OBITUARIES

Mar 25, 2013

Bradley A. "Brad"� Allely, age 52 of Malmo, died Monday March 25, 2013 in Wahoo from his battle with cancer. He was born October 22, 1960 in Omaha to Harry and Katherine (Probst) Allely. Brad was preceded in death by his father, Harry O. Allely and Brad's wife Christine M. Allely who passed away February 19, 2013 following her...

Feb 21, 2013

William (Bill) Jackson, a lifelong Wahoo resident, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the age of 82 years, 4 months, and 5 days. He was born October 16, 1930 in Omaha to Leon and Ruby (Wagner) Jackson. He grew up in Wahoo and graduated from Wahoo High School. Bill married Adele Banghart on November 24, 1948. They raised three...

Feb 21, 2013

Loretta A. Koresky, age 78 of Malmo, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 in Wahoo. She was born October 6, 1934 at Wahoo to Frank and Marion (Shanahan) Vaca. Loretta grew up in Malmo and attended school there until the twelfth grade. She graduated from Wahoo High School and married Leland Koresky in Lincoln on August 20, 1955. Loretta worked...

Jan 31, 2013

Phyllis R. Nelson, age 93 of Fremont, formerly of Mead, died Thursday, January 31, 2013 in Fremont. She was born April 16, 1919 at Prague, NE to William and Lena (Fishler) TePoel. Phyllis attended rural schools in Saunders County and graduated from Mead High School in 1936. She attended Luther College in Wahoo receiving a three year teaching certificate...

Jan 29, 2013

Helen I. Schmidt, age 97 of Wahoo, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Wahoo. She was born May 31, 1915 at Wann, NE to John and Emma (Passo) Speckmann. She attended District 38 School through the eighth grade and completed her education at Mead High School. Following graduation, she worked at the Ordnance Plant in Mead. On August 22,...

Jan 28, 2013

Fern Marie Miller, age 92 of Wahoo, died Monday, January 28, 2013 in Wahoo. She was born January 14, 1921 on a farm near Memphis, NE to John and Winnifred (Frederick) Jacobs. Fern was baptized in March 1921 at Ithaca, Nebraska. She was a lifelong resident of Saunders County and lived in her home in Wahoo fro 60 years....

Jan 27, 2013

Chersty Person, age 103, of Wahoo died January 27, 2013 while a resident of South Haven Living Center. She was born December 15, 1909 to Oscar and Amanda (Swanberg) Anderson on the farm her Mother's family homesteaded just south of Wahoo. Chersty attended country school #64 for six months then she moved with her family into Wahoo where she...

Jan 24, 2013

Liz Hudkins, age 79 of Waverly, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 in Lincoln. She was born in Cambridge, NE on September 10, 1933. She was the youngest of three girls born to Charles and Rose (Schaffert) Barth. Liz grew up on the family farm south of Cambridge and graduated from high school in 1951. On February 14, 1957, she...

Jan 23, 2013

Kevin T. Ludi, age 60 of Lincoln, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at his home. He was born February 6, 1952 in Fremont, NE to Derrel and Adeline (Bruckner) Ludi. Kevin grew up in Wahoo and graduated from Wahoo High School. He attended Wayne State College. Kevin worked for his parents at Wahoo Newspaper and, later, at the Lincoln...

Dec 20, 2012

Paula L. Bleeker, age 60 of Wahoo, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born April 17, 1952 in Wahoo to William and Adele (Banghart) Jackson. Paula graduated from Wahoo High School and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a Bachelor's Degree in Education. She married Rex Bleeker in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 24, 1976....

Nov 30, 2012

Stan's Memorial Service will be held at the Wadlow Rozanek Funeral Home at 5200 R. Street in Lincoln with Pruss-Nabity Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Nov 25, 2012

Lucille B. Jacobsen, age 85 of Wahoo, died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo. She was born April 22, 1927 at North Platte, Nebraska to Jabie and Cora (O'Connor) Bowman. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1944. On September 5, 1945, Lucy married Albert L. Jacobsen in Oberlin, Kansas. She worked as...

Nov 24, 2012

William L. "Red"� Stewart, age 86 of Wahoo, died Sunday, November 24, 2012 at his home. He was born February 26, 1926 at Norfolk, NE to William E. and Leah (Thomas) Stewart. Bill moved to Wahoo, with his family, in 1937 and graduated from Wahoo High School in 1944. Three days after his high school graduation, Bill enlisted in...

Nov 14, 2012

Harvey was born January 13, 1934 to Curt and Lillian (Weyrauch) Hartsook. The small family traveled across Canada following available construction work. His sister, Carol was born in 1943 in What Cheer, Iowa "� near the hometown of Curt and Babe (Lillian). Later, the family settled down in Omaha. Through mutual friends, Harvey met his wife, Stacia Ann Flood...

Nov 3, 2012

Earl Martin Pace, age 88 of Ralston, died Saturday, November 3, 2012 in Wahoo. He was born April 25, 1924 near Shelby, Nebraska, the eldest son of Pearl and Claribel (Thompson) Pace. He was delivered by the area mid-wife, his grandmother Annie Thompson, and was immediately placed near the stove as he only weighed about four pounds. Earl and...

Oct 28, 2012

Thelma J. Stevens, age 82 of Wahoo, died Sunday, October 28, 2012 at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo. Thelma was just a little bitty gal standing 4'8"� tops, but she was a mighty force to be reckoned with when she was mad. She was born June 21, 1930 in Webster City, IA to Theral and Elinor (Bonner) Crider....

Sep 9, 2012

Rosalind "Rosie"� Dokulil, age 92 of Wahoo, died Sunday, September 9, 2012 in Wahoo. She was born to Christian and Alice (Anderson) Lindquist in Swedeburg, Nebraska on April 20, 1920, the tenth of eleven children. She grew up on a farm in the area and graduated from Ceresco High School in 1937. She married Stanley Dokulil on September 5,...

Sep 2, 2012

Aug 29, 2012

Ann Edith McGlew, age 87 of Wahoo, died August 29, 2012 in Wahoo. She was born September 19, 1924 in St. George, Maine to Matti and Kathryn (Kallio) Kilpinen. Ann graduated from Quincy City High School and later worked at the University of Massachusetts as the book keeper for the student activity fees. She is survived by her children...

Aug 24, 2012

Lawrence Theis was born September 5, 1960 in Great Falls, MT. Following graduation from high school, Larry attended a contractor trade school. He worked many years as a licensed General Contractor in California and mastered the electrical and plumbing trades. Larry moved to Mead six years ago. He enjoyed camping and fishing, and was devoted to his pet cats....