First Name: Last Name:

Lois E. Streeton
Lois Elaine Streeton, 73, of Lincoln, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000. Memorial services were held Saturday, Sept. 23 at Tabitha Chapel in Lincoln. Rev. Larry Fruhling officiated. Inurnment was in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Randy Streeton of Lincoln; one brother, Charles (Mary Alyce) Grow of North Platte; one sister, Doris Harrison of Plattsburg, N.Y.; a stepson, Anthony Streeton of Lincoln; nieces and nephews.

Elizabeth Bremer
Former Aurora resident Elizabeth Bremer, 80, of Omaha, died Monday, Sept. 4, 2000 at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha. Services were Thursday, Sept. 7 in Higby Mortuary Chapel in Aurora. Rev. Monty Nelson officiated. Burial was in the Aurora Cemetery.

Trenton J. Scholl
Trenton Joseph Scholl, 21, of Lincoln, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000 in his home in Lincoln. Funeral services were Aug. 23 at the Berean Church at Friend. Pastor Kevin Workman officiated. Burial was in the Andrew Cemetery in Friend with military services conducted by the Beatrice National Guard. Survivors include his fiance' Kristin Smith of Lincoln; daughters, Alicen Rose Scholl and Shanda Elaine Holthus, both of Lincoln; his father, Steve and wife Donna Scholl of Friend; mother, Debra and husband Jack Chandler of Lincoln; brothers, Michael Scholl of Lincoln and Dylan Scholl of Friend; sister, Josie Scholl of Friend; grandparents, Maynard and Joan Scholl of Elgin, Carolyn and David Spanel of Cleburn, Tex.; D. Elaine Spicka of Friend and Bart and Joyce Chandler of Lincoln; great-grandmother, Mildred Roos of Cleburne, Tex.; aunts and uncles, Karin and Mike Kinney of Elgin; Kathy and Kasey Tobias of Sargent; Randy Scholl of Roy, Utah; Jeff Scholl of Omaha; Kathy and Paul Kucera of West, Tex.; Debbie and Marvin Polacek of Harvard; Conrad and Sue Fix of Cortland; Kevin and Kathy Spica of Friend; Cathy and Bruce Jenkins of Omaha; Tim and Jennifer Chandler of Oklahoma; and Doug Chandler of Lincoln; and his fiance's parents, Lois and Mark Smith of Martell.

DeLorris Huebert
DeLorris Huebert, 72, of Henderson, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2000 in Lincoln. Funeral services were Thursday afternoon, Aug. 24, 2000 at the Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson. Rev. Weldon Martens officiated. Burial was in the Bethesda Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Pre-School Fund at Bethesda Mennonite Church. She is survived by two sons, Randy (Joni) Huebert of Aurora and Jimmy (Michelle) Huebert of Baltimore, Md.; four daughters, Sandra (Arnie) Klassen of Henderson, Joan (Jim) Donner of Lincoln, Kathleen (Jack) Taormina of Corona, Calif., and Marcie Huebert of York; a daughter-in-law, Cindy Huebert of Henderson; 18 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Dinah (Carl) Siebert of Henderson and Carol (Ralph) Kroeker of Sun City, Ariz.

Gladys Peterson
Gladys Peterson, 91, of Aurora, died Friday morning, Aug. 25, 2000 at Memorial Hospital in Aurora. Funeral services were Monday, Aug. 28 in the United Methodist Church in Phillips. Rev. Nora Leeds and Dr. Joe Schaill officiated. Burial was in the Phillips Cemetery. She is survived by her sister, Nellie Luthy and husband Clarence of Aurora; a nephew, Dallas Luthy and wife Doretha of Phillips; four great-nieces; two great-nephews; 10 great-great nephews and five great-great nieces.

Emmett Shoup
Emmett L. Shoup, 80, died Friday, Aug. 25, 2000 at the Tiffany Square in Grand Island. Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 29 at First Methodist Church in Central City. Rev. Dale Sallans officiated. Burial was in the Hordville Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Rogene; two daughters, Karla Blase of Gothenburg and Rhea (Rich) Parsons; son, Kim (Kris) all of Clarks; and seven grandchildren.

Jody (Reyner) Carpenter
Jody Kay (Reyner) Carpenter, 44, of Dunning, formerly of the Marquette area, died at her home in Dunning Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, after a battle with cancer. Funeral services were Saturday afternoon, Jan. 27 at the Chapel of Solt Funeral Home in Central City. Rev. Ralph McKay officiated. Burial was in the Richland Cemetery near Marquette. Survivors include her husband, Gerald of Dunning; a daughter, Jackie Carpenter of Dunning; a son, Gerald Dale Carpenter II and his wife Lorena of North Platte; two grandchildren, Kandace and Lane Carpenter, both of North Platte; three brothers, Greg of Topeka, Kan., Earl and his wife Cindy of Marquette and Levi of Marquette; three sisters-in-law, Jana White of Marquette; June Brophy of Marquette and Jill and her husband Charles Cadwallader of Marquette.

