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.

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...

Mary May '66

Mary May '66

Friday, December 29, 2017
Mary Beth May, age 72, of Fremont passed away at home on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. She was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1945 in Valentine to George and Rosella Kreuch. She lived most of her life in Nebraska and spent a few years of her early life in San Diego, California. She graduated from Valentine...

Marion Major Johnson '71

Marion Major Johnson '71

Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Marion Estelle Major Johnson, 94, of Fremont died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was born May 1, 1923, on a farm in the Quinnebaugh area of Burt County to Glenn Albert and Alice Angela (McNear) Major. She graduated second in her class from Tekamah High School in 1940...

Greta Chleboun

Greta Chleboun

Monday, December 18, 2017
Greta Lea Chleboun, 84, of Columbus, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2017, at Columbus Community Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Peace Lutheran Church in Columbus. Lunch will be held after the service, followed by burial in Clarkson Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p...

Harold "Swede" Hawkins '57

Harold "Swede" Hawkins '57

Thursday, December 14, 2017
Harold Lee “Swede” Hawkins was born to Harold and Ileta (Kate DeVasure) Hawkins September 19, 1932, on a rural farm outside of Tekamah, Nebraska. He passed away December 11, 2017 at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 85 years. Attending grade school in Decatur, he moved to Tekamah...

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