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Kenneth C Hummel
Aug 28, 2019
Kenneth C. Hummel of Cozad passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at Central City Care Center at the age of 79. Kenny was born in Wauneta, Nebraska on November 19, 1939 to Robert and Gladys (Steckman) Hummel. He attended Wauneta Public Schools and later, as a teenager, Omaha School for the Deaf. Kenny spent his childhood tagging along after his...
Thomas Liebig
Aug 27, 2019
Thomas Francis Liebig, age 69, of Wauneta, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Thom's siblings were with him at the time of his passing. He was born March 7, 1950 in Columbus, NE to Daniel and Joanne Liebig. The family moved to Wauneta in January of 1954. Thom graduated from Wauneta High School...
Celia J Spady
Aug 11, 2019
Celia Joyce Spady was born January 6, 1940, in Lyman, Wyoming to Kermit Bernard and Lottie Ida (Wolf) Karns. As a young girl, her family lived in different locations in Wyoming and Nebraska following her father’s job in the Federal Aviation Administration. After graduating from North Kansas City High School in 1958, Celia married her high school sweetheart, Dennis, on...
Betty Jean Deyle
Aug 11, 2019
Betty Jean Deyle was born December 11, 1926 at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska to Elmer and Lottie (Fulk) Nelson and departed this life on August 11, 2019 at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman, Nebraska. She was 92 years of age. She grew up on a farm in northern Dundy County and attended country grade school at...
Brian L Harchelroad
Aug 9, 2019
Brian Harchelroad Brian Lee Harchelroad was born on September 25, 1966, In Imperial, Nebraska, to Gene and Wilva (Richards) Harchelroad. Brian attended Wauneta Public Schools, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1985. He continued his education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he earned a business degree. He played football for the University of Nebraska from 1985-1989. After graduation...
David O. Merklin
Aug 3, 2019
David Orlando Merklin, 90, of Benkelman, Nebraska, passed away, Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Sarah Ann Hester Home. David O was born 16 July 1929 on a farm 3 miles south of Benkelman, Nebraska to David Albert and Manila Alfreda (Osborn) Merklin, the youngest of 5 children. He lived on the farm until the flood of 1935 destroyed the...
Kay Marie Baudier
Aug 1, 2019
Kay Marie Baudier was born on December 13, 1938, at Holdrege, Nebraska, to Ray H. and Ethel V (Millis) Williamson. Kay attended school in Stratton, Nebraska, graduating from Stratton High School. Kay had many hobbies including sewing and working all types of puzzles. She enjoyed traveling and experiencing new places. Kay passed away Thursday afternoon, August 1, 2019 at the...
Sandy S Large
Jul 19, 2019
Sandra Sue Large was born on April 6, 1958, at Spalding, Nebraska, to LaVerne A. and Kay L. (Jenkins) Buckles. Sandy, as she was known, grew up in Ericson where she attended school graduating from Wheeler Central High School in Bartlett, Nebraska. Sandy continued her education at Wayne State and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, earning a Bachelor’s Degree...
Virginia Emma Unzicker
Jul 8, 2019
Virginia Emma Unzicker, 94 of Imperial, Nebraska passed away Monday morning, July 8, 2019 at Monarch Hospice Home in Lincoln, Nebraska. Virginia (Ginny) was born April 30, 1925 in Holyoke, Colorado to Morse Allen and Ruby Maude (Ellis) Kistler. She graduated from Phillips County High School in May 1944 and attended Colorado Women’s College and Oregon State University. In 1945,...
Jacqueline E McBride
Jul 5, 2019
Jacqueline Elaine McBride was born November 13, 1946, in Imperial, Nebraska, to James E. and Elzie M. (Cline) McBride. As a young lady Jacqueline attended school in Dundy County graduating from Sunny Slope, District # 64, in 1964. She then attended college for a short time before becoming employed in electronics assembly for Martin-Marietta Company. Jacqueline resided in several different...
