Lexington Clipper-Herald Feb 2011 1 February 2011 Druzzilla M. MALCOM, age 91 of Cozad, NE, died Jan. 29, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Hospital at Kearney, NE. Services held Feb. 2, 2011 at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel in Cozad. Burial at the Walnut Grove Cemetery, north of Cozad. Elizabeth “Bette” Violet IRWIN, 89, of Gering, NE, died Jan. 27, 2011. A Celebration of Life service was held Feb. 1, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Gering. Cremation followed the service. Inurnment held Feb. 2, 2011 at West Lawn Cemetery in Gering. Robert “Bob” OLDFATHER, age 86, of Grand Island, NE, died Jan. 29, 2011 at his home in Grand Island. Inurnment held Feb. 3, 2011 at the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington, NE. Maria “Ema” Sanchez de RODRIGUEZ, age 73, of Cozad, NE, died Jan. 30, 2011 at her home in Cozad. Services held Feb. 2, 2011 at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel in Cozad. Burial at the Cozad cemetery. 3 February 2011 Korena K. KEEFER, age 42 of Cozad, NE, died on Feb. 2, 2011 in Kearney, NE. Services held on Feb. 5, 2011 at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel in Cozad. Burial in the Gaslin Cemetery south of Brady, NE. Korena was born Mar 16, 1968 at Beloit, KS to Butch and Peggy (May) Keefer. Korena was preceded in death by her mother in 1995. 4 February 2011 Ralph L HALL, 80, died on Jan. 27, 2011 in Oregon City, OR. A private memorial was held at Willamette National Cemetery. He was born to Max and Velva Hall in Smithfield, NE on June 16, 1930. Ralph married Irene Roberts in Wahoo, NE, on Aug.16, 1952. Carrol “Carol” Elizabeth JENSEN, 80, died Feb. 2, 2011, in Fullerton, CA. Funeral Services held Feb. 12, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Overton, NE. Burial in the Overton Cemetery at Overton. Carol was born July 1, 1930, to Clarence J. and Eva R. (Luckinbill) Sherman. Carol was married to LeRoy “Ward” Batie on Oct. 3, 1948, at the Overton United Methodist Church. On July 4, 1980, Carol married Edward “Ed” J. Jensen at the La Mirada United Methodist Church. Carol is preceded in death by her husband Ward; her parents; her sister Clarice Beran; her fathers and mothers-in-law; Roy and Beulah Batie and Soren and Eula Jensen; sister-in-law, RoseMary Sherman; sister-in-law, Louise Wells; and brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Marge Jensen and many aunts, uncles, cousins, a great-nephew, and friends. 9 February 2011 Linda Jo FISHER, 46, died on Feb. 5, 2011 in Morganville, KS. A memorial service was held Feb. 12 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington, NE. Burial in the Overton cemetery at Overton, NE. Linda was born Mar 27, 1964 in Lexington to Max and Doris Fisher. Preceding her in death were her parents, Max and Doris Fisher; grandparents Loran and Anna Fisher and Ray and Elizabeth Smith; nephews Jan Fisher, Adam Fisher & Ryan Johnson, numerous aunts and uncles. Gary L. NITSCH, 64, of Lexington, NE, died Feb. 6, 2011, at Bryan LGH East Medical Center in Lincoln, NE. Funeral Services held Feb. 10 at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. Burial with Military Honors in the Evergreen Cemetery at Lexington. Gary was born Oct. 12, 1946, at McCook to Arvene and Deloris (West) Nitsch. He was united in marriage to Naomi Uhre in 1971 at Rapid City, S. D. Gary was preceded in death by his parents and one half-brother, Kirk Meyer. James Phillip “J.P.” JOHNSON, 36, of rural Bertrand, NE, died Feb. 6, 2011 at the Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, NE. Memorial Services at Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, NE, Feb. 10, 2011. Private Family Interment held prior to the Memorial Services at the Prairie Home Cemetery at Holdrege. He was born Nov. 27, 1974 at Holdrege, to Ernest P. and Phyllis J. (Beiriger) Johnson. He was preceded in death by his grandparents: George and Helen Johnson and Silv and Johanna Beiriger. 11 February 2011 Kent Elwin FROST, 57, of rural Overton, NE, died Feb. 10, 2011, at his home near Overton. Funeral Services in Lexington, NE, Feb. 14, 2011, at the Berean Bible Church. A second service held Feb. 15, 2011, at the Bates-Gould Funeral Home in Alliance, NE. Burial in the Hemmingford Cemetery at Hemmingford, NE. He was born Oct. 2, 1953, at Alliance, to Kenneth Elwin and Genevieve (Mills) Frost. Kent was united in marriage to Shari L. Marshall on July 7, 1984 in Kearney, NE. Kent was preceded in death by his father; Shari’s parents; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law. 14 February 2011 Harvey J. RUPE, age 77, of Hastings, NE, formerly of Eustis, NE, died Feb.10, 2011 in Hastings, NE. Celebration of life memorial service held Feb. 14, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Eustis, NE. Private family inurnment with military honors held at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, NE. He was born June 10, 1933 at Eustis to Harvey Sr. and Wilma (Engelbright) Rupe. Harvey was united in marriage to Madeline Nickerson on Aug. 16, 1952 at the Evangelical Brethern Church at Orafino, NE. Harvey was preceded in death by his birth mother, Wilma; his father, Harvey and brothers-in-law, Tom Whisler and Joe Nickerson. 