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Marie Jane Smith
Nov 14, 2019
Marie Jane (Vlasin) Smith was born on October 19,1924, at the farm home south of Madrid, Nebraska, to August and Anna (Cizer) Vlasin. She was baptized and confirmed at Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church in Elsie, Nebraska. As a child she attended country school through the 8th grade then going to work on the family farm milking cows and...
Doris L McDonald
Nov 10, 2019
DORIS (HEATER) McDONALD Doris Loraine (Heater) McDonald was born March 9, 1925, in Stratton, Nebraska, to Percy H. and Lizzie (Huser) Heater. As a young lady she grew up in Stratton moving with her parents to Max, Nebraska, in 1940. Doris graduated from Max High School in 1942 and returned to Stratton where she began her working career at the...
Jim Gauger
Nov 6, 2019
Jim Gauger Jimmie Allen Gauger was born August 2, 1937, in Stratton, Nebraska, to Ben and Virginia (Egle) Gauger. As a youngster he attended rural school and assisted his family on the farm. Jim was inducted into the U.S. Army in August 1961 and was honorable discharged in June of 1963. He returned to Southwest Nebraska after his discharge and...
Orville "Corky" Kunnemann
Nov 1, 2019
Orville Raymond Kunnemann was born July 9, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Henry D. and Katherine (Hansen) Kunnemann. “Corky” as he was known attended country school in Chase County as a youngster. He entered the U.S. Army on March 7, 1946, and served in the Philippines during WWII. After his discharge on April 11, 1947, he returned to Southwest Nebraska...
Jean Krug
Oct 28, 2019
Jean (Ham) Krug Jean (Ham) Krug was born September 16, 1940, at the Benkelman Hospital to Lyle and Fern (Hardwick) Ham. Jean attended school in Benkelman graduating from Benkelman High School in 1958. She continued her education at Kearney State College. On March 1, 1959, Jean married the love of her life, Henry M. Krug Jr. Three children blessed this...
Darrell Evans
Oct 16, 2019
Darrell Wayne Evans was the youngest of seven children born to John David and Helen (Nauman) Evans on July 24, 1944. Darrell spent his youth on a wheat farm east of Haxtun, Colorado. Upon graduation from Haxtun High School he attended Northeast Junior College in Sterling, Colorado where he met the love of his life, Terri Donaldson-Willets. Darrell and Terri...
Nina G Fortkamp
Oct 13, 2019
Nina Fortkamp Nina Georgia (Brown) Fortkamp was born July 28, 1922, to John and Rossa (Krutsinger) Brown at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska, the fifth of seven children. Nina was raised on the family farm in Dundy County, Nebraska, attended rural school nearby and graduated from Dundy County High School, Benkelman Nebraska, in 1939. Nina earned her teaching...
Colleen Kinder
Oct 11, 2019
Colleen A. Kinder Colleen Ann (Forsbeck) Kinder was born September 3, 1929, at home in Gorham, KS, to the late Ansel and Ruffina Forsbeck. A life-long Missouri Synod Lutheran, Colleen was baptized on September 29, 1929, in Gorham, KS, by Rev. E.H.L. Frese, and confirmed on April 23, 1943, at Zion Lutheran Church in Independence, KS, by Rev. W.A. Meyer....
Kristi Nicole Ohrman
Oct 11, 2019
Kristi Nicole Lutz Ohrman, 38, passed away at her home in Wray, Colorado on October 11, 2019. Kristi was born on May 16, 1981, at Dundy County Hospital, with Dr. Kenneth C. Stout attending. Parents are father, Jim C. Lutz of Parks NE, his wife Linda, and mother, Helen L. McSwain and husband Neal of Benkelman. Kristi grew up on...
Verna Sandman
Oct 10, 2019
Verna Maxine (Brown) Sandman was born in Denver, CO on March 23rd, 1925 to Bert Brown and Gladys (Horn) Brown and departed this life on October 10th, 2019. Verna graduated from Wauneta Public Schools in 1943. Verna and Jack Sandman were united in marriage on January 18th, 1948 at the Wauneta United Methodist Church. To this marriage 5 children were...
