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Lexington NE Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area
Pearl LaVonne Martin
Sep 24, 2009
Pearl LaVonne Martin, 79, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, September 24, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born July 6, 1930, at Oconto, Nebraska to Clarence and Verna Mae (Lovitt) Stockham. Verna Mae died in 1933, when Pearl was not quite three and her sister, Shirley was nine months old, from scarlet fever. Her father then married Verna...
Thelma Arlene (Gummere) Desmond
Sep 22, 2009
Thelma G. Desmond, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood. She was born May 30, 1913 at Stratton, Nebraska to George W. and Rosa Jane (Boston) Gummere. Thelma graduated with honors from Benkelman High School in Benkelman, Nebraska with the class of 1930. She attended Colorado Women’s College in Denver and...
A.J. "Mike" Harvey
Sep 20, 2009
A.J. “Mike” Harvey, 95, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. He was born October 5, 1913, at Callaway, Nebraska to James and Louise (Johansen) Harvey. Mike lived in Callaway, Nebraska until 1927 when his family moved to Dawson County. Mike enjoyed being a farmer and farmed North of town for thirty-seven...
Leona Anna McNerny
Sep 19, 2009
Leona A. McNerny, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born June 14, 1917 at Fairbolt County, Minnesota to August Henry William and Amelia (Fredricks) Carstens. Leona attended the Lutheran Church in Elmore, Minnesota. She moved to Kansas in 1929 and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Bird City,...
Gary Lee Feddersen
Sep 18, 2009
Gary L. Feddersen, 68, of Hastings, Nebraska, died Friday, September 18, 2009, at his home in Hastings. He was born December 4, 1940, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Don and Maxine (Koehn) Feddersen. Gary graduated in 1958 from Miller High School, the last graduating class prior to the school closing. Gary was able to attend his 50 year class reunion in...
Brian Dean Eilers
Sep 15, 2009
Brian D. Eilers, 52, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at his home amongst family. He was born March 26, 1957, at Lexington, Nebraska to Richard and Marion (Cook) Eilers. Brian was the first born of three brothers. He grew up on the family farm that is located east of Overton. Brian graduated from Overton High School with...
Mary Eleanor Ramirez
Sep 13, 2009
Mary E. Ramirez, 80, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, September 13, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Mary was born April 27, 1929, at Gibbon, Nebraska to Marcelino and Marcelina Ramirez. Mary moved to Lexington as a young girl where she attended school. Following school she took in laundry, cleaned homes and worked in the fields. She then went to...
Marjorie Elizabeth Skinner DeFilipps
Sep 12, 2009
Marjorie E. (Skinner) DeFilipps, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born November 5, 1918 at Kansas City, Missouri to Charles T. and Ella Mae (Haley) Skinner, Sr. Marge graduated from high school in Kansas City and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from the University of...
Harvey Dean Hampton
Sep 11, 2009
Harvey D. Hampton, 76, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, September 11, 2009, at his home in Lexington following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born April 20, 1933, in Mullen, Nebraska, to Carlie and Cammie (Morrison) Hampton. Harvey grew up in the sand hills area. He settled in the Lexington area in the 1960’s where he was a...
Leroy Frederick Kussman
Sep 6, 2009
Leroy F. Kussman, 70, of Cozad, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Cozad Community Hospital. He was born December 11, 1938, in Wayland, Missouri, to Francis and Wilveretta (Burgess) Kussman. Leroy attended school and worked on his grandfather’s farm in Alexandria, Missouri prior to enlisting in the Army in 1957. He was honorably discharged in...
Pastor Edwin H. Cook
Aug 31, 2009
Pastor Edwin H.Cook, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Pastor Cook was born November 20, 1927 at Sheridan, Wyoming to Henry and Katherine (Pitsch) Cook. He attended school in Sheridan, but dropped out of school in his senior year to serve his Country during WWII in the United States Navy....
Gladys Mary Brown
Aug 28, 2009
Gladys Mary (Henry) Brown, 98, of Carpenteria, California, formerly of Lexington, Nebraska. Gladys Mary Brown, much loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully one day after her 98th birthday, August 28, 2009, with her son and daughter-in-law by her side. Gladys was born on August 27, 1911, in Big Springs, Nebraska. She was the third child of David...
Carol Lois Chamberlin
Aug 26, 2009
Carol Lois Chamberlin, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her home in Lexington. She was born June 11, 1932 at Chicago, Illinois to Harold and Irene (Basch) Schradzke. Carol graduated from high school in Chicago and went on to further her education at the University of Colorado at Boulder majoring in English and minoring in Music....
Norma Jean Wigstone
Aug 24, 2009
Norma Jean Frazer Wigstone, 66, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday August 24, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Norma was born August 16, 1943 at rural North Loup, Nebraska to Anson Orrin Frazer and Opal Grace Hunt Frazer. Norma was their second child. Norma was born on her sister Shirley’s 3rd birthday. Norma was married on March 6, 1964, to...
Wayne E. Young
Aug 24, 2009
Wayne E. Young, 87, lifetime Lexington farmer, died Monday, August 24, 2009, at his home near Lexington. He was born September 20, 1921, at Lexington, Nebraska, the youngest of four children, to Arthur E. and Frances M. (Anderson) Young. Wayne was a 1940 graduate of Lexington High School and entered the United States Navy during WWII on August 6, 1942,...
Kenneth Allen Brandenberg
Aug 11, 2009
Kenneth Allen Brandenberg, 81, of Lexington, Nebraska, died at his home Tuesday, August 11, 2009. He was born August 31, 1927 at Lexington to Martin Willard and Bertha Ellen (Lindsay) Brandenberg. Ken grew up at Lexington where he received his education. He joined the United States Army and served his Country during WWII. Ken was united in marriage to Donna...
Myrna Aline Woodside
Aug 1, 2009
Myrna A. Woodside, 67, of Minden, Nebraska, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born October 20, 1941 at Kinsley, Kansas to Wilbur and Ruth (Albers) Sater. Myrna attended and graduated from Oberlin High School with the class of 1959, in Oberlin, Kansas. Myrna was united in marriage to LeRoy Woodside on...
Thomas Frederick Waltemath
Aug 1, 2009
Thomas Frederick “Tom” Waltemath, 74, of Kearney, Nebraska, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at his home in Kearney. He was born December 21, 1934, at Omaha, Nebraska to Victor and Capitola (McCabe) Waltemath. Tom was a 1953 graduate of Hershey High School in Hershey, Nebraska. He entered the United States Navy on January 12, 1954 and was Honorably Discharged on...
Morris Leo Downin
Jul 31, 2009
Morris L. Downin, 94, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Friday, July 31, 2009, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center where he had been living for one month. He was born August 2, 1914 on the family farm near Lodi, Nebraska to Albert and Milly (Jones) Downin. Morris attended Lower Lodi school through the 10th grade and graduated from Callaway High School...
Viola M. Wagener
Jul 22, 2009
Viola M. Wagener, widow of Henry, 81, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Overton, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at her home in Lincoln. She was born March 13, 1928, at Montgomery City, Missouri to Everett and Myrtle M. (Eaton) Frank. She married Henry Wagener on February 14, 1946, at St. Charles, Missouri. They traveled with the dam building crew through...
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