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Zimmer -- Jeffery Guy, 42, Fremont, Calif., died 11/22/01. Born, Lincoln (8/23/59). True animal lover and Nascar enthusiast. Loved music, golf, bowling, traveling, photography and riding his motorcycle. Was the ultimate "people person" and never met a stranger. Was admired for his easy charm and genuine concern for others. Will be deeply missed by family, friends and co-workers.
Survivors: parents, James Zimmer, Lincoln, and Marlene Price, Orlando, Fla.; brother, sister-in-law, Greg and Kathleen Zimmer, Lincoln; sisters, brother-in-law, Jacqueline Zimmer, Salem, Ore., Jennifer and Dave Brobst, Mechanichsville, Iowa; nieces, Kasey and Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky; nephews, Owen and Nate Brobst; other relatives; longtime companion, Joe Gavin.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, 2000 D St. Dr. Otis Young. In lieu of flowers, memorials to local humane society of charity of donor's choice.
Allerton -- Russell K. III, 48, Crete, died Tuesday (11/27/2001) in Lincoln.
Services: 10:30 a.m. today, Kuncl Funeral Home, Crete. Visitation: today, funeral home. Memorials in care of the family.
Carter -- Wendell E., 86, Denver, died 11/23/01.
Memorial service will be held at Grace Presbyterian Church, Littleton, Colo. Memorials to Alzheimer's Association, Hospice of Metro Denver, or charity of choice. Olinger Hampden Mortuary, Denver.
Charron -- Haley Jo, 4, Waco, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Born, Houston.
Survivors: parents, Craig and Angela (Hoff) Charron; sisters, Alyssa and Jenna, Waco; grandparents, Dean and Karen Charron, Omaha, Rolland and Joanne Hoff, Fond du Lac, Wis.; great-grandparents, Ethel Bjornsen, Colome, S.D., and Richard Hornburg, Eden, Wis.
Services: 10:30 a.m., Monday, Nebraska Lutheran High School Gymnasium, Waco. Waco cemetery. Visitation: 3-9 p.m. Sunday, Metz Mortuary, York. Memorials in care of the family.
Cooksey -- Karen J., 61, Seward, died Wednesday (11/28/2001).
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, St. John Lutheran Church, Seward. Visitation: 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. today, Volzke Morturary, Seward and one hour before services, church.
Crewdson -- Doris, 64, Lincoln, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Retired, Machine Set-Up, Square D. Longtime member and employee of Hidden Valley Golf Course. Graduate, Lincoln High School.
Survivors: sister, brother-in-law, Carol and Larry Hunt, Lincoln; sister, Kathleen Crewdson, Connecticut; brothers, sisters-in-law, Dwight and Lana Crewdson, Lincoln, Marvin and Dorothy Crewdson, Milford; brother, Robert Crewdson, Pleasant Dale; nephews, Ryder Keller, Darin Keller, Brad Hunt, Chad Hunt.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. No viewing, no visitation. Memorials to American Cancer Society or National Diabetes Association.
Crome -- Gilbert, 87, Herkimer, Kan., died Wednesday (11/28/2001) in Wymore. Born, near Bremen, Kan. Farmer.
Survivors: wife, Lorena; sons, Gordon, Herkimer, Glenn, Florence, Ky.; daughters, Joyce Linkugel, Marysville, Kan., Shirley Westhoff, Raymore, Mo.; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Beatrice. Marysville cemetery, Marysville, Kan. Visitation: noon today until 11 a.m. Saturday, Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore and one hour before services, church. Memorials in care of funeral home.
Currie -- Margaret B., 93, Lincoln, widow of Alexander B., died Monday (11/26/2001).
Services: 10 a.m. today, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Cremation. No viewing or visitation. Memorials to Cedars T.L.C.
Dorn -- Irene M., 71, rural Beatrice, widow of Lester, died Thursday (11/29/2001). Born, rural Beatrice. Retired employee, Beatrice State Developmental Center, 24 years.
Survivors: daughters, Shirleen Erdmann, Lawton, Okla., Carol Hixson, Milford; sons, Arlen, Leslie, Beatrice; seven grandchildren; one great-grandson; sister, Rosetta Stevens, Gothenburg; brother, Leroy Jobman, Beatrice.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, rural Beatrice. Church cemetery. Family prayer service: 7 p.m. Sunday, Fox Funeral Home, Beatrice. Visitation: until 9:30 a.m. Monday, funeral home and one hour before services, church.
