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.

Darlene Mae (Frimann) Aspinall of Kerrville, TX passed away on February 19, 2026 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Alliance, Nebraska, on May 27, 1944, and was raised on the family dairy farm in Hay Springs, Nebraska. She attended local schools where she met her high school...
Sharon L. Wahl was born May 28, 1937 to Arthur an Emma Zike (Siemsen) and passed to God on December 22, 2025. Sharon graduated from Immanuel Nursing school and worked at Immanuel Hospital in multiple positions for 40 years, until she retired in 1998. She and her husband Gene were members of St...
Melva Mae (Grube) Schmidt passed away on December 15, 2025, at the age of 91, following a recent fall. For the past two years, she had been a resident of Fieldstone Memory Care in Yakima, Washington where she was well cared for and known for being independent. Melva was born on March 11, 1934, in...
A funeral service for Mary Anna Anderson be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with Vicar Libby Florian, officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege. Mary Anna Anderson, 90, of Holdrege, died on...
Ilene Smith, 77, of Fort Dodge, died November 8, 2025, at the Marian Home. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, a fantastic nurse and a humble fighter who battled her health challenges over the years with courage and grace. Ilene Marie Franke, daughter of Norman and...
Carol Jean Spahn, age 85, of York, Neb., passed away September 10, 2025 at her home in York. Memorial services will be held Friday, September 19, 2025 at 10 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Stromsburg with Pastor Keet Redden officiating. Inurnment will be in the Sutton Cemetery following the...
Lillian Mae Jurgens, 100, of Fremont, died surrounded by the love of her family on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Nye Square. She was born on August 13, 1925, at Richmond Hospital in Fremont, and grew up on her family farm near Wahoo. She attended District 70 and graduated from Wahoo High School in...
Jewel Marie (Peterson) Wegs was born July 1, 1940, to Carl and Hattie Peterson on a farm outside Red Oak, Iowa. She died peacefully and with grace and dignity in the presence of her husband, Tom, on May 29, 2025. She lived a full and joyful life full of family, friends, and adventures. She attended...
We would like to celebrate the life of Elizabeth Nelson (fondly referred to as Betty Lou), beloved wife of Reverend John Nelson, devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother, adored sister and cherished friend. Elizabeth peacefully departed this life surrounded by her loving family on January...
Katherine “Kay” J. Shelly, 88 of South Sioux City, passed away Monday, December 9, 2024. A memorial service will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service time at the funeral home. Katherine...

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