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.

Thomas Cheney '69

Thomas Cheney '69

Saturday, August 13, 2022
Thomas Chace Cheney of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2022. Tom was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 26, 1946, to Jane and Wilbur Kirchner, later adopted by stepfather, Bill Cheney. He grew up in Garden Grove, California, and Fremont, Nebraska. Tom graduated from...

Gene Carlberg '58

Gene Carlberg '58

Thursday, August 11, 2022
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Coronado Baptist Church, 516 Norris Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93308. The service will be at 11 a.m. with a reception immediately following in the Fellowship Hall. Gene was born March 9, 1932 in Arlington, Nebraska and passed away on August 9...

Clarence Blase L'51

Clarence Blase L'51

Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Clarence William Blase, 91, of Hordville, died at his home on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Funeral services will be on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 10 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Polk with Rev. David Ohlman officiating. Visitation will be on Wednesday, August 10 from 5-7 p.m. at the church...

Rev. Donald Fossum L'59

Rev. Donald Fossum L'59

Monday, August 8, 2022
Donald Fossum was born on February 23, 1938 in Los Angeles, California. He lived with his mother, Trudy, and other relatives until age 4. During his elementary, middle, and high school years he lived with his father Gus, step mother Helen, and brother Curtis in Southern California. Don graduated...

Sharyn Becker (Bishop) (Ingram) '66

Sharyn Becker (Bishop) (Ingram) '66

Thursday, August 4, 2022
Sharyn Louise Becker (Bishop) (Ingram) passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. She died with family by her side. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Lutheran Church of Hope, 925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa. Sharyn was born on Sept...

Ellen Griggs Wilson '63

Ellen Griggs Wilson '63

Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Ellen J. Wilson, 80 years old, was born and raised in Davenport, Iowa. Ellen received her nursing degree in 1963 and in 1973 she moved to California. It was in 1979 that she married Dr. Gregg Wilson and acted as Financial Manager for the Bay Park Pet Clinic until his retirement. Her passion was...

Maxine G. (Von Essen) Pfeiffer

Maxine G. (Von Essen) Pfeiffer

Monday, July 25, 2022
Maxine G. (Von Essen) Pfeiffer, 98, of Elkhorn, formerly of Morse Bluff, died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha Maxine was born January 29, 1924, on the family farm near Uehling to Walter and Bertha (Schroeder) Von Essen. She attended Von Essen School and graduated from Oakland...

Iris A. Doksansky

Iris A. Doksansky

Monday, July 25, 2022
Iris A. Doksansky, age 84, of Fremont died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Providence Place in Fremont. Iris was born Jan. 14, 1938, in Hooper, Nebraska, to Alvin and Mercedes (Mulliken) Christensen. Iris married Richard D. Smith and together they had three children. On Jan. 14, 1993, Iris married J.L...

Marilyn Mericle '59

Marilyn Mericle '59

Friday, July 22, 2022
Memorial services for Marilyn Mericle will be held Saturday, July 23, 2022, 2 p.m., at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church near Hooper. She passed away July 2, 2022, at her Kansas City, Missouri, home at the age of 85. Marilyn was born May 26, 1937, in Uehling to Walter and Gertrude (Meyer) Weitzenkamp. She...

Sheryl Nunnally Champ '75

Sheryl Nunnally Champ '75

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
On Monday, July 11, 2022, Sheryl Champ, loving wife and mother of two, passed away at the age of 70 after battling leukemia. Sheryl was born on January 11, 1952 in Omaha, NE to Ed and Betty Nunnally. She received her teaching degree from Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, NE and then went on to...

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