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.

Sarah Helene Iverson '01

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Sarah Helene Iverson, age 38, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Sanford Centennial Hospice Cottage after battling cancer for eight years. She was born July 19th, 1979, at Mitchell, SD, to Jeff and Linda Iverson. Sarah graduated from Wessington High School and continued her education attending...

Sandra Bookmeyer '72

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Sandra (Sandy) K. Hanson Bookmeyer, age 69, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away, July 2, 2018. Sandy was born Nov. 27, 1948, in Fremont to Edith Gustafson Hanson and Lyle L. Hanson. She graduated in 1967 from Mead Public High School. Following graduation she attended and graduated from Midland...

Muriel Ringle

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Muriel Ringle passed away on 6/26/18. She was the contact on the Henry and Lena Monke Scholarship. Muriel L. Ringle, 96 years, of Fremont died June 26, 2018, at Dunklau Gardens in Fremont. Muriel was born Dec. 5, 1921, in Fremont to William and Maude (Halcomb) Lingle. She was a life-long resident...

Deanna K. Hageman '66

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Deanna K (Hanson) Hageman, age 72, of Lincoln, died June 18, 2018. Deanna was born in Wahoo on August 30, 1945 to Kenneth and Joyce (Huffaker) Hanson. She married Boyd Hageman of Ithaca, on September 3, 1966. Deanna graduated from Immanuel School of Nursing with her diploma degree in Nursing and in...

Dorothy L. Larson

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Funeral services for Dorothy L. Larson were Friday, June 22, 2018, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland. She passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the age of 106 years. Burial was in rural Oakland’s Westside Cemetery. Dorothy Lorene (Erickson) Larson was born on (a very cold) Jan. 6,...

Jerome F. ‘Jerry’ Sokolovsky

Monday, June 25, 2018

Jerome F. ‘Jerry’ Sokolovsky, age 80, of Fremont died Friday, June 22, 2018, at Birchwood Manor in North Bend. He was born March 10, 1938, in Fremont to Jerry and Gladys (Mahel) Sokolovsky. Jerome grew up in Fremont and graduated from Fremont Senior High School. He then served in the U.S. Army from...

Marlene Ruth Hanquist

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Marlene Ruth Hanquist, 86, of Stromsburg died June 18, 2018, at her home at Park Villa in Stromsburg. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 10 a.m. at Swede Home Calvary Lutheran Church, with Pastor Kimberly Belken officiating. Visitation will be Friday, June 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at...

Mary Meyer Larson '63

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Mary K Larson, age 75, of Malcolm, Nebraska passed away on Saturday June 16, 2018. Mary was born September 7, 1942 to Mary N. Meyer and H. Herman Meyer in Fremont, NE. Mary graduated from Uehling High School in Uehling, NE, and attended Immanuel Nursing College in Omaha, NE where she earned a...

Florence Marie Tomasiewicz

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Florence Marie Tomasiewicz, 88, of Columbus died on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Matelyn Retirement Community in St. Paul. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. The Rev. Mike Escen will be officiating. Interment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery...

Dorothy Hillen

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Dorothy Hillen, 92, of Creston, died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Columbus Community Hospital. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Creston with Rev. Timothy White officiating. Interment will be in the Pioneer Cemetery, rural Creston. Visitation...