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.

Dr. Richard Vitters

Dr. Richard Vitters

Monday, February 5, 2018
Richard Dean Vitters, 82, of Fremont died Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Nye Legacy. Richard was born July 8, 1935 in Huron, South Dakota to Herb and Hazel (Abbott) Vitters, the oldest of nine children. After graduating from Wessington, South Dakota High School, he enlisted in the United States Air...

Eleanor “Jean” Schneck

Eleanor “Jean” Schneck

Saturday, February 3, 2018
Eleanor “Jean” Schneck, age 73, of Fremont died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Jean was born Feb. 21, 1944, in Adams to Harvey and Ethel Parde. She was raised in Beatrice and graduated from Beatrice High School in 1962. She married Robert Schneck on Aug. 19, 1962, and...

Phebe Rehbein '45

Phebe Rehbein '45

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Phebe Ann (Sellhorn) Rehbein, 94 years, of Fremont died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at the Cove House in Lincoln. Phebe was born May 16, 1923, at North Bend to Herman and Mary (Watt) Sellhorn. She joined a family of six brothers and sisters. Ralph, Luthera (Sally), Kathryn, Bernice, Doris and Agatha and...

Doris E. Treptow

Doris E. Treptow

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Doris Eloise (Erickson) Treptow was born on the family farm near Mead on Oct. 9, 1923 to Henry and Lillie (Lind) Erickson. After high school, Doris earned a teaching certificate from Luther College and taught primary and middle school in Ceresco, Valparaiso and Fremont. She worked for two summers...

LaVonne J. Rohlfs

LaVonne J. Rohlfs

Monday, January 22, 2018
LaVonne J. Rohlfs, 88, of Fremont died early Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Fremont. LaVonne was born Jan. 25, 1929, in Cedar Rapids to Otto and Mabel (Reigle) Richards. She grew up in Cedar Rapids and graduated from high school there in 1945. She enrolled at Midland College in Fremont, and through...

Gerald T. “Tom” Brant '68

Gerald T. “Tom” Brant '68

Monday, January 22, 2018
Gerald T. “Tom” Brant, 72 years, of Fremont passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Omaha. He was born on June 26, 1946 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, to Gerald and Mable (McKinley) Brant. Tom grew up in Pottstown and graduated from Pottsgrove High School in 1964. He graduated from Midland College in...

Wayne Witcher '59

Wayne Witcher '59

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Wayne Clinton Witcher, 80, of Lenexa, KS, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 from previously undiagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM Friday January 5th at the Lutheran Church of the...

Dr. Martin Trautrimas

Dr. Martin Trautrimas

Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Martin H. Trautrimas, age 81, of Fremont, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018, at UNMC in Omaha surrounded by family. Martin was born on April 17, 1936, in Švėkšna, Lithuania, to Andrius and Auguste (Kleinas) Trautrimas. His first five years were spent on the family farm before they were forced to...

Lois M. Wagner '40

Lois M. Wagner '40

Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Services for Lois M. Wagner, 96, Norfolk, will be 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Christ Lutheran Church in Norfolk. The Rev. Dave Goehmann will officiate. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin an hour prior to the service at the church. Home for Funerals is in charge of...

Elois P. Pittman '71

Elois P. Pittman '71

Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Elois P. Pittman, 99 years, of Arlington, passed away Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 at Nye Legacy in Fremont. Elois was born Dec. 24, 1918 on a farm near Neligh, Nebraska to Robert and Jeanette (Moore) McFetters. The family moved to Fremont in 1924. She was a 1935 graduate of Fremont High, and later...

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