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Scott Lindstrom

Scott Lindstrom

Mar 11, 2018

Scott Lindstrom, age 59, of Columbus, died Sunday at Morys Haven in Columbus. Scott Alan Lindstrom was born January 9, 1959 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Don and Jessie (Jan) Oehlerich. He moved to a farm in Phelps County, Nebraska with his mother and adopted father Floyd Lindstrom and his siblings. He completed his education at Wilcox, Nebraska with the...

Larry L. Wallingford

Larry L. Wallingford

Mar 11, 2018

Larry Lee Wallingford, 83, of Columbus, passed away with his family by his side on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Mory's Haven in Columbus, NE. Larry was born February 3, 1935, near Arlington, NE. He grew up in Fremont, NE and graduated from Fremont High School in 1953. Larry served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956, achieving...

Erma Boro

Erma Boro

Mar 9, 2018

Erma Boro, 89, of Columbus died Friday, March 9, 2018 at Columbus Care and Rehabilitation. Erma Boro was born September 12, 1928 in Columbus to Fred and Christina (Jaax) Henggeler. She grew up on a farm by Lonestar in Polk County where she attended District 16 grade school and graduated from Kramer High School in 1946. On February 9, 1948,...

Delores Prososki

Delores Prososki

Mar 9, 2018

Dee Prososki died Friday, March 9, 2018 at Faith Regional Hospital in Norfolk, Nebraska Delores M. Dee Prososki was born May 2, 1939 in Columbus to Stephen and Helen (Tworek) Lassek. She grew up in Platte and Nance Counties. Dee attended schools in Duncan, District 23, St. Bonaventure, and at the Franciscan Convent in Colorado Springs. She married Jerome C....

Dianne Mcduffee

Dianne Mcduffee

Mar 7, 2018

Dianne McDuffee died Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at her home. Dianne M. McDuffee was born February 2, 1947 in Albion, NE to Francis R. "Frank" and Maxine L. (Rosso) Thome. She grew up on the family farm in Boone County and attended District 60 School in Akron, NE before graduating high school from Spalding Academy. She was married to Robert...

Clinton Joseph Sonnleitner

Clinton Joseph Sonnleitner

Mar 5, 2018

Clinton (Clint) J. Sonnleitner, age 34, of Columbus, NE passed away on March 5, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona surrounded by his loved ones. Clint was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on December 11, 1983. He was a graduate of Arizona Automotive Institute. He spent the majority of his adult life working for Comprehensive Risk Services, in Phoenix, Arizona as...

Kimberly D. Knapp

Kimberly D. Knapp

Mar 2, 2018

Kimberly D. Knapp died Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Columbus Care and Rehabilitation Center. Kimberly Dawn Knapp was born December 10, 1970 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When she was 2 weeks old Kim was adopted by Rollen and Jean (Kidd) Knapp. At the age of 9 months Kim was already walking. When she was 5 Kim was diagnosed with...

Edward Schrant

Edward Schrant

Mar 2, 2018

Edward Schrant of Columbus died Friday, March 2, 2018 at Mory's Haven in Columbus. Edward Schrant was born January 25, 1929 in Humphrey to Ben and Cecelia (Van Ackeren) Schrant. He grew up in Humphrey where he attended St. Francis schools. Ed married Lou Jean Frauendorfer at Sacred Heart Church in Cornlea on November 22, 1950. He farmed in the...

Del Rae Schieffer

Del Rae Schieffer

Mar 1, 2018

Del Rae Schieffer, age 80, of Columbus, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Columbus Community Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Del Rae was born November 17, 1937 in Crofton, Nebraska to Henry and Rose (Gohman) Wortmann. She grew up on a farm near Crofton and graduated from Crofton High. She married Anthony "Tony" Schieffer on August 29, 1959...

