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Thomas A Maddux
Jan 13, 2022
Thomas Andrew Maddux was born December 30, 1928 to Wilfred and Vera Maddux. He died at North Platte, Nebraska on January 13, 2022. Tom was a third-generation rancher. He was raised on the Maddux-Brothers Ranch and Feed yard north of Wauneta, Nebraska. In 1947, Tom married Helen Joye Huston. Tom and Helen had four children, Thomas C., Kate, Tammy and...
Myron "Mike" E Kirwan
Jan 1, 2022
Longtime resident and teacher of Imperial passed away Saturday, January 1, 2022, at the Pruitt Health Care Center in Monroe, North Carolina. Mike was 92 years of age. Survivors Include: Daughter: Karen Weiner and husband, Richard, of Stallings, North Carolina Son: Kris Kirwan and wife, Ana, of Indian Trail, North Carolina 5 Grandchildren: Chelsea Weiner, Grant Weiner, Jocelyn Weiner, Brian...
Elinor E Denker
Dec 22, 2021
Elinor Elizabeth (Engel) Denker was born September 9, 1925, to Adolf and Mina (Siegel) Engel. Elinor grew up in the rural community of Wauneta, Nebraska, where she attended grade school and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1942. She continued her education attending business school in Denver, Colorado, and worked there for a year upon graduating. Elinor returned to Wauneta...
Hazel F Mackelberg
Dec 19, 2021
born June 5, 1935, to Francis W. and Fern E. (Kauffman) Canaday on her Grandparent’s ranch near Yampa, Colorado. Hazel grew up and attended school in the Elizabeth, Colorado area, graduating from Elizabeth High School in 1953. Hazel married Donald Mackelberg on December 23, 1955, in Denver Colorado. The couple initially settled at the Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid...
Wesley W White
Dec 10, 2021
Wesley Walter White was born March 16, 1938, in Bath, New York, to Francis A. (Sunderlin) and Dale Hewitt White, Sr. Wes grew up and attended school in New York and as a teenager traveled to Colorado where he continued his education, graduating from Evergreen High School with the class of 1957. Wes served in the Army National Guard from...
Irvin A Bauerle
Dec 7, 2021
Irvin Albert Bauerle, son of Emanuel William and Laura Ethel (Yaw) Bauerle was born August 27, 1922, in rural Champion, Nebraska. He passed away at his home on December 7, 2021, at the age of 99. Irvin attended grade school in rural Champion, graduated from Chase County High School in 1940, and then enlisted in the Army Air Corps on...
Maxine L Cox
Dec 5, 2021
Maxine L. Cox was born on February 12, 1945, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Ruby Lee (Lowry) and Pleasant M. Harris. Maxine grew up in Imperial and graduated from Chase County High School in 1963. Maxine married Robert D. Cox on May 4, 1963. Maxine enjoyed playing cards and attending sporting activities. She loved spending time with her family and friends,...
Helen M Schilke
Dec 2, 2021
Helen Mae Schilke was born September 6, 1951, in Caldwell, Idaho, to William C. and Laura B. (Duncan) Dixon. Helen grew up in Chase County, Nebraska, graduating from Chase County High School in 1969. She continued her education attending the McCook Beauty Academy in 1970. Helen married Wayne D. Schilke on February 6, 1971, and the couple settled on a...
Leila J Barrett
Nov 30, 2021
Leila Joy (McArthur) Barrett was born August 24, 1944, in Stratton, Colorado, to Velma Merle (Smelker) and John Dean McArthur. Leila attended Haigler High School, graduating with the class of 1962. After graduation, Leila began a career in health care as a CNA. She worked in various nursing homes, hospitals and for Home Health Care. Leila enjoyed making things and...
Gary D Snyder
Nov 29, 2021
Gary Dean Snyder was born March 14, 1966, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Lela Mae (Wonderly) and Peter Jacob Snyder. Gary grew up in Imperial and attended Chase County Schools, graduating from Chase County High School in 1984. He continued his education at a technical school. Gary was employed by the Imperial Coop, Chase County Road Department as a truck driver...
