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.

Alice Wiggains Hoschar '54

Alice Wiggains Hoschar '54

Monday, March 13, 2023
Alice Marie (Wiggains) Hoschar was the middle daughter of Roy and Eriz Wiggains (older sister Roberta, younger sister Shirley). She was born and raised in Wakefield, Nebraska, where she had a World-Herald paper route, played the drums and loved playing tennis with her dad. Her parents taught her to...

Louise Jacobson '53

Louise Jacobson '53

Friday, March 3, 2023
Louise “Gus” Pearl Jacobson, 90, of Story City, Iowa, passed away on January 22, 2023, at the Households of Bethany in Story City. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the Households of Bethany Chapel, 212 Lafayette Ave., Story City on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. A Memorial...

Verna Johnson Aeschliman I'68

Verna Johnson Aeschliman I'68

Thursday, January 26, 2023
A Memorial Service for Verna Aeschliman will be held at 10:30 a.m. MST, Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the Syracuse Wesleyan Church in Syracuse, Kansas with Pastor Ray Frank officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery in Coolidge, Kansas. Verna Rae (Johnson) Aeschliman passed away on...

Rhoda Young L'52, I'55

Rhoda Young L'52, I'55

Friday, January 20, 2023
Loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, great grandmother and friend, Rhoda Mae Young, 89, went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2023. Born in Powers Lake, North Dakota, to the Reverend Elmer Johnson and Ruth Johnson, and the middle daughter of three girls and one youngest brother, Rhoda...

Shirley Larson I'53

Shirley Larson I'53

Monday, January 2, 2023
Shirley Larson, 90, of North Platte, Nebraska passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born on July 2, 1932 in Omaha, NE the daughter of Clarence Albert and Pearle Minerva Josephine (Johnson) Holsten. She graduated from Central...

Annebell Andersen I'47

Annebell Andersen I'47

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Annebell Andersen, age 97, of Aurora, formerly of Marquette, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at Memorial Community Care. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kronborg. Rev. Ricardo Riqueza will officiate. The interment will be...

Sharyn Becker (Bishop) (Ingram) '66

Sharyn Becker (Bishop) (Ingram) '66

Thursday, August 4, 2022
Sharyn Louise Becker (Bishop) (Ingram) passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. She died with family by her side. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Lutheran Church of Hope, 925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa. Sharyn was born on Sept...

Ellen Griggs Wilson '63

Ellen Griggs Wilson '63

Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Ellen J. Wilson, 80 years old, was born and raised in Davenport, Iowa. Ellen received her nursing degree in 1963 and in 1973 she moved to California. It was in 1979 that she married Dr. Gregg Wilson and acted as Financial Manager for the Bay Park Pet Clinic until his retirement. Her passion was...

Janice Sandin Ernst I'50

Janice Sandin Ernst I'50

Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Janice Elaine Ernst, 93, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away July 3, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2022, at Calvary Lutheran Church, Swede Home with the Rev. Sarah Ruch officiating. Inurnment will be in the Swede Home Cemetery...

Kathleen Reynolds '72

Kathleen Reynolds '72

Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Kathleen Ann Reynolds, the daughter of Lester and Florence (Kemper) Rolf, was born February 28, 1951, in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Tarkio High School and attended two years at Immanuel School of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska, graduating as a registered nurse. Kathleen was baptized, confirmed,...

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