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.

Howard (Jake) Jacobson

Howard (Jake) Jacobson

Monday, July 22, 2024
Howard Dean (Jake) Jacobson II, 74, of Kearney, passed away on July 18, 2024 after a long, valiant battle with illness. Jake was born July 25, 1949 in Iola, Kansas, to Howard D. and Dorothy A. (Preece) Jacobson. He attended Iola and El Dorado, Kansas, schools graduating from El Dorado Senior High...

Dr. George Stoltenberg '73

Dr. George Stoltenberg '73

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Dr. George Kenneth Stoltenberg passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, surrounded by his family and friends. George was born Schuyler, Neb., on October 18, 1951, to Kenneth and Betty (Primbnow) Stoltenberg. After a carefree childhood, George became blind at 13. He left home to attend the Nebraska...

Kevin Rhodes

Kevin Rhodes

Sunday, July 14, 2024
Kevin T. Rhodes, 72, of Lincoln, NE, passed away on June 25, 2024, following a near decade long journey with Parkinson's and Parkinson's dementia. Born June 6, 1952, in Lincoln to Juanita and James "Willie" Rhodes, the family spent time in North Platte, Kearney, and Johnson Lake where he graduated...

James Sweeney

James Sweeney

Sunday, July 14, 2024
James M. "Jim" Sweeney, 88, of Cedar Bluffs, NE passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at Dunklau Gardens in Fremont. He was born January 2, 1936, in Fremont to Milton 'Bill' and Selma (Hansen) Sweeney. Jim graduated from Cedar Bluffs High School in 1953. He served in the US Army In Germany. He then...

Thomas Anderson '57

Thomas Anderson '57

Friday, July 12, 2024
Thomas D. Anderson, 86, of Kearney passed away Monday, July 8, 2024, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Kearney Cemetery followed by a celebration of life at First Lutheran Church at 11:00 am. The Rev. Dr. Michelle Holley...

Maurece Engelbart '45

Maurece Engelbart '45

Thursday, July 11, 2024
Maurece Shirley Johnson was born at home in Ceresco, Nebraska to David T. and Orrie Wedberg Johnson on March 5, 1926. She graduated from Ceresco High School and attended Luther College in Wahoo, Nebraska, for two years. She graduated in 1947 from University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a teaching...

Pamela Korth '79

Pamela Korth '79

Monday, July 1, 2024
Pamela Ruth Korth, 67, of Greeley, passed away on June 22, 2024 at MCR in Loveland. She was born April 21, 1957 in Landstuhl, Germany on the military base to Paul Robert and Shirley Eloise (Rymerson) Hansen. Her father was serving as a pastor in the military and they lived in Germany for a year and...

Rev. William J. Bullock '66

Rev. William J. Bullock '66

Thursday, June 27, 2024
The Rev. William Joseph Bullock, age 88, of Atchison, KS, passed away at home, on June 22, 2024, surrounded by his loved ones. He was welcomed by our Lord into the biggest family reunion in Heaven. Joe was born January 7, 1936, to Julius and Lillian (Franklin) Bullock at their home a quarter mile...

Mary Ann Paulger '70

Mary Ann Paulger '70

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Mary Ann Paulger, age 93, of Fremont died Friday, June 21, 2024 at Methodist Fremont Health. Mary Ann was born March 9, 1931 in Mankato, Kansas to Earl and Christine "Kirkpatrick' Davenport. She attended school in Superior and Guide Rock and graduated from Guide Rock High School in 1949. Mary Ann...

Jacqueline Maybee Tibbels, '56

Jacqueline Maybee Tibbels, '56

Saturday, June 15, 2024
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...

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