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.

Rev. Charles Lindgren L'51

Rev. Charles Lindgren L'51

Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Charles Fredrick Lindgren was born on June 22, 1931, east of Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska, the son of J. Sephus and Hannah (Bring) Lindgren. He was baptized on July 5, 1931, in the family home at the foot of his mother's casket before her funeral at First Lutheran in Oakland, Nebraska. Left...

Rev. Nancy J. Erickson '69

Rev. Nancy J. Erickson '69

Monday, September 26, 2022
Rev. Nancy J. Erickson, 76, Lincoln, passed away on September 25, 2022 after a short stay at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born on September 12, 1946. Nancy left us peacefully, with her husband, Aaron, by her side. Nancy was born to Joseph and Dorothy Erickson, where she lived on a farm between Wahoo and...

Jessica L. Masin '95

Jessica L. Masin '95

Friday, September 23, 2022
Jessica L. Masin, 49, Lincoln, passed away Sept. 19, 2022. Born Nov. 3, 1972, in Fremont, Nebraska, to Gerald and Lynette (Landholm) Harnisch. She attended Lincoln Elementary and graduated from Fremont Senior High in 1991. She was active in basketball, track and softball. She was captain of the...

Bethel Goltl '58

Bethel Goltl '58

Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Bethel Goltl, age 88, passed away on September 11, 2022, in McDonald, Kansas. Bethel Louise was born on the farm in Goodland, KS to Edwin and Catherine Ochsner on June 3, 1934. She attended country schools and graduated from Goodland High. Bethel attended Midland Lutheran College, and then nursing...

Gail Jacobs '68

Gail Jacobs '68

Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Marilyn Gail Mortenson Jacobs was born April 20, 1946, in Wakefield, Nebraska, to Marvin and Gladyce Roberts Mortenson. She grew up on the family farm, was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church, and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1964. She graduated from Midland Lutheran College...

David Kuhl '76

David Kuhl '76

Thursday, September 8, 2022
David M. Kuhl, 69, of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Fremont passed away Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022 at his home. He was born Aug. 20, 1953, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to James and Elizabeth (Chaney) Kuhl. David graduated from Treynor High School. He then graduated with a bachelor's of science in biology...

Mildred Chana L'57

Mildred Chana L'57

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Mildred Chana, 84, of St. Edward, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, after a brief stay at Cloverlodge. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at Salem Lutheran Church rural St. Edward, Nebraska. Interment will follow in the Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Alma Golden '44

Alma Golden '44

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Alma M. (Zogg) Golden, 99, Grainfield, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care, Quinter, Kansas. Alma was born May 23, 1923, in Tripp, South Dakota, the daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Ulrich (Herbster) Zogg. She was baptized by her father, and later...

Annebell Andersen I'47

Annebell Andersen I'47

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Annebell Andersen, age 97, of Aurora, formerly of Marquette, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at Memorial Community Care. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kronborg. Rev. Ricardo Riqueza will officiate. The interment will be...

Lowell G. Riethmuller '69

Lowell G. Riethmuller '69

Monday, August 22, 2022
Lowell Gene Riethmuller of Newark, Delaware, age 74, passed away Jan. 20, 2022, in Newark. He was born on June 9, 1947, in West Point, Nebraska, to the late Norman Riethmuller and Lotus (Maack) Riethmuller. Lowell grew up in Fremont and graduated from Fremont High School in the 1965 and received a...

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