Columbus High School Nebraska Alumni Obituaries

Diana Dee Johnson Hill of Ord Nebraska passed away on Sunday July 20 2025 at CHI St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island Nebraska at the age of 76. Diana Dee was born September 30 1948 in Columbus Nebraska to Elmer and Alice Hickey Johnson of Genoa. Diana resided in Genoa until the age of four wh...

Clifford A. Kreifels age 86 of Elkhorn NE formerly Nebr. City and Columbus NE passed away on Monday February 2 2026 at Lakeside Hospital in Omaha NE. Clifford Albin Kreifels was born on April 24 1939 in Paul NE the son of Carl John and Leonora A. Gottwald Kreifels. He grew up in the Paul and Nebrask...

Marie Brentzel 88 of Kennebunk passed away peacefully surrounded by family early Thursday evening on December 25 2025 at the Kennebunk Center for Health Rehabilitation. She was born in Columbus Nebraska on August 15 1937 a daughter of Bernard and Louise Marsolek Sokol. Marie lived in Nebraska throu...

Harry Joseph Walahoski of rural Elyria passed away on Thursday May 22 2025 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha at the age of 71 after a very short and courageous battle with cancer. His final days were spent surrounded by his wife children and close friends. Harry was born on Febru...

Alberta Mae Spridgeon May 19 1928 October 6 2025 passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital on Monday October 6 2025. Survived by her daughter Linda A. Spridgeon of Columbus and nieces and nephews. She was the daughter of Adolph John Dolph Stryffeler and Stepmother Lena L. Rogers. While attending ...

Edward “Ed” William Hrubsky, 84, Park Rapids, MN passed away at his home on Saturday, January 3, 2026.Ed was born in Omaha NE on November 1, 1941 to Ed and Rose Hrubsky. He attended South High School and graduated in 1959. Ed had accordion lessons and enjoyed playing the accordion. His father woul...

Marvin J. Prinz 88 of West Point died Sunday January 4 2026 at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo. Memorial Mass will be 1030am on Saturday January 31 at St. Marys Catholic Church with Reverend James Weeder as celebrant. Burial with Military Honors will be at St. Michaels Cemetery with lunch followi...

Heidi Lynell Holm was born to Mary (Gallup) Benne and Leo Olson on October 23, 1961, at Oakland Memorial Hospital in Oakland, Nebraska. She passed away on December 31, 2025, at St. Francis Hospital in West Point, Nebraska.Heidi graduated from Oakland-Craig High School in 1980. She graduated with a B...

Memorial services for Sandra J. Ganskow age 77 of Tilden Nebraska will be 1030 a.m. Thursday January 15 2026 at BrockhausHarlan Funeral Home in Tilden. John Petersen will officiate. Sandra Jean Beed Ganskow daughter of Kenneth and Wilma Jean Halsey Beed was born on March 28 1948. Sandy attended rura...

Nedra E. Eiserman passed away peacefully on Wednesday January 28 2026 at her daughters home in Eldridge Iowa surrounded by her family. Nedra was bornOctober 30 1934to Ed and Pauline Hildebrand Reist in rural Nemaha County Kansas. Nedra graduated from Bern High School and went on to attend Lincoln Ge...

Edmund A. EZ Zulkoski of Ord passed on Wednesday October 15 2025 at Arbor Care Center in Ord Nebraska with his family by his side at the age of 96. Edmund Adam was born on December 20 1928 at Elyria Nebraska to John Bolish and Veronica Victoria Kusek Zulkoski. He was raised on a farm west of Elyria ...

Shirley J. Jorgensen 95 of North Loup passed away on Saturday August 23 2025 at Palmer Nebraska. Shirley Jean was born February 10 1930 near Merna in Custer County Nebraska to Arthur C. and Rebecca J. Halliwill Sterner. She was raised in rural Merna and graduated from Merna High School. Shirley cont...

