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Orville Duane Hafer

Orville Duane Hafer, 79, of Geneva, died Thursday, April 13, 2000 at Geneva. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 17, at the United Methodist Church in Geneva with the Rev. Brian Kottas officiating.

Roger K. Heers

Roger K. Heers, 76, York resident, died Wednesday, April 12, 2000 at Lincoln. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 17, at 2 p.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church in York with the Rev. Art Schauer officiating.

Walter W. Sackschewsky

Walter W. Sackschewsky, 95, of Thayer, died Friday, April 14, 2000 at York. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 17, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in York with the Rev. Lee Seetin officiating.

Harold W. Westphal

Harold W. Westphal, 84, of North Platte, died Thursday, April 13, 2000 at Aspen Park. Services will be held at 10 a.m., on Monday, April 17, at Carpenter Memorial Chapel with Masonic Rites.

Virginia Moderow

Virginia Moderow, 74, of Central City, formerly of Marquette, died Sunday, April 16, 2000 at IHS Hospital in Central City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 19, at the Higby Mortuary Chapel with the Pastor Herbert Schutte officiating.

Herman Pete Penner

Herman Pete Penner, 81, former longtime York resident, died Sunday, April 9, 2000 at Grand Island. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 14, at 10 a.m. at the Metz Chapel in York with the Rev. Denton Jantzi officiating.

Gary L. Ahlschwede

Gary L. Ahlschwede, 52, died April 3, 2000. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., on Thursday, April 6, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Goehner with the Rev. Arnold H. Jurchen and Rev. Carl Rehwaldt officiating.

Sarah E. Nun

Sarah E. Nun, 11, of Geneva, died Monday, April 3, 2000 at Omaha. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 6, at the United Methodist Church in Geneva.

Willard "Bill" Benjamin Ratzlaff

Willard "Bill" Benjamin Ratzlaff, 75, of Aurora, died Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 7, 2000 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Aurora with Father John Keefe officiating.

Dorothy W. Warnick

Dorothy W. Warnick, 80, of Osceola, formerly of Polk, died Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at the Osceola Good Samaritan Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 8, at 10:30 a.m. at Palmer Funeral Home in Stromsburg with Rev. Willis Pauls officiating. George E. Crawford, 87, of York, died Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at York. Services are pending at Metz Mortuary in York.

Ruth E. Baker

Ruth E. Baker, 97, of Stromsburg, formerly of Benedict, died Sunday, April 9, 2000 in Stromsburg. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Thursday at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery west of Benedict.

Wilmer Elmer Johnson

Wilmer Elmer Johnson, 87, of Stromsburg, died Monday, April 10, 2000 at Midwest Covenant Home in Stromsburg. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 13, at 10 a.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Stromsburg with Pastor Bob Johnson officiating.

Minnie S. Kroeker

Minnie S. Kroeker, 89, of Henderson, died Thursday, April 6, 2000 at Henderson. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at the Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Lucille M. Walford

Lucille M. Walford, 77, of Stromsburg, died Wednesday, April 5, 2000 at Bishop Clarkson Hospital in Omaha. Services are 10 a.m., Monday at Salem Lutheran Church in Stromsburg with Pastor Keith Brozek officiating.

Vera L. Bredow

Vera L. Bredow, 90, of York, formerly of Utica, died April 5, 2000 at York General Hospital in York. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, April 8, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Utica with the Rev. Robert Gadeken officiating. Burial will be in the Utica Cemetery.

Walter Luebbe

Walter Luebbe, 91, of Waco, died today (Friday, April 7, 2000) at The Hearthstone in York. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waco.

Nina Marie Rael

Nina Marie Rael, 32, of Polk, died Monday, April 3, 2000, in York. Services are 6:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 7) at the Sterling House, 3285 Woodbridge Blvd., Grand Island. Additional services and burial will be at Clatskanie, Ore.

Ruth E. Baker

Ruth E. Baker, 97, of Stromsburg, formerly of Benedict, died Sunday, April 9, 2000 in Stromsburg. Services are pending at Metz Mortuary in York.

Walter A. Luebbe

Walter A. Luebbe, 91, died April 7, 2000 at Hearthstone Nursing Home in York. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, April 10, at St. John Lutheran Church at Waco with the Rev. Paul Kern officiating.