Merle E Macklin
Jun 28, 2019
Merle Macklin Merle Eugene Macklin was born June 16, 1938, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Harvey John and Phyllis Nettie (Yost) Macklin. As a young man he attended school in several different locations moving with his family. In February of 1957 Merle joined the United States Army. Merle received his honorable discharge in May of 1959 and he moved to...
Leslie E Smith
Jun 20, 2019
Les Smith Leslie Earl Smith was a husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He was born October 17, 1938, to Leslie E. Smith Sr. and Gladys B. Smith in Imperial, NE. He died June 20, 2019. As a younger man, married at the age of 20, and with a family to support he hit the road selling sewing machines and...
Bernard Marvin
Jun 15, 2019
Obituary of Bernard Marvin Bernard Earl Marvin was born on December 4, 1931 to Loyd Edward and Clara Verneal (Casebeer) on the home place west of Imperial and passed away June 15, 2019. He grew up on the family farm doing interesting things such as watching threshing crews, corn shelling operations, and learning cattle, hog, and chicken management. The family...
Nancy Case
Jun 6, 2019
Nancy Celeste (Shaw) Case, 89 of Imperial, Nebraska passed away on June 6, 2019 at the Imperial Manor in Imperial, Nebraska. Nancy was born in Lancaster, Missouri on April 1, 1930 to Robert Forrest and Gladys Claire (Wardlow) Shaw. She was the youngest of five children. At the age of 5, the family relocated to Nebraska settling in Chase County...
Burdean Marie Melchert
Jun 3, 2019
Burdean M. Melchert was born to Harold and Sophia (Kircher) Geihsler on December 16, 1937 in Hayes Center, Nebraska. She grew up in McCook, Nebraska and graduated from McCook High School in 1955. Burdean married Alfred Melchert on May 26, 1956 in Oberlin, Kansas. They lived in Corpus Christi, Texas for one year before settling in Stratton, Nebraska. Burdean sewed...
Larry Dean Bunz
Jun 3, 2019
Larry Dean Bunz was born to William and Janice (Nissen) Bunz on January 28, 1964 in Waterloo, Iowa. He attended school and graduated from Hudson High School. After high school, Larry attended Hawkeye Tech in Waterloo where he studied welding. Larry married Cynthia Brown and while they would later divorce, they welcomed a daughter, Ashley Bunz and a son, Christopher...
Tom Hayes
Jun 1, 2019
Thomas Joe Hayes, 59, of Imperial, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019, as the result of an accident at his workplace. Tom was born Nov. 25, 1959, in Imperial, the second child of William Thomas Hayes and Wanda Darlene (Cook) Hayes. Tom grew up on the family farm just west of Imperial with his older sister Susan and younger...
Charles Samuelson
May 31, 2019
Charles Samuelson was born at home in Milford, Nebraska, to Charles Godfrey and Lois (Keefer) Samuelson on September 5, 1938, and died at Benkelman, Nebraska, on May 31, 2019. Charles’ joy was to meet people and cultivate friendships. He would greet strangers at gas stations, in airports, on the street, or at public gatherings and find a way to make...
Alfred D McCrumb
May 25, 2019
Alfred Dean McCrumb was born October 12, 1936 to Silas Carl and Lula Ethel (Long) McCrumb in Denver, Colorado. He attended school and graduated from high school in Meeker, Colorado. Al volunteered for the United States Army in June of 1955 and was honorably discharged at the rank of Specialist in May of 1958. Alfred worked at Martin Marietta in...
Anna J Gray
May 17, 2019
Anna Gray Resident of Stratton, Nebraska, passed away Friday evening, May 17th, 2019, at the Community Hospital in McCook, NE. Anna was 57 years of age. Survivors Include: Son: Matthew Dorothy, of Lincoln, NE Sisters: Aloha Kier and husband, Jack, of Max, NE Jeanne Anderson and Tim Davis, of Buna, TX Companion and Friend: Earl Shannon of Bird City, KS...
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