All Obituaries

Merle Oren Mehlin, 88, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on December 30, 1935, in Humboldt, Nebraska to Claude and Nora (Clark) Mehlin.  He graduated from Bratton Union High School with the class of 1953 and was united in marriage to Marleen Koehler.  Merle passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at the Pawnee County Memorial Hospital in Pawnee City, Nebraska having reached the earthly age of 88 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday,...

Alvin Eugene "Gene" Gardner, 78, of Cook, passed away April 23, 2024 at Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He was born to Charles and Mildred (Van Winkle) Gardner, Sr. on June 27, 1945 in Tecumseh, Nebraska.     Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 7, 2024 at the Wherry Mortuary in Tecumseh, Nebraska with Rev. Jim Helgren officiating. Memorials may go to the family's choice. Inurnment will be at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheridan...

Emilia Rana Haase was just shy of being three and with that age she was known for her fun spirit that everyone that knew her loved. She was like her Mom and Dad in more ways than could ever be mentioned but the biggest one that people will remember is the way she was out spoken when it came to her opinion. She made sure you knew it knowing her mom and dad would stand behind her. She was born into this world on July 2nd 2021 giving sunshine upon everything she had her touch up on and was...

Calvin Eugene Furman, 75, of Smithville, Texas passed away on April 16, 2024 at an Austin, Texas hospital. He was born March 4, 1949 to Calvin and Doris Furman, in Fairbury, Nebraska, the eldest of their five children. He attended Tecumseh High School. Calvin served in the United States Army from 1969-1971 with active army service in the Republic of Vietnam. He was awarded the Commendation Medal for Heroism for his service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Calvin and Doris...

Howard Hugh McNiff was born on the family farm near Riverton, Nebraska on September 21, 1939 to Thomas and Eva (Bach) McNiff.  He attended a one-room school house in Franklin County through the third grade and graduated from Franklin High School in 1957.  Howard continued his education at UNL and graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology.  While he was at UNL, Howard was the commander of the Rifle Team from 1959-1961 and led the Nebraska Rifle Team to a...

Verna Lee (Freeman) Kalina was born to Glenn and Gladys (Shields) Freeman on December 30, 1930 in Fairview, Kansas.  She attended rural grade school 1-4th grades at Fairview, KS, 5th grade at Fairview Public, 6-10th grades at Wetmore, KS and her junior and senior years at Table High School where she graduated. She was united in marriage to Arnold E. Kalina on August 3, 1955.  They lived on a farm northeast of Table Rock until 2000 when they moved into Pawnee City. ...

Donald William Eis, 78, of Humboldt was born on July 25, 1945, in Humboldt, Nebraska to John William and Lucille Leota (Farwell) Eis.  He grew up on the family farm near DuBois with siblings Elaine, Janice, John Allen and Ronald Lee.  Don was baptized into the Methodist Church in  DuBois, Nebraska and graduated from Humboldt High School with the class of1963.  Following graduation, he married Jennifer Dunn on September 5, 1964, and to this union four children, Dawn Renee,...

Dr. Keith W. Shuey, 84, of Tecumseh, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in Auburn, Nebraska.  He was born September 5, 1939 to Willis and Erma (Steiner) Shuey on the family farm near Crab Orchard.  He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1957. He attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 3 years before being accepted to University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha where he graduated in 1964.  Keith fulfilled a 1-year surgical internship at St. Elizabeth Hospital in...

Dewayne M. Seeba, 90, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, passed away on  December 25, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Society in Syracuse, Nebraska.   He was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska on May 10, 1933 to Fred and Clare (Kuhns) Seeba. Dewayne graduated from Tecumseh High School in May of 1951.  Following high school, Dewayne served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War from his enlistment on Sept. 16, 1953 to his honorable discharge on July 28, 1955.  He received...

Clarene Fisher was born in Pawnee City on September 15, 1937 and entered heaven on December 26, 2023.  She was the daughter of Clarence and Gladys (Robison) Werner.  Clarene lived south of Pawnee City in Kansas and Nebraska during her childhood, attending country school until she went to Pawnee City High School.   Clarene worked at the Pawnee Drive Inn before moving to Lincoln, Nebraska and working as a nursing assistant at Bryan Memorial Hospital.  She lived in Grand...