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.

Greta Snell '60

Greta Snell '60

Friday, April 15, 2022
Greta Snell was born on the Epp Family Farm, northeast of Burrton, Kansas on July 6, 1938. She left this earth for heaven on Good Friday morning, April 15, 2022. Greta loved learning and serving. She was gifted at both. She was Valedictorian of her graduating class at Central Christian High School...

Wayne Beatty L'56

Wayne Beatty L'56

Thursday, April 14, 2022
Wayne Eugene Beatty, age 86, of Stromsburg, Nebraska, passed away March 28, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Salem Lutheran Church in Stromsburg with Pastor Neil Kloppenborg officiating. Visitation will be held...

Eunice I. Arthur

Eunice I. Arthur

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Eunice I. (Brown) Arthur passed away Monday, April 4, 2022, at Nye Legacy in Fremont. Eunice was born to Lloyd and Odessa (Svendgard) Brown in Arlington on September 13, 1925. She graduated from Arlington High School, Nebraska Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and Midland Lutheran College. She...

Jennifer Karnik '94

Jennifer Karnik '94

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Jennifer A. Karnik, 50, of Lincoln, died Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Tabitha Journey House in Lincoln. She was born November 3, 1971, in Columbus, NE, to Joseph and Jean (Buchholz) Karnik. She graduated from Columbus High School in 1990 and from Midland University in Fremont in 1994. During high...

Douglas Smith '59

Douglas Smith '59

Monday, April 4, 2022
Douglas LeRoy Smith was born in a Fremont, Neb. hospital located in a small house on April 27, 1937 to Kenneth and Grace Smith—the same day that the final rivet was driven into San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. His big sister, Suzanne, would be waiting for her little brother at the family home...

Sharyl Flora '66

Sharyl Flora '66

Monday, April 4, 2022
Sharyl Ann Hughes Flora was born Sept. 1, 1944, in Lewellen, Nebraska, to Russell Dewitt and Mary Jo Hughes. She started school in Ogallala, Nebraska, where her father was the agricultural county agent for Keith, Arthur, and Grant counties. In 1951, the family moved to Fremont, Nebraska, where her...

Ray Hagberg L'52

Ray Hagberg L'52

Monday, April 4, 2022
Raymond (Ray) Hagberg of Roseville, Minnesota joined his Lord and Savior in heaven on January 24th, 2022. He was born in rural Boyd County, Nebraska in November 1930. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1948, attended Luther College and Dana College, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...

Paul Konig '52

Paul Konig '52

Monday, April 4, 2022
Paul Herman Konig was born on June 28, 1931, in Wisner, Nebraska to Pastor Karl and Frieda (Goede) Konig. He grew up with siblings Karl, Frieda, and Elsa. Paul graduated from Yutan High School, Midland Lutheran College, and Central Seminary. Following his graduation from seminary he studied a year...

Laurie Tryon Dawes

Laurie Tryon Dawes

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Laurie Lynn Dawes, 43 of Adel, Iowa went to live with Jesus on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 from complications related to ALS. She was at her home surrounded by her family. A visitation will be held Friday, March 25, 2022 from 3:30-6:30 P.M. at New Hope Church in Adel. A Celebration of Life will be held...

Vickie Sue Bowers Jacobs '69

Vickie Sue Bowers Jacobs '69

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Vickie Sue Bowers Jacobs died in Topeka on March 27, 2022, after a brief illness. She was born June 14, 1947, in Fremont, Nebraska, to Ray O. and Opal Williams Bowers. She lived in Fremont until 1969, attending Fremont High School and Midland Lutheran College. In 1969, she married Russell Jacobs,...

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