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.

Diane Lynn (Holdsworth) Wiener '83

Diane Lynn (Holdsworth) Wiener '83

Friday, January 10, 2020
Diane Lynn (Holdsworth) Wiener was born on Sept. 17, 1960, in Denison, to Melvin and Clarion (Evers) Holdsworth. Diane passed away into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at the Denison Care Center in Denison at the age of 59 after a courageous battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer...

Barbara K. (Hower) Tellatin '74

Barbara K. (Hower) Tellatin '74

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Barbara K. Tellatin, 72, died at Methodist Hospital in Omaha on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. She was born Aug. 28, 1947, in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was raised in Savannah, Missouri, where she graduated from high school in 1965. Barbara attended Northwest Missouri State University and graduated from...

Charmine F. Laaker

Charmine F. Laaker

Monday, January 6, 2020
Charmine F. Laaker, 88, of Fremont died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Dunklau Gardens in Fremont. Charmine was born Aug. 9, 1931, in Snyder, Nebraska, to Emil and Laura (Hoge) Ruff. She was baptized at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Scribner. She attended School District 17 in Washington County and...

Mary Ellen Schadendorf '71

Mary Ellen Schadendorf '71

Monday, December 16, 2019
Preceded in death by parents, Paul and Edith Ackerson; brother, Tim Ackerson. Survived by husband, Michael Schadendorf; children, Jennifer (Jason) Valandra and Steven Schadendorf (Atefeh Hosseini); grandchildren, Cameron, Edith and Tonya; sisters, Elaine DeBoer and Betty Ackerson; many nieces,...

Herb Nestander '45

Herb Nestander '45

Saturday, December 14, 2019
Edwin H. 'Herb' Nestander age, 91 of Fremont Died Friday, December 13, 2019 at Dunklau Gardens Edwin Herbert (Herb) Nestander was born on May 13, 1928, died peacefully in his sleep on December 13, 2019. He was born in Omaha Nebraska to Edwin J. and Martha (Kurtz) Nestander. He married the love of...

Donna G. Dahl McClaughry

Donna G. Dahl McClaughry

Monday, December 9, 2019
Donna G. Dahl McClaughry, 94, of Lake Ozark, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at Lakeside Meadows in Osage Beach, Missouri. A native of Nebraska, she was born Jan. 9, 1925, in Hooper, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Clarence and Florence (Ruwe) Dahl. She graduated from Hooper High...

Martin P. Petersen '58

Martin P. Petersen '58

Friday, November 15, 2019
Martin Paul Petersen, 85, formerly of Alliance, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, NE. He was born September 10, 1935 in San Angelo TX to Erich and Helene (Sasse) Petersen. On August 21, 1955 he was united in marriage to Patricia Lou Stubben in Niobrara, NE...

Margaret Mary McGath '77

Margaret Mary McGath '77

Thursday, November 14, 2019
Margaret Mary McGath, age 91, of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. Born on Oct. 6, 1928, in Omaha to George B. and Mary R. (McNeill) Sancha. She was a life-long Fremont resident, a 1946 graduate of Fremont High School and received a B.A. and...

James M. Perry '64

James M. Perry '64

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
James Monroe Perry, 78, of St. Joseph, died Nov. 10, 2019. James was born June 26, 1941, in Topeka, Kansas, to the late Harry M. and Cora (Raymond) Perry. He attended Lafayette High School, where he was involved in concert choir and was a member of the basketball team. He received an economics...

Alberta Rowe

Alberta Rowe

Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Alberta Rowe, age 101, former Fremont resident, last residing at St. Joseph Retirement Community in West Point, Nebraska, passed away at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point on Oct. 13, 2019. Alberta was born in Fremont, Nebraska, on July 1, 1918, to Albert and Christine (Launer) Weihe. She...

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