U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Points - Renae Marie, 5, Tilden, died 10/23/01 in Omaha.
Services were held Oct. 26, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Memorials in care of the family.
Rezac - Lillian L., 93, Omaha, formerly of Weston, died Thursday (11/1/2001) in Wahoo. Born, Weston. Retired registered nurse, Obstetrics Dept., former St. Catherine's Hospital and former Doctor's Hospital, both Omaha.
Survivors: brother, Ernest Rezac, Lincoln; nieces, nephews.
Mass of Christian burial: 2 p.m. Monday, St. John Catholic Church, Weston. Church cemetery. Rosary: 1:30 p.m. Monday, church. Visitation: one hour before mass, church. Svoboda Funeral Home, Wahoo.
Robertson - Burke A., 76, Ashland, died Wednesday (10/31/2001) in Papillion.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church, Ashland. Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Marcy Mortuary, Ashland, and one hour before services, church. Memorials to the church.
Snyder - Raymond, 71, Lincoln, died Friday (11/2/2001). Earned doctorate degrees in philosophy and psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Survivors: wife, Jacqueline; daughters, son-in-law, Kimberly and Galen Foster, Michelle Daniels. Preceded in death by mother, Violet; father, Leon; brother, Richard.
No services. No visitation, cremation. Wadlow-Rozanek Colonial Chapel, 5200 R St.
Tegeler - Ross Norman, 48, Chicago, formerly of Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/29/2001). Graduate, Lincoln Southeast High School, University of Nebraska. Teacher, Lincoln Public Schools. Served as chairman of Social Studies department and speech coach, Lincoln High School. Member: Lincoln Education Association, Nebraska State Education Association, National Education Association, American Legion Boy's State Association, Unitarian Church, Lancaster Democratic Party, Nebraska Democratic Party.
Survivors: brothers, Paul, Phil; sister-in-law, Nancy; nephew and wife, Ben and Julie; niece, Becky; great-niece, Jetta; aunt, Ethel Hale; cousins. Preceded in death by parents, Hazel and Norman.
Services: 3 p.m. Monday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Lincoln Memorial Park. No visitation. Memorials to the Lincoln Education Association Scholarship Fund.
Andel - Marcel Frank, 69, Schuyler, died Monday (11/12/2001). Born, rural Butler County (near Appleton). Farmer. Army veteran, Korean War.
Survivors: wife, Dolores; sons, Jim, Steve, both Lincoln; one grandson; sisters, Martha Seikora, Arizona, Elsie Smola, Dwight, Mary Ann Romshek, Bellwood; brothers, George, Robert, both David City.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Schuyler. Schuyler Cemetery. Visitation: noon-8 p.m. today; 9-10:15 a.m. Thursday, Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel, Schuyler. Rosary: 7:30 p.m. today, funeral home.
Barry - Inez, 89, Lincoln, formerly of Valparaiso, died Tuesday (11/13/2001).
Services pending, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Bell - Velma M., 90, Lincoln, died Monday (11/12/2001). Born, Bible Grove, Ill. (2/21/11). Member, Vine Congregational Church of Lincoln, Esther Circle, church.
Survivors: sons, daughter-in-law, Weldon K. and Ellen Bell, Plano, Texas, Warren, Lincoln; grandchildren, Betsy Combs, Hopewell, N.J., David Bell, New Brunswick, N.J.; great-grandchildren, Naomi and Aedan Bell; nieces, Gail Swaby, Fort Collins, Colo., Karen Landwehr, Collinsville, Ill. Preceded in death by husband, Percy W.; brother, Harold Landwehr; niece, Joan Drape.
Memorial Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Vine Congregational Church, 1800 Twin Ridge Road. Pastor Ross Tyler. Wyuka Cemetery. Memorials to Esther Circle at church. Wyuka Funeral Home, 3600 O St.
Bruning - Fern E., 89, Gretna, died Saturday (11/10/2001)
Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. today, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Gretna. Kahler-Dolce Mortuary Papillion. Memorials to church in care of Fern Bruning Memorial Fund.