Heartfelt thanks to the Ord and Spading communities for the kindness and generosity shown to us at the time of our brother Jerrys passing. We especially appreciate the memories of Jerry that were shared. God bless each of you. Sr. Dolores Bauer and Carolyn Bauer. Jerome D. "Jerry" Bauer of Ord passe...

Delta Lea Orthman of Scotia passed away peacefully on Tuesday August 5 2025 at Arbor Care Center in Ord Nebraska at the age of 92. Delta Lea was born April 8 1933 in Gosper County southeast of Elwood Nebraska to Edward and Margaret Mauck Wildman. She attended rural schools in Gosper and Furnas count...

Funeral services for Shirley J. Martens age 90 Norfolk will be at 1030 a.m. February 10 2026 at Home for Funerals Chapel 708 Georgia Avenue in Norfolk. Chaplain Gordon Braun will officiate with interment in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Norfolk. Shirley passed away Thursday January 22 2026 at ...

Mass of Christian Burial for Gary D. Svoboda age 85 of Norfolk Nebraska will be 1030 a.m. Thursday January 22 2026 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Norfolk.Reverend Vincent Germace will be celebrant with interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk. Gary Dennis Svoboda was born September 30 1940 in...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Crystal Genevieve Rodenbaugh will be held on Saturday December 6 2025 at 1100 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alma Nebraska with Father Maurice Current as Celebrant. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Orleans Nebraska. Crystal Genevieve Gaf...

Muriel A. Young. 97 of Albion NE passed away on Monday December 22 2025 at Good Samaritan Society Albion NE. at Zion Lutheran Church in Albion NE with Rev. Carolann Hopcke officiating. There will be a private family burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Albion NE. Visitation will begin at 900 a.m. until serv...

June 27th 1950 was a very special day because thats when Connie was born to Jody and Syble Stevens in Ada Oklahoma. Her family moved around southern Oklahoma and north Texas in her early years and landed in Sherman Texas during her school years. She attended Sherman High where she met her forever ad...

Harvey was born on April 24 1939 in Seward Nebraska to Edwin and Sophie Mueller Idhe. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. He graduated from Seward High School in 1957 a year that marked the beginning of a life full of purpose and service. Shortly after Harvey enliste...

Janice (Jan) Samuelson, 92, of Ames, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, at Northcrest Heartwood House in Ames.Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 29th, 2025, in the Grand Room at Northcrest Community, 2300 Northcrest Parkway, Ames, IA 50010. Inurnment will ...

A private family Celebration of Life will be conducted in the near future. Her ashes will be combined with that of her late husband George H. Sonny Nelson who passed in 2000 and their ashes will be scattered at the original Nelson homestead farm in Boone County Newman Grove Nebraska where they first...

Edward C. Bade age 89 of Nebraska City NE passed away on Tuesday January 13 2026 at the Gately House in Syracuse NE. Ed was born on June 8 1936 near Dunbar NE the only child of Arthur and Irene Smallfoot Bade. He attended school in Lorton NE and later from 19501954 in Dunbar NE where he graduated fr...

Vincent Seiker of Lincoln NE died peacefully in his home in Lincoln at the age of 97 on Sunday January 4 2026. Vincent was born on April 3 1928 at home in Elmwood Nebraska to Mary Cecilia Stander and Edward Theodore Seiker. He attended Elmwood Public School and graduated in 1945. Vincent continued h...

Jeffrey Allen Oxer 59 passed away on Saturday January 10 2026 at OhioHealth Shelby Hospital. Jeffrey was born on December 10 1966 in Galion Ohio to parents Michelangelo Oxer and Arlene Heller Anderson. Jeffrey was a graduate of Galion High School Class of 1985. Following graduation he honorably serv...

Lorraine B. Sykora 88 Dickinson died on Wednesday January 21 2026 at Benedictine Living Community Dickinson. Lorraines Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday January 29 2026 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Dickinson with Fr. Robert Shea as celebrant. Interment will take place at the ...