Obituaries
Kenneth Shepherd
Feb 17, 2015
Kenneth Shepherd, age 86 of Brownville, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.Survivors include his wife Donna of Brownville; son Henry Kenneth of Grant Pass, OR; daughters Wendy Lynn Thompson of Citrus Heights, CA, Wendy Lynn (Bill) Payne of Missouri Valley, IA; brothers Dwayne (Lorinda) Cozad of Cottage Grove, MN, Darwin Cozad of Villisca, IA;...
Helen M. Linn
Feb 11, 2015
Helen Marie Linn, age 93 of Auburn (formerly of Brock), passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn. She was born October 31, 1921 on a farm in Johnson County, Nebraska to Charles and Maude (Marshall) Sears. Helen was married to Raymond Green of Brock until his death in 1970. She was later united in...
Eva Mae Rippe
Feb 7, 2015
Eva Mae Rippe, 88, entered into glory with Jesus with family at her side on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Longs Creek Village in Auburn, NE. She was born on July 26, 1926 near Avoca, NE to John and Emma (Neumeister) Lingle. She was baptized on March 20, 1927, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Talmage, NE and was confirmed on...
Barbara Jean Whitman
Feb 1, 2015
Barbara Jean (Coad) Whitman, 77, of Evart, MI, died Sunday, February 1, 2015 at herhome in Evart, Michigan.Barbara was born September 23, 1937 in Auburn, Nebraska, the youngest of six children to Edgarand Grace Wise Coad. She attended the Auburn Public Schools and graduated from Auburn HighSchool in 1955. She loved school, her classmates, and participating in the many extracurricularactivities....
Barbara Jean Whitman
Feb 1, 2015
Barbara Jean Whitman, age 77 of Evart, MI, passed away February 1, 2015 at her home in Evart.Survivors include her sons Russ of Vincennes, IN; Rick (Pat) of Holland, MI; Eric (Kelly) of Evart, MI; grandchildren Nicholas, Katelyn, and Scott; brother Merwin; sister Marilyn; many other relatives and friends.A graveside memorial service and inurnment of ashes will be Saturday, June...
Ken D. Wolken
Feb 1, 2015
Ken David Wolken was born Sept. 3, 1959 in Tecumseh, Nebraska son of Robert and Jean (Brunsdon) Wolken. He attended ECHO school in Tecumseh founded and taught by his mother. When he was 18 years old he moved to Auburn to live in a group home for young men with similar disabilities and work at the Region V workshop run...
Brad Huffman
Jan 20, 2015
Bradley Franklin Huffman, son of Franklin R. and Evelyn Darlene (Shively) Huffman, was born June 3, 1962 in Auburn, Nebraska. Brad grew up in Nemaha, Nebraska, and attended Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools in Stella, where he graduated from high school. Brad worked at many careers during his life. He worked power outages at Cooper Nuclear Station in Brownville, Nebraska and...
Sylvia N. Dirksen
Jan 13, 2015
Sylvia Nadine Dirksen of Auburn, Nebraska, was called to her heavenly home to be with her Lord on January 13, 2015 at the age of 79. Sylvia became ill before Thanksgiving, but God found a way to let her family share a last Christmas together. Sylvia was the oldest daughter of Herman F. Warnke and Myrl F. (Ashcraft) Warnke of...
John F. Lambert
Jan 6, 2015
John Franklin Lambert, son of Dan Lambert and Ethel (Sherwood) Lambert, was born December 12, 1919 on a farm south of Nemaha, Nebraska. He was the youngest of three children born to this marriage, and the only son. John attended Larkin School and graduated from Nemaha High School in 1938. He joined his father in farming until 1941, when he...
Richard M. Alden
Jan 1, 2015
Richard Myles “Dick” Alden was born on October 2, 1933 to Joseph Maurice and Ruth Coddington Alden of York, Nebraska. A brother John was also born to this marriage. Dick attended school in York until second grade when he and his family moved to Auburn, Nebraska for his father’s position with Auburn Newspapers. He then attended Auburn Public Schools and...
