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.

Lorna Wehrmann '78

Lorna Wehrmann '78

Friday, March 2, 2018
Lorna Jean Hoops Wehrmann, 83, died on Feb. 28, 2018, in Blair. Born in rural Colfax County on Sept. 12, 1934, to Lloyd and Effie (Foust) Hoops, she was the eldest of 12 children. She modeled a life of grit and determination in the face of economic and health obstacles. Lorna Jean, aka Lorna,...

Shirley M. Moerker

Shirley M. Moerker

Friday, March 2, 2018
Shirley M. Moerker, 86 years, of Fremont passed away Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Fremont. She was born Nov. 4, 1931, at rural North Bend to Emil and Mildred (Ondracek) Kracl. Shirley grew up in North Bend and graduated high school in 1948. She received her teacher’s certificate from Midland...

Priscilla Warren '79

Priscilla Warren '79

Thursday, February 22, 2018
Priscilla Lynne (Sommerfeld) Warren was born to LeRoy and Margaret (Korn) Sommerfeld on March 8, 1957, in Norfolk. Priscilla passed away on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, at Tekamah Health and Rehabilitation Center in Tekamah at the age of 60, after battling with Alzheimer’s disease. She was one of five...

Madonna Marie Janecek Marman

Madonna Marie Janecek Marman

Sunday, February 11, 2018
Madonna Marie Janecek Marman, 78, a former local resident and 1957 graduate of North Platte High School, died of cancer Jan. 14, 2018, in Palm Desert, California. Madonna was the daughter of Arnold Janecek, a rancher and auctioneer who died in 1943, and Beulah Sellers Janecek Winkler. Her...

Mary Beth Wilson '80

Mary Beth Wilson '80

Friday, February 9, 2018
Funeral services for Mary Beth (Yusten) Wilson, 59, of Rosalie, will be Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 10:30a.m. at Salem Lutheran Church by Dakota City. The visitation will be Friday, February 2, 2018 at Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Bancroft, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Burial will be at...

Phebe Rehbein '45

Phebe Rehbein '45

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Phebe Ann (Sellhorn) Rehbein, 94 years, of Fremont died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at the Cove House in Lincoln. Phebe was born May 16, 1923, at North Bend to Herman and Mary (Watt) Sellhorn. She joined a family of six brothers and sisters. Ralph, Luthera (Sally), Kathryn, Bernice, Doris and Agatha and...

Gerald T. “Tom” Brant '68

Gerald T. “Tom” Brant '68

Monday, January 22, 2018
Gerald T. “Tom” Brant, 72 years, of Fremont passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Omaha. He was born on June 26, 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, to Gerald and Mable (McKinley) Brant. Tom grew up in Pottstown and graduated from Pottsgrove High School in 1964. He graduated from Midland College in...

Wayne Witcher '59

Wayne Witcher '59

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Wayne Clinton Witcher, 80, of Lenexa, KS, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 from previously undiagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM Friday January 5th at the Lutheran Church of the...

Lois M. Wagner '40

Lois M. Wagner '40

Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Services for Lois M. Wagner, 96, Norfolk, will be 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Christ Lutheran Church in Norfolk. The Rev. Dave Goehmann will officiate. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin an hour prior to the service at the church. Home for Funerals is in charge of...

Elois P. Pittman '71

Elois P. Pittman '71

Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Elois P. Pittman, 99 years, of Arlington, passed away Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 at Nye Legacy in Fremont. Elois was born Dec. 24, 1918 on a farm near Neligh, Nebraska to Robert and Jeanette (Moore) McFetters. The family moved to Fremont in 1924. She was a 1935 graduate of Fremont High, and later...

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