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.

Geraldine Ann Wachholz was born November 23, 1935 to Merle A. Van Dyke & Ruth A. Fimple in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up there & graduated from Benson High School in 1953. She graduated from Immanuel School of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska in 1957. She worked as an RN at Immanuel Hospital until...
Sondra Rae Hahle was called to her heavenly home on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in McCook, NE at the age of 90 from complications of dementia. Sondra was born on January 26, 1936, in Grand Island, NE to parents Ray and Rosa (Hageman) Osborn. She attended school in Grand Island, NE and graduated with...
Funeral services for Susan Bengston, age 83, of Wausa, Nebraska will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Thabor Lutheran Church in Wausa. Richard Bloomquist PMA will officiate, with burial in Thabor Lutheran Cemetery in Wausa. The service will be livestreamed on Thabor Lutheran Church's...
Darlene Mae (Frimann) Aspinall of Kerrville, TX passed away on February 19, 2026 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Alliance, Nebraska, on May 27, 1944, and was raised on the family dairy farm in Hay Springs, Nebraska. She attended local schools where she met her high school...
Sharon L. Wahl was born May 28, 1937 to Arthur an Emma Zike (Siemsen) and passed to God on December 22, 2025. Sharon graduated from Immanuel Nursing school and worked at Immanuel Hospital in multiple positions for 40 years, until she retired in 1998. She and her husband Gene were members of St...
Melva Mae (Grube) Schmidt passed away on December 15, 2025, at the age of 91, following a recent fall. For the past two years, she had been a resident of Fieldstone Memory Care in Yakima, Washington where she was well cared for and known for being independent. Melva was born on March 11, 1934, in...
A funeral service for Mary Anna Anderson be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with Vicar Libby Florian, officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege. Mary Anna Anderson, 90, of Holdrege, died on...
Ilene Smith, 77, of Fort Dodge, died November 8, 2025, at the Marian Home. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, a fantastic nurse and a humble fighter who battled her health challenges over the years with courage and grace. Ilene Marie Franke, daughter of Norman and...
Carol Jean Spahn, age 85, of York, Neb., passed away September 10, 2025 at her home in York. Memorial services will be held Friday, September 19, 2025 at 10 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Stromsburg with Pastor Keet Redden officiating. Inurnment will be in the Sutton Cemetery following the...
Lillian Mae Jurgens, 100, of Fremont, died surrounded by the love of her family on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Nye Square. She was born on August 13, 1925, at Richmond Hospital in Fremont, and grew up on her family farm near Wahoo. She attended District 70 and graduated from Wahoo High School in...

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