U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Beggs - Marilyn Jean, 70, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001).
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, 1340 K St. Visitation: today until 9 p.m., with family greeting friends 6-8 p.m., Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Memorials to church (08).
Boring - Dolores Ann, 74, Dawson, died Wednesday (10/17/2001). Ran Boring Oil Co. with husband, Donald, who preceded her in death.
Survivors: son, Martin, Pleasant Dale; daughters, Ann Martinez, Carolyn Glathar, both of Dawson; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Saint Mary's Church, Dawson. Church cemetery. Visitation: 2-8 p.m. Friday, Wherry Brothers Mortuary, Humboldt. Rosary: 9 a.m. Saturday, the church. Memorials to the family's choice.
Craig - Wilma Rose Jelineck, 91, Clemson, S.C., died 10/9/01. Born, Crow Lake, S.D. (11/1/09). Graduated, University of Nebraska. Former elementary schoolteacher. Avid gardener. Active in Bethesda community, where she was known for her beautiful gardens. Life member, Republican Party, Naval Dental Wives Club, Bethesda Community Garden Club. Expert in ikebana flower arrangement and attended Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Enjoyed traveling with husband, Capt. Morris Charles Craig, Dental Corps, U.S. Navy, who had tours of duty that included U.S. Naval Academy, Philadelphia Naval Base, Mare Island Naval Base, Calif.; Coronado Naval Air Station; Guam Naval Base; Bethesda Naval Hospital (two tours of duty); and Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Her personal travels took her to Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, England and Scotland.
Survivors: sons, Bruce, Waverly, Lynn, Clemson, S.C.; sister, Leona Watson, San Leandro, Calif.; grandchildren, Doug and Deborah Craig, Nebraska.
Memorial service: 3 p.m. Friday, Arlington National Cemetery, Old Post Chapel. Memorials to Wilma Craig Library Memorial Fund, Alterra Sterling House, 131 Vickery Lane, Central, SC 29630; or Nebraska Children's Home Society, 4700 Valley Road, Lincoln, NE 68510. McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson, S.C.
Crocker - Ed, 73, Ulysses, died Tuesday (10/16/2001).
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Wood-Zabka Funeral Home, Seward. Burial: 1:30 p.m., Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln. Visitation: 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. today; one hour before services, funeral home. Memorials to donor's choice in care of family.
Dahnke - Edna Pearl (May), 73, Lincoln, died Monday (10/15/2001). Born, Walton (10/27/27) to Otto and Matilda (Meyer) May. Retired waitress, American Legion Post 3, Lincoln. Graduated, Walton High School. Member, Calvary Lutheran Church.
Survivors: husband, Richard; sons, daughters-in-law, Rick and Bonnie, Washington, D.C., Scott and Deb, Omaha; daughter and friend, Candi Sapp and Donnie Sabata, Garland; granddaughters, Kelli Finke, Lincoln, Anna Dahnke, Omaha; brother, Orion May, Lincoln; sisters, Merna Balm, Wilma Harrison, both Lincoln; great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews. Preceded in death by parents; grandson, Thomas Sapp Jr.; brother, Paul May; sister, Velora Rogers.
Services: 11 a.m. today, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. The Rev. Mark Rosenau. Lincoln Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Mike and Tom May, Jerry Haertel, Tom Meahan Jr., John Kettler, Bob Poe. Visitation: today, 9 a.m. until services, funeral home. Memorials to American Lung Association.
Dandridge - Birling, 94, Lincoln, died Saturday (10/13/2001).
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Visitation pending, funeral home.
Demenus - Joseph A., 74, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001).
Survivors: daughter, JoAnn Wolf, Valparaiso; former wife, Marion Demenus, Lincoln; sister, Berdene Slagel, Boise, Idaho; three grandchildren.
Graveside Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Wyuka Cemetery. Visitation: noon-9 p.m. Thursday, with the family, 7-9 p.m. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Fairchild - Warren Dean, 73, Alexandria, Va., formerly Fairbury, Beatrice, Lincoln, died 9/29/01.
Services were 10/05/01, Endicott United Methodist Church. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home.
Grabher - Ray Lee, 75, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Born, Ellis. District manager, Omaha World-Herald. Army Air Forces veteran, World War II.
Survivors: wife, Dolores (Kaiser); daughter, Kathy Grabher, Lincoln.
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Metcalf Funeral Home, Lincoln. Wyuka Cemetery. Visitation: 2-8 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. until service, funeral home. Memorials to the family.
Greeno - Marjorie R., 82, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Born, Aberdeen, S.D., (3/5/19) to Peder and Carrie (Swenson) Hunstad. Secretary in financial aid office at Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1966-1980.
Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Ronald Greeno and Ann Billingsley, Los Angeles; daughters and son-in-law, Joan Westby Lange, Lincoln, Jeanie and John Aronson, Fort Collins, Colo.; five grandchildren; sisters, Eunice Moberg, California, Fern Lee, Aberdeen, S.D., Cora Wolters, Groton, S.D. Preceded in death by husband, Woodrow; parents; brothers, Ted, Harley.
Private graveside services. Wyuka Cemetery. Pastor Robert Stenson. Family will greet friends, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Memorials to American Parkinsons Disease Association, Nebraska Chapter, 7701 Pacific St., Suite 122, Omaha, 68114.
Holst - Mildred I., 87, Davenport, widow of Edward "Jack," died Tuesday (10/16/2001) in Deshler. Born, Rural Oak, (4/20/14) to Fred and Anna (Bedlan) Kotas.
Survivors: brother, Joe Kotas, Nelson; nieces and nephews and their families. Preceded in death by parents; brother Fred Kotas, Jr.; sisters, Mamie Jensen, Lilian Jensen, Viola Johnston.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, United Methodist Church, Davenport. Edgar City Cemetery. Visitation: 1-9 p.m. today, Urbauer-Price Funeral Home, Davenport; before services, church. Memorials to family.
Johnson - Mary M., 76, Tucson, Ariz., formerly Lincoln, died Sunday (10/14/2001). Born, Havelock. Homemaker. Former employee, Dubinsky Brothers Theaters, Lincoln.
Survivors: husband, Eugene; son, William Hunter, Council Bluffs, Iowa; daughters, Mary V. Boden, Sterling, Patricia Hutchison, Lincoln; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by children, John Hunter, Frank Love, Katie Roberts.
Memorial service: 10 a.m. Friday, Santa Cruz Lutheran Church, Tucson. Memorials to American Cancer Society. Arizona Mortuary University Chapel, Tucson.
Kahle - Donald L., 74, Crete, died Wednesday (10/17/2001).
Survivors: sisters, brothers-in-law, Marge and Jerry Bishop, Ruth and Bob June, all of Crete; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents; wife, Shirley; sister, Dorothy Eberspacher; brother, Harry Kahle.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete. Riverside Cemetery, Crete. Visitation: beginning 6 p.m. Thursday, funeral home.
Kildaw - Mary E., 82, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Member: Bethany Christian Church.
Survivors: church members and many friends at Lancaster Manor.
Memorial Services: 2:30 p.m. Friday, Lancastor Manor Chapel. No visitation.
Knollenberg - Freddie D., 66, Crete, died Saturday (10/13/2001).
Services: 10 a.m. today, Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete. Memorials to St. John's Church, Kramer.
Kohlmeier - Tracey Ann, 40, Seward, died Saturday (10/13/2001) in a school bus accident, Omaha.
Services: 2 p.m. today, St. John Lutheran Church, Seward. Visitation: one hour before services, the church. Volzke Mortuary, Seward.
Meyer - William "Bill," 71, Kenesaw, died Tuesday (10/16/2001) in Hastings. Born, Nelson. Surveyor, Kansas-Nebraska Gas Co. U.S. Air Force veteran, Korea.
Survivors: wife, Helen; parents, Floyd and Fae (Sheets) Meyer, Nelson; stepchildren, C.E. Wehrman III, Jackie Davis, both Kenesaw, Patricia Melroy, Winterset, Iowa, Deborah Larson, St. Edwards; three grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Nelson Community United Church of Christ, Nelson. Nelson Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, Klawitter-Price Funeral Home, Nelson.
Miller - Paul C., 81, Alexandria, Va., died 9/29/01 in Arlington, Va. Born, Canton, China, child of missionary parents. Grew up in Lincoln, where he met Marie Benzel, wife of 55 years. Gave life to Christ, December 1934. Attended University of Nebraska. Joined Nebraska National Guard, 1937. Served, U.S. Army, 20 years; POW in World War II; Korean War; retired in 1960 as lieutenant colonel. Former chief of ceremonies and special events at Military District, Washington, D.C., 26 years. Helped plan funerals of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Involved in every president's inaugural from President Truman to George H.W. Bush. Active in Plymouth Haven Baptist Church and Downtown Baptist Church. Former president, Board of Covenant Village, Christian retreat, serving congregations and inner-city kids from metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
Survivors: wife, Marie; children, Kathy Haffamier, Atlanta, David Miller, College Park, Md., Ann Hays, Lexie Miller, both Alexandria, Va.; brother, William Charles, Springfield, Va.; Mary Miller, Louisville, Ky.; four grandchildren.
Memorial Services: 9 a.m. Friday, Memorial Chapel, Fort Myer, Va. Interment, Arlington National Cemetery. Memorials in memory of Paul C. Miller to Covenant Village, P.O. Box 148, Flintstone, MD 21530.
Mitakos - T. Jean, 85, Lincoln, widow of George, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Born, Halliday, N.D. Retired real estate agent.
Survivors: cousins.
