U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Hagelback -- Julia E., 89, Tecumseh, widow of Charles, died Friday (10/11/2002). Born, Auburn. Retired sales clerk in ladies ready wear, 41 years.
Survivors: daughter, Shirley Lempka, Arvada, Colo.; two grandsons; two great-grandsons; sisters, Ella Gray, Kearney, Mary Gerdes, Grand Island, Wilma McConnell, Auburn; brothers, Erwin Pulwer, Kearney, Walter Pulwer, Auburn.
Services:2 p.m. Tuesday, St. John Lutheran Church, Tecumseh. Tecumseh cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Wherry Brothers Mortuary, Tecumseh; one hour before services, church. Memorials to the family's choice.
Hansen -- Edith M., 87, Friend, widow of Andrew, died Tuesday (10/8/2002).
Services: 10 a.m. today, Friend Berean Church. Visitation: one hour before services, church. Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend. Memorials to the church or Back to the Bible.
Haynes -- Alvin E., 77, Bennet, was called home Wednesday (10/9/2002). Born, Honea Path, S.C. (6/22/25). Served two terms as mayor of Bennet. Retired, Imperial Outdoor Advertising and part-time Wells-Fargo Armored Car Division. Served his country proudly in World War II, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division, earning WW II Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, EAMEService Medal with three Bronze Service Stars and one Purple Heart. Former commander, Bennet Post, and commander for life, VFW. Member: Masonic Lodge No. 320, American Legion Post 280, DAV No. 7.
Survivors: wife, Iona B.; son, daughter-in-law, Mike and Paula Stidhem, Millard; daughters, son-in-law, Theresa and "Gordy"Howe, Christie Smith and special friend Jeff Ward, all of Lincoln; grandsons, spouse, Gerit and Kari Schell, Scott Stidhem, all Lincoln; granddaughter, Keri Schell, Lincoln; great-granddaughter, Madalynn Schell, Lincoln; foster son, "Tony"Felix, Cincinnati; foster daughter, Kathy Felix, St. Francisville, La.; brothers, sisters-in-law, John and Ethel, Ware Shoals, S.C., Carl and Jeannette, Lincoln; nieces; nephews; and many friends. preceded in death by parents; four sisters; three brothers; special niece, Debra Crane.
Services: 1 p.m. Monday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St., Lincoln. Bennet Cemetery. Military honors by Fort Riley, Kan., honor guard. Visitation: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, with family greeting friends, 6-8 p.m., funeral home. Memorials in care of the family.
Kennedy -- Mildred B., 90, Weeping Water, died Tuesday (10/8/2002).
No services. Book signing: 9-11 a.m. today, Hammons Funeral Chapel, Weeping Water. Memorials to family's choice.
Larson -- Deana E., 87, Mead, widow of Vernon, died Thursday (10/10/2002) in Fremont. Born, Memphis. Member, Evangelical Covenant Church, Mead; American Legion Auxiliary Unit 82, Wahoo, 64 years. Past member, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors: daughters, sons-in-law, Carmen Larson, Omaha, Lenore and David Hample, Pueblo, Colo., Connie and James Janecek, Bloomfield; sons, daughters-in-law, Greg and Marilyn, Russell and Irene, all Mead; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. preceded in death by parents; husband; stepfather, Elmer Morris; brothers, sisters; grandson, Jeffery Janecek.
Services:10 a.m. Monday, Evangelical Covenant Church, Mead. The Rev. Lyle Person. Sunrise Cemetery, Wahoo. Visitation: 3-8 p.m. Sunday, with family from 6 to 8 p.m., Svoboda Funeral Home, Wahoo; one hour before services, church. Memorials to the church.
Lindstrom -- Mary Alice, 81, Lincoln, widow of Henry Lee, died Oct. 5, 2002.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Calvary Lutheran Church, 2788 Franklin St. Visitation: 3-9 p.m. Sunday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.; one hour before services, church. Memorials in care of the family.
