Lincoln High School Alumni Obituaries

Mary Catherine Wolford Cravens 99 of Hodgenville passed away peacefully on December 19 2025 surrounded by family. She was born November 251926 in Louisville Kentucky the third of five children of the late Charles Walter and Mary Magdalene Mayme Wolford. Mary Catherine was a graduate of St. Catharine...

Bobbie Jean attended Lincoln High School and was a part of the class of 1972. She later dedicated many years of service to Baptist Hospital as the head cook where she was known for her hard work commitment and many accomplishments. Bobbie Jean found joy in the simple pleasures in life. She loved sho...

Weston Eric Moss a beloved 12 year old with an extraordinarily caring heart and the most incredible smile passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his loving parents on Monday January 12 2026 after a two year battle with Ewings Sarcoma a rare pediatric bone cancer. Weston was born and raised in...

Charles Logan Fox, 81, of Elizabethtown passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at his home.He was born June 21, 1944 in Hardin County to his parents, Kelly and Rosa Sidebottom Fox.Charlie was a 1962 graduate of Rineyville High School. He was a member of Youngers Creek Baptist Church for 70 years, ...

Daniel Gerard Wisniewski born on December 2 1960 to Alphonse and Clare Wisniewski passed away on January 4 2026. Dan will be remembered for his charismatic personality kindness humor generosity love of gardening and deep musicality. Dans beautiful life will forever be cherished by his childrenDaniel...

A Husker and Lincoln Northeast basketball standout Wayne was born February 8 1938 in Shenandoah Iowa the son of Glen and Grace Hester. He graduated from Northeast High School in 1956 University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1961 and later received his MBA from Creighton University. He married his high scho...

Marilyn Sue Bunney Dye 85 passed away on January 8 2026 in Lincoln Nebraska. She was born on March 12 1940 to J. Vernon Bunney and Floy Fay Decker Bunney in Carrollton Missouri. Marilyn was a 1958 graduate of Carrollton High School Carrollton Missouri. Martin Dye and Marilyn Bunney Dye were married ...

Larry Allen Knaub died peacefully at his home on January 9 2026. He was born on December 11 1943 in Lincoln Nebraska to Phillip and Vivian Blevins Knaub. He was born raised and lived his entire life in Lincoln. Larry attended West Lincoln Grade School Dawes Middle School and Lincoln Northeast High S...

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...

Madeline Rice Polesky of Des Moines IA formerly of Lincoln NE and Scottsdale AZ passed away peacefully on January 12 2026 at Walnut Ridge Care Center just one month shy of her 92nd birthday. Madeline was born on Feb. 12 1934 in Lincoln to Geraldine and Jack Gourlay. She graduated from Cathedral High...

Jan Hammerback Burbach passed away January 9th 2026 at Madonna St Jane DE Chantal Long Term Care Facility. She was born to Laurel and Freida Hammerback on a farm in rural Nebraska. She joined a brother John and a sister Norma another sister Delores joined the family. After her fathers death in 1963 ...

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...

Vern was born on January 9 1935 in Lincoln Nebraska to Douglas Alexander Fairchild and Florena Eulala Zenor Fairchild. He grew up in Lincoln attending high school there and laying the foundation for a life rooted in the values of hard work community and service. On January 27 1959 in the city where ...

age 56 of Barbourville Kentucky departed this life on Sunday December 21 2025 in Corbin Kentucky. He was born on January 14 1969 in Barbourville to Beverly Ray and Linda Kay Alford. Pat attended Barbourville City School. After completing his education his focus shifted to a life dedicated to family ...

Burl William Mitchell, 97, was born on June 21, 1928 in Boaz, Alabama to William and Lorena (Young) Mitchell. He passed away on December 29, 2025 while in the care of Kootenai Medical Center with family by his side.At eight years old, Burl tragically lost his mother and eventually left home to live...

