Lancaster County, Nebraska

Who has lived in Lincoln and Lancaster County for over thirty-four years died early yesterday morning of heart failure at his home, 1435 Popular Street.

He was born in New York city in 1845. At sixteen years of age he enlisted as a soldier in the civil war and was in several severe battles.

He came to Lancaster county in the spring of 1876 settling on a farm in Highland precinct. He resided there for fourteen years when he moved to Lincoln to educate his children.

He was engaged in the real estate business for a number of years. In 1890 he was elected county commissioner, serving four years. He was prominent for years in county politics. He was originally a republican but after affiliated with the populist party.

After the party practically ceased to exist he cast his lot with the democrats. During the Shallenberger administration he was appointed adjutant of the soldiers home in Grand Island. Differences with Commandant Barnes which became so serious that it reached the governor and resulted in his resignation.

He is survived by a widow and eight children. Mr. McGraw was a fighter and while actively participating in local politics he was always in the limelight. His death was unexpected. The night previous to his death he was feeling well and in fine spirits. Recently he entered the plumbing business.

The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 1435 Poplar Street. The services at the grave will be in charge of the Masonic order.

The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), 1933 Nov 10 (Friday), p19

Contributed by: Peggy Luce

Seth Gabriel Harris

Seth Gabriel Harris was born on July 11, 2007. He lived an amazing 19 days and passed away on July 30, 2007, after a courageous fight. He was much loved in his short life and will be genuinely missed.

Survivors are parents Adam and Mary (Buchinski) Harris of Lincoln, NE, maternal grandparents Ron and Pat Buchinski of Bellingham, WA, paternal grandparents Mike and Darlene Harris of Lincoln, NE, and many loving family and friends.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, August 5, 2007, at 2:00 PM at New Covenant Community Church, Lincoln, NE, with Pastor Tim Johnson officiating.

The Bellingham Herald, August 5, 2007

Contributed by: Marla Snow

Mrs. Catherine Melick

Near Lincoln, Neb., March 14, Mrs. Catherine Melick, aged 55 years, wife of Peter Melick, late of this city.

Henry Republican - May 31, 1877

Transcribed and Contributed by: Nancy Piper

Peter Melick

Near Lincoln, Neb., May 21, Peter Melick, aged 65. Was born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, emigrated in Illinois in 1859 and to Neb. In 1871.

Henry Republican - June 6, 1878

Transcribed and Contributed by: Nancy Piper

Mrs. Anna P. Regan (nee Marquis)

At Lincoln, Oct. 5, Mrs. Anna P. Regan, aged 30 years, daughter of Rev. John Marquis, of Los Angeles County, Calif., and formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city.

Henry Republican - December 5, 1872

Transcribed and Contributed by: Nancy Piper

D. L. Peckham

One of Lincoln's oldest citizens, died last night at this home, 1121 L Street.

The funeral occurs tomarrow afternoon at 1 o'clock.

Lincoln Evening News - Saturday - August 6, 1892

Harold Lightfoot Fisher

Hazel M. Horton

88, of Lincoln died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at Maple Ridge Healthcare Center in Lincoln.

She was born March 13, 1918, in Mississippi, the daughter of Oscar and Lillian Hazel Hughes.

She married John J. Horton; he died in 1999.

Mrs. Horton was a homemaker. She was a member of Englenook Baptist Church.

Survivors: two sons, Richard (wife, Linda) Horton of Omaha, Neb., and Bobby (wife, Rita) Horton of Lincoln; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two brothers, I.G. Hughes of Pensacola, Fla., and Richard Hughes of Birmingham, Ala.

Graveside services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Submitted by: Candi Horton

Elizabeth Turner Johnson

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Turner Johnson. 2827 No. 51st, who died Saturday, will be held 10:30 a. m., Tuesday at Robert's chapel. Rev. Bert L. Story will officiate. The body will be taken to Columbus, Neb., for burial at 3:30 p. m.

Mrs. Johnson was born at Columbus, Neb., Feb. 21, 1882, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Turner, pioneer settlers of Columbus.

A graduate of Columbus high school and Peru state normal, Mrs. Johnson also attended the University of Nebraska and Columbia university, New York City.