Leona Peters
Leona Peters, 64, of Henderson, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001 at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. Funeral services were Saturday morning, Jan. 27 at Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson. Rev. Weldon Martens officiated. Burial was in the Bethesda Cemetery near Henderson. She is survived by four children: Lorie Peters Regier and her husband Ron of Madrid, Sherri Peters Prieb and her husband Ben of Boulder, Colo., Todd Peters and his wife Susan of Lincoln and Jodi Peters Fuehrer and her husband Cory of Sutton; 11 grandchildren: Adrian, Rachelle, Chantel, Melissa and Natalie Regier of Madrid, Walker Prieb of Boulder, Colo., Brandie, Brandon and Krystal Peters of Lincoln and Madison and Sydney Fuehrer of Sutton; sister-in-law, Mary Montoya Ratzlaff of Aurora; brother, Elmer 'Bernie' Ratzlaff and his wife, Ruth of Montrose, Colo.; and a sister, Lenora Ratzlaff Goertzen and her husband, Clyde of Bradshaw.

Benjamin J. Fanta
Benjamin Joseph Fanta, 7 months, of Yankton, S.D., died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001 at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. Funeral services were Monday morning, Jan. 29 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rev. John Fischer officiated. Burial was in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, S.D. He is survived by his parents, Tim and Susan Fanta of Yankton, S.D.; two brothers, Paul and John, at home; a sister, Lauren, at home; maternal grandparents, Francis and Patricia McDonald of Phillips; paternal grandparents, Willie and Marlene Fanta of Creighton; and many aunts and uncles.

Lila Kremer
Lila Lee Kremer, 67, of Aurora, died Saturday morning, Jan. 20, 2001 at Memorial Hospital in Aurora. There was a memorial service Tuesday morning, Jan. 23 at Pleasant View Bible Church in Aurora. Rev. Paul Nauman officiated. There was a private family burial at the Aurora Cemetery before the memorial service. She is survived by her children: Gregg and his wife Suzanne of Aurora, Brian and his wife Julie of Camarillo, Calif., Susan Williams and her husband Stuart of Aurora and Julie Nelson and her husband Kirk of Cody, Wyo.; one grandson, Cody Kremer of Camarillo, Calif.; two grandchildren expected this summer; and a sister, Marilyn Breshears and her husband, Joe of Fort Worth, Tex.

Russell Reichardt
Russell Reichardt, 98, of Aurora, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2001 at Hamilton Manor. Funeral services were Monday morning, Jan. 22 at the United Methodist Church in Aurora. Dr. Joe Scahill officiated. Burial was in the Aurora Cemetery. Survivors include his children, Robert and his wife Shirley of Arlington, Tex.; Mary Jane Rawlings and her husband, Oren of Apex, N.C., Keith and his wife Jan of Aurora and Jim and his wife, Ardith of Hampton; 12 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren; 23 great-great grandchildren and two sisters, Ruth Gundy of Washington, Ill., and Ida Reichardt of Lincoln.

Vera M. Monson
Vera M. Monson, 83, of Aurora (formerly of Grand Island), died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001 at Memorial Hospital in Aurora. Funeral services were Friday morning, Jan. 19 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Burial was Friday afternoon at the Saronville Lutheran Cemetery, Saronville. Memorials are directed to the Calvary Lutheran Church or the Grand Generation Center. She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Charlotte Monson of Grand Island; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Milton Ulmer of Hastings and Vance Ulmer of Aurora; and a sister, Irma Horst of Tacoma, Wash.

Orville K. Bieck
Orville K. Bieck, 72, of Harvard, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2001 in St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha. Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 23 in the Trumbull, Methodist Church in Trumbull. Rev. Jeff Hale officiated. Burial was in the First Evangelical Cemetery northwest of Harvard; there were military rites conducted at the graveside. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; a son, Bryan of Trumbull; two daughters, Sherry Jarzynka and Sally Elley, both of Hastings; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Shirley Woodward of Harvard and Dorothy Nicholson of Lincoln.

Helena A. Stark
Helena A. Stark, 91, formerly of Webster Groves, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 19, 2001 at Tiburon, Calif. Graveside services will be Saturday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. at the Aurora Cemetery. She is survived by daughters, Barbara Stark Hirni and her husband Robert and Judith Stark Barnett and her husband, John; and grandchildren, Judy Hirni, Elizabeth Hirni Marshak, Maria Hirni, Rebecca Barnett Olivarez and Michael Barnett.

