All Obituaries

Everett Wayne Minchow passed away on June 29, 2026, in Tecumseh, Nebraska, at the age of 91.   Many will remember Wayne from the communities of Tecumseh, Lincoln, and Eagle, Nebraska.  Wayne was born in Table Rock, NE, on November 14, 1934, to Everett Victor and Genevieve Margaret (Bethel) Minchow.  Table Rock is where he grew up and graduated high school. He attended Peru State Teachers College where he earned a degree in education.  While at Peru State he lettered ...

Joy Ross McCage, 85, of Beatrice, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2026, at his home.  He was born on August 9, 1940, in Falls City, Nebraska to Lewis Ross and Nellie Irene (Butler) McCage. At a young age, his family moved to a farm northeast of Table Rock where he attended Pleasant Hill District #52 country school.  Joy then attended Table Rock High School and graduated with the class of 1959.  After high school, Joy enlisted in the United States Army and served in ...

Donald Lavern Siske was born on October 15, 1936 to Lewis and Bernice (Schuetz) Siske on the family farm north of Burchard, NE. He was the youngest of three children born to this union. Don was baptized on December 13, 1936 by Rev. E. Tischhauser and confirmed on August 12, 1951 by Rev. V.F. Dedituis at Salem’s Evangelical Church, rural Steinauer, NE. His confirmation verse was Romans 8:28. He attended country school at District 50 through 2nd grade when ...

Sharon Kay Crawford, 83, of Bellevue, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2026, at her home.  She was born on February 8, 1943, in Omaha, Nebraska to Edgar and Ann (Keck) Luedeke. At a young age, her family moved from Omaha to Pawnee City, Nebraska.  Sharon was raised in Pawnee City and graduated from Pawnee City High School with the Class of 1961.   On March 16, 1963, Sharon was united in marriage to Ronald Crawford at the Presbyterian Church in Pawnee City, ...

Mary Annabelle (Keim) Kent of Broomfield, Colorado passed onto eternal life on July 9, 2026. Annie was born January 11, 1933 to Louie and Mary Lucille (Wolf) Keim in Tecumseh, Nebraska. She lived over half her life in Tecumseh, graduating from Tecumseh High School in 1950. After graduation, she married Daryl Kent on July 22, 1950, which lasted almost 75 years. They made their home in Tecumseh and to this union three sons were born, Larry, Randy and Danny. After they were married Annie worked ...

John Lee Wilhelm, 65, of rural Humboldt, Nebraska was born on September 29, 1960, in Falls City, Nebraska to Jerry Lee and Carol Lynn (Kelly) Wilhelm.  He was raised near Humboldt, Nebraska where he attended Humboldt High School.  After his schooling, John began his lifelong passion of farming.  He loved farming to his core and especially enjoyed spending time outdoors.  John loved fishing, hunting, spending time with his family, and “socializing” with his ...

Todd Alan Just, 64, of Pawnee City, Nebraska, was born on February 28, 1962, in Manhattan, Kansas to M.L. “Jerry” and Susie (Bell) Just.  In 1963, he was baptized in New Cambria, Kansas and later confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Pawnee City, Nebraska in 1976.  In 2025, Todd completed a confession of faith and became a member of Hope Lutheran Church in Shawnee, Kansas. Todd graduated from Pawnee City Public High School in the class of 1980.  Growing up he ...

Joan Elizabeth (Pelster) Dreier, 66, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on November 17, 1959, at the Dalton Hospital, in Dalton, Nebraska to Eugene and Catherine (Lauby) Pelster. She attended K-12 school in Dalton and was very active in music, volleyball, basketball and track. She continues to hold the high jump and shot put record at Dalton High School. The entire family was extremely involved in 4-H where Joan sewed, baked, gardened, and raised sheep and cattle. She was very interested in ...

Mary Ellen (Murphy) Lempka, 87, of Tecumseh, Nebraska passed away Friday, June 12, 2026 at Pemberly Place Senior Living in Lincoln, Nebraska with her daughters by her side. Mary Ellen was born to Arthur and Lorene (Rademacher) Murphy on April 6, 1939 on the family farm near Vesta, Nebraska. She attended Rose Hill District #9 country school located ½ mile north of the Murphy farm, Vesta School her freshman year of high school, and graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1956.  ...

Benjamin “Ben” Carl Leuenberger was born to Robert “Bob” and Joyce (Benjamin) Leuenberger on April 20, 1987, in Tecumseh, Nebraska.  Ben was baptized as an infant and later confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Tecumseh, Nebraska. He grew up west of Tecumseh and participated in sports his entire life.  “Lou” as he was known to his friends, played countless years of baseball, football and basketball for the Tecumseh Indians.  He ...