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.

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...

Louise Jacobson '53

Louise Jacobson '53

Friday, March 3, 2023
Louise “Gus” Pearl Jacobson, 90, of Story City, Iowa, passed away on January 22, 2023, at the Households of Bethany in Story City. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the Households of Bethany Chapel, 212 Lafayette Ave., Story City on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. A Memorial...

Verna Johnson Aeschliman I'68

Verna Johnson Aeschliman I'68

Thursday, January 26, 2023
A Memorial Service for Verna Aeschliman will be held at 10:30 a.m. MST, Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the Syracuse Wesleyan Church in Syracuse, Kansas with Pastor Ray Frank officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery in Coolidge, Kansas. Verna Rae (Johnson) Aeschliman passed away on...

Rhoda Young L'52, I'55

Rhoda Young L'52, I'55

Friday, January 20, 2023
Loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, great grandmother and friend, Rhoda Mae Young, 89, went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2023. Born in Powers Lake, North Dakota, to the Reverend Elmer Johnson and Ruth Johnson, and the middle daughter of three girls and one youngest brother, Rhoda...

Carole Wagemann '75

Carole Wagemann '75

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Carole Eileen Wagemann was born Nov. 20, 1951 to Harvey and Eileen (Morrissey) Wagemann. She passed away Dec. 26, 2022. Carole graduated from Wahoo High School in 1970 and spent one year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then entered the Immanuel School of Nursing in Omaha and graduated as...

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