Thomas Robert Moulder was born May 31 1950 in South Bend Indiana to the late John Shillington Moulder and Katharine Janet Moulder. Notre Dame was part of the family conversation in the household. His father graduated from Notre Dame Gene Paszkiet his uncle was the trainer for the athletic teams for...

Shirley M. Hainds of Jacksonville IL passed to her eternal home on October 27th 2025 at the age of 76. She was born February 1st 1949 in Macomb to Leon J. and Frances M. Alexander Davis. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 51 years Ronald L. Hainds. Together they had three children ...

Ronald L. Hainds of Jacksonville Illinois passed to his eternal home on Thursday January 8 2026 at the age of 78. He was born September 20 1948 in Burington IA to Russell E. and Frances M. Lox Hainds. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 51 years Shirley M. Davis Hainds. Together they had ...

Norman John Bryant 93 of Ashland Illinois passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday November 11 2025 at Sunny Acres Nursing Home near his hometown of Petersburg. Norman was surrounded by loved ones and had just received military honors as it was Veterans Day. Norman was born April 25 1932 ...

Charles T. Tom Taylor 91 of Jacksonville Illinois died December 3 2025 Surrounded by his family at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital. Tom was born in Champaign on April 15 1934 the son of Harold L. and Audrey Dodds Taylor. He graduated from Champaign High School in 1952. Tom married Marilyn Ruth Shaw o...

Richard Rick LeRoy Lewis II 77 of Fremont Indiana passed away suddenly on Tuesday December 30 2025 at his home. Richard was born on February 9 1948 in Garrett Indiana. He was the son of Richard L. and Doris Jean Holsinger Lewis. Rick graduated from Garrett High School in 1966 and received his Bachel...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Frances Frankie Christy August 7 2025. Born on December 24 1938 in Farmers Kentucky. Frankie was raised and attended school in Farmers and then went to high school in Moorehead KY. This is where she met Charles Christy at one of her high schoo...

Your life was a blessingYour memory a treasure.You are loved beyond wordsYou are missed beyond measure.On December 22, Gloria Brock Morgan ascended to heaven to join her Heavenly Father and her beloved family members who went before her. Her sudden death followed several years of declining health wh...

Frank Dotzler beloved member of the Coulterville community passed away October 10 2025. Born and raised in New York Frank attended South Side High School in Rockville Centre NY where he shined as a member of both the track Mr. Dotzler was my sixth grade math teacher back in the 1970s when he taught ...

Melanie A. Buettner 59 of St. Edward NE passed away surrounded by family on Friday January 9 2026 at the Boone County Health Center in Albion NE. Funeral Service will be 1030 a.m. Thursday January 15 2026 at Levander Funeral Home in Albion NE with Rev. Brian Ketelsen officiating. Interment will take...

Janice Irene Freese Wauben passed away unexpectedly on January 4 2026 in North Carolina following a brief illness. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date with internment at Rose Hill Cemetery in Albion NE. Janice Irene Freese Wauben youngest child of Hans Julius Freese and Lulu Margu...

DeWayne Arnold 60 of Falls City NE passed away January 10 2026 at Omaha NE. He was born December 16 1965 at Falls City to George and Bonnie Foreman Arnold. DeWayne was raised in Falls City and graduated Falls City High School in 1984. Following graduation he worked for Harmons Ok Tire. He went on to...

Sharon Darveaux 81 of Falls City NE passed away January 10 2026 at Falls City. She was born November 1 1944 at Falls City to Roy and Maxine Grady Murphy Sr. She married Ron Wissman in April of 1963 at Falls City and they were later divorced. She married Raphael Darveaux in October of 1989 at Falls C...

Henry P.L. Schwartz 90 of Falls City Nebraska passed away on January 6 2026 in Falls City. He was born November 7 1935 in Omaha to Henry and Mildred Faller Schwartz. He spent his elementary years in the Seattle area where his family lived. They moved to Falls City when he was a teenager and he gradu...