Prior to her marriage in 1917 to Francis A. Johnson, Flint,Mich.. Mrs. Johnson taught school in Columbus and Tustin, Calif.

Since 1927, when her husband died, Mrs. Johnson has made her home in Lincoln. She was a member of the University Place Methodist church.

Her only son, Capt. Francis R. Johnson, has been reported killed in action on the German front Dec. 19, 1944. He had been assigned to the Seventh army.

Surviving are a daughter-in- law, Mrs. Marguerite Traester-Johnson of Lincoln; five sisters, Mrs. H. A. Rowe and Mrs. A. J. Anderson of Omaha, Mrs. G. H. Walker, Misses Frances and
Martha Turner of Lincoln, and a brother, Ralph E. Turner of Chicago.

Lincoln State Journal � Monday, April 30, 1945

Sterling E. Ambrosius

Sterling Ambrosius, 82, of Springfield died at 5:20 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Medical Center.

He was born May 28, 1910, in Huntsville, the son of Thomas Simon and Mary Pechin Ambrosius.

Mr. Ambrosius was a farmer in the Huntsville area and an administrator for the Illinois Association of School Boards until retiring. He had taught in Rushville schools and was formerly superintendent of the Rushville School District.

Mr. Ambrosius was a member of Woodside United Methodist Church, Huntsville Masonic Lodge, Ansar Shrine and Shriners Retirees Club.

Surviving are his wife, Grace Baxter Ambrosius; two sons, Lloyd of Lincoln, Neb., and John of Platteville, Wis.; and six grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Woodside United Methodist Church, with the Rev. George Loveland officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Huntsville Cemetery.

Boardman-Smith Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, October 30, 1992

Transcribed and Contributed by: Sara Hemp

Grace E. Baxter Ambrosius

Grace E. Ambrosius, 85, of Lincoln, Neb., formerly of Springfield, died Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

Survivors: two sons, Lloyd Ambrosius of Lincoln, Neb., and John Ambrosius of Platteville, Wis.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Oren Baxter of Sun City, Ariz.

Memorial services: 4 p.m. Friday, Huntsville United Methodist Church, Huntsville. Private family interment will be in Huntsville Cemetery.

Roper and Sons Mortuary in Lincoln, Neb., is in charge of arrangements.

Note: Huntsville Cemetery is in Huntsville Township, Schuyler County, Illinois.

Her husband, Sterling E. Ambrosius is also buried there.

State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, March 13, 1997

Transcribed and Contributed by: Sara Hemp

Leslie Puckett

Leslie Puckett Dies in Lincoln

Lincoln (UPI) - Leslie C. Puckett, 55, Lincoln, died here Thursday.

He was state represeniative before Sen Carl Curtis (R-Neb).

He had been a Lincoln resident for 28 years.

Columbus Daily Telegram - August 21, 1959

Dr. Victor Eugene Lofgreen, D.D.S., Hastings Nebr, former Norton (KS) community resident, died July 26 at his home at the age of 79.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 30, at Enfield Funeral Home in Norton with Jeff Nielsen officiating. Volney Lofgreen will give the Eulogy. Interment will be in the Norton Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the Mary Lanning Hospice, Hastings, Neb. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Victor was born November 7, 1919 in Norton, the son of Burdge and Ada Blanch Porter Lofgreen. He grew to manhood in the Norton community, attended Dry Creek Rural grade school and graduated from Norton High School. He served as a pilot during World War II, flying the Burma Hump in the Air Transport Command.

Following the war he graduated from the University of Nebraska with his doctorate degree in Dentistry. He married Phyllis Ann Miler and to this union six children were born. He made is home in Lincoln, Neb. Where he practiced dentistry for 20 years, and then moved to Hastings where he practiced for 21 years. On June 15, 1996 Victor and Mary Jane Trusdale Duis were married in Lincoln, and made their home in Hastings.

He was a member of the American Dental Association, the Association of Institutional Dentistry, the American Legion and the V.F.W. He taught Periodontal Dentistry at the University of Nebraska and Dental Hygiene at the Central Community College in Hastings.

He also greatly enjoyed flying and was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Young Eagles Flight Group.

