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.

Hosea Snyder Harkness passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024, at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on March 11, 1933 in Clay Center, Kansas, to Charles A. and Alice Harkness. Hosea grew up on the family farm near Greenleaf, Kansas, and graduated from Greenleaf High School in 1951...
Susan Metz Chilcott, died on Christmas morning 2023, in Falls Church, VA, at the age of 80, ending a life characterized by professional achievement, volunteer service and devoted relationships with family members and friends. She lived in Alexandria, VA, where she and her husband, Ron (deceased...
Merlin E. Johnson, age 88 of Ceresco, died Friday, January 26, 2024 in Lincoln. He was born June 27, 1935 in Wahoo to Elmer and Lorette Johnson. Always sharply dressed, Merlin will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, humor, and devotion to family, church, community, and friends. Merlin is...
Sondra Raasch was born on October 23, 1946 to Cecil and Laila Walker in Milford, Nebraska. After Sondra graduated from Fremont High School in 1964, she went on to study Education at Midland Lutheran College. After graduating with a teaching degree in English, she started her first job in Grand...
Pastor Roger L. Sasse, age 81, of Lincoln was called home January 5th, 2024, a grateful beneficiary, of a life full of the gifts of God and wonder-filled opportunities to serve. Pastor Roger L. Sasse was a Nebraskan by birth and life-long Lutheran. He often described himself as an incurable...
Marilyn Johnson Langemeier was called home to her Lord and Savior on January 5, 2024, at the Lakeside Immanuel Community in Omaha. She was born on May 17, 1943, the youngest of Julius and Vera Johnson's six children. Marilyn was raised in Holdrege until the family moved to Wahoo, NE in 1957 where...
Joyce L. Ball, 95 of Lincoln, Nebraska formerly Fremont, NE passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln. She was born January 9, 1928 in Hooper, NE to Emil and Laura (Popken) Osterloh. Joyce grew up on the farm north of Hooper and graduated from Hooper High School...
Fran (Giffin) Mickel, 96, of Westminster MD was a true artist who saw beauty in everything and a true friend who was genuinely interested in and cared about everyone. After several years living with Alzheimer’s, this determined, daring, unique, and delightful woman passed away peacefully at home at...
Marilyn Ann Brobst, age 78, of Knoxville, TN, passed away on December 23, 2023. She was born on August 4, 1945, in Fremont, NE, to the late Lorenda (Struve) and Arthur Thompson. Marilyn was a loving wife to Carl Brobst and a devoted mother to her daughters, Holly Letson (Jonathan) and Jill Brobst...
Maribeth Stodola, age 76, of Goodland passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Maribeth was born July 24, 1947 to Al F. and Yvonne A (LaPage) Beister in Grand Island, Nebraska. She grew up in Fremont, Nebraska and graduated from Fremont Senior High School in 1965 then attended Midland Lutheran...

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