Obituaries - Lincoln County, Nebraska

(1923-2007)
Born: Oct. 22, 1923 in Lincoln, Nebraska
Died: September 19, 2007 in Gresham, OR
Survivors: 2 daughter, 1 son, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren

The Oregonian - September 23, 2007

Obituary edited for length. Full reprint available from The Oregonian Newspaper, Portland, OR."

Submitted by: lisamail@verizon.net

Hazel M. Horton

88, of Lincoln died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at Maple Ridge Healthcare Center in Lincoln.

She was born March 13, 1918, in Mississippi, the daughter of Oscar and Lillian Hazel Hughes.

She married John J. Horton; he died in 1999.

Mrs. Horton was a homemaker. She was a member of Englenook Baptist Church.

Survivors: two sons, Richard (wife, Linda) Horton of Omaha, Neb., and Bobby (wife, Rita)

Horton of Lincoln; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two brothers, I.G. Hughes of Pensacola, Fla., and Richard Hughes of Birmingham, Ala.

Graveside services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Submitted by: Candi Horton

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Turner Johnson. 2827 No. 51st, who died Saturday, will be held 10:30 a. m., Tuesday at Robert's chapel. Rev. Bert L. Story will officiate. The body will be taken to Columbus, Neb., for burial at 3:30 p. m.

Mrs. Johnson was born at Columbus, Neb., Feb. 21, 1882, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Turner, pioneer settlers of Columbus.

A graduate of Columbus high school and Peru state normal, Mrs. Johnson also attended the University of Nebraska and Columbia university, New York City.

Prior to her marriage in 1917 to Francis A. Johnson, Flint, Mich.. Mrs. Johnson taught school in Columbus and Tustin, Calif.

Since 1927, when her husband died, Mrs. Johnson has made her home in Lincoln. She was a member of the University Place Methodist church.

Her only son, Capt. Francis R. Johnson, has been reported killed in action on the German front Dec. 19, 1944. He had been assigned to the Seventh army.

Surviving are a daughter-in- law, Mrs. Marguerite Traester-Johnson of Lincoln; five sisters, Mrs. H. A. Rowe and Mrs. A. J. Anderson of Omaha, Mrs. G. H. Walker, Misses Frances and
Martha Turner of Lincoln, and a brother, Ralph E. Turner of Chicago.

Sterling Ambrosius, 82, of Springfield died at 5:20 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Medical Center.

He was born May 28, 1910, in Huntsville, the son of Thomas Simon and Mary Pechin Ambrosius.

Mr. Ambrosius was a farmer in the Huntsville area and an administrator for the Illinois Association of School Boards until retiring. He had taught in Rushville schools and was formerly superintendent of the Rushville School District.

Mr. Ambrosius was a member of Woodside United Methodist Church, Huntsville Masonic Lodge, Ansar Shrine and Shriners Retirees Club.

Surviving are his wife, Grace Baxter Ambrosius; two sons, Lloyd of Lincoln, Neb., and John of Platteville, Wis.; and six grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Woodside United Methodist Church, with the Rev. George Loveland officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Huntsville Cemetery.

Grace E. Ambrosius, 85, of Lincoln, Neb., formerly of Springfield, died Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

Survivors: two sons, Lloyd Ambrosius of Lincoln, Neb., and John Ambrosius of Platteville, Wis.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Oren Baxter of Sun City, Ariz.

Memorial services: 4 p.m. Friday, Huntsville United Methodist Church, Huntsville. Private family interment will be in Huntsville Cemetery.

Back

Home

Next