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Friday, First Christian Church, Ashland. Memorials to church or American Lung Association. Marcy Mortuary, Ashland.
Monia - Zelma L., 95, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Born, Endicott (2/11/06) to Arthur and Jennie (Price) Griffing. Homemaker. Member, Havelock United Methodist Church, AARP, Martha Washington Chapter 153, OES.
Survivors: daughters, sons-in-law, DeLoris and John Bryan, Ventura, Calif., Arlayne and Ivan Orthengren, Decatur, Texas, Sandra Quathamer, Lincoln; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; sisters, brother-in-law, Lois and Norman Lull, Washington, Kan., Alma Turner, Nashville, Tenn. Preceded in death by husband, Ralph; son, Dehryl; daughter, Marilyn Carlson; parents; two brothers; one sister; two sons-in-law.
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Wyuka Cemetery. Pallbearers: grandsons. Visitation: 5 p.m. today until services, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Family will greet friends, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, funeral home.
Murray - Kathryn (Marson), 79, Lincoln, died Monday, Oct. 15.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Rosary: 9:30 a.m. Monday, church. Cremation. No viewing. No visitation. Memorials to Parkinson's research or family. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Owens - Marie S., 86, Lincoln, formerly Verdon, widow of Roland, died Thursday (10/11/2001).
Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Eastmont Towers, 6315 O St. The Rev. Wallace Wolff. Burial: 2:30 p.m., Verdon Cemetery. Visitation/signing of memory book: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Wood-Zabka Funeral Home, Seward; one hour before services, Eastmont Towers. Memorials to donor's choice in care of family.
Paul - A. Ruth, 91, Wymore, widow of Rudolph R., died Tuesday (10/16/2001) in Beatrice. Born, Blue Springs. Homemaker.
Survivors: sons, Kevin, Bill, both Barneston, Gary, Bellevue, David, Beatrice; daughter, Vivian Fruehling, Glen Rose, Texas; foster son, Dallas "Dutch" Barnts, Lincoln; sister, Maxine Fields, Omaha; brother, William Keefover, Bridgeport; 16 grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Wymore Church of Christ. Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice. Visitation: beginning 10 a.m. Thursday with family receiving friends 5-7 p.m., Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home; one hour before service, the church. Memorials to the church in care of Virgil and Shirley Martin.
Petrovich - Anna M., 88, Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/17/2001). Born, Hallam. Retired RN, VA Hospital, Los Angeles. Member, Trinity United Methodist Church, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Lincoln General Hospital Auxiliary, Wesleyan Alumni, University of Chicago Alumni, Lincoln General Nurses Alumni, American Association of University Women, Pi Lambda Theta, AARP. Graduate of the Year, Lincoln General Hospital, 1984.
Survivors: sister, Bessie Svoboda, Lincoln; nieces, Sylvia and Carol; nephew, Marty; great-nieces and -nephews. Preceded in death by husband, Bora; brother, Tony Rejcha.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Trinity United Methodist Church. The Rev. Lauren Eckdahl. St. Sava Serbian Eastern Orthodox Cemetery, Libertyville, Ill. Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. today and Friday, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Memorials to church of American Cancer Society.
Prescott - Benjamin Matthew, 14, Seward, died Saturday (10/13/2001) in a school bus accident in Omaha.
Services pending, Volzke Mortuary, Seward.
Prescott - James Rio, 49, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Born, Cherokee, Iowa, (4/22/52) to James Robert and Luetta (Koth) Prescott. Self-employed machinist. Baptized, Lutheran. Former Navy Reserve member.
Survivors: wife, Mimi; sisters, Judy Horton, Nashville, Tenn., Nancy Akerson, Colon, Gaylene Schubert, Quimby, Iowa; brothers, Jerry Prescott, Chula Vista, Calif., Danny Prescott, Sheldon, Iowa; father, Mathus, Texas; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by mother; sister, Paula Krambeck.
Memorial service: 3:30 p.m. Saturday (10/20/2001), Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Pastor Rich Carlson. No visitation, cremation. Memorials to the family.
Reed - Ralph L., 82, Lincoln, died Sunday (10/14/2001).
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Calvary Lutheran Church, 2788 Franklin. No visitation. Memorials to church (02); or American Red Cross, Lancaster Chapter, 220 Oak Creek Drive, P.O. Box 83267 (01). Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Regnier - Laura, 92, Fairbury, died Tuesday (10/16/2001). Born, Odell. Beautician.
Survivors: husband, Paul; sister, Mildred Liggett, Fairbury; nieces; nephews.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, First Christian Church, Fairbury. Fairbury Cemetery. Memorials to church. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury.
Remmers - Michael, 42, Golden, Colo., formerly Firth, died (10/09/2001).
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Lincoln Memorial Chapel. Memorial to Nebraska Heart Association, in care of Leanne Hamner, 821 Willard Circle, Hickman 68372.
