In Memoriam

In Memoriam

We honor the amazing lives of our Midland alumni, faculty and staff. To notify us of a death of a classmate or family member, please email alumni@midlandu.edu or call 402-941-6055.

Memorial Gifts

Gifts made in memory of a family member, teacher, student or friend are generous and thoughtful ways to remember a person's life and accomplishments. When making a gift in memory of someone, please send your gift with a note specifying the honoree's name and address and/or contact information so we can send a notification that a gift has been made. 

Please send memorial gifts to: Midland University, ATTN: Institutional Advancement, 900 N. Clarkson, Fremont, NE 68025, or make a gift online.

Wilma M. Nieveen

Wilma M. Nieveen

Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Wilma M. Nieveen, 90, of Sterling, died Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Gold Crest Retirement Center in Adams. She was born on July 28, 1932 in rural Adams, to Thomas and Minnie (Muhlhausen) Remmers. Wilma was baptized by Rev. J.B. Reents at Zion Lutheran Church of rural Pickrell and confirmed at the...

Barbara Sodomka

Barbara Sodomka

Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Barbara Ann Sodomka, 77 of Grand Island died Friday, June 23, 2023. Services will be at 11:00 am on Monday, July 3rd, at the First Presbyterian Church. Reverend Kevin Geurink will officiate. Masonic Service will be provided by The Order of the Eastern Star Grand Island and Ogallala Chapters...

Lorraine Schulte '43

Lorraine Schulte '43

Monday, June 26, 2023
Lorraine was born on April 9, 1923 to Clarence and Edith Larson of rural Osceola, Polk County, NE. She graduated from High School in 1941 from rural High Prairie High School. She attended one year at Luther College at Wahoo, NE. She married Harold Schulte of Omaha on September 22, 1947. She was a...

Verne Bray

Verne Bray

Monday, June 26, 2023
Verne C. Bray, 93 years, of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away June 17, 2023, at the Pathfinder Place in Fremont. Verne was born Dec. 7, 1929, in Stamford, Nebraska, to Floyd and Ruth (Stone) Bray. He received his GED and served in the U.S. Army and Air Force from 1948 until 1949. He moved to Fremont...

Jack Lindley '57

Jack Lindley '57

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Jack “Butch” Lindley, 85, 0f Omaha, passed away June 19. Butch was born on July 22, 1937, to Jack and Dorothy (Larson) Lindley in Wahoo. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, John “Bill” Lindley; father and mother-in-law, Henry and Edmie Bachand. He is survived by his wife, Mary;...

Dorthea Peterson '48

Dorthea Peterson '48

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Dorthea Ellen Davis Petersen was born on a farm one mile south of Walnut on Sept. 7, 1927. She passed away peacefully at Immanuel's Lakeside Village at The Lighthouse in Omaha, Neb. on June 16, 2023. Her parents were Harley and Ida Maassen Davis. Dorthea was baptized as a youth at the German...

Gary Rosacker '73

Gary Rosacker '73

Monday, June 19, 2023
Gary D. Rosacker, 72, of Grand Island died Wednesday, June 14, 2023 with his loving family at his side. Born September 7, 1950 in Omaha, Neb., Gary was the second son of Warren and Shirley (Bull) Rosacker, and subsequently the older brother of two younger sisters. He was raised in Tekamah,...

David Huston '80

David Huston '80

Monday, June 12, 2023
It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Dave Huston, 65, of Ponca on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at MercyOne Hospital in Sioux City. The funeral Mass celebrating Dave's life will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 12, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ponca, with Fr. Jim...

Patty Parks '67

Patty Parks '67

Monday, June 12, 2023
Patty Parks - January 17, 1946 - June 2, 2023 - Fresno, California Patty was born in Blair, Nebraska, the daughter of Joe and Dona (Nelson) Neary. She had two younger siblings: Don and Kathy. Patty went to Tekamah High School before moving to Omaha, NE where she graduated from Immanuel Hospital...

Margaret Saathoff '57

Margaret Saathoff '57

Thursday, June 8, 2023
SAATHOFF, Margaret Ann "Margie" (Hansen) died in Boise, Idaho on May 20, 2023. She was born in the Benson community of Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from Benson High in Omaha, she attended Midland Lutheran College, now Midland University, Fremont, Nebraska where she was a member of a National...

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