Cleveland - Beatrice, 84, Littleton, Colo., formerly of Lincoln, died Saturday (11/10/2001).
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Douglas - Victoria, Lincoln, formerly of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Tuesday (11/13/2001). Born in Adapazari, Turkey, to Epokrates and Cleonikie Karavaseles. Homemaker. Member, Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Daughters of Annunciation, Daughters of Penelope, Daughters of the Nile, Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors: son, Paul, Lincoln. Preceded in death by husband, Louis; son, Krate; parents.
Trisagion: 7 p.m. Thursday, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, 950 N. 63rd St. Father Nicholas Klodnicki. Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.D. Visitation: noon until 9 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. Memorials in lieu of flowers to the church.
Ekblad - John E., 86, Lincoln, widower of Sara, died Sunday (11/11/2001). Born, Minneapolis (11/1/15) to Emanuel G. and Matilda (Olson). Retired deed writer, Nebraska Department of Roads. Former aerospace engineer for Boeing and Martin Marietta. Former member, Norden Club. Member, First Lutheran Church.
Survivors: daughter, Carol Karr, Lincoln; grandsons, Dallas Hogan, Trevor Karr; sisters, brother-in-law, Dorothy Ekblad, Lillian Halberg, both Lincoln, Victoria and James Hush, Evergreen, Colo.; sisters-in-law, Mary Ellen Ekblad, Fairfax, Va., Dorothy Wells, Dallas; brothers-in-law, Merritt Cushing, Pueblo, Colo., Charles Cleveland, Littleton, Colo.; former son-in-law, Steve Karr, Lincoln; nieces, spouses, Patsy and Ronald Martin, Eagle, Linda and Robert Morton, Lakewood, Colo., Diane and Steve Gregory, Denver, Susan and Pete Rehnberg, Fort Collins, Colo., Stacey Cushing, Pueblo, Colo.; nephew, Tom Hush, Allenspark, Colo.; great-nieces, great-nephews, the Rev. Lori Martin, Broomfield, Colo., Doug and Mary Cushing, Karin and Scott Arndt, all Lakewood, Colo.; other great-nieces and great-nephews; cousin, spouse, Mildred and Ralph Hayden, Lincoln; many other cousins. Preceded in death by son, David; parents; sisters, Beatrice Cleveland, Marian Cushing; brother, William Ekblad.
Graveside services and burial of cremains: 3 p.m. Thursday, Lincoln Memorial Park, 6700 S. 14th St. Meet at Gate 2. Pastor Fred Nelson. No visitation. Cremation. Memorials to First Lutheran Church, 1551 S. 70th (06). Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Frank - Betty Rae, 71, Lincoln, died Monday (11/12/2001). Born, Ainsworth (9/8/30) to Roy and Ruth (Simonson) Goree. Member, Calvary Lutheran Church.
Survivors: son, Richard Frank, Bee; daughters, sons-in-law, Michelle and David Hemsath, Round Rock, Texas, Rebecca and LeRoy Pacula, Lincoln; daughter, special friend, Penny Frank and Kevin Swanson, Lincoln; grandchildren, Alex Hemsath, Roy Frank, Dylan Pacula, Mariah Pacula, Samuel Swanson; sister, brother-in-law, Helen and Harold Hetherington, Lincoln; numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents; grandson, Ryan Pacula; sister, Aileen Sloan.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. The Rev. Mark Rosenau. Private family inurnment at later date, Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: 4 p.m.-9 p.m. today; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. Memorials to family.
Gilkeson - Harmon D., 76, rural Chester, died Monday (11/12/2001) in Belleville, Kan. Born, rural Sutherland (8/12/25) to Allen and Faye (Weston) Gilkeson. Farmer. Longtime rural Chester resident. Served, U.S. Army, World War II. Member, United Methodist Church of Chester, Chester Masonic Lodge, for many years. Married Lorene Sawyer (5/28/50).
