Wesley Bird
Mar 16, 2013
Wesley Bird, age 92, of Columbus, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Wesley was born November 26, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska to William and Anna (Wilcynski) Bird. Wes attended St. Anthony Grade School and graduated from Kramer High School in 1938. He enlisted in the Army and attended school for bakers and cooks. He...
William E. Ernst
Mar 16, 2013
William (Bill) E. Ernst of Wahoo, Nebraska died Saturday March 16, 2013 in South Haven Living Center. Bill passed away peacefully while asleep. Bill was born May 11, 1933 in Columbus, Nebraska to Peter and Gertrude (Lordemann) Ernst. Bill graduated from St. Bonaventure High School in 1951 and joined the Navy. He saw the world from the USS Midway and...
Ellen Oppliger
Mar 14, 2013
Ellen Ruby (Coffin) Oppliger, of Osceola, formerly of Columbus, died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Osceola Good Samaritan Center. Ellen was born June 28, 1922, in rural Polk County NE, to Charles W and Ida E (Porter) Coffin. She attended rural schools in Polk and Platte counties. On April 8, 1942, she was united in marriage to Harry E....
Fern Stacy
Mar 14, 2013
Fern died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Fern Marie Stacy was born July 20, 1934 in Polk County, Nebraska to Lloyd and Kathryn (Hughes) Bernt. She attended District #18 School in Polk County and graduated from Kramer High School in 1951. Fern married Lawrence Bonk on October 20, 1951. She later married Vernon Stacy on November...
Edith Broxterman
Mar 8, 2013
Edith Broxterman, age 78, of Columbus, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Edith Broxterman was born July 27, 1934 on a farm, near Corning, Kansas to Willis and Elizabeth (Rethman) Walters. In 1940 she moved to town. Edith graduated from Corning High School. She married Ronald Broxterman on October 3, 1953 in Denver, Colorado....
Marcella Zima
Mar 1, 2013
Marcella Zima of Columbus died Friday, March 1, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Marcella Marcy Zima was born June 28, 1927 in Brainard, NE to John and Mary (Horacek) Svoboda. She grew up on the family farm outside of Brainard where she attended country schools. Marcy married Dallas Abbott on May 23, 1942 in Omaha. They moved...
Deanna M. Jasper
Mar 1, 2013
Deanna died Friday, March 1, 2013 at her home surrounded by family and friends following a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. Deanna was born August 1, 1956 in Columbus, Nebraska to Carl and Barbara (Roelle) Ryba. She grew up in Columbus and graduated from Columbus High School in 1974. She married Charles Jasper on August 9, 1974 at St....
Shirley Czuba
Feb 26, 2013
Shirley Czuba, age 85 of Columbus died Tuesday at the Osceola Good Samaritan Center. Shirley was born on September 19, 1927 in Souris, Manitoba Canada to Robert and Elsie (Kerslake) McClement. She completed her high school education in Brandon, Mantitoba and graduated from Brandon General Hospital School of Nursing. In 1981 she graduated from Kearney State College with a bachelor...
Shirley Duncan
Feb 24, 2013
Shirley Duncan, age 76, of Columbus died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus
Judith Ann Menke
Feb 23, 2013
Judith Ann Menke died Saturday, February 23rd at her home near Columbus, Nebraska. Judy was born on June 11, 1952 in Columbus, Nebraska to Luke and Theresa (Zach) Wieser. Judy graduated from Scotus High School. She married George Menke on February 20, 1971. Before joining George to work full time on the family farm, Judy worked at Behlen's Manufacturing. Judy...
Irene Maca
Feb 18, 2013
Dorothy "Irene" Maca, 78, passed away Monday, February 18, 2013, at Columbus Community Hospital. Irene was born February 16, 1935, on a farm near Imogene, Iowa, to Leo and Lucille (Regan) Hughes. She attended school in Imogene, graduating in 1953. After high school, she attended nurses training at Mercy Nursing School, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and became an LPN. She...
Constance &Quot;Connie&Quot; Loeffler
Feb 10, 2013
Connie died Sunday, February 10, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Constance A. Connie Loeffler was born March 18, 1925 in Lindsay, Nebraska to Nicholas and Mary (Ludden) Dohmen. She married Gerald Loeffler on April 11, 1944 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lindsay. The couple farmed in that area for several years until moving to Illinois in...
Mary Ellen Forey
Feb 7, 2013
Mary Ellen Forey of Columbus died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at her home. Mary Ellen Forey was born Feb 7, 1932 in Dickens, IA to Arthur and Jean (Platt) Voss. She grew up in the Ruthven, IA area and graduated in 1950 from Ruthven High School. Mary Ellen lived in Iowa, Michigan, and moved to Columbus in 1982. She is...
Lawrence &Quot;Larry&Quot; Lewis
Feb 5, 2013
Lawrence "Larry" Lewis, age 70, of Columbus died Tuesday at Bryan LGH-East. Lawrence Lewis was born March 21, 1942 in Humphrey, Nebraska to Vern and Gertrude (Wittler) Lewis. He graduated from St. Francis High School in Humphrey. Larry worked at Boeschs Body Shop before moving to Columbus in the late 70s. He worked at Drews Tire and the Columbus Middle...
Yvonne Pagel
Feb 4, 2013
Yvonne M. Pagel of Columbus died unexpectedly on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Columbus Community Hospital. Yvonne M. Pagel was born December 18, 1939 in Mobridge, SD to Paul and Anna (Hendricks) Sack. She was the oldest of six children with 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Yvonne graduated from Reeder Public School in 1958. Yvonne then attended Beauty School in...
Twyla M. Burge
Feb 2, 2013
Twyla died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Morys Haven in Columbus. Twyla M. Burge was born September 12, 1922 in Deloit, Nebraska to Cleo and Goldie (McVay) Jones. She graduated from Clearwater High School in 1942. On October 9, 1944 Twyla was united in marriage to Glen A. Burge at Riverside Church in Antelope County, Nebraska. She taught school in...
Albert Ernst
Feb 1, 2013
Albert H. Ernst, age 93, of Columbus, died Friday, February 1, 2013 at his home in Columbus. Albert Ernst was born August 24, 1919 in Columbus, Nebraska to Peter and Anna (Faust) Ernst. He grew up in Columbus. Albert served in the United States Army during WWII. He married Helen Duracinski on February 26, 1946 at St. Anthony Church in...
Dawn Wiese
Jan 27, 2013
Dawn (Larsen) Wiese, age 42, of Columbus, died Sunday following a brave life-long battle against diabetes. Dawn was born January 17, 1971 in Fremont, Ne to LaVern and Sharon (Shepard) Larsen. She grew up with her family on a farm east of Hooper which is where she fell in love with the country and horses. She attended a rural school...
Robert R. &Quot;Bob&Quot; Drozd
Jan 27, 2013
Robert died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Robert "Brother Bob" Drozd was born April 13, 1938 in Genoa, Nebraska to Charles and Victoria (Cyza) Drozd. He attended Genoa Public School. Bob served in the U.S. Air Force from April 1955 April 1961. On August 1, 1959 he was united in marriage to Carol Dunham in Oxford,...
Cyrus Janicek
Jan 26, 2013
Cyrus Janicek of Columbus died Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Columbus Community Hospital. Cyrus F. Janicek was born March 3, 1915, at home in Butler County to Rudolph and Justena (Flaxel) Janicek. Cy attended Kramer High School in Columbus and the University of Nebraska Agricultural College. Cy farmed for 46 years in Polk County before retiring to Columbus. He was...