U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Plummer - Marie A. Glancy, 96, Ruskin, died Thursday (10/5/2000) in Deshler. Born (3/24/04), rural Davenport.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Ruskin. The Rev. Robert Mrosko. Spring Creek Cemetery, Ruskin. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. today, Price Funeral Home, Hebron; before services, church. Memorials to church.
Purzycki - Richard V., 75, Alexandria, died Tuesday (10/3/2000) in Belvidere. Born (11/30/24), Hartford, Conn.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Alexandria United Presbyterian Church. The Rev. William Thornton. Alexandria Public Cemetery. No viewing. Closed casket. Memorials care of Price Funeral Home, Hebron.
Scheele - Donald H., 72, Fremont, died Wednesday (10/4/2000). Born, farm near Diller. Employee, Dodge County judge's office; retired 1995.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Mike, Holton, Kan.; daughters, Patricia McReynolds, Manhattan, Kan., Pamela Wendelin, Crete; brother, David, Belton, Mo.; sisters, Dorothy Bentley, Firth, Diane Buchanan, Lincoln; 11 grandchildren.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church. Ridge Cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today, Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont; one hour before services, church. Memorials to church or National Kidney Foundation of Nebraska.
Schenk - Anola Elaine, 77, Central City, widow of Frederick G., died Thursday (10/5/2000). Born, Ainsworth. Employee, The Cut and Sew Shop.
Survivors: sons, Fred Jr., Eugene, both Central City; daughters, Carol, Aurora, Sandy, Lincoln; brothers, Herbert Kenyon, Colorado Springs, Colo., Rodney Kenyon, California; sister, Anita Hunter, Omaha; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Community Bible Church, Central City. Central City Cemetery. Solt Funeral Home, Central City.
Schlotman - Jarmila V. "Jerri," 82, Valparaiso, widow of Floyd, died Thursday in Seward. Born (1/19/18), Wahoo. Member: Valparaiso United Methodist Church; Valparaiso Women's Club.
Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Grant and Diane, Milford; daughters, sons-in-law, Vlasta and Bernie Bovee, Copper Mountain, Colo., Iris Schlotman, Leadville, Colo., Janelle and Phil Kopp, Frisco, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; brother, sister-in-law, Reuben and Marge Pokorny, Wahoo; sisters, brother-in-law, Mildred Benson, Fremont, Vera and Ray Divis, Beaver Crossing.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Valparaiso United Methodist Church. Valparaiso Cemetery. Visitation: 1-8 p.m. Sunday, with family 4-6 p.m., Svoboda Funeral Home, Wahoo; one hour before services, church. Memorials to church.
Spier - Larry Joe, 38, Pawnee City, died Monday (10/2/2000). Born, Pawnee City. Self-employed, Spier Excavating.
Survivors: wife, Leslie; sons, Travis, Jordan; mother, Lola Jean Clutter; father, Robert; brother, Jeff, Pawnee City; sister, Norma Hamilton, Beatrice, Theresa Tryon, Pawnee City; stepbrother, Steve Peters, Dallas; stepsister, Gale Johnson, Menomonie, Wis.
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, United Methodist Church, Pawnee City. Pawnee City Cemetery. Memorials to family's choice.
Weinman - Rachel Adella, 85, widow of Adolph, Pawnee City, died Wednesday (10/4/2000). Retired teacher.
Survivors: daughters, Marlene Grimm, Camden, S.C., Olivia Weinman, Pawnee City; brother, Leo, Danbury; sisters, Nellie Lewis, Washington, Tressie Garner, San Antonio; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Arnold United Methodist Church. Arnold Cemetery. Visitation: 1-8 p.m. Monday, Arnold Funeral Home. Memorials to family's choice.
Bottcher - Elizabeth P., 78, Talmage, died Thursday (10/5/2000). Born, Covington, Ky. Waitress.
Survivors: husband, Kenneth E.; son, Charles Bolding, San Gabriel, Calif.; mother, Audrey Stone, Nebraska City; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
No services. Visitation: today, 2-4 p.m. Peterson Mortuary, Nebraska City; Sunday, 2-4 p.m., funeral home.
Campbell, Douglas Lee, 62, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/3/2000).
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Visitation: Sunday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Monday, 9 a.m. until services, all at the funeral home. Memorials to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 555 S. 70th St., (10). Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home.
Craig - Lila V., 86, Beattie, Kan., died Thursday (10/5/2000) in Marysville, Kan.
Services: 10:30 a.m. today, United Methodist Church, Beattie. Memorials to church, care of Kinsley Mortuary, Marysville.
Daugherty - Bonita, 72, Jefferson, Iowa, formerly Valley, died Tuesday (10/3/2000).
Survivors: children, Gloria League, Fremont, Carolyn Howard Kienast, Jamaica, Iowa, Sandra Ohlrich, Lincoln, Jennifer Howard Johnson, Albany, Ky., Susan Howard Mecsell, Larry Daughtery, both Omaha, Michael, Fremont; 20 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; brothers, Stanley Gatrost, Ankeny, Iowa, Everett Gatrost, Cherokee, Iowa; sister, Marcine Fithian, Kennewick, Wash.
