormack) Brockway. Betty graduated from Valley Center High School, Valley City, Kansas in 1945 and then attended St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Wichita, Kansas for three years graduating with...

Raymond Francis Lange

Raymond Francis Lange

Jul 13, 2010

Raymond F. Lange, 85, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at Callaway Good Samaritan Center after a lengthy illness. He was born January 29, 1925 in Callaway, Nebraska to Julius and Mary (Montgomery) Lange. Raymond married Marie Trembly, who passed away a few years later. To this marriage one son was born, Donald Ray. He then married Donna...

Bernadine Mary Matz

Bernadine Mary Matz

Jul 12, 2010

Bernadine M. Matz, 83, of Elwood, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, died Monday, July 12, 2010, at Elwood Care Center in Elwood. She was born November 24, 1926, on a farm near Smithfield, Nebraska to August and Mary (Waln) Roepke. Bernadine was the youngest of four siblings including two brothers; Delmar and Owen and two sisters, Marley and Elsie. For her...