Obituaries

Private family graveside services for Brian L. “Buzz” Stewart, 62, formerly of Albion, with inurnment will take place at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Albion, at a later date. Brian Lynn Stewart, son of Keith M. and Rosamond A. “Rosie” (Mannlein) Stewart, was born October 5, 1961 at Albion, and he died Friday, June 28, 2024 at Genoa Community Long Term Care in Genoa. He attended grade school and high school at Albion, graduating in 1980. Following graduation, Stewart worked for a local concrete company before moving to California where he was employed by a large car dealer as a car salesman and later a cable tv company. He returned to Albion, where he worked for a central pivot company and the local concrete company. In 2012, he moved to York to live with his brother, Bruce.

Funeral Services for LaDonna A.M. Morris, 90, of Newman Grove, were held Friday, June 28, 2024, at Levander Funeral Home, Albion.

Alan R. Wiese, 64, of Newman Grove, NE died Monday, July 1, 2024, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE following a brief illness.

Funeral services for Beverly JoAnn Rieck, 92, of Albion, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Zion Lutheran Church, Albion. Rev.

Services for Susan L. Reeder, 73 were held Monday, July 1, 2024 in Olathe, Kans. Interment was at the Olathe Memorial Cemetery. Susan Lucille Reeder was born on October 24, 1950 in St. Edward, where she grew up on the family farm, and she passed away on June 25, 2024 at the age of 73. Growing up she was active in multiple organizations, including 4-H where she would show livestock and participate in agricultural activities. In 1968 she was even crowned the Boone County 4-H Queen. She also took part in Aksarben and the Nebraska State Fair, showing cattle. She married Cecil Harold Reeder on January 3, 1976 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Albion.

Funeral services for Verl D. Johnson, 70 of Grand Island, were held Thursday, June 20, 2024, at Levander Funeral Home in Albion.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Dennis S. Michael, 66 of Albion, was held on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at St.

Memorial services for Susanne Bernadette Krohn, 78, of Omaha, were held on Thursday, June 13 at the Reichmuth Funeral Home in Elkhorn. Krohn was born on June 2, 1946 in Lynch, to Mel and Mary (Warnke) Lueken.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Tracy K. Hedlund, 48 of Albion, was held 10:30 a.m.

A celebration of life for Charles Linford Sweet will be scheduled for a future date in Albion. He was born to Linford and Violet (Deming) Sweet on October 11, 1940, in Stuart, and died peacefully in Omaha, on June 10, 2024, from pancreatic cancer.