Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • A4

A4 Monday, March 21, 2016 Lincoln Journal Star INDEX Barnett, Wallace M. Lincoln Beaman, Robert E. formerly of Brocksmith, D. Darlene Lincoln Cross, Norman D. formerly of Beaver Emmons, Mary Lou Lincoln Nelson, Norman Paul Lincoln Ray, Zane William Geneva Wegelin, Junior Lincoln Westphal, Rebecca EMMONS Mary Lou Emmons, 88, of Lincoln, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016.

She was born in Malcolm to Walter and Alma (Hensler) Pear- son. of the Belmont Coast to Coast Hardware Store. Avid bowler and puzzle solver. Survivors: sons, Michael J. (Jeri), Ken D.

(Mary) Emmons. Daughters: Linda S. Emmons, Patricia L. (Doug) Lippstreu. Joni E.

(Tom) Hayden. Grandchildren: Stacy, Shawn, Colin, Chuck, Knut, Chet, Johan and Julia. Great-grandchildren: Taylor, Jenna, Jaycie and Lauren. Several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband, John parents, brother, Walter, LeRoy Pearson; sisters, Mel- va and Joanne Pearson.

Grandson, Jayson Emmons. Special Friend, Wendell Coulter. Funeral service: 10 a.m. Monday, March 21, at Lincoln Memorial Fu- neral Home, 6800 So. 14th St, Lin- coln.

Visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorials: Barnabas Com- munity Belmont. Arrangements by Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home. Condolences can be left at lincoln- fh.com NELSON Norman Paul Nelson, born December 7, 1926, near Mason City in Custer County Ne- braska. Died March 16, 2016, in Lin- coln, age 89, from congestive heart failure and pneumonia.

Graduate of Mason City High School, 1944. World War II veteran. Graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bachelor of Sci- ence in Mechanical Engineering. Owner of a Carrier Air Conditioning and Heating dealership, M.G. Lehman Company.

After downsizing that busi- ness, he continued working as a con- sulting engineer for Nelson Engineer- ing until retiring at age 80. Married to Donna Jean Lemon, March 16, 1958. He was a longtime member of Gateway Sertoma Club of Lincoln. Survived by wife, Donna, sister, Lois Willoughby, son and daughter-in- law, Neal and Jodi Nelson, daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Rick Pe- ters, grandchildren Shawn and Con- nor Jewell, Emma and Chloe Peters, Katie Klug and her husband Jordan, Nick Nelson and his wife Melissa, great grandson Jude Nelson, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents Marius and Lydia Nelson of Broken Bow.

Memorial service Tuesday, March 22, at 10 a.m., Lincoln Memorial Fu- neral Home, 6800 S. 14th Street, Lin- coln. Memorials to Gateway Sertoma Club of Lincoln. To memorialize your loved one, you can go to www.journalstar.com, call 1-402-473-7311 or work with your local funeral director. indicates first-time notice.

OBITUARIES CROSS Norman D. Cross, 91, Seward, formerly of Beaver Crossing, passed away March 18, 2016. He was born February 21, 1925. Nor- man and his wife, Lucille, were married on May 9, 1948, at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Seward. Norman was a longtime farmer and raised cattle in the Beaver Crossing area.

Nor- man served many years on the Beaver Crossing Co-op Elevator Board and later served when the Co-op merged with Tamora-Sta- plehurst-Beaver Elevator Board. Norman also served on the ad- ministrative council and trustees for many years at the Beaver Crossing United Methodist Church. Survivors: wife of 67 years, Lu- cille: three children, Marvin(Cynthia) Cross of Wester- ville, Ohio, Carolyn (Gene) Dorn of Bellevue, and Kenneth (Carla) Cross of Friend; nine grandchil- dren and eight great-grandchil- dren. Visitation: 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Monday, March 21, with the fami- ly receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. at Zabka Funeral Home, Seward. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, at Beaver Crossing United Methodist Church, with Rev. Ta- mara Holtz officiating.

Graveside service and interment: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at Utica Cem- etery, Utica. Memorials to the Nor- man Cross family for future desig- nations. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Zabka Funeral Home, Seward. Condolences at www.

zabkafuneralhome.com. WEGELIN Junior Wege- lin, 78, of Lincoln, died March 17, 2016. Fred was born on November 4, 1937, in Scottsbluff, to Fred and Anne (Schwartz) Wegelin. He served in the Navy for over 20 years and then worked for the INS. Fred was a vol- unteer for Teammates Mentoring and Center for Legal Immigration.

Survivors: wife, Kimiko, Lincoln; brother, Ron Wegelin, Scottsbluff; son and daughter from a previous marriage, Bryan and Denise, both of Florida. He is preceded in death by his parents and son, Matthew. Memorial service: 11 a.m., Wednesday, St. United Meth- odist Church, 8550 Pioneers Blvd. www.bmlfh.com.