Fortune -- Gene L., 75, Lincoln, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Warehouse manager, grocery business, retired from UNL. Member, Disciple of Sheridan Lutheran Church. Participated in Rematch Study through Bryan Hospital Heart Improvement Program. Enthusiastic golf and football fan. Participated in Senior Bowling League. Loved his family very much.
Survivors: wife, Arlene; sons, daughters-in-law, Rick and Susan, Glenn, Steve and Rhonda Peterson; daughter, son-in-law, Lisa and Gary King; grandchildren, Shannon Nelson, Elizabeth Fortune, Misty Peoples, Jesse Fortune, Jonathan Fortune, Amanda King, Katie King, Presten Petersen, Spencer Petersen, Chandler Petersen; great-grandchildren, Brianne and Tavian Peoples; many friends.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sheridan Lutheran Church. Pastor Larry Arganbright. Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today; 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, all at Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Memorials in lieu of flowers, to the church or American Heart Association.
Fritzemeyer -- Wilma, 90, Syracuse, died Thursday (11/29/2001). Born, Otoe (2/26/11) to August and Katherine (Penterman) Roettger. Homemaker. Employee, Pentleton's, 12 years. Member: St. John's United Church of Christ Women's Fellowship; Quilters; Syracuse Senior Center; No. Branch Sewing Circle. Sunday School Superintendent, 12 years.
Survivors: daughters, son-in-law, Lois and Gene Watermeier, Unadilla, Carol Rystrom, Lincoln; stepdaughter, spouse, Verona and Marvin Ruenholl, Hastings; four grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Ethel Roettger, Otoe; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents; husbands, Harry Tegelhutter, Elmer Fritzemeyer; brothers, Raymond, Harold; twin brother, Willis Roettger; son-in-law, Ron Rystrom.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, St. John's United Church of Christ, Syracuse. The Rev. Ian McLean. Park Hill cemetery, Syracuse. Pallbearers: Jay Young, Dan Watermeier, Christopher Berger, Alan Emshoff, Jim Pierce, Keith Ruenholl. Honorary pallbearers: grandchildren, great-grandchildren. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. today; 9-9 p.m. Saturday; 9-9 p.m. Sunday and one hour before services, church. Memorials to Syracuse Rescue Squad, Senior Center, Library, Good Samaritan Center or St. John's United Church of Christ. Fusselman-Wymore-Marshall Funeral Home, Syracuse.
Goecke -- Lance C., 49, Lincoln, died Monday (11/26/2001).
No services or visitation. Memorials to family. Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.
Hoge -- Robert George, 69, Shawnee, Kan., died Wednesday (11/21/2001) at Lenexa, of cancer.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Memorials to Kansas City Hospice. Charter Funerals, Merriam, Kan.
Holubar -- Emma, 83, Weston, widow of James, died Wednesday (11/28/2001) in David City. Homemaker.
Survivors: cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Roberts Funeral Chapel, David City. Weston Bohemian cemetery, rural Weston. Visitation: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; 8:30 a.m. until services, Saturday, all at funeral home. Memorials in care of family.
Kline -- Charles, 76, Lincoln, died Thursday (11/29/2001).
Services pending. Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St.
Kopplin -- Ervin E., 95, Lincoln, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Farmer. Employee, Grounds Department UNL East Campus, 18 years. Member: Christian Life Fellowship Church; International Christian Businessmen. World War II Army veteran; taught the literary program.
Survivors: wife, Mary; stepson, "Jack" John Harris, Lincoln; two nephews; five nieces.
Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A St. Pastor Max Graves. Wyuka cemetery. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. until services Saturday. Memorials to Association for the Blind.
Kreglo -- George E., 90, Auburn, died Tuesday (11/27/2001) in Auburn. Born near Auburn. Letter carrier and involved in several businesses in Auburn. Navy veteran, WWII.
Survivors: wife, Charlene; sons, Darrel, Woodland, Wash., Alan, Louisville, Colo.; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Hemmingsen Funeral Home, Auburn. Bedford cemetery near Howe. Visitation; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. today; 9 a.m. until services Saturday, funeral home.
Lieb -- Anthony Thomas, 45, Lincoln, died Saturday (11/24/01
Services were Wednesday, Lincoln Indian Center. Memorials to Cornhusker Place.
Nash -- Clinton P., 76, Palmyra, died Sunday (11/25/2001), in Lincoln.