McBey -- Mollie (Fox), 79, Mount Vernon, Wash., passed away of cancer Monday (10/7/2002). Born, Lincoln (5/17/23) to Henry and Katherine Fox. Graduate, Lincoln High School, 1941. Moved to Everett, Wash., 1947. Member: VFW Post 933 Auxiliary, Germans from Russia, Air Force Sergeants Auxiliary. Mollie worked in the offices of various lumberyards and mills in Everett. She was an excellent seamstress, enjoyed woodworking and, with her husband, remodeled homes and built a summer cabin upriver.
Survivors: husband, Donald J.; brothers, sister-in-law, Henry Fox, LeRoy and Marilyn Fox, all of Lincoln; sisters, brothers-in-law, Amelia Schmitz, Clarice and Max Siegrist, all of Waverly, Pauline and John Hinkle, Forsyth, Mo.; brother-in-law, William McBey, Lynnwood, Wash.; sisters-in-law, Donna Fox, Lincoln, Elsie Duncan, Millbrae, Calif.; special uncles, Alex Kruse, Conrad and Lillian Kruse, all Lincoln; 10 nephews; 15 nieces. preceded in death by parents; half brother, Alexander Becker; brother, William Fox; niece, Janet Hinkle.
At her request there will be no services. Cremation by Skagit Cremation Services, Skagit, Wash.
Neubauer -- Lynn R., 54, Lincoln, formerly Nebraska City, died Thursday (10/10/2002). Born, Nebraska City (6/30/48). Employed, maintenance/plumber, University of Nebraska.
Survivors: mother, Helen Neubauer, Nebraska City; wife, Darlene C.; sons, Ryan, Fort Riley, Kan., Kevin, Omaha; daughter, Kelly Neubauer, Syracuse; sister, brother-in-law, Lois and Bruce Morrow, Waverly; stepchildren, spouses, Linda Johnson, Lincoln, Diane Matzner, Dave and Linda Almery, Gary and Cindy Almery, all Ceresco; seven stepgrandchildren; stepgreat-grandchild; nieces, nephews; cousins; aunts, uncles; multitude of friends; dogs, Jake and Dee-Dee; future grandchild. preceded in death by father, Roy L. Neubauer.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Peterson Mortuary, Nebraska City. The Rev. Orrin Johnson. St. Paul's Cemetery, Talmage. Pallbearers: Gary Shaw, Gregg Shaw, Dave Almery, Gary Almery, Dave Baker, Shelley Stumbaugh. Honorary pallbearers: Ryan Neubauer, Kevin Neubauer, Kelly Neubauer, Joe Divine, John Burch, Ed Thompson, Craig Schaffer, John Harney, Dan Harney, Larry Duba, Paul Pack, Milton Kreifels, Mike Kerans, Duane Houchin, Larry Hartman, Stacey Shaw. Visitation: 2-8 p.m. today, with family, 6-8 p.m. Metcalf Funeral Home, Lincoln; 2-8 p.m. Sunday, Peterson Mortuary. Memorials to the family.
Oswald -- Ronald G., 60,Lincoln, died Thursday (10/10/2002). Born, Beaver Crossing (1/6/42). Graduated, Beaver Crossing High School; Midland Lutheran College; Wayne State College with a master's degree, 1973; University Nebraska-Lincoln, specialist in education administration, 1979. Served for 36 years as a teacher, coach or administrator in Fort Calhoun, Rising City, Clarkson, Fairbury, at Centennial High School in Utica, and in Lenox, Iowa. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; National Association of Secondary School Principals; Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals; American Association of School Administrators; Nebraska Association of School Administrators, president, 1990-1991, and Region 1 president, 1988-1989; executive board member, Nebraska Council of School Administrators, 1989-1992, serving as chairman, 1991-1992; Nebraska School of Activities Association District 1 committee, 1994-1997. Recipient of Nebraska Council of School Administrators Distinguished Service Award, 1993.
Survivors:wife, Margaret; son, daughter-in-law, Tom and Vickie, Lincoln; daughters, sons-in-laws, Julie and Monty Scheele, Lincoln, Angie and Greg Morris, Fairfield, Lisa and Justin Cast, Syracuse; brother, sister-in-law, Vesper and Janice Oswald, St. Joseph, Mo.; sisters, brothers-in-law, Jeannine and Lester Schweitzer, Arizona City, Ariz., Dorla and Tillman Hershberger, Hesston, Kan., Twila and Jim Roth, Fairbury; 10 grandchildren. preceded in death by parents, Jacob and Mabel (Hobbs) Oswald; sister, Darlene Troyer.
