Irene Delores Poppe was born October 16, 1931 to Gustav H. and Ella (Asche) Lunzmann on a farm near Hardy, Nebraska. She was baptized at St. Peter Lutheran Church, rural Byron, Nebraska by Pastor Leo H. Hoefer and confirmed by him in 1946. Irene was a lifelong member of St. Peter Lutheran Church. She sang in the Luther League choir, taught Sunday school for many years, served as Sunday school Superintendent, and taught Bible school. On September 24, 1961 Irene was united in marriage to...

Cheryl Lynn (Ehlers) Moore died in Fairbury, Nebraska on November 20th, due to complications from kidney and liver failure.  She was 71 years old.  Cheryl was born on November 12, 1948 in Fairbury, NE to Roy and Iona Ehlers. She was the 9th out of 10 children.  She worked in the electrical department at Reinke Mfg. from 1972 until her retirement in 2012.  In September 2012 she moved to Las Vegas where she lived the last 7 years and in September of this year she decided to...

Jackie Leroy McLaughlin was born January 5, 1938, in Davenport, to Vere Tucker McLaughlin and Geneise Ruth (Lautenschlager) McLaughlin. Jack passed away November 14, 2019, at Country Place Senior Living in Ft. Scott, Kansas, at the age of 81 years. Jack graduated from Hebron High School with the class of 1955. He married Bethine Wright in October 1955 at Hebron and later divorced.  Jack married Nancy C. Ferron on May 28, 1976, at the Christian Church in Hebron.  After 21...

Donna Elaine Schmidt Tittler, daughter of Oscar and Frieda (Muehling) Dankenbring, was born June 3, 1927 at Bruning, Nebraska. She passed from this life Friday evening, November 8, 2019 at Parkview Haven in Deshler, Nebraska at the age of 92 years. Donna was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church, Pickrell, and confirmed in 1940 at Grace Lutheran Church, Hebron. Donna attended Hebron schools and graduated from Hebron High School with the Class of 1945. On June 6, 1948 she was married to George...

Sandra Lou McLaughlin age 65, passed away peacefully October 24, 2019 of complications from her long battle with lung cancer and strokes. She was born October 27th, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas, Wyandotte County, to Samuel and Martha Countryman. She grew up in Sydney, Nebraska where she graduated high school. Something humorous for Sandy to recall was her first job at A&W, where she delivered food on roller skates. She just knew she was going to fall, creating a hilarious scene...

Anna Mae Hinds, daughter of Luther Orville and Lucy Ann Mahan (Gleason), was born in Leach, Oklahoma on November 11, 1928. She was called home to Heaven on October 19, 2019 at Rose Vista Home in Woodbine, Iowa, at the age of 90 years, 11 months, and 8 days. She was the fifth of 7 children and the last surviving member of her family. She spent the first few years of her life in Oklahoma, eventually moving to the western part of Iowa. As a young woman, she taught country school, earning her...

Don Alan Holmes was born September 19, 1946 in Deshler, Nebraska to Harry and Evelyn (Harmes) Holmes. He passed away on October 15, 2019 at his home on the farm. He was one of five children. He lived by Byron, Nebraska until 1956 when the family moved to a farm 5 ½ miles south of Davenport, Nebraska. He graduated from Davenport Community Schools in 1964. He went on to UNL where he received his bachelor's degree in Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering in 1970. He joined the...

Sena Arleta Lowery, daughter of Mark and Cindy (Vorderstrasse) Mesloh, was born April 10, 1988 in Hebron, Nebraska. Sena grew up in the Deshler community attending the public schools and graduating from Deshler High School with the Class of 2006. She continued her education at Wayne State graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Family and Consumer Science where she was a member of Theta Phi Alpha Sorority. She was employed at Reinke Manufacturing assisting in Document Control....

 Alice Adina (Brendemuehl) Meyer, Kirchhoff was born September 5, 1925 at home in Stoddard, Nebraska to Leonard and Emma (Fintel) Brendemuehl.  She was baptized September 20, 1925, and Confirmed on April 21, 1939 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Stoddard, Nebraska. Alice attended and graduated from Chester Public Schools on May of 1943.  On May 9, 1943, she married Arthur Meyer at the Brendemuehl home in a double wedding ceremony with Otto Fintel (her uncle) and Violet Wolcott....

Norman Ernest Sorge of Deshler, the son of Ernest and Viola (Kramp) Sorge, was born January 29, 1944, in Deshler, NE, fifth of their 8 children. 　He departed this life on September 30, 2019 at Fillmore County Hospital, Geneva, at the age of 75 years, 8 months, and 1 day. 　He was baptized on February 20, 1944, at St Peters Lutheran Church. He was confirmed on March 30, 1958, at St Peters Lutheran Church, in Deshler. He attended Deshler Lutheran from 1st grade to 8th grade. After that he...