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.

Jeannene Flotree '51

Jeannene Flotree '51

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Jeannene Flotree, 93, of Lincoln, passed away April 4, 2023, at her home. She was born June 21, 1929, in Humboldt, Nebraska, to Otis and Harriet (Sheard) Hoagland and was raised with her grandparents, Bill and Effie Hoagland on the family farm. To save money for nursing school she worked at Bell...

Keith H. Kohrs '58

Keith H. Kohrs '58

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Keith Herman Kohrs was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on August 6, 1933. He died at home in Pueblo, Colorado on April 1, 2023. He was the son of Herman and Alice Kohrs. He grew up in Johnson, Nebraska on the family farm. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Lorraine (Schuette) Kohrs;...

Joyce Thelen '56

Joyce Thelen '56

Friday, March 31, 2023
Joyce A. Thelen (Park) | March 23, 1935 – March 30, 2023 Joyce was born in Wakefield, Nebraska, and graduated from the Immanuel School of Nursing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane Thelen. She is survived by sons: Alan (Sandy Maass), Steve (Bridgette), Cary (Pam), Don, and Dale (Jill...

Daniel Rosenquist

Daniel Rosenquist

Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Daniel Thomas Rosenquist, age 68, of Stromsburg, Nebraska, passed away March 20, 2023 at his home in Stromsburg. A Memorial of Celebration of Life will be held at a later date at the Grace Lutheran Cemetery by Ceresco. Daniel was born March 20, 1955 to Donald Edward and Annabelle (Knox) Rosenquist...

Alan D. Carter '85

Alan D. Carter '85

Tuesday, March 21, 2023
In the middle of a vintage Omaha, Nebraska snowstorm, on January 20, 1963, Deacon Alan D. Carter was born to loving parents, Bro. Archie & Sis. Deanna Carter. He was the younger of two sons, and they reamained best friends until the day he passed. Deacon Carter grew up in Omaha, and graduated...

Annette D. Lindburg

Annette D. Lindburg

Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Annette D. Lindburg, age 98, of Stromsburg, Nebraska, passed away March 18, 2023 at the Midwest Covenant Home in Stromsburg. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Stromsburg with Pastor Keet Redden officiating. Visitation will be held...

Margaret Rossow Nelsen

Margaret Rossow Nelsen

Monday, March 13, 2023
Margaret (Margie) Rossow Nelsen, age 80, social worker, dedicated community servant leader, and a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister died on February 22, 2023, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Margie was born on March 2, 1942 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She graduated...

Alice Wiggains Hoschar '54

Alice Wiggains Hoschar '54

Monday, March 13, 2023
Alice Marie (Wiggains) Hoschar was the middle daughter of Roy and Eriz Wiggains (older sister Roberta, younger sister Shirley). She was born and raised in Wakefield, Nebraska, where she had a World-Herald paper route, played the drums and loved playing tennis with her dad. Her parents taught her to...

Maragaret "Peggy" Jacks '82

Maragaret "Peggy" Jacks '82

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Margaret "Peggy" Jacks, peacefully entered into rest, February 2, 2023, in her home surrounded by her family. She was born, September 1, 1956, in Boulder, Colorado to Almarine and Alvin Beu. Peggy was 66 years of age. She is survived by her husband, Gene Jacks, children, Timothy Jacks, Caitlin...

Louise Jacobson '53

Louise Jacobson '53

Friday, March 3, 2023
Louise “Gus” Pearl Jacobson, 90, of Story City, Iowa, passed away on January 22, 2023, at the Households of Bethany in Story City. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the Households of Bethany Chapel, 212 Lafayette Ave., Story City on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. A Memorial...

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