OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Wahoo, Nebraska.
Laverne H Hageman
Nov 5, 2020
Laverne H. Hageman, age 57 of Ceresco, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born April 20, 1963 in Omaha to Milton and Donna (Halac) Hageman. Laverne graduated from Raymond Central High School in 1982. She is best known in Ceresco as a pizza chef at both Fat Pat’s Pizza and Casey’s General Store. Laverne was a...
Kirk D. Williams
Oct 29, 2020
Kirk D. Williams, age 79 of Omaha died Thursday, October 29, 2020 at his home. He was born February 19, 1941 in Utica, NY to David and Derfla (Ireland) Williams. On May 25, 1979 he married Shirley Johnson. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1959 and became a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. He was...
Melvin E. Sklenar
Oct 24, 2020
Melvin E. Sklenar, 84, of Weston, died Saturday, October 24, 2020 in Wahoo. He was born October 24, 1936 in Wahoo to Jerry and Ruth (Jordan) Sklenar. He served for eight years in the Army National Guard and spent his entire life working as a farmer. Melvin was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Wahoo. He is...
Robert L. Liliedahl
Oct 23, 2020
Robert “Bob” L. Liliedahl, age 70 of Ithaca, died Friday, October 23, 2020 at his home. He was born in Wahoo on January 19, 1950 to Oscar and Leone (Smith) Liliedahl. Bob attended elementary school in Ithaca and graduated from Wahoo High School in 1968. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from the...
Nathan J. "Nate" Fujan
Oct 20, 2020
Nathan J. Fujan, age 24 of Wahoo died October 20, 2020 in Wahoo. He was born in Omaha on October 17, 1996 to Marlin and Anne (Schmidt) Fujan. He was a 2015 graduate of Wahoo High School. During his life he enjoyed spending time with his family, going on trips with them, and volunteering. Nathan is survived by his...
James "Pete" Henry
Oct 14, 2020
James A. “Pete” Henry, age 70 of Fremont, died Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in Wahoo. He was born May 11, 1950 in Miami, FL to Alfred and Shirley (Pegg) Henry. He married his second wife, Laura Coufal, on April 1, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. They lived and raised horses in the Norfolk, NE area before moving to Fremont....
Grant Alan Porter
Oct 6, 2020
Grant A. Porter, age 68 of Wahoo, died Tuesday, October 6, 2020 in Lincoln. He was born May 13, 1952 in Wahoo to William and Nancy (Duncan) Porter. Grant was a 1970 graduate of Wahoo High School, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from UN-L, and received a Juris Doctorate in 1975 from the University of Nebraska...
Duaine L Noble
Sep 12, 2020
Duaine L. Noble, age 88 of Goshen, IN died Saturday, September 12, 2020 in Elkhart, IN. He was born September 13, 1931 in Winner, SD to Joseph and Minnie (Magnuson) Noble. On June 4, 1960 he married Mona Rogers. She died May 25, 1989. Duaine married Cinda Brady on May 18, 1991. Duaine was a 1949 graduate of Wahoo...
Roger D. Fylstra
Aug 30, 2020
Roger D. Fylstra, age 81 of Wahoo, died at his home on August 30, 2020. He was born December 12, 1938 in Sioux City, IA to Peter and Wilma (Oldenkamp) Fylstra. He attended high school in Sioux City and then enlisted in the United States Air Force and served in Japan, Panama, Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs, Vietnam, Guam,...
Betty M. Edstrom
Aug 5, 2020
Please join us and the family and friends of Betty Edstrom as we Celebrate her wonderful life remotely via facebook, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 2:00 pm via Facebook Live broadcast from the Pruss-Nabity Funeral Home Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/Pruss-Nabity-Funeral-Home-136459627925/ Betty Mae Edstrom was born November 19, 1924 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Louie and Sarah (Baker) Jensen. The family moved...
