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.

Janice Sandin Ernst I'50

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Janice Elaine Ernst, 93, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away July 3, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2022, at Calvary Lutheran Church, Swede Home with the Rev. Sarah Ruch officiating. Inurnment will be in the Swede Home Cemetery...

Rev. David Baker '54

Saturday, July 16, 2022

David was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 30, 1934, and died peacefully on July 15, 2022, at the age of 88 in Spokane, Washington. He was a leader, minister, father, friend, theologian, counselor, singer, and, for lack of a better word, quipster. He was affectionately called Papa by his kids...

Kathleen Reynolds '72

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Kathleen Ann Reynolds, the daughter of Lester and Florence (Kemper) Rolf, was born February 28, 1951, in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Tarkio High School and attended two years at Immanuel School of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska, graduating as a registered nurse. Kathleen was baptized, confirmed,...

Mary Jo (Anderson) Harderson '71

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Mary Jo Harderson, 73, Corning, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, at CHI Health Mercy, Corning. Mary Jo Harderson, the daughter of Harold and Norma (Lindell) Anderson, was born May 20, 1949, in Red Oak, Iowa. Mary Jo was raised in Montgomery County near the Wallin area. She graduated from Stanton...

Wanda (Anderson) Hansen '71

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Wanda Hansen, age 73, of Woodbury Passed away on June 20th, 2022 following a severe brain bleed. Wanda was born in Council Bluffs, IA in 1948. She married her beloved husband, Dana in 1970, and began her career in education in Bellevue, NE in 1971. Wanda served in the Woodbury school system for 25...

Rebecca Flora '99

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Rebecca Flora of Colorado Springs, CO met her Heavenly Father and Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ face to face on April 19, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held at First Lutheran Church at 1515 N. Cascade Ave Colorado Springs, Friday June 10 at 1:00 pm with a reception to follow. She was born in...

Thomas Smith '72

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Thomas P. "Tom" Smith, 73, of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away Monday, June 6, 2022, at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. He was born Nov. 26, 1948, in Omaha to Phillip T. and Irene B (Stolinski) Smith. Tom grew up in Omaha and was a 1967 graduate of Archbishop Ryan High School in Omaha. He graduated from...

Arthur Bierman

Monday, June 6, 2022

A dapper, inquisitive, and outspoken man-about-town in both San Francisco and Rome, Arthur Kalmer Bierman died from complications of a fall on June 3, 2022 at the age of ninety-eight. During his journey from a childhood on a subsistence farm to a long academic career, interspersed with social and...

Dawn Koenig '89

Monday, June 6, 2022

Dawn Renae Koenig, 54, Maple Grove, MN passed away at her home, Monday, May 2, 2022 with her husband, Brad Armentrout by her side. Dawn was born November 7, 1967, at the former Lutheran Hospital in Beatrice, to Paul R. Koenig and Minnie G. (Forden) Koenig. She grew up on a farm near Beatrice (Ellis...

John Lamme '68

Thursday, June 2, 2022

John Francis Lamme, age 77, of Seguin, Texas, went to be with our Lord on May 31, 2022. John was born on May 19, 1945, in Fremont, Nebraska, in Dodge County to George and Mary Lamme. John grew up in Fremont, graduated from Archbishop Bergan High School and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science...