Elsa Chamberlain
Elsa Leona (Larson) Chamberlain, 71, of Tekamah, mother of Kathryn Jennings of Aurora, died Thursday, March 29, 2001 at the Montgomery County Hospital in Red Oak. Funeral services were Monday, April 2 at the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah. Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Eugene of Tekamah; two daughters, Cecelia (Tom) Dorn of Lincoln and Kathryn (Duane) Jennings of Aurora; one son, John Chamberlain of Tekamah; three grandchildren, Jacob Gatewood of Omaha, Sara and John Paul Dorn of Lincoln; one brother-in-law, Wendell Nordby of Rushford, Minn.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Carl P. Djernes
Carl P. Djernes, 82, of Phillips, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at his home after a lingering illness from prostate cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11a.m. Friday, April 6 at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Aurora, with a 1:30 p.m. commital service at the Phillips Cemetery. Rev. Al Duminy will officiate. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Higby Mortuary in Aurora. Survivors include his wife Doris of Phillips; one sister, Dora Hamilton of Seattle, Wash.; two nieces, Marilyn McHargue Alexander of Norfolk and Sandra Hamilton Nelson of Livermore, Calif.; three step-children, Ed Rathje of Phillips, Linda Strotman of Aurora and Jane Pavek of Minnetonka, Minn.; 8 step-grandchildren; 4 grand nieces and nephews; 7 great-grand nieces and nephews and 3 step-great grandchildren.

Warren G. Breiner
Warren G. Breiner, 72, of rural Savonburg, Kan., died Tuesday evening, March 27, 2001 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kan. Funeral services were Friday afternoon, March 30 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Humboldt, Kan. Rev. David Meier officiated. Burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Humboldt. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife, Shirley M. Breiner of Savonburg; a son, James Breiner of Phillips; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Wayne Breiner of Ft. Scott, Kan., and Don Breiner of Broken Arrow, Okla.

Carmen F. Lewis
Carmen F. Lewis, 79, of Goldbeck Towers, Good Samaritan Village, died March 31, 2001 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Village in Hastings. Funeral services were Wednesday, April 4 int All Saints Chapel, Good Samaritan Village. Pastor Bill Liddell officiated. Burial was in Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Francis and Soccorro Lewis of Pahrump, Nev., Gerald and Linda Lewis of Erie, Colo., Fred Lewis of Elba, Milford and Gloria Lewis of Cotesfield and Lyndle Lewis and Katharine Schwidtal of Hastings; daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon Dasko of Loveland, Colo., Sylvia and Don Fluhart of Hastings and Vanetta and Dave Bauman of Hastings; twin brothers, Clifford King of Fairfield, Calif., and Condon King of Lincoln; 20 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Gerald S. Oswald
Gerald S. Oswald, 72, of Aurora, died Saturday, March 24, 2001 at Hamilton Manor in Aurora. Funeral services were Wednesday morning, March 28 at the United Methodist Church in Aurora with Dr. Joe Scahill officiating. Burial was in the Aurora Cemetery. Survivors include a brother-in-law, Vance Ulmer of Aurora and many nieces and nephews.

Edna Patty Payne
Edna Patty Payne, 70, of Boulder, Colo., died Thursday, March 15, 2001. A memorial service were held Saturday, March 31 at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Alma. She is survived by her husband, Merle; three sons, Ken (Ella) Payne of Lincoln, David Payne of Hastings, John (Lori) Payne of Bethesda, Md.; three daughters, Peggy (Brad) Perry of Ogallala, Pamela (Don) Laisure of Eagle, Colo. and Patricia (Tom) Jones of Loveland, Colo.; 11 grandchildren, two step-grandchlidren, one great-grandchild and two step-great grandchildren; one brother, Lanny (Michelle) Andres of Merced, Calif.; one sister, Karry (Ken) Smith of Giltner; one sister-in-law, Rosemary Andres of Estes Park, Colo. and nieces and nephews.

Betty M. Atwill
Betty M. Atwill, 76, of Salina, Kan., died March 22, 2001 at Salina Regional Hospital. Funeral services were Saturday afternoon, March 24 at Simmons Mortuary in Smith Center, Kan. Rev. Doug Donovan officiated. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Smith Center, Kan. Survivors include her sons, Don Atwill of Salina, Kan. and Gary Atwill of Aurora; a daughter, Teri Atwill of Wichita, Kan.; a brother, Don Ferguson of Hazen, Ark.; sisters, Helen Rook of Universal City, Tex., and Ronnie Childs of Hutchinson, Kan.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Wanita M. Rhode
Wanita M. Rhode, 81, of Seward, died March 23, 2001. Funeral services were Thursday, March 29 in St. John Lutheran Church at Seward. Rev. Mark Cutler officiated. Burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Lincoln. Survivors include her husband, Carl Rhode of Seward; daughters, Cheryl Grzcyh of Orlando, Fla., and Carol Knisley of Utica; a son, Jaeris Rhode of San Diego, Calif; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Vera Holbrook, of Seattle, Wash., and Fern LaDuke of Lincoln; a brother and sister-in-law, Roy and Wilma Dethloff of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and nieces and nephews.