Services:10 a.m. Monday, First Evangelical Free Church, 3300 S. 84th St. Burial: 3 p.m. Monday, Beaver Crossing Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, with family 4-6 p.m., Volzke Mortuary, Seward. Memorials to Lincoln People's City Mission or Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Robinson -- Joan E., 65, Cordova, died Tuesday (10/8/2002).
Services: 2 p.m. today, St. John's Lutheran Church, Cordova. Visitation: one hour before services, church. Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend.
Rosenthal -- Ruth Helen (Smith), 81, Omaha, formerly Burr and Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/8/2002). Born, Burr. Retired teacher, Nebraska City, Douglas.
Survivors: husband, Harold; daughters, Kathy Schroeder, Florida, Carmen Cooley, Memphis, Tenn.; sons, Lowell, Estes Park, Colo., Lloyd, Denver; sister, Donna Havlat, Lincoln; eight grandchildren; nieces; nephews.
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 5410 Corby St., Omaha (one block south of Maple). Burial of ashes: 2:30 p.m. Monday, Rosehill Cemetery, Douglas. Visitation with family: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Braman Mortuary, 1702 N. 72nd St., Omaha.
Ruhl -- Larry L. "Butch," 65, Branson, Mo., formerly of Exeter, died Tuesday (10/8/2002).
Services: 2 p.m. today, St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Exeter. Farmer Funeral Home, Exeter.
Swanson -- Warren M. "Gus," 82, Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/9/2002).
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 2325 S. 24th St.
Thompson -- Katherine Clarke, 91, Lincoln, died Thursday (10/10/2002). Born, Rock Port, Mo. (9/27/11), to Samuel M. and Mathilda Stone Clarke. Graduated, Rock Port High School, 1928; attended William Woods College, Fulton, Mo. 1929-31; University of Nebraska, 1931-32, B.A. from the Teachers College. Katie was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and of various campus activities and taught kindergarten at Huntington Elementary School in University Place, 1933-34, and was the receptionist at Beghtol, Roe & Rankin Law Firm, 1934-35.
She married
Elwood N. "Jack" Thompson (8/7/35) at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Lincoln. She and Jack resided in London, England, Geneva, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany in 1935 and 1936 while he was on a scholarship from the Columbia University School of Journalism. Katie enjoyed concerts, plays, museums and arts galleries there before moving to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1936, Washington, D.C., in 1937, and to Greenwich Village in New York City in 1940. Katie was active in the League of Women Voters and helped revive the Greenwich Village chapter. She studied drawing and art, toured galleries and museums and attended concerts and grand opera.
After moving to Alexandria, Va., just outside Washington, D.C., in 1943, Katie took flat-saddle riding lessons, started a sewing circle, joined the Kappa Alpha Theta alumni chapter and volunteered at the Alexandria Public School and the Beverley Hills Church Day School.
She moved to Riverside, Conn., in 1947 where she was involved with the Playmakers community theater and with the Riverside School PTA. Katie returned to Lincoln in 1950, where she was a longtime and devoted member of the Friday Book Club and Kappa Alpha Theta Alumni Association. She also worked with the Red Cross, Sheridan Elementary School PTA, Campfire Girls, Cub Scouts, Girls Scouts and the Boy Scouts. She took courses in botany at the University of Nebraska and was an avid reader of English literature and history. Katie played golf and rode horses, her favorite being Tumbleweed, the trusty palomino. She was an enthusiastic member of the Sunday night Possum Hollow picnic group for 50 years. She also rode and enjoyed identifying wild flowers in Estes Park. She and Bill Stenten bred and raised saddlebred horses.
Katie and Jack co-funded the Thompson Family Fund in support of the Lied Center for the Performing Arts Program Fund, the Elwood N. and Katherine Thompson Distinguished Professorship of Modern World History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Thompson Family Fund of the Cooper Foundation, and the endowment for maintenance of the grounds of St. Matthew's Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters and brothers-in-law, Maureen and Charles "Gus" Gustafson, Della and Ralph James; brother, James; uncle and aunt, Emmett D. and Fanny Clarke Douglas; and great-granddaughter, Sydney Thompson.