Mary Ann (Kielian) Bartusiak

Mary Ann (Kielian) Bartusiak

Feb 26, 2018

Mary Ann (Kielian) Bartusiak, of Morton Grove, Illinois, died Monday, February 26, 2018 while staying with her son in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Mary Ann Bartusiak was born February 2, 1932 in Silver Creek, Nebraska to Joseph and Valeria (Prososki) Kielian. She grew up on a farm near Silver Creek with 13 brothers and sisters. She married a "city boy" Joseph...

Donald Hoffman

Donald Hoffman

Feb 23, 2018

Donald Hoffman, age 86, of Columbus, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 surrounded by his family at his home in Columbus. Don was born January 22, 1932 near Laurel, Nebraska to Arlie & Elizabeth (Pochop) Hoffman. He grew up in the Plainview area where he graduated from high school. He attended Norfolk Jr. College where he played football. Don served...

Jack Graff

Jack Graff

Feb 18, 2018

Jack Graff, age 59, of Columbus died Sunday at his home in Columbus.

Harold A. Clausen

Harold A. Clausen

Feb 16, 2018

Harold Clausen, 93, of Genoa passed away Friday February 16, 2018 at the Countryside Home in Madison, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday February 23rd at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Genoa. Visitation will be on Thursday, February 22nd from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. also at the Church. Visitation will...

Richard Zach

Richard Zach

Feb 15, 2018

Richard Zach of Columbus died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at his home in Columbus. Richard Zach was born July 8, 1927 in Humphrey, NE to Joe and Mary (Pfeifer) Zach. He was raised in Humphrey and graduated from Humphrey St. Francis in 1945. Richard married Henrietta Wieser on June 21, 1950 in Humphrey. He farmed in the Humphrey area until...

James Paul Willer

James Paul Willer

Feb 15, 2018

James Paul Willer died Thursday, February 15, 2018. James Paul Willer was born August 2, 1978 in Charleston, South Carolina to James and Peggy Willer. The family moved to Madison, Nebraska in 1984 where James graduated from Madison High School in 1996. He worked for Wagner Tool in Norfolk and Becton-Dickinson in Columbus before going to worked at Vishay-Dale Electronics...

Ryan Bouc

Ryan Bouc

Feb 13, 2018

Ryan Bouc, 34 of Atlanta Georgia died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday February 6, 2018. Ryan L. Bouc was born on April 22, 1983 in Columbus Nebraska, to Ronald & Janet (Benes) Bouc. Ryan grew up in Columbus and graduated from high school in 2001. Ryan earned an Associates in Fine Arts degree from Central Community College in 2010....

Carolyn A. Irby

Carolyn A. Irby

Feb 12, 2018

Carolyn Irby died Monday, February 12, 2018 at Brookestone Acres in Columbus. Carolyn Ann Irby was born September 30, 1932 in Cozad, Nebraska to Robert R. and Fern (Griffith) Good. She graduated from Cozad High School and Stephens College followed by 2 years at UNL. On June 2, 1954 Carolyn was united in marriage to William H. Irby at the...

Isabelle H. Micek

Isabelle H. Micek

Feb 12, 2018

Isabelle died Monday, February 12, 2018 at her home in Columbus. Isabelle Helen Micek was born July 28, 1922 in Shelby, Nebraska to Thomas Adolph and Julia Lucy (Triba) Micek. She attended grade school in Polk County and high school at Kramer High in Columbus. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from St. Louis Institute of Music in 1943...

Raymond Jarosz

Raymond Jarosz

Feb 10, 2018

Raymond M Jarosz of Norfolk, formerly of Columbus, died Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Norfolk Veterans Home surrounded by family following a 25 year courageous battle with Parkinsons Disease. Raymond M. Jarosz was born August 3, 1932 in Columbus to Mike and Della (Chochon) Jarosz. He grew up in the Tarnov area and received his education at St. Michaels...

Clare Will

Clare Will

Feb 6, 2018

Clare Will, age 99, of Platte Center, died Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. Clare was born October 21, 1918 in Platte Center, Nebraska to James and Elizabeth (Gleason) Foley. She received her education in Platte Center where she graduated from high school in 1936. She married Loren L. Will on March 4, 1946 at...

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