BROCKSMITH D. Darlene Brocksmith, 82, of Lincoln, passed away on March 16, 2016, in Lincoln. She was born on June 29, 1933, in Los Angeles to Evert and Esther (Peterson) Nelson. She was very active in Boy Scouts for years, an avid bowler for years (member of the 500 Club) and a member of the Elks Lodge. Darlene grew up in Seattle, and later moved around the country as a before settling in Lompoc, in 1967 to be near family.

In 2008, she moved to Lin- coln to again be near her family. Darlene is survived by her chil- dren (spouses), Keith (Karen) Brock- smith of Lincoln, Terry (Vikki) Brock- smith of Reno, Roger (Christie) Brocksmith of Eugene, Laurie Ann (Joe) Meneley of Rapid City, S.D., Leslie Bronaugh (fiance, Roger Bast) of Lincoln; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her fa- ther, Evert; mother and adoptive fa- ther, Esther and Clarence Sando; and husband, Robert Brocksmith. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, March 25, at Ever- green Washelli Funeral Home, Seat- tle. Condolences may be left www.bmlfh.com or www.washelli.

com. WESTPHAL Rebecca Rae Westphal passed away March 17, 2016. Visitation with the family present will be Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Celebration of life will be Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., Lincoln Bere- an Church.

Pastor Dan Moeller offi- ciating. It is request that memorials be made to Home In- stead Senior Care Foundation, 13323 California Omaha, NE 68154. Online condolences can be left at www.bmlfh.com BARNETT Wallace M. Barnett 85 of Lincoln, passed away on Friday, March 18,2016. He was born in Lincoln to Wallace M.

and Rose M. (Vanous) Barnett. Loving husband, dad, brother, grandpa (PaPa), great-grandpa. Graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948. Mar- ried Beverly J.

Teague on May 31, 1953. Career as firefighter with Lincoln Fire Nebraska state senator Dist. 26, Nebraska State Fire Marshal. Retirement activities were family, Nebraska State Capi- tol head of Security, Red Coat at Lincoln Airport, and Big Red Keno. Survivors: daughters, Joni (Mike) Luebbe, Bobbi (Lennie) Roesler; son, Scott (Ann) Barnett; grandchildren, Sera (Tom), Jamie (Erick), Kaylan (Adam), Katie (Rob- ert), Emma (Dominic), Jack and Lilly; great-grandchildren, Riley, Jordan, Noah, Aydan, Teagan, Sawyer and Easton; brothers, Ray and Robert (Jinky) Barnett; sis- ters-in-law, Marion (Layne) Brown, Linda (Ralph) Messerli.

Preceded in death by: parents; wife, Beverly; infant granddaugh- ter, Kelly Ann; sister-in-law, Jackie Barnett; great granddaughter, Re- gan Kelly. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church, 2723 N.

50th, Lincoln. Interment: Lincoln Memorial Park. Memorials can be directed to the family for future designation. Arrangements by Lin- coln Memorial Funeral Home. Condolences can be left at www.

lincolnfh.com. BEAMAN Robert E. Beaman, 91, Lincoln, formerly of Ceresco, died Saturday, March 19, 2016. Born August 15, 1924, in Ceresco to Jesse and Es- tella (Bennett) Beaman. Retired farmer, member of Immanuel Lu- theran Church, Ceresco.

Family includes: children, Susan (Brad) Williams, Dale Beaman, all Ceresco, Douglas (Cindy) Beaman, Grand Island; grandchildren, Kristin (Jeremy) Wortman, Kari (Justin) Christner, Kimberly Williams, Craig (Emily) Beaman, Kyle Beaman; great-grandchildren, Gavin Wortman and Olivia Wortman. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 23, at Roper Sons Chapel, 4300 Lincoln. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family for later designation. Condo- lences online at roperandsons.com.

RAY Zane William Ray, 60, Geneva died March 16, 2016. Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Farmer Son Funeral Home, Ge- neva. No NEBRASKA Walton Continued from A3 In turn, supporters are likely to argue that the infusion of hundreds of millions of federal dollars into economy would benefit the state, its hospitals and health care providers. That case was persuasive to some of the top corporate leaders in Omaha who were briefed weeks ago.

For a time, it appeared that the pace of prison reform might join the health care proposal as a major battleground in the clos- ing days of this legislative session. Some senators who have been most closely engaged in that process, including term-limited legislative leaders who will not be here next year, would like to move more quickly than the cur- rent pace of the executive branch. Republicans are inside the casino. Either choosing Donald Trump as their presidential nominee or denying him the nomination even though he goes to Cleveland with a substantial delegate lead are both big gambles. And those appear to be the only likely alternatives at the moment.

