Obituaries

Rosaline Fern (Rakes) Hemmer was born to Joy and Cassel (Rawlings) Rakes on April 10, 1929 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. She grew up in Nebraska City and graduated from Nebraska City High School.

She was united in marriage to Jay Hemmer on March 29, 1947 at the Baptist Church in Nebraska City, Nebraska. They were married for 62 years. Jay passed away June 28, 2009.

Rosaline worked for the Campbell’s Soup Company for 25 years, where she retired. In their spare time, Jay and Rosaline sold rugs that she wove on a loom. Jay cut strips of cloth and tied knots on over 2000 rugs that they sold at the Farmer’s Market in Lincoln for over 10 years. Rosaline sewed shorts, shirts, leggings and blankets for the Lincoln City Mission and her eight grandchildren.

She loved sewing, doing stained glass, gardening and her and Jay loved traveling and were “Snow Birds” for over 25 years going to Gulf Port, MS and Gulf Shores, AL.

Tanis Diedrichs, 79, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, formerly of Lincoln, died Monday, February 4th at UPH-Allen Hospital, with her family at her side.

Tanis Lee Wolff was born in Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska on April 16, 1939, the second child of Alvin and Letitia Wolff. Her siblings were Sandra, Charlene, Mary Jane, Robert, JoAnn and John. They attended St John Lutheran Church, south of Sterling. She attended a rural school, Hillsdale, District 66 and graduated from Sterling High School with a Normal Training certificate. During the 1956-57 academic year, she taught at Saunders Creek school, District

11.

She married Robert “Bob” Diedrichs, also of Sterling, on June 12, 1957. She worked full-time and was a part time student as they moved from Lincoln to Los Angeles and back.

Their daughter, Judy was born in Lincoln on June 28, 1961. Their son, John was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 8, 1963.

Gretta Leona (Elenga) Grube was born to Henry and Frances (Schultz) Elenga August 29, 1929 in Tecumseh, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. Leona attended school in Tecumseh and graduated with the class of 1947. After graduation, Leona was employed at the city hall in Tecumseh with the light and water department.

On November 4, 1950, Leona was united in marriage to Leroy Grube at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. To this union three children were born: Tom, Pam, and Steve. Leona and Leroy lived on their farm near Johnson for 52 years, before retiring in 2004 and moving to Tecumseh. They were both involved in farm life.

Dorothy Parrish was born December 11, 1944 to John and Edna (Anderson) Flint in Blackfoot, Idaho. She entered this world surrounded by family as the youngest of 12 children. Dorothy left this world peacefully on February 1, 2019, again surrounded by family.

Dorothy moved to Elk Creek in 1971 and quickly became a part of the community. Many people remember her yearly Halloween surprise visits to the Elk Creek School, dressed as a witch or a spider to deliver homemade goodies to the students. Dorothy was known for her cooking and held several jobs cooking in the area. One of her greatest joys was cooking at the Elk Creek School and at Scotty’s Grocery. She was an avid animal lover and many strays found a loving, forever home with her over the years. Those who knew Dorothy, knew she was opinionated and wasn’t afraid to tell you if she thought you were too full of yourself. She had no time for politics, hypocrisy or bad TV.

Lawrence “Larry” E. Bstandig, 70 of Burchard, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born on March 14, 1948 to Lyle and Esther (Kalin) Bstandig in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He grew up on the family farm east of Burchard where he resided until his death. He was baptized at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Burchard, Nebraska and was confirmed at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Steinauer, Nebraska.

He attended St. Anthony’s Parochial School in Steinauer through the 8th grade. He then attended Steinauer High School and graduated in 1966 as part of the last graduating class. He played basketball and sang in the choir.

Jack L. Reum, 73, of Norfolk, passed away, Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at his home. He was born to Robert and Jean (Collier) Reum on September 5, 1945 in Havre, Montana.

Jack graduated from Havre High School and later graduated from Northern Montana College with a teaching degree. He served in the Montana National Guard for six years.

He was united in marriage to Claudia (Graff) Bicknell on June 11, 2011 in Norfolk, Nebraska. He was a school teacher and member of Dwight V.F.W. and the Village Board and Valparaiso Methodist Church. After college, Jack taught in Montana. He then started operating in the cattle business and later with pigs. Jack later started working at the Parks feedlot in Humphrey and he lived in Columbus and Norfolk during that time. After their marriage, Jack and Claudia lived in Norfolk, then Dwight, and then they moved back to Norfolk in December, 2018. Jack enjoyed reading, being outdoors, and especially shooting his guns.

Doloris Arlene Haack was born April 2, 1924 in rural Nemaha County, Nebraska to Julius and Emilia (Deubler) Haack. She was baptized April 27, 1924 and confirmed November 6, 1938 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church near Johnson by Rev. Wm. Freuhling. Doloris attended rural school in Johnson County, and graduated from Elk Creek High School in 1941.

On November 4, 1951 Doloris was united in marriage to Theodore Bohling at Martin Luther, again by Rev. Freuhling. They made their home on Ted’s family farm, and were blessed with two children, Joyce and Arlen.

Before her marriage, Doloris helped in people’s homes in Tecumseh, Nebraska and at the Swanson Soup Plant in town. After her wedding she helped Ted on the farm, raised her two children, and ran the household.

Milton Walter Shuey passed away on January 24, 2019 in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Milton was born March 12, 1930, in Burchard, Nebraska, the oldest of 8 children born to Willis Aubrey and Erma Mary (Steiner) Shuey. He grew up on a farm in nearby Crab Orchard, Nebraska, in the southeastern portion of Nebraska.

Milton attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska, meeting Marlene Ann Winterberg on campus. They were married in 1951. Milton served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, based in southern California.

Milton and Marlene had 5 children: David Milton Shuey, Warren Willis Shuey, Wayne Arthur Shuey, John William Shuey, and Mary Ellen Shuey Jaffe.

Milton was predeceased by his wife of 48 years in 1999, and is survived by his 5 children. Milton had 7 siblings: Eldon Shuey (deceased), Marianne Applegate, Wilmette Shuey (deceased), Keith Shuey, Linda Fewson, Charlene Rasmussen, and Dean Shuey.

Dolores A. (Weyers) Schultz, 86, of rural Tecumseh, passed away January 18, 2019.

She was born to Harry and Anna (Wusk) Weyers on November 8, 1932 rural Sterling, Nebraska. She grew up in the Crab Orchard area and started her education near Crab Orchard and attended Lewiston High School, graduating with the Class of 1949. She took normal training at Peru State College and taught school for a few years before her marriage.

James (Jim) Lynn Friesel, of Pawnee City, Nebraska was born on August 5, 1943 to Henry Owen Friesel and Mae (Bowne) Friesel in the family home in Weeping Water, Nebraska. Jim was the youngest of four children. He was an avid outdoorsman from an early age.

As a young boy, Jim and his family would go to Minnesota each summer, staying in a cabin on a lake, boating and fishing. This is where Jim developed his great love of fishing for walleyes. He trapped muskrats and mink in the creeks near the family home and even raised a number of coon hounds. He and his dad and brothers loved to “go out west” in central Nebraska and hunt pheasants.

He attended Weeping Water Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1961. Jim was a light heavy-weight boxer in high school, only losing one bout. He excelled at football, starting all but one game in his four years and had an opportunity to play at Peru State College, but decided to focus on academics.