Survivors include: his wife, Mary Jane Lofgreen of the home in Hastings; six children and their families; two step children and families; two brothers, Volney and wife Mary Lofgreen of Grand Island, Neb and Denzel and wife Ruth Lofgreen of Norton.; eight grandchildren, four step grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.---

After the war he graduated from Kearney State Teacher�s College - now University of Nebraska at Kearney - with a degree in Science Education, before attending the University of Nebraska School of Dentistry.

Marvin C. Weber, (65) passed away at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lincoln on July 17, 2007.

He married Susan Eickman of Crete, NE at Grace United Methodist Church in Crete on July 24, 1966. They had two children, Jenny and Matt and were grandparents of Spencer and Hope.

In November, 1999, Marvin and Susan moved to Milford where he was actively involved in the Milford Senior Center and Milford Kiwanis International.

He is survived by his wife Susan, Milford, daughter and son-in-law Rev. Jenny Weber and Matthew Eaton of Geneva, IL.; son and daughter-in-law Matthew and Simone Weber of Omaha, NE; two grandchildren; brother, Dale Weber, Martell; mother-in-law, Gweneth Eickman, Lincoln; aunts, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Survivors: husband, Herbert; sons, Harold, Lincoln, Everett, Ceresco; daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Lucille) Griess, Lincoln; brothers, Emor, Newton Swanson, both Wahoo, Norvin Swanson, Ceresco; 12 grandchildren.

Mrs. Herbert (Edna) Edstrom, 79, 3025 No. 61st, died Sunday. Survivors: husband, Herbert; sons, Harold, Lincoln, Everett, Ceresco; daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Lucille) Griess, Lincoln; brothers, Emor, Newton Swanson, both Wahoo, Norvin Swanson, Ceresco; 12 grandchildren.

Submitted by: Ida Maack Recu

Edna Edstrom, 81, 3025 No. 61st, was killed Sunday afternoon in a head-on crash a half-mile north of I-80 on 70th St. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Herbert, also 81, who was listed in satisfactory condition Monday morning at St. Elizabeth Community Health Center.

The Edstrom car was in collision with a vehicle driven by Leeta Neujahr, 17, of rural Lincoln.

Survivors: husband, Herbert, sons, Harold, Lincoln, Everett, Ceresco; daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Lucille) Griess, Lincoln; brothers, Emor, Newton Swanson, both Wahoo, Norvin Swanson, Ceresco; 12 grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg. [Rock Creek Grace Lutheran Cemetery]. The Revs. Jim Munson, Henry Knaub. Church Cemetery. Pallbearers: Jim, Duane and Robert Edstrom, Glen Swanson, Norm Abele, Larry Bledsoe. Memorials to church. Nelson Funeral Home, Ceresco.

A Lincoln man, 66, who was found dead Sunday morning, of a self -inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Police said the body of Robert W. DeLancey of 2038 N. 29th was discovered in the garage by his wife. A.22 caliber rifle lay near the body, police said.

DeLancey, a retired foreman at the Cushman Motor Co., is survived by his wife, Mildred; two sons, Wayne and Denzel, both of Lincoln; six daughters, Mrs. Lorene Campbell, Denver, Mrs. Bobby Cramer and Mrs. Maxine Ingersoll, both of Portland Ore., Mrs. Joann Helmstadter and Mrs. Donna Goebel, both of Lincoln, and Mrs. Sonja Driskell, Newton, Ala; two brothers, Arthur, Fullerton; Darold, Vandalia, Mo.; 35 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

Survivors: sons, Wayne, Denzel, both of Lincoln; daughters, Mrs. Winifred Cramer, Mrs. Maxine Ingersoll, both of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Lorene Campbell, Denver, Mrs. Joan Helmstadter, Mrs. Donna Goebel, both of Lincoln, Mrs. Sonja Riskell, Newton, Ala., brother, Granvel Rollf, Lincoln, Melvin Rollf, Los Angeles; sisters, Ora Zeig, Omaha, Eunice King, Los Angeles, Hulda Whitehead, Lincoln; 37 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Wadlow's Mortuary Chapel, 1225 L. The Rev. John Cox. Wyuka.

