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.

Sondra Raasch '69

Sondra Raasch '69

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Sondra Raasch was born on October 23, 1946 to Cecil and Laila Walker in Milford, Nebraska. After Sondra graduated from Fremont High School in 1964, she went on to study Education at Midland Lutheran College. After graduating with a teaching degree in English, she started her first job in Grand...

Roger Sasse '63

Roger Sasse '63

Monday, January 15, 2024
Pastor Roger L. Sasse, age 81, of Lincoln was called home January 5th, 2024, a grateful beneficiary, of a life full of the gifts of God and wonder-filled opportunities to serve. Pastor Roger L. Sasse was a Nebraskan by birth and life-long Lutheran. He often described himself as an incurable...

Marilyn Langemeier '72

Marilyn Langemeier '72

Monday, January 8, 2024
Marilyn Johnson Langemeier was called home to her Lord and Savior on January 5, 2024, at the Lakeside Immanuel Community in Omaha. She was born on May 17, 1943, the youngest of Julius and Vera Johnson's six children. Marilyn was raised in Holdrege until the family moved to Wahoo, NE in 1957 where...

Joyce L. Ball

Joyce L. Ball

Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Joyce L. Ball, 95 of Lincoln, Nebraska formerly Fremont, NE passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln. She was born January 9, 1928 in Hooper, NE to Emil and Laura (Popken) Osterloh. Joyce grew up on the farm north of Hooper and graduated from Hooper High School...

Frances “Fran” Lee Mickel '48

Frances “Fran” Lee Mickel '48

Sunday, December 31, 2023
Fran (Giffin) Mickel, 96, of Westminster MD was a true artist who saw beauty in everything and a true friend who was genuinely interested in and cared about everyone. After several years living with Alzheimer’s, this determined, daring, unique, and delightful woman passed away peacefully at home at...

Marilyn Brobst '68

Marilyn Brobst '68

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Marilyn Ann Brobst, age 78, of Knoxville, TN, passed away on December 23, 2023. She was born on August 4, 1945, in Fremont, NE, to the late Lorenda (Struve) and Arthur Thompson. Marilyn was a loving wife to Carl Brobst and a devoted mother to her daughters, Holly Letson (Jonathan) and Jill Brobst...

Maribeth Stodola

Maribeth Stodola

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Maribeth Stodola, age 76, of Goodland passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Maribeth was born July 24, 1947 to Al F. and Yvonne A (LaPage) Beister in Grand Island, Nebraska. She grew up in Fremont, Nebraska and graduated from Fremont Senior High School in 1965 then attended Midland Lutheran...

Irene Nordahl

Irene Nordahl

Monday, December 18, 2023
Irene M. Nordahl, 100 of Fremont, Nebraska formerly Malmo, NE passed away Thursday December 14, 2023 at Providence Place in Fremont. She was born May 1, 1923 in Weston, NE to Edward and Emma (Jelinek) Krcmarik. Irene grew up in Weston and later lived and graduated from Fremont High School and...

Gloria Wedergren

Gloria Wedergren

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Gloria June (Paris) Wedergren was born March 15, 1931, to Manley Floyd and Ruby Ethel (Johnson) Paris on the Bert Keene Farm 4 ½ miles east of Fremont on Highway 8. She passed away on December 4, 2023, at Nye Legacy in Fremont, Nebraska, at the age of 92. Gloria was baptized, confirmed, and married...

Catherine Berger '66

Catherine Berger '66

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Catherine Irene Berger, age 79, succumbed to cancer on December 8, 2023. The oldest of seven children, she was born in Jacksonville, Florida on June 20, 1944 to parents Edwin and Alberta Berger. Known as “Cathy” to her family and Catherine to everyone else, she was raised on a farm north of Auburn...

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