U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
James Haldeman
WOOD RIVER -- James F. Haldeman, 57, of Wood River died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Bacon will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Salvation Army or the Heart Fund.
Mr. Haldeman was born on Oct. 23, 1940, in Grand Island to Fred C. and Florence M. (Dillow) Haldeman. He grew up in the Wood River area and attended District 76 School and Wood River High School. He helped on the family farm until ill health forced him to move to the Good Samaritan Care Center in Wood River in 1981.
His hobbies included fishing and playing cards.
He was a member of the First Christian Church of Grand Island.
Survivors include his brother, Bill Haldeman of Wood River.
Donna Miller
ORD -- Donna Miller, 67, of Ord died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Burial will be Saturday in Cottonwood cemetery at Burwell.
Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Lowell Smith
HASTINGS -- Lowell R. Smith, 65, of Hastings died Friday, Jan. 2, 1998, at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Butler-Volland Funeral Home in Hastings. The Revs. Rosalie N. Smith Anderson and Steve A. Hodgson will officiate. Burial will be in Parkview cemetery in Hastings.
Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the donor's choice.
Mr. Smith was born on June 30, 1932, in Hastings to Ted Sr. and Lola (Duncan) Smith. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1950 and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
He married
Barbara A. Thompson on July 3, 1957. He was a truck driver for 47 years and drove for Grand Island Express and Ted Smith Trucking. He was a lifelong resident of Hastings.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting, bowling and car races.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Alan Smith of Hastings and Steven Smith of Dallas; two grandchildren; two sisters, Lillian Batiste of Mesa, Ariz., and the Rev. Rosalie N. Smith Anderson of St. Paul; and two brothers, Daniel Smith of Omaha and Ted Smith Jr. of Hastings.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Theodore Smith.
Donald Stump
WOOD RIVER -- Donald W. Stump, 85, formerly of Doniphan, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998, at the Good Samaritan Center in Wood River.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Apfel Funeral Home in Cairo. The Rev. Alan Davis will officiate. Burial will be at a future date in Cameron Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Good Samaritan Center.
Mr. Stump was born on Feb. 17, 1912, in Dark County, Ohio, to Umphrey and Ethel (Emrick) Stump. He graduated from New Madison High School in New Madison, Ohio, in 1930. He then attended the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, where he ended up only a few credits short of a degree.
He married
Verla Williams while he was living in Alaska. Mr. Stump returned to Ohio and went to work as a construction engineer for Swift and Co., based in Chicago. He worked for Swift for 30 years and was head engineer of construction for more than 20 meatpacking plants throughout the United States.
Mr. Stump was lead engineer on the Monfort plant in Grand Island when it was built as a Swift plant.
He married
Christie DuPont in Louisiana.
He worked in Kansas City, Mo., in 1959 and married
Majorie Bunnah of Canada. They moved to Doniphan in 1968, and Mr. Stump retired in 1972. The couple built the Do-Mar Trailer Court in Doniphan. Marjorie Stump died in 1975.
Mr. Stump was a member of the United Methodist Church in Doniphan and the Lions Club. He also served a three-year term on the Hall County Planning Commission. His hobbies included gardening, building and fishing.
Survivors include four daughters, Dawn Hinkson of Wood River, Maureen Sullivan of Wahoo and Donna Cook and Christy Stump, both of Heflin, La.; four sons, Donald of Titusville, Fla., Richard of Morris, Ill., Patrick of Seattle and Gary of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Irma Engle of Arcanum, Ohio; and a brother, Dale of Piqua, Ohio.
In addition to his wife, Marjorie, he was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.
John Tyma
LOUP CITY -- John J. Tyma, 90, of Loup City died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998, at Rose Lane Home in Loup City.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Josaphat's Catholic Church in Loup City. The Rev. Thomas Mullowney will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery at Loup City.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday at Peters Funeral Home in Loup City and from 6 to 8 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. vigil service and Knights of Columbus rosary, Monday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Mr. Tyma was born on Aug. 29, 1907, on a farm north of Boelus to John and Mary (Sobiezczyk) Tyma. He attended Howard County District 66 School.
He operated the family steam engine for threshing crews in the area and farmed with his family in Howard County. He later went to work in Idaho; Cleveland, Ohio; and various Nebraska communities.
He married
Angela Jeratowski on Oct. 11, 1938, at Ashton. The couple lived and farmed north of Boelus. They moved to a farm south of Ashton in Sherman County in 1946 and moved into Loup City in November 1963.
Mr. Tyma worked for the Soil Conservation Service in planting trees at Sherman Reservoir. He then worked for the Keystone Lumber Co. in Loup City for many years. After retiring, he worked as a handyman and sharpened blades. He entered Rose Lane Home in January 1996.
He enjoyed fishing, traveling and playing cards. He was a member of St. Josaphat's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council 5455 and St. Josaphat's Fourth-Degree Knights of Columbus Assembly 1712.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Jeanette (Mrs. Jerome) Siwinski of Ashton, Dorothy (Mrs. Gary) Smedra of Loup City and Paula (Mrs. Allan) Eurek of Lincoln; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five brothers, Stanley, Vit, Anton, Emil and Edwin Tyma; and four sisters, Agatha Peters, Pauline Tyma, Clara Novakowski and Agnes Casavechia.
Victor Vopat
Winner, S.D. -- Victor Vopat, 79, of Winner, S.D., died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1997, at the Winner Regional Health Care Center.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the National cemetery west of Ord. The Rev. Samm Johnston will officiate. Rhoad Funeral Home of Sargent is in charge of arrangements.
There will be no visitation.
Mr. Vopat was born on Aug. 24, 1918, in Wolbach to James and Stazie (Cerny) Vopat.
He attended schools in Sargent and White River, S.D. He farmed with his father until 1955, when he moved to Comstock and worked as a farm laborer.
He and his mother moved to Winner, S.D., in 1986. He took care of his mother until her death in 1994. He entered the Winner Regional Nursing Home in November 1997.
He enjoyed flowers, gardening and playing the accordion.
Survivors include one sister, Eleanor (Mrs. Robert) Rohla of Carter, S.D.; and one brother, Van Vopat of Kearney.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Agnes Pesek.
Hugo Windolph
SUN LAKES, Ariz. -- Hugo Edgar Windolph, 76, of Sun Lakes, Ariz., formerly of Grand Island, died Dec. 17, 1997, following a lengthy illness.
Services were on Dec. 20 at the Sun Lakes Lutheran Church. The Rev. Harold Teuscher officiated.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society or the donor's choice.
Valley of the Sun Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Windolph was born on March 24, 1921, in Grand Island to Hugo and Anna (Wetzel) Windolph. After graduating from high school, he worked in the retail clothing industry.
He married
Mary Ada Leach on Nov. 8, 1942. He became a manager with J.M. McDonald Co. transferring to Colby, Kan., in 1948. They purchased the Colby Classic, a women's ready-to-wear store, in 1961. They owned and operated the store until retiring in 1977. When the couple decided to move to Arizona in 1984, they were honored with Hugo and Ada Day in Colby for their many contributions to the community.
In Colby, Mr. Windolph was involved with the Lutheran Church Choir, civic organizations and projects and the Men's Golf Association. He developed junior golf programs and later coached the Colby Community College golf team.
After moving to Sun Lakes, he sang in the Sun Lakes Lutheran Church Choir and worked with the Men's Golf Association. He also enjoyed building and repairing golf clubs through Hugo's Golf Shop.
Survivors include his wife.
