All Obituaries

Regina Rae (Dittmer) Doty was born to Homer and Dorothy Mae (Connors) Dittmer on November 14, 1949 in Geneva, Nebraska.  After her father Homer passed away, Dorothy married Louis Rauner and the family re-located to Tecumseh, Nebraska.  She graduated from Tecumseh High School with the Class of 1967.  After high school, Gina continued her bookkeeping education at Lincoln School of Commerce. She was united in marriage to George H. Doty on October 11, 1969 at the United Methodist...

Betty Jean (Usher) Blecha, 94, of Humboldt, was born on February 25, 1929, in White Cloud, Kansas, to Emerson and Martha (Rhoads) Usher.  Betty grew up on a farm in Nemaha County and graduated from Bratton Union Consolidated High School in 1946.  After graduation, she attended Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru for the summer session and began teaching at Northwest Star Rural School that fall.  On July 7, 1949, Betty was united in marriage to Ernest Blecha in Humboldt,...

Charles Anthony Barnas was born to George and Eleanor (Walla) Barnas on June 18, 1955 in Tecumseh, Nebraska.  He moved with his family to Wilber at a young age where he grew up with his six siblings.  Chuck graduated from Wilber-Clatonia High School in 1973.  He then attended college for a couple years. He was united in marriage to Linda Grove on June 16, 1990 at the United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. This union was blessed with two children, Erin and...

Laura Hippen was born at the Beatrice Hospital, Beatrice, Nebraska on June 15, 1931 to Gerhard (George) and Rebecca (Schmidt) Hippen. She was baptized by Pastor J.B Reents at Zion Lutheran Church northwest of Filley, Nebraska on July 6, 1931. She was confirmed by Pastor J.H Reents on June 9, 1946 at the American Lutheran Church in Filley. Her family lived in rural Adams, Nebraska, where she attended country school. Then they moved to a farm east of Filley until Laura was in junior high, when...

Hugh Frederick Laflin was born to Grant and Nancy (Carel) Laflin on October 31, 1945 on the farm near Crab Orchard, Nebraska.  He attended rural elementary country school through the eighth grade and Lewiston High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War from March 27, 1968 to November 12, 1969.  For his time of service, Hugh received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.  He was united in marriage...

Dyann Lynn Herr, 70, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on May 27, 1952, in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Benjamin and Norma (Pinkerton) Hoogendoorn.  Dyann was raised in Otsego, Michigan where she received her schooling and attended Otsego High School.  Dyann passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Nemaha County Memorial Hospital in Auburn, Nebraska having reached the earthly age of seventy years, nine months, and nineteen days.  She was preceded in death by her...

Logan Michael Ascheman was born to April D. Harper on December 13, 2000 in St. Joseph, Missouri.  On March 28, 2002, Logan was adopted by his father Charles R. Ascheman, Jr. and he became the second child in the family.  He moved with his family to Cook, NE in April, 2008, at the end of first grade.  He enrolled at JCC where he continued his education until his graduation in 2019.  Growing up, he loved to be outside with his dog Barney and was a huge fan of Barney the...

Mary Lou (Wood) Baum, 86, of rural Tecumseh, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2023. She was born on July 1, 1936, to Charlie and Gladys (Nicholas) Wood. Mary Lou grew up on a farm outside of Dewitt until she moved to town with her parents. She graduated at the age of 16 with the 1953 class of Dewitt Public School, after which she attended Bryan Memorial Hospital Nurses Training program in Lincoln and became licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in 1956. Mary Lou was proud of her profession...

Duane Richard Masonbrink, 83, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on October 4, 1939, in Auburn, Nebraska to Eugene and Oma (Standerford) Masonbrink.  His early school years were at Bratton Union Consolidated Schools and he later graduated from Humboldt High School with the class of 1957.  After graduating, Duane attended Nebraska Wesleyan College in Lincoln for one year.  At the age of 16, he joined the Nebraska National Guard and was honorably discharged in February of...

Mary Jo (Farley) Laue Foetisch was born on November 2, 1931 in Tecumseh Nebraska to Edward Jr and Frances (Hervey) Farley and was the first of 6 children born to this union. Growing up, she lived in several places in Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming but then returned to Nebraska with her family where she graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1949. She was a long-time member of the St.  Andrew's Catholic Church in Tecumseh and was united in marriage to Raymond Laue there on May...