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.

Sandra "Sue" Morris '62

Sandra "Sue" Morris '62

Thursday, October 26, 2023
Sue Morris, 82, of Glenwood, IA passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Mark Petri. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...

Mary Royer '57

Mary Royer '57

Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Mary Elizabeth Royer was born on October 19, 1935, in Woodbine, Iowa to Ralph and Blanche (Rayl) Royer. She grew up in Woodbine, graduating in the class of 1954. Mary went on to further her education at the Immanuel School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska, graduating in 1957. Mary’s nursing career...

Dorthea Peterson '48

Dorthea Peterson '48

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Dorthea Ellen Davis Petersen was born on a farm one mile south of Walnut on Sept. 7, 1927. She passed away peacefully at Immanuel's Lakeside Village at The Lighthouse in Omaha, Neb. on June 16, 2023. Her parents were Harley and Ida Maassen Davis. Dorthea was baptized as a youth at the German...

Patty Parks '67

Patty Parks '67

Monday, June 12, 2023
Patty Parks - January 17, 1946 - June 2, 2023 - Fresno, California Patty was born in Blair, Nebraska, the daughter of Joe and Dona (Nelson) Neary. She had two younger siblings: Don and Kathy. Patty went to Tekamah High School before moving to Omaha, NE where she graduated from Immanuel Hospital...

Phyllis Shires '47

Phyllis Shires '47

Friday, June 2, 2023
Phyllis Shires, 97, was born in Walnut, Iowa to Henry and Alvena Rossmann, the youngest of 8 siblings. She graduated from Immanuel School of Nursing in 1947 and married Vern Shires in 1948. She worked at Lincoln Internal Medicine for 34 years. She passed on National Nurses Day, heaven got a good...

Lois Peterson '50

Lois Peterson '50

Monday, May 15, 2023
Lois Peterson, 95, passed away on Friday (48023) in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lois was born Dec. 14, 1927, to Clara and William Hensel in Cuming County near West Point, Nebraska. She attended Midland College and graduated from Immanuel School of Nursing in Omaha with a BSN. She worked at St. Elizabeth's...

Patricia Walstrom '50

Patricia Walstrom '50

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Preceded in death by her parents, C. Harold Ryan and Mildred Ryan; sisters, Shirley Hancock and Norma Ryan; and son, Thomas Walstrom. Survived by son and daughter in law, Rick and Janet Walstrom, John and Mary Walstrom and daughter in law Deb Walstrom; grandchildren, Rick and spouse Britta;...

Jeannene Flotree '51

Jeannene Flotree '51

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Jeannene Flotree, 93, of Lincoln, passed away April 4, 2023, at her home. She was born June 21, 1929, in Humboldt, Nebraska, to Otis and Harriet (Sheard) Hoagland and was raised with her grandparents, Bill and Effie Hoagland on the family farm. To save money for nursing school she worked at Bell...

Joyce Thelen '56

Joyce Thelen '56

Friday, March 31, 2023
Joyce A. Thelen (Park) | March 23, 1935 – March 30, 2023 Joyce was born in Wakefield, Nebraska, and graduated from the Immanuel School of Nursing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane Thelen. She is survived by sons: Alan (Sandy Maass), Steve (Bridgette), Cary (Pam), Don, and Dale (Jill...

Alice Wiggains Hoschar '54

Alice Wiggains Hoschar '54

Monday, March 13, 2023
Alice Marie (Wiggains) Hoschar was the middle daughter of Roy and Eriz Wiggains (older sister Roberta, younger sister Shirley). She was born and raised in Wakefield, Nebraska, where she had a World-Herald paper route, played the drums and loved playing tennis with her dad. Her parents taught her to...

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