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.

Mary Beth Wilson '80

Mary Beth Wilson '80

Friday, February 9, 2018
Funeral services for Mary Beth (Yusten) Wilson, 59, of Rosalie, will be Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 10:30a.m. at Salem Lutheran Church by Dakota City. The visitation will be Friday, February 2, 2018 at Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Bancroft, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Burial will be at...

Dr. Charles S. Wilhite

Dr. Charles S. Wilhite

Monday, February 5, 2018
Charles Stanford Wilhite, age 88, Midland University music professor (1963-2005) and local church organist, passed to his eternal rest on 2 February 2018. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Ann Wiegman Wilhite. Born 5 August 1929 in Myra TX to the Rev. Charles Stanford and Bessie Peay...

Myrna L. Nissen

Myrna L. Nissen

Monday, February 5, 2018
Myrna Louise Nissen, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away Jan. 27, 2018 at Pathfinder Place in Fremont. The daughter of Orvin and Orlinda (Schulz) Karloff, she was born June 6, 1938 at the Ruth Potter Hospital in Fremont. She began studies at Leshara Elementary School in Leshara and graduated from...

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...

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