In Memoriam

In Memoriam

We honor the amazing lives of our Midland alumni, faculty and staff. To notify us of a death of a classmate or family member, please email alumni@midlandu.edu or call 402-941-6055.

Memorial Gifts

Gifts made in memory of a family member, teacher, student or friend are generous and thoughtful ways to remember a person's life and accomplishments. When making a gift in memory of someone, please send your gift with a note specifying the honoree's name and address and/or contact information so we can send a notification that a gift has been made. 

Please send memorial gifts to: Midland University, ATTN: Institutional Advancement, 900 N. Clarkson, Fremont, NE 68025, or make a gift online.

We would like to celebrate the life of Elizabeth Nelson (fondly referred to as Betty Lou), beloved wife of Reverend John Nelson, devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother, adored sister and cherished friend. Elizabeth peacefully departed this life surrounded by her loving family on January...
Katherine “Kay” J. Shelly, 88 of South Sioux City, passed away Monday, December 9, 2024. A memorial service will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service time at the funeral home. Katherine...
Galen Kermit Madsen was born on November 30, 1952, to Hilda (Madsen) and Kermit Madsen in York, NE. He was raised in Hampton, NE, first living on the farm, and then moving into town. Gaen was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Hampton, and confirmed at United Lutheran in town. He...
Irene F. Keist, nee Rich, longtime resident of Delavan, WI, passed to eternal life on Sunday, October 13, 2024. Irene was born on March 19, 1944, in Nebraska City, NE, to William M. "Mitchell" and Sarah (McQuinn) Rich. Irene married John E. Keist on December 29, 1972, in Nebraska City, NE. Irene...
Jean Lucille (Lindgren) Erickson joined her family in Heaven on August 7, 2024. She was born at her Grandma Anna Lindgren’s house in Wahoo, Nebraska on December 14, 1928. She lived with her parents at Walter and Clara (Anderson) Lindgren’s farm northwest of Wahoo as number 5 of 6 siblings of 3...
Jacqueline Tibbels died June 10, 2024, at home in the arms of her daughter, Cathy, at the age of 89. MEMORIAL VISITATION with family present will be Sunday, June 16th, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Stokely Funeral Home in West Point, NE. PRIVATE FAMILY INURNMENT will be at St. Michael's Cemetery...
Carolyn Marie Burton found peace in her heavenly home on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at age 92, surrounded by family at her Red Feather Lakes, Colo. cabin. She was welcomed by her beloved husband Billy James Burton, her parents Mamie and Sander Ekstand, her sisters Virginia “Ginny” Ekstrand Peterson and...
Mary (Larson) Tillberg died peacefully surrounded by family at Sun Center in Mayville, ND on April 14, 2024. Mary Frances Larson was born December 12, 1941 to Berthold “O.B.” and Frances (Dahlsten) Larson in San Antonio, TX. After WWII ended and her father returned from serving in England, her...
Sue Morris, 82, of Glenwood, IA passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Mark Petri. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...
Mary Elizabeth Royer was born on October 19, 1935, in Woodbine, Iowa to Ralph and Blanche (Rayl) Royer. She grew up in Woodbine, graduating in the class of 1954. Mary went on to further her education at the Immanuel School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska, graduating in 1957. Mary’s nursing career...

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