Midwest Holding (MDWT) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

Exhibit 99.1

Board of Directors
Midwest Holding Inc.8101"0"Street Suite 101Lincoln, NE 68510

Gentlemen:

I have been on the Midwest Holding Board close to ten years now. With a combination ofthefortunate, or unfortunate aging process, and the rapid changes in every business today,Ican sense a declining ability to represent the stockholdersas wellas Iwouldlike. That, along with three grandchildren whom overlook my defects. For those reasons, this letterismy official notification of my resignation from the Board ofDirectorsof Midwest Holding Inc.and all other positions held within that company. Effective as of theFifthday of April 2013.

Sincerely,

/s/ John C. Osborne

John C. Osborne