Services: 2 p.m. today, United Methodist Church, Palmyra. Visitation: 9-11 a.m. today, Fusselman-Wymore-Marshall Funeral Home, Syracuse; one hour before services, church. Memorials in lieu of flowers to the church or Senior Activity Center, both Palmyra.
Niederhaus -- Richard G., 56, Lincoln, died Tuesday (11/27/2001). Born, Lincoln. Custodian for the University of Nebraska.
Survivors: brothers, Wally, Denver, Donald, Dallas; sister, Norma Rader, Arlington, Texas; 12 nieces and nephews.
Graveside Services: 10 a.m. today, Wyuka cemetery. Friends and family meet at Vine Street gate at 9:50 a.m., today. Visitation: 8-9 a.m. today, Metcalf Funeral Home, 245 N. 27th St. Memorials to the family.
Piranio -- Marilyn A., 73, Lincoln, widow of Michael, died Sunday (11/25/2001) in Portland, Ore. Born, Gage County (11/22/28) born to Albert and Lydia (Riechers) Henke. Member, Lutheran Church.
Survivors: son, daughter-in-law, Mike and Kris, Las Vegas; daughter, son-in-law, Michelle Piranio and Tim DuRoche, Portland, Ore.; granddaughters, Michela, Katie and Mollie Piranio, Las Vegas; brother, sister-in-law, Fred and Dee Henke, Omaha; sisters, brother-in-law, Alberta Renken, Crete, Joan and Eldon Renner, Lincoln; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband; parents.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Pastor Luke Schnake. Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorials to Christ Lutheran Church, 4325 Sumner St. (06).
Porter -- Marian, 94, Fairbury, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Born, rural Fairbury.
Survivors: sister, Flora Zabokrtsky, Fairbury; brothers, Aaron Porter, Hubbel, Clell Porter, Covina, Calif.; nieces and nephews.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church, Fairbury. Fairbury cemetery. Memorials to the family's choice. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Fairbury.
Rooney -- Richard N., 62, Lincoln, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Born, Medway, Mass. (9/24/39) to William Rooney Sr. and Edna Rooney. Retired as a 20 year veteran of the United States Air Force and served in Turkey and Pakistan. Member: American Legion Post 3 and the 40&8. Retired as a StarTran dispatcher for the city of Lincoln.
Survivors: wife, Gloriann V. Rooney, Lincoln; daughters, sons-in-law, Caren and Jeff Bachman, Salina, Kan., Rhonda and Frank Perry, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts; sons, daughters-in-law, Scott and Katie Rooney, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Shaun Rooney, Lincoln; brothers, William Jr., New Hampshire, Frank, Opa-Locka, Fla., Carl, Medway, Mass., David, Bellingham, Mass.; eight grandchildren, Derrick, Miranda and JayLynn Bachman, Tawnya and Brittany Perry, Eric, Sarah and Virginia Rooney; brothers-in-law, spouses, Arlon and Judith Wickenkamp, Paso Robles, Calif., Lester and Trudy Wickenkamp, Lincoln; sister-in-law, spouse, LaVon and Ronald Bachman, Lincoln; special friends, Deb, Terry, Emily and Wyatt Olson, Lincoln.
Memorial Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. The Rev. Carol Roettner Brewer. Honorary pallbearers: Jim Schmidt, Dan Smith, Kevin Wickenkamp, Mike Sullivan, Gus Hitz III, Jerry Steffen, Ian Wickenkamp, Greg Bennett, Scott Hoyt, Jay Bachman, Patrick Prater, Steve Sweeney. Cremation, no visitation. Memorials in care of the family.
Root -- Brenda L., 38, Dwight, formerly Ashland, died Tuesday (11/27/2001).
Services: 2 p.m. today, Marcy Mortuary, Ashland.