Survivors: wife, Lorene; sons, Ronald, Leoti, Kan., David, Chester; daughter, Ann Gilkeson, Chandler, Ariz.; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brother, Raymond, Sequim, Wash.; sisters, Alice Graham, Ashland, Jane Irvine, Southworth, Wash.; twin sister, Mary Anne Nowlin, Kerrville, Texas. Preceded in death by son, Robert E. (9/7/74); parents.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, United Methodist Church, Chester. Chester Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. today, Bachelor-Faulkner-Dart-Surber Funeral Home, Belleville, Kan.
Gooding - Marilyn K., 62, Lincoln, died Monday (11/12/2001). Born, Lincoln (10/3/39). Secretary, Health and Human Performance Department, UNL. Member, Holy Savior Lutheran Church, U.N.O.P.A., Beltline Extension Club, Welfare Society, Air Force Sergeants Association Auxiliary.
Survivors: husband, Harvey Sr.; daughter, son-in-law, Margaret and Mark Nugent, Carlsbad, Calif.; sons, daughters-in-law, Gerald, Lincoln, Robert and Tamra, Belton, Mo., Harvey Jr. and Karen, Lincoln; eight grandchildren; brother, sister-in-law, Ronald and Brigette Frank, Lincoln; sister-in-law, Dorothy Frank, Cedar Falls, Iowa; aunts, cousins. Preceded in death by parents, Henry and Elizabeth Frank; brother, Robert Frank.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Rev. Jerry Troester. Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, until services Friday, funeral home. Memorials to the family's choice.
Grasmick - Frieda, 87, Omaha, widow of Fred, died Saturday (11/10/2001).
Services: 11 a.m. today, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Memorials to American Cancer Society or Alzheimer's Association.
Henrion - Walter S. Jr., 89, Lincoln, died Sunday (11/11/2001) in Omaha
Mass: 11 a.m. today, Cathedral of the Risen Christ, 3500 Sheridan Blvd. Pallbearers: Mike Morrow, Steve Morrow, Robert Morrow, Mike Harshman, Kirk Hovendick, John P. Morrow. The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the Walter S. and Virginia D. Henrion Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 642237, Omaha 68164. Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Huenink - Alice Pearline, 79, Lincoln, died Monday (11/12/2001). Born, Gage County (11/14/21) to Joe and Fern (Shipp) Isley.
Survivors: brother, sister-in-law, Eugene and Darlene Isley, Lincoln; sister, Ruth Spilker, Lincoln; nieces; nephews. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Ralph Hibbert, Ervin Huenink; son, Ronald Hibbert; brother, Leroy Isley.
No services by request of deceased. Cremation. No visitation. Private burial: Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorials to donor's choice.
Jackson - Hattie, 78, Lincoln, died Saturday (11/10/11). Services: 1 p.m. today, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St. Visitation: one hour before service, funeral home. Memorials to Madonna Rehabilitation Center, 5401 South St. (06). Condolences can be sent to L. Bullock, 4210 N. 73rd St. (07).
Keleher - Daniel, 81, McAllen, Texas, died Oct. 23, 2001. Born, Lincoln (3/8/20) to Daniel and Inez (Sack) of Walton. Graduate: Walton High School; Milford Trade School. Veteran World War II of the U.S. Army and served in Pacific theater. Returned to Lincoln to work until retirement at the U.S. Post Office. Retired as superintendent of postal service, 1976. Member: Administrative Management Society; Elks in McAllen; Retired Postal Supervisors; Our Savior Lutheran Church, McAllen. Lifetime member, American Legion Post No. 3, Lincoln. Former member, Elks in Lincoln.
Survivors: wife, Winniefred (Eliason) Keleher; sisters, Marguerite Charlton, Atascadero, Calif., Evon Kollars, Lincoln; brother, sister-in-law, Mel and Imelda Ogden, San Jose, Calif.; sister-in-law, spouses, Betty and Willie Knuth, Lincoln; brothers-in-law, spouses, Nels and Mildred Eliason, Yutan, Paul L. Eliason, Lincoln, Emin Eliason Jr., Wahoo, Robert and Donna Eliason, Wahoo; nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews.
Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Saturday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Officiating, Dan's cousin, Pastor Edward E. Blair, Buffalo, Minn. Cremation. No visiation. Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorials to donor's choice.