Herman P. Penner

Herman P. Penner, 81, of Grand Island, former longtime York resident, died Sunday, April 9, 2000 at Grand Island. Services are pending at Metz Mortuary in York.

Marvin D. Peters

Marvin D. Peters, 71, of Henderson, died Saturday, April 8, 2000 at York. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, at the Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson with the Rev.'s Weldon Martens and Eugene Thieszen officiating.

Tyler Scott Jordan

Tyler Scott Jordan of Fairbury, 7 months 7 days old, died Sunday, March 26, 2000 at Fairbury. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 30 at Grace Lutheran Church, 1100 "G" Street in Fairbury.

Elsa Wellman

Elsa Wellman, 83, of Waco, died Thursday, March 30, 2000 at Seward. Memorial services are pending at Metz Mortuary in York.

Charles 'Ed' Lusk

Charles 'Ed' Lusk, 89, of Central City, died Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at Aurora. Funeral services are pending at Metz Mortuary in York.

Jean Teresa Demaree

Jean Teresa Demaree, 79, of Seattle, Wash., died Thursday, March 2, 2000. A funeral mass was celebrated at St. Rose in Longview, Wash., with burial at Willamette National Cemetery.

Violette Marie (Anderson) Lingwall

Violette Marie (Anderson) Lingwall, 94. of Stromsburg, died March 19, 2000 at Columbus Community Hospital. Memorials may be directed to Salem Lutheran, Stromsburg, Midwest Covenant Home, Stromsburg, Bethphage Mission, Axtell or donor's choice.

Alvin L. Gordan

Bradshaw resident, 77

Alvin L. Gordan, age 77 of Bradshaw, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 at York. Alvin was born on a farm northeast of Bradshaw on October 22, 1926 to Alvin C. and Etta H. (Edmunds) Gordan.

He attended Bradshaw High School and graduated in 1944. He then attended the University of Nebraska for one semester before being drafted into the US Navy and served two years during WWII. Following his discharge he attended Nebraska Wesleyan where he completed his college degree.

Alvin married Irma Elizabeth Kotas on June 5, 1949 at Milligan, Neb. Al taught school for a year at Meadow Grove and then joined Bonsall Pool Co. in Grand Island. Then in 1977 he joined his brother Bill in York Oliver Sales until his retirement in 1995.

Al was a member of the Bradshaw United Methodist Church, Bradshaw Volunteer Fireman (over 27 years) and had been a member of the Bradshaw Village Board. He was also very active in the Hampton Masonic Lodge #245, Soloman Chapter #33 Royal Arch Masons, Naomi Chapter #26 in Geneva and Jappa Commandry #17 Knights Templar of York. He had been the head of all these Masonic groups and received the Knight York Cross of Honor in 1976. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite Shrine and the York County Historical Assn. Alvin kept the records and was active in the Bradshaw Alumni Assn. and the Plainfield Cemetery Board.

Alvin is survived by his wife, Beth of Bradshaw; two daughters, Joyce (Jim) Campbell of Lincoln and Patricia (David) Collister of Dwight; son, James Gordan of Bradshaw; grandchildren, Mark and Nicole Bergen, Liz Bogen, Melanie and her husband Dan Collister-Foulk, Brian and Cody Campbell, John, Jayme and MaKenzie Gordan; great-grandchildren Anya and Sean Bogen; sister-in-law Elisa Gordan and her son (nephew) William B. Gordan of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Jean and Lee Holtmeier of Grand Island and Mary Ann and Roger Rut of Lincoln and many other nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. at the Bradshaw United Methodist Church with the Rev. Brian Kottas officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at the Plainfield Cemetery west of Bradshaw. Visitation will begin on Friday at noon. Memorials may be directed to the Bradshaw First United Methodist Church or to the Bradshaw Fire Department.

Metz Mortuary of York is handling arrangements.

David H. Friesen

Lincoln resident, 91

David H. Friesen, 91, of Lincoln, formerly of Henderson, died Tuesday, October 12, 2004 in Lincoln. He was born April 6, 1913 in rural Hamilton County to Gerhard & Katharina (Huebert) Friesen. David was a farmer and did some carpenter work after retiring from the farm. He was a charter member of Calvary Bible Church of Henderson.

