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Facts about the city

Merna is a village in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 363 at the 2010 census.

Merna Obituaries

It was reported by Kearney Hub on June 22nd, 2021 that Phyllis Summer passed on in Merna, Nebraska.  Summer was 91 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Phyllis's life.

It was revealed by Kearney Hub on November 13th, 2020 that Lori Marie Blakeman (Trump) passed away in Merna, Nebraska.  Ms. Blakeman was 55 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Lori Marie's life.

It was noted by Kearney Hub on October 6th, 2020 that Dale Allen Schmidt died in Merna, Nebraska.  Schmidt was 71 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Dale Allen's life.

It was reported by Grand Island Independent on May 19th, 2020 that Emma Theresa Lyon (Safranek) passed away in Merna, Nebraska.  Ms. Lyon was 99 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Emma Theresa's life.

It was disclosed by Des Moines Register on February 12th, 2020 that Leland Robert Schaad passed on in Iowa.  Schaad was 89 years old and was born in Merna, NE.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Leland Robert's life.

It was revealed on January 4th, 2020 that Larry Ronald Ackley passed on in Green River, Wyoming.  Ackley was 76 years old and was born in Merna, NE.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Larry Ronald's life.

It was written by Kearney Hub on October 4th, 2019 that Joseph Jezbera passed on in Merna, Nebraska.  Jezbera was 72 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Joseph's life.

It was noted on September 11th, 2019 that Dona Burnworth (Meyer) passed away in Beloit, Kansas.  Ms. Burnworth was 87 years old and was born in Merna, NE.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Dona's life.

It was disclosed on June 1st, 2019 that Robert Dale "Bud" Johnson died in Gilbert, Arizona.  Johnson was 88 years old and was born in Merna, NE.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Robert Dale "Bud"'s life.

It was reported by Grand Island Independent on May 3rd, 2019 that Helen Louise Reynolds (Hunt) passed on in Merna, Nebraska.  Ms. Reynolds was 90 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Helen Louise's life.

History

In 1883, the Post Office and store, which comprised the town, was moved about two miles west and north, and a townsite, company formed. Merna, the Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General at the US Postal Service Headquarters in Washington, DC, learned there was a Third Class Post Office named Merna, in Custer County, Nebraska. Brotherton and his wife took a claim where the town of Merna now stands. We feel our town is taking on new life." Recently, Merna was at the center of a geological controversy regarding a depression in the land several miles west of town in the loess hills. He built a small sod house and this became a Post Office and a store, he being the second Postmaster.