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.

Ronald R. Fittje '69

Ronald R. Fittje '69

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Ronald R. Fittje passed into the arms of his Lord & Savior on May 6, 2021, at Park View Home in Dodge, Nebraska. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2021, at Moser Memorial Chapel in North Bend. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 14, 2021, at St. Peter...

Clare Hoffman

Clare Hoffman

Monday, May 10, 2021
Clare Edward Hoffman was born on a farm near Watauga, South Dakota, to Edna and Charles Hoffman. He graduated from McIntosh High School in 1941, and matriculated to Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska. Interrupting his college education, Clare enlisted in the U.S. naval aviation flight...

Stan Sass '56

Stan Sass '56

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Stanley Sass was born April 28, 1930, to Theodore and Edith Sass. He married Twila M. Larson on September 29, 1951. Stanley graduated from Elkhorn High School in 1948 and from Midland College in 1956. He worked for newspapers in Minden and Hastings before joining the staff at Midland where he...

Richard Daubenspeck '54

Richard Daubenspeck '54

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Richard Edward Daubenspeck, of Ashburn, Virginia passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Loudoun Hospital. He was born on November 25, 1932 in Scottsbluff, NE to the late Col. Wayne Martel Daubenspeck, Chaplain, US Army (ret) and Ethel Mason Daubenspeck. In addition to his parents he was...

William Schauer '74

William Schauer '74

Monday, April 26, 2021
William Andrew Schauer, age 69, Lincoln, passed away April 26, 2021. He was born in Tilden, NE to Harland Luther and Norma Julianne (Launt) Schauer March 27, 1952. Bill was a registered nurse where he was employed at Bryan Memorial Hospital. He was united to Florene M. Huffman in Fremont, NE on...

Joyce Udey '71

Joyce Udey '71

Friday, April 16, 2021
Joyce Udey, 71, of Columbus, Nebraska, died Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at her home in Columbus. A memorial service for close family friends will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at Peace Lutheran Church in Columbus, with the Rev. Cory Burma officiating. Private family interment will be...

Evelyn Effken

Evelyn Effken

Sunday, April 11, 2021
Evelyn Christina Dieckgrafe Effken, 88, passed away on April 7, 2021 at Southlake Village in Lincoln, Nebraska. On December 12, 1932 she was born to Carl and Nanka (Damme) Dieckgrafe at home on the family farm southeast of Cook, Nebraska. Evelyn was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran...

Neil Schilke '58

Neil Schilke '58

Saturday, April 10, 2021
Neil W. Schilke, age 87, of Fremont passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021, at his home. Neil was born January 30, 1934, in Tobias, Nebraska, to Godfrey Herman and Alice Mildred (Mapes) Schilke. Neil lived at Tobias, Nebraska, Williamsburg, Virginia, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and back to Fremont. He worked...

Robert F. Lorenz '50

Robert F. Lorenz '50

Thursday, April 1, 2021
Robert F. Lorenz age 95, Loveland, Colo., passed away peacefully at his home on March 11, 2021, at 11:35 a.m. A memorial service will be held at a later date at King of Glory Lutheran Church, Loveland, Colo. Robert F. Lorenz was born June 26, 1925, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Davenport, to Louis E. and...

Carly R. Pester '07

Carly R. Pester '07

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Carly R. Pester, 35, of Lincoln, passed away March 27, 2021. She was born on July 26, 1985 to Jeff and Teresa Pester (Jensen) in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is survived by her parents, Jeff and Teresa Pester; siblings, Sarah (Charles Mills), Nikki (Blake) Haas; nephew, Lukas; niece, Karsyn; grandparents...

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