Colleen A. Stuebinger
Jul 28, 2020
Colleen A. Stuebinger, age 77 of Ceresco, died Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born April 30, 1943 on a farm located between Schuyler and Howells to Frank and Jerusha (Jonas) Vrzak. Colleen attended country school until the 8th grade when she transferred to Schuyler to complete her education. Following graduation, she worked for a time in...
Harold "H.D." Burks
Jul 15, 2020
Harold Dean Burks grew up in a very rapidly changing time in America. He was born in the post-Great Depression era on Oct. 1, 1937 in Columbia, Mo. to Silas J. Burks and Leila R. Weyand. During his formative years, the country was coming off World War II and a period of self-confidence and independence took hold in the...
Beverly M Anderson
May 29, 2020
Beverly M. Anderson, age 64 of Wahoo, died Friday, May 29, 2020 in Lincoln. She was born July 14, 1955 in Fremont, to Walter and Marcille (Stoltenberg) Anderson, Sr. She grew up in Wahoo and, after high school, worked at Hilltop Country Club as a dishwasher for many years, and later worked cleaning houses. Beverly is survived by her...
Paul Leroy Eliason
Apr 27, 2020
Paul LeRoy Eliason of Lincoln, who passed away on April 27, 2020 was born January 27, 1922 in Swedeburg, Nebraska to Emin Theodore Eliason Sr. and Esther (Swanson) Eliason. He attended school through the eighth grade in Swedeburg, graduated from Luther Academy before enlisting in the United States Army. He married Marilyn Ruwe of Wayne, NE and they were...
John "Chris" Polland
Mar 13, 2020
John "Chris" Polland, age 52, of Valley, died Friday, March 13, 2020, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha due to complications from COPD. He was born September 21, 1967, in Wahoo, Nebraska. Chris was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Polland and Judy (Flynn) McGowan. He is survived by his stepparents, Patricia (Guenther) Polland, John McGowan; sister and brother-in-law...
Eugene "Ada" Mach
Mar 7, 2020
Eugene "Ada" Mach, age 89 of Wahoo, died Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Omaha. He was born at Cedar Bluffs, NE on August 7, 1930 to Joe and Leona (Wesley) Mach. In 1962, he moved his family to Chicago where he worked, for the next thirty years, as a Boiler Room Engineer at R. R. Donnelly and Sons Co....
Richard J. Eggers
Feb 9, 2020
Richard J. Eggers, age 63 of Yutan, died Sunday February 9, 2020 at his home. He was born August 25, 1956 in Wahoo to John and Miriam (Jones) Eggers. He married Cynthia Trost on July 22, 1978 in Yutan. Rick was an avid outdoorsman who especially enjoyed hunting and fishing. He worked for many years as an Animal Control...
Maxine Wilkins
Feb 8, 2020
Maxine Wilkins, a longtime Ralston resident, died Saturday, February 8, 2020 in Blair, Nebraska. She was born at home January 15, 1921 near Delphos, Kansas. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Greg and Brenda Wilkins of Blair; grandsons Paul (Beth) Wilkins and Clay Wilkins (Jaiden Buller), all of Missouri Valley, IA, and Derek Taylor Wilkins of Ralston....
Dennis L. Novak
Jan 29, 2020
Dennis L. Novak, age 91 of Wahoo, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in Wahoo. He was born November 28, 1928 on a farm near Malmo, NE to Adolph and Helen (Placek) Novak. Dennis attended District 92 school through the 8th grade, then transferred to Morse Bluff for two years, and graduated from Prague High School. He enlisted in the...
William "Tom" Lindau
Jan 25, 2020
William "Tom" Lindau, age 96 of Wahoo, died Saturday, January 25, 2020 in Wahoo. He was born in Wahoo on September 4, 1923 to Arthur F. and Jennie (Holmes) Lindau. On December 23, 1944, he married Jean Thompson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wahoo. Tom served in the United States Army during WWII on both the European and Pacific...
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