Pauline Wiedel
May 25, 2012
Pauline passed peacefully into the arms of her Savior on the morning of May 25, 2012 in Columbus, Nebraska. She was born on March 22, 1916, the second child of six to James J. and Wilma (Cooperider) Bailey, on a farm near Munden, Kansas. Soon thereafter, the family moved to Thayer County, Nebraska and eventually into Hebron. She graduated from...
Mary Sloan
May 23, 2012
Mary A. Sloan passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus, Nebraska. Mary is survived by husband Frank C. Sloan of Humphrey, NE., brothers John and David Hovland of Rochester, MN.
Arlene G. Engel
May 23, 2012
Arlene died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Arlene G. Engel was born January 4, 1943 in St. Bernard, Nebraska to Bill and Esther (Cook) Backes. She graduated from Humphrey St. Francis in 1961. On October 6, 1962 Arlene was united in marriage to John V. Engel at St. Francis Catholic Church in Humphrey. The couple moved...
Robert Carter
May 23, 2012
Robert P. Carter, age 66, of Columbus died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at his home. Robert was born June 26, 1945 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to Edward and Veronica (Halas) Carter. He grew up in Orange, Texas. He graduated from Orange-Stark High School in 1963. He continued his education at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and later received his MBA and...
Viola Adkisson
May 22, 2012
Viola M. Adkisson, age 81, of Columbus died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Osceola. Viola was born November 17, 1930 in Platte County, Nebraska to Harold and Susie (Pinson) Bower. She received her education at District # 11. She married Richard Adkisson on June 1, 1949 in Platte Center. Along with raising her family she...
Patti R. Jahn
May 20, 2012
Patti died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the St. Joseph's Villa in David City, Nebraska. Patti (Hauserman) Jahn was born October 31, 1924 in Lincoln, NE to Leonard and Ruth Hauserman. The Hauserman family moved to Scottsbluff, NE in 1925. Patti graduated from Scottsbluff High School and attended Scottsbluff Junior College for two years. She worked at the Scottsbluff National...
Virginia Paczosa
May 18, 2012
Virginia died Friday, May 18, 2012 at her home near Silver Creek. Virginia Paczosa was born February 18, 1929 in Merrick County, Nebraska to John and Mary (Czarnick) Starostka. She grew up in Silver Creek and attended District #10 School. She married Raymond Paczosa on June 1, 1949 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Silver Creek. Virginia was a member...
Rose Frerichs
May 12, 2012
Rose Marie Frerichs of Columbus died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at her home. Rose Marie was born on December 20, 1936 to Herman and Annastacia (Micek) Blahak at St Mary's Hospital in Columbus, NE. She attended St. Bonaventure Grade School and graduated from St. Bonaventure High School in 1956. Rose worked many places through her life, including Billy's Cafe, Columbus...
Leonard Drozd
May 5, 2012
Leonard A. Drozd, age 83, of Duncan died Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Leonard was born November 4, 1928 in Merrick County, Nebraska to Tony and Marie (Lassek) Drozd. He grew up in the Silver Creek area and graduated from Duncan High School in 1946. He served in the United States Marine Corp during...
Evelyn Furby
May 3, 2012
Evelyn died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln, Nebraska. Evelyn I. Furby was born June 16, 1925 at the farm home west of Fullerton, Nebraska to John and Catherine (Kula) Cyza. She attended schools in that area. Evelyn spent much of her youth helping care for her invalid mother who was bedfast 33 years with painful...
Herbert E. Honke
Apr 25, 2012
Herbert died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Herbert Honke was born on March 11, 1924, in Butte, Nebraska and went to our Lord on April 25, 2012, in Columbus, Nebraska. He was born to Paul Peter and Emma (Ertz) Honke the 7th of 12 children and spent the early years of his life on the family...
Julie Anderson
Apr 24, 2012
Julie Anderson of Columbus died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Columbus Community Hospital. Julie Ann Anderson was born March 4, 1967 in Columbus to Carroll and Joyce (Kinzie) Anderson. She grew up in Albion, NE and graduated from Albion High School in 1985. Julie worked various jobs before attending Columbus Beauty College where she received her cosmetology license in 1993....
D.E. &Quot;Shadow&Quot; Pfeifer
Apr 24, 2012
Shadow Pfeifer died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Mory's Haven in Columbus. D.E. "Shadow" Pfeifer was born on October 14, 1928 to Frank (Doc) and Veronica Pfeifer in Columbus. He attended Columbus Public Schools. In 1946, he enlisted in the United States Army and served with the 48th Field Artillery Battalion during the occupation of Japan. He received the WWII...
Espiridion Horta
Apr 22, 2012
Espiridion died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the Hospice House in Omaha, NE. Espiridion Horta was born April 16, 1962 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico to Bonifacio and Martina (Velazquez) Horta. He moved to California in 1979. On May 26, 1989 Espiridion was united in marriage to Dora Aguilar in California. The family moved to Columbus in 2001. He worked as...
James Maca
Apr 21, 2012
Jim Maca, of Columbus, formerly of Davenport, IA, died April 21st, 2012, at Bergen Mercy Medical Center in Omaha. Services will be 11:00 a.m. at St. Anthonys Church in Columbus with the Rev. Del Lape officiating. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery in Columbus.Visitation will be 5-7:00 p.m. at McKown Funeral Home, with a rosary at 7:00 p.m. James...
Rosemary &Quot;Rosie&Quot; Ingold
Apr 17, 2012
Rosemary died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Rosemary "Rosie" Dorothy Ingold was born December 12, 1919 in Columbus to Louis and Mary (Stanzel) Glur. She grew up in Columbus and graduated from St. Bonaventure High School in 1938. On December 12, 1948, Rosemary was united in marriage to William J. Ingold at St. Bonaventure...
Delwin Melcher
Apr 15, 2012
Delwin died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at his home in Columbus. Delwin Melcher was born February 14, 1933 in Bloomfield, Nebraska to Gilbert and Leota (Mueting) Melcher. He grew up in the Platte Center and Cornlea area and attended District #11 School. Delwin married Marguerite Behrens on June 10, 1952 in Lindsay, Nebraska. Delwin worked at Lindsay Manufacturing and also...
Larry L. Anderson
Apr 15, 2012
Larry L. Anderson, 74, of Lincoln, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Born to Francis and Leata (Rasmussen) Anderson in Minden, Nebraska on April 4, 1938. Larry grew up in Minden and Kearney and graduated from Kearney High School. He served in the U. S. Air Force from 1956 to 1960 and then returned to Kearney where he received...
Bernadette Paprocki
Apr 14, 2012
Bernadette Paprocki of Rock Island, Illinois, formerly of Columbus,Nebraska died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the St. Anthony's Nursing Home in Rock Island. Bernadette was born on September 24, 1913 in Tarnov, Nebraska the daughter of Stanley and Mary (Jarosz) Starzec. She received her early education in Tarnov. July 18 1933 she married Theodore J. Paprocki. They farmed in the...
Dorothy Murphy
Apr 1, 2012
Dorothy Murphy of Columbus died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at her home in Columbus. Dorothy D. Murphy was born February 11, 1923 in Columbus, Nebraska to Albert and Victoria (Sutko) Staroscik. She graduated from Kramer High School in 1941. Dorothy married John "Jack" Murphy on October 23rd, 1946 at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church. She and her husband moved to California...