University Of Nebraska High School Nebraska Alumni Obituaries

Jerry Daniel Adamson age 86 of Cody Nebraska passed away peacefully with his wife Deloris by his side on September 17th 2025 at Linden Court in North Platte. He was born in Valentine Nebraska on February 22nd 1939 as the firstborn child of Emmet and Helen Newberg Adamson. He had one brother Rex and...

Margaret J. Zimmerman 87 Blue Hill Nebraska passed away on Thursday August 28 2025 at Mary Lanning Healthcare Hastings Nebraska. Service is Sunday September 14 2025 200 pm. at St. Paul Lutheran Church Blue Hill Nebraska with Pastor Matt Sass officiating. Interment will be in the Blue Hill Cemetery B...

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...

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...

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...

Memorial services for Edwin D. Ed Lindsay age 86 of Mt. Pleasant South Carolina formerly of Norfolk Nebraska will be at 1100 a.m. Friday January 30 2026 at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Norfolk. Reverend Brian High will officiate. Graveside Services will be at 1100 a.m. Saturday Ja...

A Celebration of Life for Larry E. "Larry" McGrath will be from 100 p.m. to 400 p.m. Saturday March 14 2026 at the VFW in Norfolk. Lawrence Edward McGrath known to many as Larry passed away on January 10 2026 at his home in Norfolk Nebraska at the age of 66. He was a beloved father brother and frien...

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...

Mark William Frantz of Lincoln passed away February 5 2026 at the age of 59. Mark was born in Lincoln on June 20 1966 to Wendell and Marilyn Petersan Frantz. Mark graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School and studied art at the University of Nebraska. From a young age he had an interest in art st...

Longtime Valentine businessman John Miller passed away on October 6 2025 at home surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer. John Howard Miller was born in Valentine NE on June 6 1953 to Howard and Sally Miller. He grew up enjoying hunting and fishing near the Mill Pond and Minnechaduza Cre...

Peter David Binder 64 of Table Rock Nebraska was born March 311961 to Minnie Louise Parks and Willard Binder. Peter joined the family as the fourth child with three older siblings Jonathan Rebecca and Martha. The family grew to include Charles Sarah and Samuel making Pete the middle child. Pete was ...

Kent J. Neumeister passed away February 5 2026 peacefully in his sleep. He was born onFebruary 18 1944 in Nebraska City Nebraska to Harvey A. and Alta B.Lucas Neumeister. He graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1962 asValedictorian. While at the University of Nebraska he participated in honor...

Harold Hilly Beck passed away at home on January 15 2026 surrounded by his family at the age of 91. Born on a farm near Minden Nebraska he attended a oneroom schoolhouse until the 8th grade. He graduated from Minden High School in 1952 and graduated from Hastings College in 1956 where he met his wif...

Jamie Marie Cook 56 of Falls City Nebraska was born during a winter storm on January 25 1969 in Shakopee Minnesota to James Jim and Mary Jo Morgan Cook. Her family moved to St. Peter Minnesota when Jamie was six weeks old and moved to live in Fairmont Minnesota from 19741975. The family moved back t...

Barbara Ann Brunken was born onAugust 1 1936 to Frederick and Lydia Heizenrader Ninneman in Lincoln Nebraska. She attended high school atLincoln High.graduating in 1954. Barbara married Jan Perrin at age 22 while attending UNL. The union of Jan and Barbara produced Deborah Perrin July 2 1959.OnJuly ...

Richard James Thramer passed away in Sioux Falls SD on January 8 2026. At the time of his death Rick was surrounded by his beloved wife and devoted children. Rick Thramer was born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on August 19 1957 to Clarence and Mildred Thramer. He is survived by his loving wife Manon h...

Kent Leon Kepler of Utopia age 88 died October 19 2025 hearing the love of family he adored the poetry he studied and the liturgy of the God and church he served. He was born in 1937 to Glen and Lillian Kepler and lived an almost idyllic childhood in the tiny town of Big Springs Nebraska with his pa...

Scott was the son of the late Eldora Jones Sanderford and J. Dwight Sanderford and was preceded in death by his infant sister in 1969. Born in Nebraska Scott was raised in Wendell. He graduated from Vaiden Whitley High School and then attended Campbell University he then graduated from Fayetteville ...

Steven V. OwensKennewick, Washington -Steven (Steve) Vern Owens, 91, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family on Friday, August 15, 2025.Steve was born on July 9, 1934, in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, to parents Steven Robert Owens and Eraina (Irene Mar...

Evalyn Fay Clancy 93 formerly of Dawson Nebraska was born onDecember 8 1932 inHayes County Nebraska toVirgil andCharlotteBaileyConboy.She attended schoolin Palisade until the age of eleven when her family moved to Curtis Nebraska. Evalyn graduated from Curtis High School and then continued her educa...

Lynn Marie Niemann 68 of Lincoln passed peacefully in the presence of her husband and children on February 6th 2026. Lynn was born in 1957 to Ronald B Ross Sr and Jean Louise Pigeon Ross in Hastings Nebraska. She graduated from Hastings High school in 1975. While obtaining her degree at Central Comm...

Richard Roy Eberspacher ofBeaver Crossing was born onApril 24 1941 to Harold and Gladys Fosler Eberspacher in Seward County Nebraska. He graduated from Seward High School after transferring from Beaver Crossing before his junior year. He then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he w...

A funeral service for Cheryl J. Nelsen will be held on Tuesday February 3 2026 at 1100 a.m. at Hope Lutheran Church in rural Smithfield Nebraska with Mr. Bill Ford officiating. Interment will be held at the Oconto Cemetery in Oconto Nebraska at 230 p.m. on Tuesday February 3 2026. Cheryl Joyce Nelse...