OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Wahoo, Nebraska.
Marilyn And Donald Jirovsky
Jul 8, 2022
Donald Jirovsky Marilyn Jirovsky Donald James Jirovsky, age 83, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022 in Waco, Texas. Don was born April 29, 1939 to Lloyd and Sylvia (Jirik) Jirovsky in Wahoo. Don graduated from Cedar Bluffs High School in 1956 and married Marilyn Shane on April 20, 1963. He and Marilyn were married for 58 years and they...
Larry E. Doggett
Jul 3, 2022
Larry E. Doggett was born February 11, 1938 at Nelson, Nebraska. He died in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sunday, July 3, 2022. Larry married Shirley Pearson in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 6, 1960. They made their home in Lincoln where Larry owned and operated a Pizza King restaurant. He and Shirley sold the business and moved to California where...
Darlene V. Wiegert
Jun 27, 2022
Darlene (Hogan) Wiegert passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 6 at 11:00am at Bethany Lutheran Church 4200 N 204th Street in Elkhorn Nebraska. Private burial to be held at a later date. Darlene was born in Fostoria Ohio November 18, 1927 to Ralph (Buzz) Hogan and Vera (Robertson) Hogan. She was...
Carol L. Richmond
May 30, 2022
Carol Lee (Hartsook) Richmond slipped quietly and peacefully into the house of our Lord Monday, May 30, 2022. She was with her husband Raymond Richmond, with whom she shared 61 amazing years of joy and travel. She was 78. Carol was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa on October 26, 1943, to Curtis M. and Lillian “Babe” (Weyrauch) Hartsook. She and...
Mert Oden
May 26, 2022
Mert Oden, age 84 of Wahoo, died May 26, 2022 in Wahoo, NE. He was born October 25, 1937 at Exline, IA to Wendell and Lorene (Shaunessy) Oden. He grew up on a farm near Exline and graduated from Centerville High School where he played football. Mert then earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Parsons College in Fairfield, IA. While...
Bonnie F. Veach
May 3, 2022
Bonnie F. Veach, age 96 of Wahoo, died Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Wahoo. She was born October 12, 1925 in Harpster, OH to Gale and Ruth (Culver) Bridge. She grew up in Harpster and graduated from high school there in 1943. Afterward, Bonnie began working at National City Bank in Harpster while attending business school in Marion, OH....
Gayle M. Schwenck
May 2, 2022
Gayle M. Schwenck, age 77 of Wahoo, died Monday, May 2, 2022 in Wahoo. He was born November 25, 1944 in Milford, NE and adopted by Martin and Bernice (Otto) Schwenck. Gayle grew up in Wahoo and finished Wahoo High School with the class of 1964. Following graduation, he began working for the Blue Star Onion Factory in Wahoo...
Dennis E Moore
Apr 19, 2022
Dennis E. Moore, age 83, of Kearney passed away April 19, 2022, at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney. He was born to James Thomas and Eleanor Claire (Thorn) Moore on the family farm south of Mason City on April 21, 1938. Dennis graduated from Mason City High School in May of 1955. He served in the US...
Heather Lynn Mixan
Apr 17, 2022
Heather Ballard Mixan was born on June 9, 1975 in Wahoo, Nebraska, to Sherri Beaman and Ed Ballard. Heather was a social butterfly and her favorite activity was calling anyone who would pick up the phone. She worked as a pediatric respite caregiver, which was more of a passion for her than a job. Heather especially loved children and...
Lorraine M. Syverson
Apr 14, 2022
Lorraine M. Syverson, age 93 of Wahoo, died Thursday, April 14, 2022 in Wahoo. She was born December 8, 1928 in Omaha to Ernest and Marie (Mucherr) Eberhardt. On October 12, 1949 she married Raymond Syverson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wahoo. Lorraine is a 1946 graduate of Wahoo High School and earned her nursing degree from Clarkson College...
Douglas "Dougie" Lindgren
Mar 30, 2022
Douglas “Dougie” Lindgren, 71, of Wahoo, passed away March 30, 2022 at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo, which was his home for over 8 years. He graduated from Wahoo Public Schools in 1969, then attended the Universal Technical Institute, of Omaha, NE where he received a diploma for Automobile Mechanics in June 1970. He served in the Nebraska...
Joyce A. Everson
Mar 29, 2022
Joyce A. Everson, age 81, died Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at her home in Mead. She was born September 9, 1940 in Nebraska City. On August 23, 1957 Joyce married James Everson in Council Bluffs. Together they enjoyed country line dancing for many years. In recent years, Joyce became more involved in square dancing. Joyce and Jim volunteered as...
Michael M. Hulse
Mar 22, 2022
Michael M. Hulse, age 58 of Wahoo, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at his home in Wahoo. He was born March 5, 1964 in Omaha to Ronald and Patsy (Dittmer) Hulse. Mike grew up in Wahoo and graduated from Wahoo High School in 1983. He was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for deer hunting, and fishing. Mike was...
Arnold E Pospisil
Mar 6, 2022
Arnold E. Pospisil, age 72 of Wahoo, died Sunday, March 6, 2022 in Fremont. He was born February 15, 1950 in Omaha to Bernard and Anna (Shalon) Pospisil. Arnie worked as an American Family Insurance agent in Wahoo. Many remember him from his years working at Safeway in Wahoo. He served on the Wahoo Volunteer Fire Department and was...
Rose Marie Foster
Mar 1, 2022
Rose Marie Foster passed away in her home surrounded by family after a recent decline in health on March 1,2022 at the age of 67. Rose was born May 31,1954 to Mary and Myron Coleman in Omaha, NE and was one of eight children. She graduated from Bellevue High School and later wed David Foster and had two children,...
Charlyn R Shickell
Feb 5, 2022
Dr. Charlyn R. Shickell Obituary Charlyn R. Shickell, Ph.D of Lincoln, Nebraska was born in Wahoo, Nebraska on August 29, 1938 to LeRoy and Rose (Quass) Frahm and passed away on February 5, 2022 at the age of 83 years. For seven years, she was raised on a farm near Ithaca and attended country school District 102 of Saunders...
Leonard Chmelka
Jan 28, 2022
Leonard Chmelka, age 95 of Wahoo, formerly from Malmo, died Friday, January 28, 2022 in Lincoln. He was born October 21, 1926 in Plasi, NE to Frank and Christina (Mach) Chmelka. Leonard grew up in the Prague and Malmo area with his eight siblings and graduated from Malmo High School. The family rented farmland in various locations through the...
Gerald "Jerry" L Carlson
Jan 19, 2022
Gerald L. Carlson, age 65 of Ithaca, Nebraska died Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in Lincoln. He was born May 23, 1956 in Roswell, New Mexico, to Gerald and Mary Carlson. During his service in the Marine Corps, Jerry was a military police officer. He worked for the Nebraska State Patrol as a Trooper, SWAT member and a Field Training...
Warren "Bud" Hunsche
Jan 18, 2022
Warren Henry Hunsche - known to most as Bud - was born on June 29, 1931, at the farm home near Ulysses, Nebraska to his parents, Henry Emil F. Hunsche and Zetta Irene Anderson Hunsche. He was baptized on August 14, 1931, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rising City, NE. Bud started his education at a country school...
Sharon Jean Vermeline
Jan 14, 2022
Sharon Jean Vermeline, age 87 of Malmo, died Friday January 14, 2022 in Wahoo. She was born January 8, 1935 in Wahoo to Jack and Frances (Hills) Banghart. Sharon was baptized and confirmed at Bethesda Covenant Church in Malmo where she later married Darwin L. Vermeline on June 29, 1952. In addition to caring for her four daughters, as...