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.

Ida C. Ehlers '46

Ida C. Ehlers '46

Thursday, May 2, 2019
Ida Ehlers, of Omaha, died on April 29, 2019 at the of age 94. She was born to parents Emil and Esther Erickson, June 25, 1924, in Mead, Nebraska. Ida graduated from Mead High School and received B.A. in Nursing from Midland Lutheran College. Ida married the late John Killough Sr. in 1948. In 1982...

Katherine Ann Kirke '63

Katherine Ann Kirke '63

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Katherine Ann Kirke, 77, Harrisonville, MO, died Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at her home. Funeral services were held Monday, February 25, 2019 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with burial at White Chapel Cemetery in Gladstone, MO. Katherine was born January 31, 1942 in Sheboygan, WI, a...

Nancy K. Kersten '54

Nancy K. Kersten '54

Sunday, October 7, 2018
Nancy K Kersten, 85, of Weeping Water formerly Murdock, died Friday, October 5, 2018. Born February 12, 1933, in Omaha, the daughter of Albin and Alice Kellstrom. Nancy graduated from Omaha North High School Class of 1951 she then attended Immanuel School of Nursing the class of 1954. She is...

Deanna K. Hageman '66

Deanna K. Hageman '66

Thursday, June 28, 2018
Deanna K (Hanson) Hageman, age 72, of Lincoln, died June 18, 2018. Deanna was born in Wahoo on August 30, 1945 to Kenneth and Joyce (Huffaker) Hanson. She married Boyd Hageman of Ithaca, on September 3, 1966. Deanna graduated from Immanuel School of Nursing with her diploma degree in Nursing and in...

Mary Meyer Larson '63

Mary Meyer Larson '63

Saturday, June 16, 2018
Mary K Larson, age 75, of Malcolm, Nebraska passed away on Saturday June 16, 2018. Mary was born September 7, 1942 to Mary N. Meyer and H. Herman Meyer in Fremont, NE. Mary graduated from Uehling High School in Uehling, NE, and attended Immanuel Nursing College in Omaha, NE where she earned a...

Doris H. Keairnes

Doris H. Keairnes

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Doris H. Keairnes, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and affectionately known as “Grandma Doris,” passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Doris was born in Omaha on Oct. 29, 1924, to Emil and Elsine Hertz. Doris grew up in Omaha, graduating from Benson High School...

Virginia R. Morton I'57

Virginia R. Morton I'57

Sunday, April 22, 2018
Visit the Omaha World Herald's website to read Virginia's obituary.

Jeannine E. Fulner '55

Jeannine E. Fulner '55

Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Preceded in death by husband, Wesley E. “Wes” Fulner; daughter, Pamela L. Fulner. Survived by children: Douglas Fulner (Deanne), Linda Cornell, Debra Lee, and Bradley Fulner (Mary Ann); nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild. SERVICES Friday, April 6th at 11am at Pacific Hills Lutheran Church,...

LaVonne J. Rohlfs

LaVonne J. Rohlfs

Monday, January 22, 2018
LaVonne J. Rohlfs, 88, of Fremont died early Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Fremont. LaVonne was born Jan. 25, 1929, in Cedar Rapids to Otto and Mabel (Reigle) Richards. She grew up in Cedar Rapids and graduated from high school there in 1945. She enrolled at Midland College in Fremont, and through...

Mary May '66

Mary May '66

Friday, December 29, 2017
Mary Beth May, age 72, of Fremont passed away at home on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. She was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1945 in Valentine to George and Rosella Kreuch. She lived most of her life in Nebraska and spent a few years of her early life in San Diego, California. She graduated from Valentine...

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