Sherrill -- Donald Dean, 72, Lincoln, died Tuesday (11/27/2001). Born, Albion (7/1/29) at home of parents, O.G. and Lucille (Fleming) Sherrill. Attended Albion Public Schools until graduation in May 1947. In September 1947, started part time at Norfolk Junior College and was radio announcer for radio station WJAG of Norfolk. In November 1948, left radio station, and in January 1948, became clerk of Boone County for nearly two years. In September 1951, attended Kearney State College, where he was active in many organizations and graduated, May 1954; worked all four years for radio station KGFW of Kearney. Then became radio announcer for radio station KRGI in Grand Island, where he met Mary Lou Vance, a nursing student at St. Francis School of Nursing. They were married
2/20/55. To this union, four children were born: Terrence in 1955; Kevin, 1958; Michael, 1961; Kathleen, 1965. Attended University of Nebraska, 1957-58, where he was awarded master's degree in speech pathology. In 1958, became speech pathologist for Grand Island Public Schools. In 1961, was called to be consultant for speech pathology for Nebraska Department of Education, and in August 1963 was promoted to state director of special education for state Department of Education. In 1965, left the department and was awarded a graduate assistantship to complete doctorate. Awarded doctorate of educational psychology from University of Nebraska, January 1966. After receiving doctorate, was assistant professor of speech pathology for NU. In 1968, accepted position of director of special education for Lincoln Public Schools, where he worked until retirement 24 years later in 1992. On Nov. 13, 2001, the Behavior Skills Program Center was unanimously named the Donald D. Sherrill Education Center by Lincoln Board of Education.
Was active in many local and state organizations. Was adjunct professor of Special Education Department at NU his entire career. Member, American and Nebraska Speech and Hearing Associations. President, State Council of Exceptional Children and belonged to National Council of Exceptional Children. Also member of national American Psychological Association and Phi Kappa Delta, honorary education fraternity. Belonged to Metro Special Education group; Nebraska Council of School Administrators, National Council for Administrators for Special Education (C.A.S.E.); Nebraska Association of Special Education Supervisors, serving one year as president. Also served one year as president of Nebraska Speech and Hearing Association. Was active in forming Nebraska Association of Retired School Administrators and was vice president for one year. Member: Advisory Committee to Teachers College of University of Nebraska; Legislative Committee of Nebraska Council of School Administrators; board member, Lincoln-Lancaster Child Guidance Center, where he served one year as president; State Special Education Advisory Council for Nebraska Department of Education; board member, Lincoln-Lancaster Mental Health Advisory Committee; Lancaster County Office of Mental Retardation, where he served one year as president. After retirement, active in many volunteer organizations in Lincoln community.
Survivors: wife, Mary; sons, daughters-in-law, Terrence and Julie, Kevin and Jenny, Michael, all Lincoln; daughter, son-in-law, Kathy and Steve Huneke, Seneca, Kan.; brothers, sisters-in-law, Royce and LaVonne, Stan and Bev, all Albion; 12 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter. Preceded in death by parents.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 6001 A St. Lincoln Memorial Park. Visitation: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today, with family greeting friends, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St. Memorials in lieu of flowers to Lincoln Public Schools Foundation or Barkley Center at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Smith -- Frances F., 87, York, widow of Alvin C.L., died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Born, rural Bradshaw.
Survivors: daughters, Janelle Carlson, Shelby, Janice Junge, Lincoln; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brother, William "Bill" Collett, Hampton; sister, Sylvia Werth, York.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Faith Lutheran Church, York. Visitation: begins 5 p.m. today, Metz Mortuary, York. Immanuel Lutheran cemetery, south of Polk. Memorials to the church or donor's choice.
Spires -- Donna Mae, 71, York, formerly Exeter, died Wednesday (11/28/2001). Born, Merrick County (10/29/30) to McKinley E. and Faye (Campbell) Land. Teacher's aid, Exeter Public Schools, 21 years. Previous member, Exeter United Methodist. Past president, Exeter American Legion Auxiliary. Current member: First United Methodist Church, York; Eight and Forty Club. Enjoyed crocheting, reading, genealogy, and gardening. She was twelfth descendent of the Mayflower.
Survivors: husband Robert, York; son, Spencer, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; daughters, sons-in-law, Vicki Kopsa, Lincoln, Kathy and Dennis Volkmer, York, Sheila and Thomas Ekeler, York, Michele and Jerry Woollen, Lincoln; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brother, sister-in-law, Wendell and Peggy Land, Grand Island; sisters, brothers-in-law, Maxine and Irvin Beckstrom, Stromsburg, Phyllis Hansen, Alma, Betty and Marvin Person, Grand Island, Jeanelle and Ken Mort, Plymouth, Ind., Pat and Frank Gottuso of Simi Valley, Calif. Preceded in death by parents; infant grandson; infant granddaughter; three brothers; three sisters.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, York. Rev. Ralph Ford. Greenwood cemetery, York. Visitation: begins after 9 a.m. today, Metz Mortuary, York. Memorials to Exeter American Legion Auxiliary.