Meanwhile, declining to even consider President Barack nomination of a moderate judge to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court is another big gamble for the GOP. That assumes Hillary Clinton, or Bernie Sanders, will not win the presi- dency and Democrats reclaim a Senate majority, giving a new Democratic president the opportunity to nominate a far more liberal (and younger) judge to suc- ceed Antonin Scalia. There is an awkward fall- back option for Republicans if they lose the presidency and the Senate in a year when they have far more incumbents at risk than Democrats do: A hurry- up confirmation of Judge Merrick Garland following the November election and before the new Congress convenes in January. The presidency, the Sen- ate and the U.S.

Supreme Court are all on the line. We are in the midst of a super-high-stakes election year. And it comes with an undercurrent of tension and anger and menace, with the threat of violence and a whiff of tear gas in the air. Best guess now is be hard hats in Cleveland in July. The U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services reached out last week to respond to Sen. Ben critique of declining choices in the marketplace for health care insurance under the Affordable Care Act. For 2016 coverage, HHS stated, nearly nine in 10 returning consumers had a choice of three or more issuers. Before ACA was enacted, HHS said, pre-existing condition almost certainly meant you had zero Finishing up: Responding to a sug- gestion that the Legislature is divided into two camps, Rick Kolowski told his col- leagues that, in reality, there are camps, 49 individu- als, 49 different Galen Hadley was honored last week as a distinguished alumnus of Lincoln High School. Hadley, the Kearney senator, used to walk to school from his home in Lincoln through the Capitol where now Speaker of the Legislature.

The Cook Political Report ranks 2nd Congressional District as leaning Democratic in the 2016 House race. Rep. Brad Ashford is positioned to win re-election, the Cook evaluation suggested, and Trump or Cruz nomination would only help Ashford As Gov. Pete Ricketts pointed out last week, it looks like Nebraska Repub- licans may get a voice in this wild and woolly presi- dential race even though they vote until the May 10 primary election. Trump or Cruz? A class of fourth-grad- ers recently quizzed Laura Ebke about the line of suc- cession to the governorship.

OK, lieutenant governor, then Speaker of the Legis- lature and, uh, then who? Turns out the chairman of the executive board. Two weeks until base- ball you can see all the way to summer from here. Reach the writer at 402-473-7248 or On Twitter Behavioral Continued from A3 is an important dis- tinction we wanted to make as we move Stavem said of the change. programs are that important to The new principals are: Donald D. Sherrill Education Center: Cindy Vodicka, who was assistant principal at Cavett Elemen- tary this year.

Before that she was a special education coordinator at Lux Middle School and an instructional coordinator at Prescott El- ementary. Vodicka has mas- degrees in curriculum and instruction and in edu- cational leadership from Do- ane College. Bill Nuernberger Education Center: Jaime Boedeker, who has been a su- pervisor in student services for eight years. Before that, Boedeker was a teacher in the expelled student middle school program and a special education coordinator and teacher at Mickle Middle School. He has a degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Yankee Hill Pro- gram: Erik Witt, who has been associate principal at Lincoln Southeast since 2006. Before that, he was an instructional coordinator and special education coor- dinator at North Star. Witt has a degree from Doane. Reach the writer at 402-473-7226 or Rocket Continued from A3 Uni Place, Havelock and Bethany all began as sepa- rate towns or villages with their own high schools which were annexed into the city. They remained neigh- borhoods of hard-working, blue-collar families.

Good- year and Burlington North- ern were the lifeblood of the area, employing many of its residents. Northeast High graduates have become civic and busi- ness leaders: mayors and city councilmen, governors and U.S. Senators, police chiefs and school board members and U.S. postmasters. History goes that the school took its mascot from the Island a lightweight, streamlined diesel-electric passenger train that sped through northeast Lincoln neighbor- hoods along the Burlington Northern tracks.

Students likely also saw it as an opportunity for the future during difficult times a symbol of modern tech- nology, Lemon said. In the 1960s, the decom- missioned Lincoln Air Force Base donated the school a Nike Ajax missile and it was mounted on the front lawn. still a donated tor- pedo mounted on the south side of the school. But that missile became a target for rival high school vandals and it was painted and stolen, returned and fixed up over and over again, until 1990 when it disappeared for good. hundreds of stories about how it dis- said Glathar, a graduate of Lincoln High, whose Links displayed out- side the school are as storied as rocket.

The most prevailing story about the disap- pearance is that it was pulled from its stand, dragged down Adams Street and into the country, cut up and dumped in a farm pond, Glathar said. Lemon has talked to police, who have no record of its disappearance. But this much is fact: gone. Lemon, who grew up near 65th and Adams, went to the neighborhood Lutheran church. His mom worked at the Hinky Dinky down the street.

His playground was track and foot- ball field and he measured his growth by his ability to jump high enough to touch the end of that rocket. His mom graduated from Northeast, as will his children. He remembers the fierce school loyalty when he was a student, and the shift that took place at Northeast in the early 1990s, when the school and the neighborhood be- came much more culturally and ethnically diverse. That was a difficult transi- tion, but the school and the neighborhood weathered it, he said. still Rockets.

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