Survivors: husband, E.N. "Jack" Thompson; daughter, son-in-law, Kit and Gerry B. Dimon, Lincoln; son, daughter-in-law, Art and Carol Ronin Thompson, Lincoln; sister-in-law, Georgia Anderson Clarke, Houston; grandchildren and spouses, Bill and Terri Dimon, Katherine and Tom Graf, Sarah and Al Linderman, Doug and Liz Thompson, Anne and Bradley Brandt; great-grandchildren, Walker and Francine Dimon, Eli and Katherine Graf, John and Anna Linderman, Ry Thompson, Madalyn and Will Brandt; nephews, nieces, spouses and children: Tom, Lisa, Joshua, Liz and Taylor Clarke; Doug, Lisa and Crispin Clarke; Della Clarke, her friend Anne Steiber, and Della's daughters, Katie and Emma; Sam and Mary Gustafson.
Katie was cared for by loving and kind people including: Letty Goble, Loretta Kreiter, Martha Hettenbaugh, Michelle Hammett, Carla Soderquist, Patricia Henderson, Dawn Michaels, LaJoyce Gardener, Kathy Roubal and many more.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Sunday, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 2325 S. 24th St. Memorials in lieu of flowers to the church, the Heritage Room of the Lincoln City Library, 14th and N streets, Lincoln 68508; the University of Nebraska Foundation Alzheimer's Research Fund for UNMC, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Suite 200, Lincoln 68508; or to your favorite charity. Roper & Sons, 4300 O St.
Wheeler --D. Irene Broadwater, 77, Lincoln, widow of Robert T., died Wednesday (10/9/2002).
Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Visitation:until services, funeral home. Memorials to Capital Humane Society.
Whipkey -- Oscar R., 75, Lincoln, died Thursday (10/10/2002). Army veteran, World War II. Retired masonry contractor. Member, Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kan.
Survivors: wife, Nina; sons, daughters-in-law, Dan and Geri, Omaha, Robert and Cyndi, Spring Lake, Mich.; daughter, Karen Karr Ammons and husband Dan, Lincoln; grandchildren, spouse, Sarah and Jason Rhine, Mathew Whipkey, James and Amanda Karr, Abbey Karr, Erin Whipkey, Tara Whipkey; brothers, sister-in-law, Kester and Marion Whipkey, Union Park, Ohio, Clarence Whipkey, Florida. preceded in death by parents, Andrew and Doshia Whipkey; one sister; five brothers.
Memorial services: 12:30 p.m. Oct. 19, Jamestown United Methodist Church, Jamestown, Kan. The Rev. Dan Safarik. Western Summit Cemetery, Jamestown. No visitation. Memorials to American Diabetes Association or to the family. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Woodard -- Laura Alice Southwick, 81, formerly Sutherland area, widow of William Henry, died Thursday (10/10/2002) in Omaha. Born, Grant. Employed, Sutherland Hospital.
Survivors:daughter, Mary Margaret Ream, Omaha; son, Phillip Henry, Kansas City, Mo.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Services:10 a.m. Tuesday, Adams & Swanson Chapel, North Platte. Fort McPherson National Cemetery, south of Maxwell. Memorials in lieu of flowers to the dialysis centers at both Clarkson Hospital in Omaha and Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte.
Zeiger -- Linda J., 51, Lincoln, died Friday (10/11/2002). Member, Raymond United Methodist Church.
Survivors:sons, Tim, Dan, Jeff, Matt, all Lincoln; granddaughters, Brittany Zeiger and Maci Zeiger; brother, William and Jenni Newman, Liverpool, Texas; sister, Barbara and John Early, Simpsonville, S.C.; nieces and nephews. preceded in death by husband, Kenneth W.; parents, William and Doris Newman.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Raymond United Methodist Church, Raymond. The Rev. Rod Lyon. Visitation: noon-9 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, with family, 6-8 p.m., all at Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home. Fairview Cemetery. Memorials to the family or to Raymond United Methodist Church.