Kennedy - Frances P., 82, Lincoln, widow of Ellis R., died Sunday (11/11/2001).Graveside Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Wyuka Cemetery, 3600 O St. Meet at 12:45 at O Street gate. Visitation: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St. Memorials c/o family.
Lewandowski - Sabine, 83, Grand Island, widow of Ray, died Sunday (11/11/2001). Born, Farwell. With husband, owned/operated International Harvester implement and trucking business; also farmed in Farwell area and involved in Farwell reclamation and Sherman irrigation projects.
Survivors: daughters, Rosann Riekenberg, McPherson, Kan., Rae Jean Miller, Sharon Lewandowski, both Lincoln; three grandchildren.
Memorial Services: 10 a.m., Nov. 24 (corrected date), St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Farwell. St. Church cemetery. No visitation. Cremation. Memorials to church. Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home, Grand Island.
Martin - Morton "Bruce," 66, Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly Omaha, died 11/2/01. Born, Lincoln.
Survivors: wife, Marcia Day Martin; sister, Mary Ann Martin, Lincoln; sons, Bruce, Monterey, Calif., John, San Francisco; one granddaughter.
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Friday, All Saints Church, 9302 Blondo St., Omaha. Memorials to charity of donor's choice.
McMahon - Catherine Charlotte, 92, Albuquerque, N.M., resident 18 years, formerly Lincoln, died 11/9/01. Born, Boone, Iowa (10/27/09). Taught many years in rural Nebraska as well as Lincoln and volunteered as teacher's aide after retirement. Moved to Albuquerque, 1983, to be nearer her grandsons. Member, National Retired Teachers Association, St. Bernadette's parish, the Altar Rosary and Catholic Daughters of America.
Survivors: daughter, son-in-law, Mary and Dr. Henry Espinosa, Albuquerque; grandsons, Damian and wife Eileen, Chicago, Michael and Luke, both Los Angeles, Andrew, Albuquerque; sister, Leota Breitfelder, Lincoln; sister-in-law, Bernice Carpenter, Broken Bow; numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband, Leo Vaughn McMahon; sister, Irene Schmitz; brothers, Cletus and Merle Barrett; parents, Clinton and Bridget Barrett.
Mass of Christian burial: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. John the Apostle Parish, 7601 Vine St. Celebrant Father James Benton. Inurnment: Lincoln Memorial Park. Rosary: 10 a.m. Saturday, church. Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.
Nord - Hildur E., 92, Lincoln, died Monday (11/12/2001). Born, St. Paul, Minn. Retired secretary, Portland Cement Co., Chicago. Member, Lincoln Woman's Club.
Survivors: cousins.
Graveside Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Valparaiso Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-noon today, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St., and 4-7 p.m. today, Nelson Funeral Home, Ceresco. Memorials to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ceresco.
O'Brien - Robert D., 76, Lincoln, died Saturday (11/10/2001).
Services: 10:30 today, St. John The Apostle Catholic Church, 7601 Vine St. Memorials in lieu of flowers to The American Cancer Society or to the family. Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Condolences to contact@roperandsons.com.
Olmsted - Bernice E., 84, Tecumseh, died Sunday (11/11/2001) in Lincoln.
Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. today, St. Andrew Catholic Church, Tecumseh. Inurnment: noon Thursday, Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln. Register book: until services, Wherry Mortuary, Tecumseh. Memorials in lieu of flowers to family's choice.
Phillips - James R. "Jim," 86, North Bend, formerly Curtis, widower of Julia A. (Ustohal), died Friday (11/9/2001) in Fremont.
Services: 1:30 p.m. today, Moser Memorial Chapel, North Bend. Visitation: 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today, funeral home.
Pinneo - LaVerna C., 93, Adams, widow of Andrew, died Sunday (11/11/2001).
Services: 10 a.m. today, Evangelical United Lutheran Church, 5945 Fremont St. Pastor Bob Stenson. Visitation: one hour before services, church. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Memorials to church or Goldcrest Nursing Home.