Services: 1 p.m. today, Reichmuth Funeral Home Chapel, Elkhorn; Prospect Hill Cemetery, Elkhorn.
Deitemeyer - Mary M., 85, Lincoln, formerly Beatrice, died Tuesday (10/3/2000).
Memorial Services: 11 a.m. today, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Visitation: until services, mortuary. Memorials in lieu of flowers to Habitat for Humanity, Gage County, care of family, 2911 S. 29th St., Lincoln, NE 68502.
Flynn - Michael Joseph, 47, Minden, formerly Lincoln, died Monday (10/2/2000).
Private memorial services. Memorials in lieu of flowers for children's education fund, care of Florence Flynn, 1896 Road 32, Minden, NE 68959.
Fryberger - Lillian M., 89, Lincoln, widow of Jess, died Wednesday (10/4/2000).
Funeral Mass: 9:30 a.m. today, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 31st and S streets. Memorials to Sacred Heart School.
Hagstrom - Barbara Jo, 47, Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/4/2000).
Memorial Services: 1:30 p.m. today, Trinity Chapel Church, 555 W. Rokeby Road. No visitation. Memorials care of family. Aspen Mortuary, 4822 Cleveland Ave.
Jackman - Hazel M., 82, Lincoln, widow of Barry D., died Wednesday (10/4/2000). Born, (11/1/17), rural Princeton, to Robert and Elva (Rudder) Henderson. Former rural school teacher. Former manager, Portrait Studios, Miller & Paine. Lincoln General Hospital volunteer. Member, Westminster Presbyterian Church; American Legion Auxiliary.
Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Larry and Kathy, Mosinee, Wis.; daughters, son-in-law, Carol and Wayne Thoren, Bloomington, Ind., Pamela Vernon, Lincoln; sisters, brothers-in-law, Neva and Harold Sullivan, Courtland, Goldie and William Aden, Lincoln, Erma Schwaninger, Firth; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents; husband; brother-in-law, Lloyd Schwaninger.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. The Rev. Dr. Andrew C. McDonald. Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: Sunday, noon-9 p.m.; Monday, 9 a.m. until services, all at the funeral home. Memorials to BryanLGH West Auxiliary, 2300 S. 16th St. (02).
Johnson - Leota "Lee" M., 77, Lincoln, died (9/16/2000).
Services: 1 p.m. today, Second Baptist Church, 525 N. 58th St. No viewing. No visitation. Memorials to church. Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St.
Klingel - Grace E., 97, Lincoln, widow of Joe R., died Thursday (10/5/2000). Born, Clay Center. Employee, Miller and Paine department store. During WWII, active in USO program. Volunteer, VA Hospital. Member: Lady Bugs order; Eastern Star, Charity Rebecca Lodge, I00F. Honorary Life Member, National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Head of VFW Auxiliary. Department president, Ladies WWII Auxiliary. Named Admiral in Nebraska Navy, 1960. Nebraska's first registered female lobbyist.
Survivors: son, Fay Litchenberg, Phoenix; granddaughters, Linda Ballas, Diana Meyers, both of Denver; grandson, Gary Litchenberg, San Diego; three great-grandchildren, William Ballas, Eric Lutzens, Lori Lutzens, all of Denver.
Services: 10 a.m. today, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St. The Rev. Naomi Hull. Wyuka Cemetery. Memorials to Tabitha Nursing Center.
Kramer - Ethel M. 90, Syracuse, died Wednesday (10/4/2000).
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Unadilla Christian Church. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today and Sunday (with family 7-9 p.m. both days), 9-11 a.m. Monday, Fusselman-Wymore-Marshall Funeral Home, Syracuse; one hour before services, church. Pallbearers: Domonic Martacho, Brandon Berner, Aaron Holscher, Grenee Martacho, Chantelle Berner, Jodi Rinne. Honorary Pallbearers: Kaitlyn Russell, Bryce Brown, Janelle Schoen, Shaley Stevenson, Blair Brown, Justin Schoen, Jennifer Schoen, Logan Jacobsen. Memorials to Syracuse Rescue or Syracuse Community Memorial Hospital.
Lapsley - Robert W., 75, Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/4/2000). Born, Oklahoma City.
Survivors: wife, Catherine (Dundas); sons, Robert, Ian, both Lincoln; daughters, Denise Rotstein, Mesa, Ariz., Heather Brown, Lincoln; brother, Tiner, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren.
Memorial Service: 1 p.m. Monday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St., Cremation. No visitation. Memorials to the family.
Larsen - Harry, 90, Crete, formerly Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/4/2000).
Services: 10 a.m. today, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Visitation: 8-10 a.m. today, funeral home. Memorials to Cedars Home for Children.
McIntyre - Marian F., 57, Waverly, died Tuesday (10/3/2000) in Lincoln. Born (4/24/43), Omaha, to Jack and Frances (Hanson) Thompson. Employee, Dillards china department. Founding member, Avenue Art Gallery.
Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Brian and Anna, Portland, Ore.; daughter, Julie, Phoenix; mother. Preceded in death by: husband, John; father.
Services were held: 11 a.m. Friday, First Plymouth Congregational Church, 2000 D St., The Rev. Dr. Otis Young. Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorials to: American Cancer Society, 7441 O St., Suite 104, 68510; or Alzheimer's Association, Lincoln/Greater Nebraska Chapter, 5601 S. 27th St., Suite 101, 68512. Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St.
Plummer - Marie A. Glancy, 96, Ruskin, died Thursday (10/5/2000) in Deshler. Born, rural Davenport (3/24/04). Homemaker. Employed, waitress, cook, Ruskin; Deshler Broom Factory, 17 years. Member; St. Mark Lutheran Church, Ladies Aid.
Survivors: stepson, wife, Keith and Linda Plummer, Lincoln; stepdaughter, Betty Sweinimer, Lincoln; five stepgrandchildren; seven stepgreat-grandchildren; nieces, nephews. Preceded in death by parents, John and Anna (Eggers) Hespen; husbands, John Glancy, Andrew Plummer; brother, Fred Hespen; sister, Dina Schaeffer.
Services: 11 a.m. today, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Ruskin. The Rev. Robert Mrosko. Spring Creek Cemetery, Ruskin. Visitation: before services, church. Memorials to the church. Price Funeral Home, Hebron.
Purzycki - Richard V., 75, Alexandria, died Tuesday (10/3/2000), near Belvidere of a car accident. Born (11/30/24), Hartford, Conn. Veteran, U.S. Air Force, World War II. Owner, sheet metal, heating and air-conditioning business, Grand Island. Married (9/9/51), to Rheta DeLong.
Survivors: sons, Richard "Chuck," Fairbury, Jon, Alexandria; grandsons, Raymond Charles Purzycki, Tennessee, Jonathan Purzycki, Elba; sisters, brother-in-law, Adele and Henry Mazzie, Jeanette and Isadore Filkof, all of West Hartford, Conn., Marie and Oscar Kulisch, Cromwell, Conn.; sister-in-law, Alice Purzycki, Marlboro, Conn.; nieces and nephews, all of Connecticut; other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by parents, Boleslau and Anna (Hesky); brothers, Theodore, Edmond "Danny" and John Purzycki.
Services: 3 p.m. today, Alexandria United Presbyterian Church, Alexandria. The Rev. William Thornton. Alexandria Public Cemetery, Alexandria. No viewing. Closed casket. Memorials to the church. Price Funeral Home, Hebron.
Schlotman - Jarmila V. "Jerri," 82, Valparaiso, widow of Floyd, died Thursday (10/5/2000) in Seward.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Valparaiso United Methodist Church. Visitation: 1-8 p.m. Sunday, with family 4-6 p.m., Svoboda Funeral Home, Wahoo; one hour before services, church. Memorials to church.
Smith - Pamela K., 45, Wisner, formerly Lincoln, died Wednesday (10/4/2000) of a car accident near Wisner. Born, Grand Island. Employee, Schulz Roofing, Wisner.
Survivors: parents, Ray and Minnie Zeller, Lincoln; daughter, Kelley Smith, Lincoln; sons, Jeremy and Kyle, both Lincoln; sister, Debbie Habib, Austin, Texas; brother, Mike Zeller, Lincoln; four nephews; special friend, Dan Heller, Wisner.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Wisner City Auditorium, Wisner. Wisner Cemetery. Visitation: Sunday, 3-8 p.m., Kuzelka Funeral Home, Wisner; Monday, 9 a.m. until services, auditorium.
Stovall - Vera M., 88, Nebraska City, died Thursday (10/5/2000). Born, Avoca. Teacher, Avoca area and rural schools. Housewife, homemaker.
Survivors: son, James, Nebraska City; daughter, Marion Spicer, Wymore; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; half-brother, Roy Ruhge, Avoca.
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Gude Mortuary, Nebraska City. Avoca Cemetery. Family will greet friends 3-4 p.m. Sunday, mortuary. Memorials to the Ambassador of Nebraska City.
Auxier - Cheryl Rea Fields, 57, Pawnee City, died Friday (10/6/2000). Born, Pawnee City. Director, Planned Parenthood/WIC, Tecumseh; Developmental Technician Level 3, Beatrice State Developmental Center.
Survivors: husband, Ronald; sons, Jason, Steven, both Lincoln; mother, Roma Clark Fields, Pawnee City; brother, Rod Fields, Eagle; sisters, Pam Force, Galveston, Texas, Karen Domingue, Tucson, Ariz., Shelley Locke, Lincoln.
Memorial Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wherry Brothers Mortuary, Pawnee City. Pawnee City Cemetery. No visitation. Memorials to family's choice.
Campbell - Douglas Lee, 62, Lincoln, died Tuesday (10/3/2000).
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. Tuesday until services, funeral home. Memorials care of family or to Saint Elizabeth Hospice, 555 S. 70th St. 68510.