Robin Ann Gossman
Jan 1, 2015
Robin Ann (Howard) Gossman, one of five children of Earl Howard, Jr. and Mary (Kirkendall) Howard, was born October 6, 1959 in Falls City, Nebraska. She attended Barada School through the eighth grade, and graduated from Southeast Nebraska Consolidated High School in 1977. Robin went on to attend Peru State College, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, with a special...
Elaine Wheeler
Dec 27, 2014
Elaine Wheeler, age 86 of Stella, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at her niece’s home in Waverly.Survivors include her nieces Sandy and husband Bill Balfour of Nebraska City; Kim and husband Kyle Bassinger of Waverly; great-nieces and –nephews David Balfour; Brooke, Michael, and Cole Bassinger; Hyle Hugunin, Jr. and Chris Hugunin; special friend Sue Bantz; and many other wonderful...
Donald Irving Rogers
Dec 18, 2014
Donald I. Rogers, age 85 of Auburn, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn.Survivors include his special friend Diane Brink of Auburn; daughter and son-in-law Yancy and Al Armstrong of Auburn; grandsons Todd (Angel) and Adam (Kristine); great-grandsons Jordan, Dylan, and Gage; great-great-grandchildren Marlie, Trevor, Ihrey, and Hialee.; other relatives and friends.A funeral service will be...
Martin E. Kelsay
Dec 11, 2014
Martin Earl Kelsay, one of five children of Tennyson Earl and Fern Irene (Maxwell) Kelsay, was born January 25, 1950 in Sabetha, Kansas. He attended elementary school at Dawson, Nebraska and graduated from Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools in Stella, Nebraska in 1968. Martin then attended Peru State College graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Industrial Technology....
John E. Oakley
Dec 4, 2014
John Erwin Oakley, son of Erwin Daniel and Leora Mae (Hill) Oakley, was born August 11, 1928 in Auburn, Nebraska. He was one of five children, and attended the Auburn Public Schools. John served in the U.S. Army from December 1948 to December 1949. In October 1950 he was recalled for the Korean War, and received his honorable discharge in...
Larry G. Peterson
Dec 2, 2014
Larry Gene Peterson, one of five children of Donald Everett and Perle Viola (Hunter) Peterson, was born December 16, 1947 on a farm near Corning, Iowa. He attended Grove #3 country school near his home until his family moved. He finished grade school and graduated from high school at Prescott, Iowa. As a young man he worked with race horses...
John M. Huey
Nov 28, 2014
John Michael Huey was born July 20, 1951 to Clyde and Shirley (Vice) Huey. He was one of five children. John attended school in Nemaha and Southeast Consolidated in Stella. Most of John’s life he worked as a scrapper, a junkman! He cut up more metal than anyone could even imagine. He is survived by his wife of 24 years,...
Aletha H. Bowen
Nov 16, 2014
Aletha H. Bowen, age 97 of Auburn, passed away at her home Sunday, November 16, 2014.Survivors include her sister Lydia Dahlenburg of Auburn as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.A funeral service will be Friday, November 21, 2014 2:30 p.m. at Hemmingsen Funeral Home in Auburn. Burial will follow in Bedford Cemetery near Howe. No visitation is planned.
Ronald E. Simmons
Nov 11, 2014
Ronald Edward Simmons, one of six children of George W., Jr. and Margaret J. (Helms) Simmons, was born May 15, 1942 in Auburn, Nebraska. He attended Auburn Public Schools through high school and received his GED later in life. On October 22, 1961 Ron was united in marriage to Carol Maddox in Auburn. They made their home in rural Auburn...
Eldon W. Swinney
Oct 25, 2014
Eldon Wilson Swinney, one of five children of Merritt S. and Hazel (Wilson) Swinney, was born July 17, 1928 at his parents’ home in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He attended Nebraska City Public Schools, where he graduated from high school. On August 6, 1948 Eldon was united in marriage to Donna Rae Potter at the First Christian Church in Nebraska City....
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