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.

Harlan Grier

Harlan Grier

Friday, December 14, 2018
Harlan Aubrey Grier, 88, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Missoula, Montana, and Schuyler died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at his home. Funeral services are being held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1363 First Avenue, in Cedar Rapids, with visitation being held one hour prior...

Margaret R. (Rasmussen) Shonsey

Margaret R. (Rasmussen) Shonsey

Friday, December 14, 2018
Margaret R. (Rasmussen) Shonsey, 98 years, of Central City, NE passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Cottonwood Estate in Central City, NE. Memorial Mass will be at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Clarks, NE...

Bernice A. Fahlberg

Bernice A. Fahlberg

Thursday, December 13, 2018
Bernice A. Fahlberg, 94, of Lincoln, died on December 10, 2018. Bernice Halmes Thompson Fahlberg was born in Plattsmouth, at their farm home on June 16, 1924. She graduated from Midland College with a teaching degree. She taught at Omaha South High School for many years. Bernice married Kenneth...

Lisa (Anderson) Nissen '89

Lisa (Anderson) Nissen '89

Thursday, December 6, 2018
Funeral services for Lisa J. (Anderson) Nissen, age 51, of Wausa, Nebraska will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2018, at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Bloomfield, Nebraska. Reverend Tim Podraza will officiate, with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in Wausa. A luncheon will follow the graveside...

Willard E. Lally '47

Willard E. Lally '47

Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Professor Willard E. Lally, who nurtured three decades of Rider University journalism students into successful careers, died Nov. 17, 2018, in Lake Wales, Fla. He was 96. From his arrival at what was then known as Rider College in 1955 to his retirement from Rider’s Lawrenceville campus in 1985,...

Lawrence C. Becker '61

Lawrence C. Becker '61

Sunday, December 2, 2018
Lawrence C. Becker, 79, of Roanoke, Va., died on Thursday, November 22, 2018, from a heart attack. He was a graduate of Midland College with a BA in history (1961) and The University of Chicago with a MA and Ph.D. in philosophy (1963; 1965). Larry taught philosophy at Hollins College from 1965 to...

Alan T. (Al) Seagren '51

Alan T. (Al) Seagren '51

Thursday, November 29, 2018
Alan T. (Al) Seagren, 86, of Lincoln, passed away in his home on November 27, 2018. He was born on February 24, 1932 in Wausa, Nebraska to Theodore & Elsie (Larson) Seagren. He graduated from Wausa High School in 1949. Al attended Luther College from 1949-1951. He earned degrees from the...

Kirk Eugene Flom '90

Kirk Eugene Flom '90

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Kirk Eugene Flom, 50, Solon, Iowa, died Nov. 15, 2018, in an automobile accident near Solon. Visitation was Nov. 20 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington, and will begin one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday. Funeral Services will be Nov. 21, at 2 p.m., at the Trinity Lutheran...

Suzanne (Brooks) Jacobs '56

Suzanne (Brooks) Jacobs '56

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Suzanne Jacobs passed away peacefully on Nov. 14, 2018, at VNA Hospice House of Vero Beach, Florida, surrounded by her loving family. Suzanne was born Jan. 22, 1935, in the City of Hollywood, California, to parents Mary Frances and Eugene Brooks. After the death of her father, when Suzanne was 10,...

Lois Louise (Brokaw) Wacker

Lois Louise (Brokaw) Wacker

Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Lois Louise (Brokaw) Wacker passed from life through death into Eternal Life November 9, 2018. She was born October 26, 1932 in rural Burt County near Tekamah, Nebraska. She was the second of six children born to Charles and Ethel Brokaw. Lois was baptized at Alder Grove Methodist Church near Craig...

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