15 February 2011 Joan D. JONES, 78, of Omaha, NE, died Feb. 13, 2011. Funeral services held Feb. 17, 2011 at Roeder Mortuary in Omaha with interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. 18 February 2011 Marilyn PEARSON, 80, of rural Cozad, NE, died Feb. 14, 2011, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, NE. Funeral Services were Feb. 18, 2011, at the First United Methodist Church in Lexington. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery at Lexington. Marilyn was born Sept. 19, 1930, at Arapahoe, NE, to John and Harriet (Pruden) Eich. She married Keith W. Pearson on Feb. 6, 1954, at the new United Methodist Church in Lexington. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Keith W. Pearson; one brother, Lyonel Eich; one son, John R. Eich and one granddaughter, Tricia A. Scheuffele. Euvah Joy (Wickersham) ANTHONY, age 77 years of Ames, NE, formerly of Fremont, NE, died Feb.16, 2011 in Scribner, NE. Funeral service were Feb. 19, 2011 at Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont. Burial at Union Cemetery, Cedar Bluffs, NE. She was born June 18, 1933 at Cozad to John and Ethel (Houchin) Wickersham. Euvah Joy married Arnold H. H. Anthony on Nov. 24, 1953 at Cozad, NE. Arnold died Feb. 18, 2002. She is preceded in death by her husband, Arnold; parents; sisters, Darlene Yeutter and Lucille Gengenbaugh; brothers, Edmund and Clifford Wickersham; granddaughter, Shelby Anthony and two great grandchildren, Keegan Anthony and Madison Elizabeth Anthony. Susan M. ZELLER, 47, of Elwood, NE, died Feb. 19, 2011 at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln, NE. Services Feb. 23, 2011 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Holdrege, NE. Burial in Highland Park Cemetery in Ravenna, NE. Sue Zeller was born Dec. 22, 1963 in Kearney, NE, to John and Eileen (Broady) Aitken. She married Lon Zeller on Aug. 11, 1984 in Ravenna. She was preceded in death by her grandparents and an aunt. Karolyn Kay (Hagan) TAYLOR 67, of Orleans, NE, died Feb. 20, 2011 at her home in Orleans. Memorial Services held Feb. 25, 2011, at the Reynolds-Love Chapel in Lexington, NE. Inurnment in the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington. She was born April 21, 1943, at Lexington, to Francis and Velma (Sides) Hagan, Sr. She married John Taylor on May 26, 1961, at Lexington. Karolyn was preceded in death by her parents, Francis, Sr. and Velma (Sides) Hagan; one brother, James Hagan; two sisters, Laura Hagan and Verna Mae Flint and one special niece, Vicky Bray. Archie Wayne BLOCK, 83, of Cozad, NE, died Feb. 20, 2011 at Good Samaritan Nursing home in Callaway, NE. Services held Feb. 25, 2011 at the American Lutheran Church in Gothenburg, NE. Archie was born July 12, 1927 to Ricus and Elizabeth (Poggendorf) Block. On Sept. 7, 1958, Archie married Bonnie Jean Hartman at Cozad. Archie was preceded in death by his father, Ricus; mother, Elizabeth and his brothers, Virgil and Alvin. 25 February 2011 Keith Arnold CRONN, 67 of Cozad, NE, died Feb. 13, 2011. Memorial service held Mar 5, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Cozad. Inurnment with military honors held Mar 7, 2011 at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, NE. He was born to Duard and Doris (Nylander) Cronn on April 21, 1943, in Holdrege. He married Karna Jensen of Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 12, 1965. He was preceded in death by his father in 1967 and his mother in 2005. Merritt Gail BROWN, age 73, of Elwood, NE, died Feb. 24, 2011 in Cozad, NE. Funeral services were Feb. 28, 2011 at the Parkview Baptist Church in Lexington, NE, Burial at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, NE. He was born Mar 28, 1937 at Gordon to Gail C. and Lennis B. (Secrest) Brown. He married Melba J. Bouldin on June 5, 1967 at Colorado Springs, CO. He is preceded in death by his parents and grandson, Shaun Brown 28 February 2011 Terry Jo SMITH, 59, of Bennington, NE, formerly of Overton, NE, died Feb. 25, 2011, at Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, NE. Funeral services held Mar 1, 2011, at the Overton Christian Church. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Elm Creek, NE. He was born April 12, 1951, at Lexington to Woodrow and Gladys (Miller) Smith. Terry was united in marriage to Pat Meier on Dec. 27, 1971, in Elm Creek. Terry was preceded in death by his parents; father-in-law, Bob Meier and nephew, Aaron Smith. ====== Copyright © 2011 Nebraska Obituary Abstracts NEGenWeb Project