Loren Doetker
Oct 8, 2019
Loren Dale Doetker was born on October 24, 1949 and departed this life on October 8, 2019. He was 69 years of age. He attended country school at Eden through the eighth grade and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1967. He later enrolled at Western Technical College in Englewood, Colorado, graduating as an Automotive Technician. Shortly after college, he...
Iris A Large
Oct 4, 2019
Iris Ann Large was born on December 13, 1932, to Everett and Jessie (Rathbun) Large, in Hayes County, Nebraska. She passed away unexpectedly on October 4, 2019, at her home in Lincoln, New Mexico. Iris attended Estelle, the rock schoolhouse, in Hayes County through the seventh grade, and graduated from Wauneta High School at the age of 16 in 1949....
Erma June Fortkamp
Oct 2, 2019
Erma June Fortkamp was born June 7, 1927 in rural Dundy County, Nebraska to Ben and Fanny (Duhm) Donze. Erma was baptized and confirmed in the Redeemer Lutheran church in Wauneta, Nebraska and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1946. On February 14, 1951, she was united in marriage to Martin Fortkamp in Wauneta. To this union two children were...
Ronald E Acton
Sep 30, 2019
Ronald Acton Ronald Elsworth Acton was born November 21, 1924, at Agency, Iowa, to Harry L. and Katie E. (Widger) Acton. As a youngster, Ron, moved with his family in, 1935, to a farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska. He attended school in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1942. Ron entered the U.S. Army on May 10, 1945, and...
Norma Harper
Sep 19, 2019
Norma Harper Norma Yvonne Harper was born on March 4, 1934, at Arapahoe, Nebraska, to Clarence and Mabel (McCollam) Randolph. As a young girl she moved with her family to Benkelman, Nebraska, where she grew up and attended school. Norma married George “Demby” Harper in October of 1961, at Casper Wyoming, where the couple made their home for several years....
Eva June Cowles
Sep 9, 2019
Eva June Cowles was born September 22, 1928 to Henry Grover and Dessie Gay Felt in Hiawatha, Nebraska. Eva’s family moved to Champion, Nebraska in 1929 where she lived until moving to Englewood, Colorado as a teenager. After graduating from Englewood High School in 1944, she met and married Robert “Coke” Cowles on October 4, 1947. In 1954 they moved...
Vonna G Ragan
Sep 6, 2019
Vonna Glyndean (Hardy) Ragan was born July 19, 1929, to Frank K. and Lola A. (Henderson) Hardy, at the home of her great-grandparents in Stratton, Nebraska. Vonna attended grade school at the Eden Country School, and graduated from Stratton High School in 1946. After graduation, Vonna, continued her education at the Barnes Business School in Denver, Colorado. Vonna married Seth...
Esther Pearl (Darby) Cline
Aug 31, 2019
Esther Pearl Cline the daughter of Theodore and Elizabeth (Wall) Darby, was born May 25, 1923 at Cheyenne County, Kansas at the township of Nutty Combe and passed away August 31, 2019 at the Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was 96 years of age. Esther grew up on the family farm. Her mother passed away when she...
Dona Irene Tropf
Aug 31, 2019
Dona Irene Tropf was born to Dwight Jacob and Annie Rose (Redden) Hogsett on July 25, 1929 in the Best community in western Chase County, Nebraska. She attended school through the eighth grade and then stayed home to help the family on the farm. Dona would return to school later in life and receive her GED. Dona was united in...
Kenneth Vanderford
Aug 29, 2019
Kenneth Neil Vanderford was born on February 12, 1939 to Charlie and Elsie Vanderford and raised on a farm 5 miles south of Haigler, Nebraska with one brother Norvin. Kenneth passed away August 29, 2019 in the family home at the age of 80. Kenneth attended grade school in a country school near the farm, West 10th School. He then...
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