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Harold "Dean" Pursley
Feb 3, 2021
Harold Dean Pursley was born on November 4, 1932 in Benkelman, NE to Vester and Marjorie Pursley, the fifth child of seven. Dean was a lifelong resident of Dundy County. He attended school in Benkelman and was an athlete in every sport offered, playing with his numerous Pursley cousins. He was baptized in 1950 in the Benkelman Presbyterian Church. In...
Mary Ellen Dahnke
Feb 1, 2021
Mary Ellen Dahnke was born December 19, 1931, in the Eden Community, south of Wauneta, Nebraska, to Guy S. and Florence L. (Long) West. As a young girl she attended rural country school and went on to attend Wauneta High School. Mary Ellen married Bobby G. Dahnke in 1947, and the couple settled near Stratton, Nebraska. While raising four children,...
Leroy W Adams
Jan 30, 2021
Leroy Wayne Adams was born November 2, 1931, at Champion, Nebraska, to Price P. and Louise W. (Kirkpatrick) Adams. As a young man he grew up and attended school locally. Leroy was inducted into the US Army on May 14, 1952, and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on April 2, 1954, and returned to Southwest Nebraska....
Galen G Todd
Jan 20, 2021
Galen Todd passed away unexpectedly on January 20, 2021. Galen Gene Todd was born June 10, 1953 to Duaine and Bonnie (Behlke) Todd. He grew up in Benkelman, NE and graduated with the class of 1972. He went to Western Nebraska Technical College to study Auto Body in Sidney, NE and graduated in 1974. After graduation Galen started working for...
Kenneth H Kunnemann
Jan 20, 2021
Kenneth Henry Kunnemann was born northwest of Imperial, Nebraska, on December 1, 1931, to George and Rosa (Haarberg) Kunnemann. Ken was baptized on December 20, 1931, and confirmed on May 20, 1945, at the Lutheran Church in Imperial. Ken attended District #6 in northwest Chase County for 8 years and then went to work on the family farm. In 1952...
Timothy E Lunzmann
Jan 11, 2021
Timothy Eugene Lunzmann was born August 18th 1952 at Morehouse Hospital in Benkelman, NE to Lloyd Herman Henry Lunzmann and Eva Eudora (Howard) Lunzmann. He was baptized on September 14th, 1952, at the Zion Lutheran Church of Benkelman, NE. Godparent’s where his grandfathers Gustav Lunzmann and Bly Howard. Tim lived his early years on the Lunzmann home place north of...
Jeanette M Burkhalter
Jan 8, 2021
Jeanette Marie Burkhalter was born February 21, 1959, in Stratton, Nebraska, to Kermit Downing and Mary (Vachuta) Downing-Schwerdt. As a young girl, Jeanette grew up and attended school in Bird City, Kansas, where she graduated from Cheylin High School in 1977. Jeanette went on to further her education at Colby Community College. She received her Associates Degree in 1979 as...
Cynthia "Cindy" S Fries
Jan 5, 2021
Cindy Fries, Benkelman, passed away on January 5, 2021 at the Dundy County Hospital after an extended and courageous battle with breast cancer. Cindy was born on August 2,1954 to Walter and Jean (Howard) Blecha. She grew up north of Benkelman at Twin Lakes. She attended country school at District 36 until the school closed and then she finished her...
Martin L Fortkamp
Dec 31, 2020
Martin Louis Fortkamp departed this life December 31, 2020 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 100. Martin was born June 13, 1920 on the south divide in rural Chase County Nebraska to Henry C. and Sophia (Haarberg) Fortkamp in the family home. Martin attended a rural school near the family farm and St. Paul Lutheran parochial...
Joel VanSteenberg
Dec 24, 2020
Resident of Imperial, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home, Imperial, NE. Joel was 77 years of age. Survivors Include: Son: Brian VanSteenberg of Superior, NE Daughter: Terri Mohler and husband, Joe, of Missoula, MT Son: Aaron VanSteenberg of Hastings, NE 4 Grandchildren Joel’s wishes were for cremation with no following memorial services. On line...
