Obituaries

Lexington NE Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Lexington, NE area

Marian B. "Frenchy" Lesniowski

Marian B. "Frenchy" Lesniowski

Mar 7, 2009

Marian B. “Frenchy” Lesniowski, 83, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. He was born September 8, 1925, at Krakow, Poland to Wincenty and Irma Nee (Ebel) Lesniowski. Frenchy was the eldest of five children. In 1939, fourteen year old Frenchy was in a bread line when KGB soldiers ordered him and...

Russell James Baker

Russell James Baker

Mar 2, 2009

Russell J. Baker, 51, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Callaway District Hospital in Callaway. He was born February 26, 1958, at Omaha, Nebraska, to Richard and Jean (Fox) Baker. Russell attended grade school in Needles, California. The family then moved back to Omaha where he graduated from Omaha Benson High School. At the age of...

Doris Jean Parks

Doris Jean Parks

Mar 2, 2009

Doris J. Parks, 78, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born January 17, 1931, at Oxford, Nebraska, to Leland and Hazel (Strever) McInturf. Doris graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1948. She went on to further her education at Midwestern School of Evangelism in Ottumwa, Iowa. She returned...

Marjorie A. "Marge" Karlberg

Marjorie A. "Marge" Karlberg

Mar 1, 2009

Marjorie A. “Marge” Karlberg, 80, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born September 28, 1928, at Detroit, Michigan, to Rex Vernon and Esther Eloise (Morris) Thomas. She moved with her family to Nebraska when she was 14 months old. Marge graduated in 1946, from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture...

Marilyn Leone Lowe

Marilyn Leone Lowe

Mar 1, 2009

Marilyn Leone Lowe, 71, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born November 10, 1937, at Sturgis, South Dakota, to Clyde St. Clair and Leona Klosterman St. Clair. Marilyn made Lexington her home for the past 10 years and worked as a caretaker at the Bethany Home in Lexington. She was an...

Connie Jean (Morse) May

Connie Jean (Morse) May

Mar 1, 2009

Connie Jean (Morse) May, 63, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. Connie was born to Marinus and Ethel (Probert) Morse on February 26, 1946. She grew up on a farm near Sargent, Nebraska. In her high school years the family moved into town. She graduated valedictorian of her class in 1964...

James Karl Treacle

James Karl Treacle

Feb 27, 2009

James Karl Treacle, 24, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday February, 27, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born April 20, 1984, in Wayne, Nebraska, to Robert E. Treacle, Sr. and Diane (Allvin) Treacle. James lived in many different areas before moving to Cozad his freshman year and then to Dunning where he graduated from Sand Hills High School with the...

Brigid Rita Haines

Brigid Rita Haines

Feb 25, 2009

Brigid R. Haines, 95, of Nelson, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at her daughter’s home in Nelson. Brigid Rita Haines was born July 16, 1913, in Lawrence, Nebraska to Margaret Buettner Maloney and John D. Maloney. On April 2, 1933, she married Elmer “Lefty” Haines in St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Lawrence, Nebraska. Brigid grew up...

Mary Ellen Sikyta

Mary Ellen Sikyta

Feb 24, 2009

Mary Ellen Sikyta, 78, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Belle Terrace in Tecumseh. She was born May 6, 1930, at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Simon Franklin and Gladys Marie (Sheldon) Denson. Mary attended school in Tecumseh, Nebraska. She worked for the Campbell Soup Company in Tecumseh for 26 years, Artistic Labels in Holdrege,...

Lucille Marie McCandless

Lucille Marie McCandless

Feb 23, 2009

Lucille Marie McCandless, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, February 23, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Cozad surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 25, 1923, at Bedford, Iowa, to Glen Weaver and Cassie Alma (Miller) Snyder. Lucille attended school at Bedford and graduated from Bedford High School with the class of 1940. Prior to...

Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly

Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly

Feb 20, 2009

Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly, 103, of Tucson, Arizona, died Friday, February 20, 2009, in Tucson. She was born January 24, 1906, in the Milldale community near Callaway, Nebraska, to Jess and Rosetta Woodward. The Woodward family land rushed in 1880, by Jason Woodward, Verna’s grandpa. Verna’s great-great-grandma was Annie Ortenta Kneeland, part Indian, she was married to J. Elisha Woodward....

Cecil William Wempen

Cecil William Wempen

Feb 18, 2009

Cecil W. Wempen, 78, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born May 21, 1930, on the family farm south of Sumner, Nebraska, to Henry William and Martha (Baker) Wempen. Cecil was united in marriage to Beverly Rutledge on May 22, 1953, at Lexington, Nebraska. Two children were blessed to...

Helen Stuckey Barrett

Helen Stuckey Barrett

Feb 16, 2009

Helen Stuckey Barrett was born September 3, 1905, to George Edgar and Marjorie (Campbell) Stuckey in Broken Bow, Nebraska. For the first 10 years of her life she lived on a ranch with her parents and two younger brothers, attending nearby Burr Oak School in Custer County. In 1915, the family moved to Lexington, where her mother died shortly after...

Kathleen Ann Hendricks

Kathleen Ann Hendricks

Feb 15, 2009

Kathleen Ann (Kathy) Hendricks, 61, of Lexington, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2009, surrounded by her loving family at the home of her parents. She was born August 26, 1947, at Callaway, Nebraska, to Rollie Kenneth and Ruth Renee (Aikin) Hendricks. Kathy grew up in Callaway until she was in the 5th grade, when the family moved to Lexington. She...

Fred E. Allen

Fred E. Allen

Feb 14, 2009

Fred E. Allen, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born June 19, 1923, at Cozad, Nebraska, to Glen R. and Lena M. (Battreall) Allen. Fred grew up on a farm and graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1941. He was united in marriage to Verna...

Georgia (Jo) Marie Pitkin

Georgia (Jo) Marie Pitkin

Feb 9, 2009

Georgia Marie (Hansen) Pitkin, 85, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Monday, February 9, 2009, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born November 10, 1923, at Milldale, 12 miles northwest of Callaway. She was the seventh in a family of nine children of George and Maria (Klug) Hansen. She received her education at local rural schools through the...

Gerald Lester "Gerry" Carttar

Gerald Lester "Gerry" Carttar

Feb 8, 2009

Gerald L. “Gerry” Carttar, 84, of Harvard, Nebraska, formerly of Johnson Lake, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Harvard Rest Haven in Harvard. He was born May 13, 1924, at Wichita, Kansas, to Eugene A. and Ethel G. (Naden) Carttar. Gerald grew up in the Wichita area where he graduated from Wichita High School East. He was united in marriage...

C. Marie (Nichol) Morgan

C. Marie (Nichol) Morgan

Feb 1, 2009

C. Marie (Nichol) Morgan, 84, of Sumner, Nebraska, died Sunday, February 1, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born January 7, 1925, to John Thomas Nichol and Thelma (Finley) Nichol near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She attended grade school in the small village of Welling, and high school at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, graduating in 1941. After high school...

Betty June (Brown) Sells

Betty June (Brown) Sells

Jan 27, 2009

Betty J. (Brown) Sells, 77, of Kearney, formerly of Lexington, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born February 23, 1931, in Oquawka, Illinois to Glen and Natrona (Morris) Parsons. On December 18, 1948, she married Clifford Allen Brown in Gladstone, Illinois. He preceded her in death. From this union six children were born....

Ramona Munoz

Ramona Munoz

Jan 26, 2009

Ramona “Granny” Munoz, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, January 26, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born September 6, 1921, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Martin and Lena (Villarruel) Alvarado. Ramona was united in marriage to Salvador Munoz on November 17, 1949, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She moved to Lexington in 1960. She enjoyed cooking, doing ceramics,...