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.

Mildred Martin '48

Mildred Martin '48

Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Mildred M. Martin, 93, died peacefully June 6, 2017, at The Little Hospice, Edina, in the company of loving family. Born in Omaha, Neb., Millie was a daughter of Swedish immigrants. She was proud of her heritage. Millie was a loving wife and mother. She enjoyed current events, gardening and cooking...

Valerie Bloom '48

Valerie Bloom '48

Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Valerie May Swanson Bloom, of Mesa, Arizona, passed peacefully at home on May 13, 2017 at the age of 90. Valerie was born May 1, 1927 in Omaha Nebraska to Clarence and Louise Swanson. Valerie was very passionate about helping others and was dedicated in her career as a Registered Nurse, while...

Shirley Heier

Shirley Heier

Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Services for Shirley Heier, 85, Lincoln, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Visitation will be from noon until 9 p.m. Thursday at Butherus, Maser and Love Funeral Home with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. She died Monday, May 8, 2017, at Tabitha Good House in...

Betty Jean Sjogren

Betty Jean Sjogren

Sunday, April 2, 2017
Betty Jean Sjogren passed away on March 30, 2017 in Lincoln, NE. She was born in Omaha, NE, on July 7, 1928 to Swedish immigrants John Ivar Hultman and Margaret Ruth Cronstrom. She attended Columbian Grade School, Omaha Central High School and Luther College in Wahoo. She met a young UNMC medical...

Dale Chesley '57

Dale Chesley '57

Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Longtime Plattsmouth Middle School Principal Dale E. Chesley age 85 of Plattsmouth, NE, was born on May 26, 1931 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Earl and Stella (Cruickshank) Chesley. He passed away peacefully on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Hillcrest Grand Lodge in Papillion, Nebraska. His family...

Marjorie Woolsey Brewer '42

Marjorie Woolsey Brewer '42

Monday, February 13, 2017
Marjorie L. Brewer passed away at age 96 in Wichita Falls, Texas on February 13, 2017. Originally from Red Oak, Iowa, she was born Marjorie Woolsey, the sole child of E.J. and Nora Woolsey on June 28th, 1920. She graduated from nursing school at Immanuel Deaconess Institute of Omaha, Kansas. In...

Marianna C. Bjurstrom '48

Marianna C. Bjurstrom '48

Sunday, January 8, 2017
Marianna C. Bjurstrom, 90, of Homeland Center, Harrisburg died Sunday, January 8, 2017 at the center. An Air Force Veteran, she served as a Flight Nurse in the Korean War. Following her career in nursing Marianna worked for and ultimately retired from Pennsylvania Blue Shield. Through her...

Shirley Berry Burris '48

Shirley Berry Burris '48

Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Shirley Mae Burris passed away after a brief illness with her sons at her side on October 18, 2016 in the town of Sebastopol. She was born to her parents Harvey and Katherine Berry on February 28, 1927 in South Dakota. Shirley attended Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska,...

Mary Christensen Ward '48

Mary Christensen Ward '48

Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Ward died peacefully at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash., Aug. 6, 2016 at the age of 89. She was born Nov. 1, 1926, in Omaha, Neb., to Soren Peter Chistensen and Agnes Matilda (Mueller) Christensen. Mary graduated from Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing in 1946. She...

Ann M. (Davis) Freidell

Ann M. (Davis) Freidell

Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Ann M. Freidell passed away peacefully on August 21, 2015 at the Valle Verde Health Center. She was a long time Santa Barbara resident, loving mother and devoted wife of 53 years to Dr. Hugh Vernon Freidell (deceased 2005). Ann was born on May 3, 1930 in Climax, Iowa. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs...

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