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.

Michael Edwards '06

Michael Edwards '06

Monday, March 15, 2021
Michael David Edwards, September 4, 1983 – March 10, 2021 Michael is survived by parents, Joel and Joan Edwards; sisters, Stephanie Thomas (Collin) and Amy Cap (Mitchell); niece, Vivian Thomas; grandmother, Marjorie Edwards; girlfriend, Rachael Andrews; many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He is...

Merlin D. Brei

Merlin D. Brei

Monday, March 8, 2021
Merlin D. Brei, age 90, of Fremont died Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at home. Merlin was born on May 14, 1930 to August and Anna ‘Duis’ Brei. He graduated from Odell High School in 1947. He was united in marriage to Marilyn Wehling on July 25, 1954. His brother, Pastor Harlan Brei, officiated at the...

Isolde Cutshall '48

Isolde Cutshall '48

Monday, March 8, 2021
Private services for Isolde N. Cutshall, 95, Norfolk, will be at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Stonacek Funeral Chapel of Norfolk. Isolde Norma Cutshall was born Jan. 14, 1925, to George B. and Grace B. (Benton) Miller near Big Springs. She died peacefully in her sleep...

Donna Jean (Huntley) Johnson

Donna Jean (Huntley) Johnson

Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Donna Jean (Huntley) Johnson, 92, went home to be with the Lord Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 at the Saunders Medical Center LTC in Wahoo. Donna was born April 18, 1928 in Canton, Ohio and adopted by her parents, Maurice R. and Florence (Ringer) Huntley as an infant. She grew up in Alliance, Ohio as one of...

Roger Frye

Roger Frye

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
On Wednesday Feb. 3, 2021, Roger Dean Frye passed peacefully at the age of 80, surrounded by loved ones. Roger was born Oct. 29, 1940, to Henry J. (Hank) and Bernice E. Frye of Arlington, Nebraska. The Marshall Nurseries in Arlington is where Roger grew up and called home. The nursery was his first...

Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Nolan

Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Nolan

Thursday, February 4, 2021
Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Nolan, 38 years, of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at Methodist Fremont Health. Jeff was born on May 11, 1982, to Tom and Tamera (Hammond) Nolan in Fremont. Jeff grew up in Fremont and graduated from Fremont High School. He attended college at Peru State...

Jason Blohm

Jason Blohm

Thursday, February 4, 2021
Jason James Blohm, age 42, of Omaha, passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 at the Nebraska Medical Center. He was born August 9, 1978, to Allan and Mary (Lynch) Blohm in Adams Friendship, Wisconsin. Jason graduated high school from Necedah Area School. He held a Bachelor's of Science degree from the...

Fern (Bartsch) Ewert '58

Fern (Bartsch) Ewert '58

Monday, February 1, 2021
Fern (Bartsch) Ewert passed away January 28, 2021 at The Monarch Hospice House. Fern was born in Delft, Minnesota on February 2, 1931. She graduated from Grace Bible Institute and then received an RN from Immanuel Hospital in Omaha. In 1957 she married Ralph Ewert, then completing his MD, and they...

Glennadean Surratt Maurin I '61

Glennadean Surratt Maurin I '61

Sunday, January 31, 2021
Glennadean (Surratt) Maurin finished her lifelong path of caring and nursing others on January 15, 2021. Glenna was born in Denver, Colorado, on November 8, 1939. The youngest of four sisters (Louise, Eula, and Odelia), she grew up in that city and started as a "candy striper" at the age of 12...

Nicole Michelle (Smith) Frerichs '08

Nicole Michelle (Smith) Frerichs '08

Thursday, January 28, 2021
Nicole Michelle Frerichs, 35, of Lincoln, passed away Saturday, January 23rd, at her home. She graduated from Midland University in 2008 with a degree in Public Relations and Advertising, obtained her Master of Science in Education from UNK in 2010, and earned her Doctorate Degree of Education in...

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