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.

Nancy (Peterson) Vase '65

Nancy (Peterson) Vase '65

Monday, May 18, 2020
Nancy Vase, 76, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was a resident of Rock Springs for 50 years and a former resident of Grand Island, Nebraska and Santa Monica, California. Ms. Vase was born on October 30, 1943 in Grand Island, Nebraska; the daughter of Joe...

JoAnn Mallette

JoAnn Mallette

Friday, May 1, 2020
JoAnn Mallette, Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Yankton, SD, died April 29, 2020 at Dow Rummel Village. She was 89. JoAnn was born May 29, 1930, to Herman and Ruth (Morgan) Storjohann, at Spencer, NE. Following her graduation from high school in 1947, at Scribner, NE, JoAnn attended college classes at...

Lois Mueller

Lois Mueller

Thursday, April 16, 2020
On July 8, 1931, a beautiful baby girl was born to Gustav and Verna Legband. They named her Lois. She joined a sister, Virgene, who was 15 months older. The sisters had an amazing bond that would last them a lifetime! Lois attended Snyder school and St. Peters Lutheran Church in Snyder. After...

Vitauts Grinvalds '54

Vitauts Grinvalds '54

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Vitauts Grinvalds was born in Smiltene Latvia on All Saints Day, November 1, 1927, the same year as television and Mount Rushmore. He grew up on a peaceful farm during the heart of Latvia's independence before the Second World War which would later shape the direction of his life. He was an...

Helen Horacek '71

Helen Horacek '71

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Helen Horacek, 86, of Brainard, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at david place in David City. The Rev. Lonnie Eischlimann will conduct a private graveside service for the family on Monday, April 6, in the Prague National Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Helen...

Orleatha Kellogg '75

Orleatha Kellogg '75

Thursday, April 2, 2020
Orleatha W. Kellogg, age 94, of Fremont passed away, Thursday, April 2, 2020, at the Crowell Memorial Home in Blair. She was born on May 26, 1925 in Bethel, Kansas to Hector and Grace (Lawver) Gravel. The family moved to Nebraska in 1929 to the maternal grandparents homestead farm southeast of...

Winifred “Fritzie” Lea Ellis '62

Winifred “Fritzie” Lea Ellis '62

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Winifred “Fritzie” Lea Ellis, Beatrice, passed away at age 83 on Friday, February 21, 2020 in Beatrice. She was born June 15, 1936 at the farm home of her parents in rural Steinauer. Fritzie graduated from Sterling High School in 1953 after graduation she taught at Hopewell country school. She...

James Bowman '51

James Bowman '51

Wednesday, January 29, 2020
James Alford Bowman, died peacefully on January 8, 2020 at the age of 90. "Jim" was born in Glendale, California on June 11, 1929 to Alford and Rose (Nelson) Bowman. After graduating from Hoover High School in Glendale, CA, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Midland College in...

Sandra Kay (Branting) Kistler '69

Sandra Kay (Branting) Kistler '69

Monday, January 27, 2020
Sandy Kistler died this week after a sudden illness. Her daughters and the friends who were family were by her side. Sandra Kay Branting was born November 8, 1946 to Frances and Hollis Branting, in North Platte, Nebraska. She was the oldest of 4 children and part of a large herd of close cousins...

Carrol Dahl '52

Carrol Dahl '52

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Carrol Richard Dahl passed away in Fresno, California, on Jan. 9, 2020, at the age of 88. He was born to Harry and Margaretha (Low) Dahl (both Scribner natives) in Burlington, Colorado, on March 15, 1931. He was the youngest of six children. The family moved to Bennington, Nebraska, when Carrol was...

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