Carol J Broz
Nov 28, 2021
Resident of Imperial passed away Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, at the Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial. Carol was 92 years of age. Survivors Include: Son: Joseph Broz and wife, Jeanette, of Sleepy Hollow, NY Daughter: Jon Marie Broz of Denver, CO. 4 Grandchildren Sister-In-Law: June Steggs of Imperial, NE Mass of the Christian Burial will be held Thursday afternoon,...
Alvin Harmon
Nov 26, 2021
Alvin was born in north rural Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska on June 26, 1930 to Roy Harmon and Mabel Irene (Lindsey) Harmon. He was the youngest of three children. In 1937 the family moved to the farm west of Imperial in Chase County where he lived his entire life, except while in the U.S. Army. Alvin served his country from...
Kimberly A Paul
Nov 9, 2021
Kimberly Ann Paul, 67, a long-time resident of North Platte, passed away at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman on November 9, 2021. She was born in Topeka, Kansas to Thomas and Dolores (Weyer) Clickner on July 5, 1954. She grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she met the love of her life Michael J. Paul. They were...
Paul Monteith
Oct 31, 2021
Robert Paul Monteith was born August 1, 1957, in McCook, Nebraska, to Gertrude (Bopp) and John Hiram Monteith II. Paul grew up in Imperial, Nebraska, and he spent his whole life in the community, except for two years in college and two years working construction in the Denver area. Paul returned to the Champion area to farm for several years....
Sonia Lee Ambrosek
Oct 28, 2021
Sonia Lee Morris Ambrosek started her life journey July 12, 1954, in Grappenhall, England; she passed from this life on October 28, 2021. Sonia was the daughter of Lilian Doreen Langley Morris and Robert Lee Morris. Sonia came to the United States at about 18 months of age with her parents and older brother, Howard. They came to eastern Nebraska...
Neal McSwain
Oct 27, 2021
Raymond Neal McSwain was born January 24, 1956, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Helen (Nichols) and William “Bill” McSwain. Neal grew up in Loveland, Colorado, and graduated from Loveland High School in 1974. He went on to further his education at Colorado State University in Fort Collins where he graduated with a bachelor’s of science in Landscape Management. On June 30,...
Norman W Robertson
Oct 27, 2021
Norman Wayne Robertson was born on March 21, 1972, in Fort Morgan, Colorado, to Gertrude Riley. Norman grew up and attended school in Fort Morgan. When Norman relocated to the Imperial, Nebraska, area, he began working for Mid County Farms where he was employed for the last six years. On July 4, 2020, Norman married Quintessa Renee Andrews in Champion,...
Troy Kost
Oct 27, 2021
Troy David Kost was born March 14, 1963, in Leadville, Colorado, to Karola (Geobel) and Richard J. Kost. Troy was raised by his step-father, Ronald J. Shank. He grew up in Kansas and graduated from Saline High School in 1982. After graduation, Troy moved to Colorado where he owned and managed several rental properties in Thornton, Westminster and Denver. While...
Sherry J Coleman
Oct 26, 2021
Sherry June (Rippe) Coleman was born July 12, 1956 in Denver, Colorado, to Nelda (Holl) and Arnold Rippe. She grew up on the family dairy farm and graduated from Weld Central High School in 1975. Sherry was asked to help in fall harvest near Imperial, Nebraska. There, in the middle of a corn field, she met the love of her...
Janice E Cribelli
Oct 21, 2021
Janice Esther O’Neil was the third daughter born to Bernard and Dorothy O’Neil in Imperial, Nebraska, on December 19, 1939. In her formative years Jan grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska, and on the family farm located on the north divide. She was an active young lady, and was one of Wauneta’s first lifeguards in the 1950s. Jan was very athletic...
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