Troutdale resident Bobbie Cramer died at a Portland hospital Tuesday, August 28th. She was 85.

A celebration of her life will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2007 at the Estacada Assembly of God Church. Private burial will be at Lincoln Memorial Park.

Winifred Roberta DeLancey was born October 26, 1921 in Belgrade, Nebraska to Robert and Mildred (Rollf) DeLancey. As a child, she worked on the family farm in Lincoln, Nebraska. On August 31, 1940, she married Edward E. Cramer in Papillion, Nebraska. They moved to Portland in 1941. They raised their family. Ed died in 1987 after 46 1/2 years of marriage. Bobbie worked for Western Electric for many years and later Drake - Willock for several years before retiring in 1987.

Bobbie enjoyed life to its fullest .She enjoyed making afghans with the girls, shopping at Fred Meyer, she was very devoted to her family and would do anything for them. Bobbie had a frisky attitude about life and would never sit still. One of her favorite pastimes was watching WWE Wrestling.

Bobbie is survived by her three daughters, all of Portland; three sisters of Portland Oregon, Lincoln Nebraska, and Newton Alabama; grandchildren, and great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was proceeded in death by her daughter Joyce Charlene Cramer in 1954, sisters, Lorene Campbell of Denver, Donna Goebel and Janet DeLancey, brothers Wayne and Denzel DeLancey and her husband Edward.

(Obituary has been revised, from the original, to insure the privacy of living survivors)

J. E. Austin

Word has been received of the death of J.E. AUSTIN, 1436 Harrison Street, who died Saturday in a local hospital in Lincoln, Neb.

Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. (Transcribed by Jim Laird)

Survivors sister, Ruby R. Christen, Mitchell. S. D.; grandchildren, Janice Magnoli, Susan, John, Christine Lux, Ann Ybarra, Lynn Cracraft, Sylvia Johnston; 11 great grandchildren; nieces, nephews; grandnieces; grandnephews.

Services: 11 A. M., Thursday, Warren United Methodist Church, 1205 N. 45th Street.

The Rev. Duane W. Lenz, Lincoln Memorial Park, Roper & Sons, Mortuary, 43200 O Street.

65, 3803 S. First Street, died Monday. Security employee Lincoln State Hospital.

Survivors: Husband, James; daughter, Suellen Skau, Lathrop, Missouri; brothers, Robert Nutter, Weeping Water, George Wolfe, Kansas; sisters, Esther Hafner, Union, Barbara Riess, Crete, Myrna Jones, Clayton, Oklahoma; three step daughters; grandson, three step great-grandchildren.

Visitation: afternoon Wednesday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th Street, one hour before services.

Secretary, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Former Receptionist Lincoln Clinic; Rural Elementary Teacher.

Survivors: Husband, Carl E.; sons, Gary E., Madison, Wisconsin, Alan L., Signal Mountain, Tennessee; daughter, Mrs. Charles (Marjean L.) Gungrich, Beaver Creek, Ohio; brothers, Clarence Southard, St. Paul, Jim Southard, Lincoln; seven grandchildren; nieces; nephews.

Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Havelock United Methodist Church, 4140 North 60th Street.

The remains of Alfred J. Erisman arrived via the Missouri Pacific from Manila, P.I.

Mr. Erisman enlisted in Company I, First Nebraska volunteers and was among the first of the Nebraska boys on the line fighting the Fillipinos when he was stricken with typhoid fever and died Oct. 22, 1898.

Being a member of the K.of P. and the A.O.U.W. lodges of this place, appropriate memorial services were held shortly after his death by both orders.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Erisman, are prominent and highly esteemed people of this community and all deeply sympathize with them in making this sacrifice of their first born.

A. W. Field, an East Lincoln grocery man, died this morning of typhoid fever. He will be buried by the Modern Woodmen.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12. � Collier Burt, 17, 916 Harrison Street, Davenport, Ia., died while being rushed to Lincoln late this afternoon after he was run over by a Burlington train at Adams, Neb. One leg was cut off and the young man bled to death. His father, E. C. Burt, lives at Davenport.

Identification was made from report cards showing that Burt was a student in the eighth grade of John B. Young Intermediate School at Davenport.