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Gregorio Murillo
Nov 30, 2020
San Benito, Texas, to Gregorio Murillo and Esperanza Barrera. As a young man he grew up and attended school in Texas before moving to Colorado. Gregorio married Socorro Perez on September 7, 1967, in Greeley, Colorado, and the couple settled in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, where they lived for several before making Imperial, Nebraska, their home. Gregorio was employed by Edwin...
Joe C Maddux
Nov 27, 2020
Long time rancher of Chase County, born July 7, 1938, passed away Friday morning, November 27, 2020, at his home on the ranch surrounded by his family. Joe was 82 years of age. (Private Family Services)
Arthur "John" Werner
Nov 22, 2020
Arthur John Werner, age 59, of Palisade, Nebraska, passed peacefully, on Sunday, November 22, 2020, surrounded by family at his son’s home in Lincoln, Nebraska. John (as he was known) was born January 16, 1961, in Sacramento, California. He graduated in 1979 from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California. John moved to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and joined the U.S....
Eugene L Carrigan
Nov 20, 2020
Eugene Lee Carrigan was born on April 1, 1942, in Wauneta, Nebraska. Gene (as he was known) resided in Northglenn, Colorado and passed away November 20th, 2020, at the age of 78, after an extended illness. Gene was raised by his father, Alme Eugene Carrigan and grandmother Vida, after his mother, Vera, passed away in 1948. In May of 1956,...
Janice L DeWester
Nov 14, 2020
Janice Louise DeWester was born July 17, 1944, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Everett and Louise (Hardwick) Stamm and departed this life on November 14, 2020, from her home in Wauneta, Nebraska, at the age of 76. Jan was raised on a farm 12 miles northwest of Benkelman and attended District 36, a one room schoolhouse through the 8th grade. She...
Marilyn L Lutz
Nov 14, 2020
Marilyn Louise Lutz was born on August 23, 1936, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Dr. G. Albert and Marguerite Morehouse. Marilyn grew up and attended school in Benkelman, graduating from Benkelman High School in 1954. On September 5, 1954, Marilyn married Chris Frankie Lutz at the Benkelman Methodist Church. The couple settled on the farm six miles east of Benkelman on...
Max Hoffmeister
Nov 13, 2020
Max was into life full time and for the long run. He was born September 29, 1927, to Isabel (Bennison) and Max Hoffmeister at Imperial, NE, the oldest of three, growing up with sisters Mary (Hillberry) and Ruth (Piva). He attended grade and high school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1946. While in high school, he...
Clara J Hamilton
Nov 12, 2020
Clara Jean Hamilton was born February 16, 1935, on the family farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska, to Cecil R. and Mabel E. (Hallett) Maddux. Clara grew up and attended school in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1952. She went on to further her education at McCook Community College where she received her Associate’s Degree in teaching. Clara taught...
Donald D Henry
Nov 12, 2020
Donald Henry Resident of Stratton passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. Donald was 77 years of age. A full obituary will be submitted when it becomes available Service are pending. B
Joseph W Sowa
Nov 8, 2020
Joseph W. Sowa Resident of Benkelman and Haigler Nebraska passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020 at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. Joe was 95 years of age. Services and Obituary are pending at this time.
DeLores Taylor
Nov 5, 2020
DeLores Ann “Dee” Taylor was born May 20, 1930, to Edward and Dora (Nordhausen) Denker on their farm south of Wauneta, Nebraska. Dee was baptized, schooled, confirmed and married at St. Paul’s Lutheran church out on the South Divide. Dee’s childhood revolved around church and family. The Nordhausen and Denker clans were a prodigious group of German immigrants that resulted...
Bonnie I Schultz
Nov 5, 2020
Bonnie Irene Schultz was born on December 17, 1925, to Millard Bryan and Ethel Ellen (Bressie) Smith in rural Chase County. As a young lady she attended country grade school and graduated from Chase County High School in 1943. Bonnie married Eldon Grantham and the couple settled on the Bryan Smith Farm east of Imperial. They moved to several different...
Cory Hock
Oct 29, 2020
On October 29, 2020, H. Cory Hock, 64, passed away due to a recently diagnosed medical condition. Cory was born on May 30, 1956 and lived most of his life in Denver, Colorado. Yet it was fitting that he passed away in Imperial, Nebraska, his favorite hunting and fishing “honey hole.” Cory attended Emmaus Lutheran School during his younger years,...
Mary Harmon
Oct 21, 2020
Mary Louise Harmon was born in Dryden, MI on January 1st 1939 at the home of Clarence and Elta (Brainard) Rose in the middle of a blizzard. Not being their primary doctor, unaware, he started packing up his bag when Elta called out "wait there is one more coming!" Shirley May Gayman was born at 1:40 am and Mary 17...
Mary Gage
Oct 19, 2020
Mary Etta Gage passed away on Monday, October 19th, 2020 at North Platte Care Center. Mary was born January 15, 1937 to Clifford and Velma (Hixon) Moody in Imperial, Nebraska. She attended Wauneta Public Schools graduating in 1954, and then went on to earn her teaching certificate from McCook Community College. On December 18, 1955 Mary married the love of...
Dale "Burdette" Wilson
Oct 16, 2020
Since the birth of Dale Burdette Wilson on July 4th, 1925, he has been a “firecracker” so to speak with a very independent spirit. Dale Burdette was born to Orrin and Ethel Belle (Smith) Wilson on the family farm north of Benkelman. He was 1 of 13 children raised in a two-bedroom house. Burdette attended school until the 8th grade,...
Leonel Torres
Oct 15, 2020
Leonel Ruperto Torres was born March 27, 1943, in Santo Tomas, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Gabriel Torres and Inez Arreola. He grew up and attended school in Mexico. Leonel married Lucinda Marquez on September 18, 1986, In Ignacio Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. The couple settled in several communities in Mexico, before moving to Winslow, Arizona. They then made their home in Imperial,...
Wilber Kuenning
Oct 9, 2020
Wilber L Kuenning of Imperial, NE passed away on October 9, 2020 from Coronavirus. He was born February 18, 1922 in Unadilla, NE to Oscar & Myrtle Kuenning. The fifth of 12 children, he was raised by a single mother. He started working for wages at the age of 10, always giving a portion of his earnings to his mother....
Marlon J Prottsman
Oct 9, 2020
Marlon Jay Prottsman was born September 20, 1954, at Grant, Nebraska, to Wayne and Eunice (Behrens) Prottsman. He grew up and attended school in the Venango area, graduating from Venango High School in 1972. He continued his education at Mid- Plains Community College in their welding program. Marlon was inducted the US Navy in August of 1973, serving in the...
Esther A Einspahr
Oct 3, 2020
Esther Ann Einspahr was born June 13, 1929, at Wauneta, Nebraska, to Otis J. and Clara M. (Ditton) Knotwell. As a youngster, Esther was baptized on April 5, 1942, at the United Methodist Church of Wauneta. She grew up and attended school in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1946. On August 20, 1950, Esther married Rodney D. Einspahr,...
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