Obituaries

Lois Yantz

Published by admin on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 10:58am
Lois L. Yantz, 86 of Fairbury passed away January 13, 2020 at Gardenside. She was born November 21, 1933 in Fairbury.
Services will be Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Fairbury. The family will greet friends Sunday afternoon from 2 – 4 at the funeral home.  Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  www.gerdesmeyerfh.com

Pamela Kujath

Published by admin on Mon, 01/13/2020 - 9:15am
Pamela Sharmell Kujath, 63, of Fairbury, passed away on Jan. 9, 2020 in Fairbury. She was born Dec. 11, 1956 to Henry and Betty (Chancellor) Kujath in Fairbury.
She graduated from Fairbury High School in 1975. After graduation, she moved to Beatrice and worked at the Beatrice State Developmental Home for 41 years until her health declined. She then moved to the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury.
She was an avid Husker fan. She enjoyed going to Faith Lutheran Church and quilting with the ladies.

Maxine Lillian (Ruhnke) Hoppe

Published by admin on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 4:04pm

Maxine Lillian (Ruhnke) Hoppe of Fairbury, NE, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020 at the age of 91.

Maxine was born to Max and Augusta (Krause) Ruhnke on June 6, 1928 in Fairbury, NE. She grew up as the youngest of five children and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1946. She married Marvin Hoppe in October 1946. They were married for 30 years until his death in 1977. She was a hardworking and devoted farm wife. She worked as a seamstress for several years and was a secretary and ward clerk at Jefferson Community Health & Life for 26 years, retiring in 1998.

Nyla Stanton

Published by admin on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 12:47pm

Nyla V. Stanton of Fairbury was born October 9, 1934 to Lyle and Oma (Sand) Dewey at the family home near Hollenberg, Kansas. She passed away December 26, 2019 at the age of 85 at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. Nyla attended her first eight years of education at Plainview School near Hollenberg as the only student in her class. She attended Morrowville High School where she met her husband, Bruce Stanton. They married November 6, 1955. Nyla and Bruce spent their first two years of marriage in Morrowville and Bruce was then stationed in the military at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia.

Maxine Hoppe

Published by admin on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 8:54am
Maxine Hoppe, 91 of Fairbury, NE passed away January 6, 2020 at her home. 
Services will be Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at American Lutheran Church in Fairbury. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  www.gerdesmeyerfh.com

Leona Stewart

Published by admin on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 8:00am
Leona H. Stewart, 85, of Jansen died at Hillcrest at Firethorn in Lincoln on Monday morning, January 6, 2020.  She was born on August 10, 1934 at Atkinson and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1953.  She married Frank Stewart in 1955 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jansen.  For many years, she owned and operated Leona’s Corner Tavern in Jansen.  She enjoyed taking drives in the country and doing word search puzzles.

Betty Lawrence

Published by admin on Mon, 01/06/2020 - 3:55pm

Betty Mae (Rentschler) Lawrence, 85 years of age, of Diller passed away surrounded by her loving family Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center in Beatrice. She was born on October 5, 1934 in Deshler to John and Marie (Wasserman) Rentschler. Betty married Clyde Lawrence of Omaha on May 4, 1957 and together they raised 6 children and celebrated 53 years of marriage. They moved from the Omaha/Lincoln area to Diller in 1979 and owned the Eagle’s Nest Tavern.

Delbert P. Zweifel

Published by admin on Fri, 01/03/2020 - 1:07pm

Delbert P. Zweifel, 78 of Fairbury, passed away January 1, 2020 in Lincoln.  He was born January 26, 1941 to Paul E. & Grace M (Junker) Zweifel in Washington, KS.  Delbert attended School District #61 and graduated from Fairbury High school. He married Marilyn Clark on February 10, 1962.

Delbert enjoyed camping & fishing, friends and family and get-togethers.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church, a deacon of the church and a member of the Fairbury Elks Lodge

Ricky Do

Published by admin on Thu, 01/02/2020 - 7:06am

Ricky V. Do, age 66 of Lincoln, NE passed away December 28, 2019 at Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE. Rick was born in Ninh Binh, Vietnam.  He married the love of his life Theresa Danner in 1976. Rick was very artistically talented.  He loved to paint, carve, and have a beautiful landscaped yard.  He traveled around to find rare plants, flowers and trees. Rick worked most of his life at Cleaver Brooks, as a Boiler Maker.

Rick is survived by his wife Theresa, son Jamie & wife Cheyenne, grandchildren Amelia & Eli, brother-in-law, niece & nephews. 

Lora Rhinehart

Published by admin on Mon, 12/30/2019 - 4:00pm

Lora Kae Rhinehart was born in Fairbury, Nebraska to Walter Frank Zuehlsdorf and Velma Arlene Dux on October 28, 1950. She left this earth at the age of 69.  Lora was the first of four children, Lila Thomas, Lois McGrath, and Leann Zuehlsdorf.

 

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