Sharon K Kluender
Dec 23, 2020
Sharon Kay Kluender was born August 12, 1943, to Douglas and Elvira (Wickman) Hammon in Valentine, NE. Sharon grew up and attended school in Valentine, graduating From Valentine High School in 1961. She continued her education by attending college at Colorado State University and graduating from Chadron State College in 1965 with a degree in Secondary Education. Sharon married Robert...
Tyler C Schneider
Dec 21, 2020
Tyler Carl Schneider was born on February 17, 1977 in McCook, Nebraska to the late Carl Fred Schneider and Darlla D. Krutsinger. Tyler was the first of three sons, followed by brothers Toby Lee and Jesse Dean. Tyler grew up in Benkelman, Nebraska where he attended Benkelman Elementary and graduated from Dundy County Highschool in 1995. Tyler accepted Jesus Christ...
Arthur "Jerry" G. Wissink
Dec 19, 2020
Arthur (Jerry) G. Wissink was born January 4, 1965, in Stratton, Nebraska, to Ann Louise (Barnett) and Ronald Dean Wissink. Jerry grew up and attended school in Stratton and graduated from Stratton High School in 1983. On February 28, 1987, Jerry married Peri Jo French at the Methodist Church in Stratton. The couple settled in Stratton were Jerry completed a...
Barbara Brown
Dec 12, 2020
Barbara Anne Brown was born March 28, 1930, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Oris Albert and Angelina Elizabeth (McMannama) Brown. As a young girl, Barbara attended school in Imperial, Nebraska, and graduated from Chase County High School in 1948. On May 13, 1949, Barbara married Hubert C. Brown at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The couple first settled in Enders,...
Socorro M Murillo
Dec 12, 2020
Socorro Maria Murillo was born August 4, 1941, in Rotan, Texas, to Fernando and Laurencia (Fernadez) Perez. As a young girl, Socorro grew up and attended school in Texas before moving to Colorado. Socorro met Gregorio Murillo in Colorado and the couple were married on September 7, 1967, in Greeley. Socorro and Gregorio settled in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, where they...
Karen K Steinbeck
Dec 7, 2020
Karen Karrleen Steinbeck was born October 24, 1940, at Palisade, Nebraska, to Francis M. and Mildred O. (Weston) Andrew. As a youngster, she grew up and attended School in Palisade, graduating Palisade High School in 1958. On January 11, 1960, she married Duane “Pete” Steinbeck in Benkelman, Ne. They lived and farmed south of Wauneta. In 1997 the couple moved...
Viola B Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2020
Viola Bertha Gottschalk was born November 13, 1923, to John and Margaret (Kramer) Johnston near Erie, Colorado. As a child, she attended country school near her home through the eighth grade. She completed requirements for a high school diploma as an adult many years later after raising her family. On Oct. 8, 1950, she married Benjamin E. Gottschalk in Longmont,...
Jessie (Annabel) Pump
Dec 3, 2020
Jessie Annabel (Brown) Pump entered this world at the family farm North of Wauneta, Nebraska. The 4th child of 8, Annabel was born on January 18, 1920 to her proud parents, Gertrude Orvetta (Witt) and Andrew Jackson Brown. Annabel remembers riding on the family horse, Chloe, with three of her siblings to and from the Garfield School where she attended...
Catherine M Weber
Dec 3, 2020
Catherine Minnie Weber passed away on December 3rd in Lincoln Nebraska. She was 88 years old. Catherine was born to Joseph and Elizabeth Simons, of Nenzel, Nebraska on April 19th, 1932. She was the second youngest of nine children. She grew up on a farm there in Nenzel. Lived in Merriman through her school days. Worked the family café. Cathy...
Dennis F Goings
Dec 1, 2020
Dennis Floyd Goings was born February 26, 1944, to Floyd Lecurgus and Sophia Stella (Kerchal) Goings at Chase County Hospital, Imperial, NE. Dennis graduated from Wauneta High School on May 7, 1962, and continued his education attending Parks Business School in Denver, CO. He earned an Associate’s Degree in Data Processing and was employed in several different positions assisting his...
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