Stories from Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Donald Wayne Brehm Nov. 3, 1936 - June 15, 2015 OMAHA, Neb. -- Donald Wayne Brehm was born on Nov. 3, 1936, in Beverly, Nebraska, to parents Henry and Esther Brehm. Don became a child of God just three months later when he was baptized in the name of the Triune God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...

Marian Louise Farrell Oct. 7, 1926 - June 22, 2015 OLATHE, Kan. -- Marian Louise Farrell, age 88, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015, at Santa Marta Skilled Living Home in Olathe. Marian was born in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 7, 1926, to Norbert Joseph and Anna Clare (McKenna) McKillip. ...

Raised on a farm in Southwestern Nebraska. High school in McCook where all the students were white and of Christian persuasion. Off to college in an all-white student body; well there were brown skinned Hawaiians and a handful of Jewish brethren but not any to claim an African heritage or none to practice other than a Judeo-Christian faith. Wiley Burch hadn't become a Buddhist yet...