David is survived by his daughters: Jo Ann R. Lantzer (Lee) of Milan, MI and Velda K. Brady (Michael) of Lincoln, NE. Grandchildren; Joni Lantzer (Rob) of Lewistown, MT, Angela Lantzer Pheleps (Scott) of Denton, MT, Kelli Lantzer Hofer (Tim) of Pueblo, CO, Ryan C. Brady of Sterling, NE, Nathan M. Brady of Lincoln, NE. Great Grandchildren; Joshua, Joel and Jessica Oderman of Lewistown, MT, Kale, Kyler and Kade Pheleps of Denton, MT, Emma, Jared, and Cooper Hofer of Pueblo, CO, Miakayla & Kelsey Brady of Lincoln, NE. Sister: Marie Friesen of Henderson; Brother, Levi H. Friesen (Elizabeth) of Aurora; Foster son, Jimmy Lee Dye (Donna) of Indiana. David was preceded in death by his 1st wife Anna Ott, his 2nd wife Lena T. Rempel, brother, Rueben H. Friesen and sister, Tena Epp.

Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 18, 2004 at the Faith Evangelical Bible Church in Henderson. Burial at the Friesen Cemetery in Henderson. Visitation will begin 5 - 9 p.m. Saturday and 1 - 9 p.m. Sunday at Metz Mortuary in Henderson with family greeting friends from 6 - 8 on Sunday. Memorials may be directed to the family. Condolences may be e-mailed to metz@metzmortuary.com. Metz Mortuary of Henderson is handling arrangements.

Ruby Lyons

Sacramento, Calif. resident, 92

Ruby "Pauline" (James) Lyons, 92, died Jan. 26, 2005 in Sacramento, Calif.

She was born March 18, 1912 in Villisca, Iowa to Reese C. and Elizabeth E. (Stever) James.

Surviving are one daughter, two sons, grandchildren, great-grandchildren; one sister, Leona Noyd of York; one brother, Reese (Luetta) James Jr. of Lincoln; two sisters-in-law, Mary James of McCool Jct., Betty James of Valley and many nieces and nephews. Preceded by her parents; husband; one daughter; three sisters and five brothers.

Robert Gene Poppe

Shelby resident, 55

Robert Gene Poppe, age 55 of Shelby passed away January 29, 2005 at the Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center in Osceola, Nebraska.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Febrary 1, 2005 at 10 a.m. at Roberts-Dubas Funeral Home in Osceola with Pastor Jamie Norwich McLannan officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, January 31, 2005 at Roberts-Dubas Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. Interment is in the Union Cemetery south of Shelby. With military rites by the Shelby American Legion. Memorials are suggested to the family. Roberts-Dubas Funeral Home in Osceola is in charge of arrangements.

Robert was born December 8, 1949 to Walter and Marie (Ehlers) Poppe at Deshler, Nebraska. He attended St. John's Lutheran School (a one room school house) in Chester, Neb. through the 8th grade. He graduated from Chester High School in 1968. He then served in the United States Army from 1970-1976.

In 1975 Robert was united in marriage to this union one daughter and two sons were born. In 1982 the Poppe family moved to Shelby and he worked in the area for a few years. In 1987 he started working for the Village of Shelby doing Village maintenence. During this time he was involved on several boards and enjoyed helping many people in Shelby. He could always be counted on to lend a hand. In 1987, he joined the Shelby volunteer fire department and for six years he served as Shelby's Fire Chief.

Roger was a memeber of the American Legion Post 0500 in Lincoln, and he loved the outdoors and helping a local farmer with harvest. His favorite past time was to spend time socializing with his friends. Whether it was in Shelby, at various celebrations throughout Nebraska, or going to the Country Stampede in Manhattan, Kansas.

Survivors include one daughter, Daisy Jane of Shelby; two sons, Lucas Leon of Lincoln and Matthew Allen of Columbus; four brothers, Floyd Poppe of Beatrice, Marvin (Joyce) Poppe of Belleville, Kansas, Melvin (Lorie) Poppe of Sutton; twin brother Richard (Vicki) Poppe of Byron; three sisters, Arlene (Loren) Bohling of Chester, Maxine (Lyle) Watkins of Chester, Phyllis (Larry) Harms of Lincoln. And a host of other relatives and friends.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents Walter and Marie (Ehlers) Poppe, one brother, Lavern and one sister, Lenetta.

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