Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Imperial, Wauneta, and Benkelman, NE areas.

Sandra "Sandy" Kay Browning

Sandra "Sandy" Kay Browning

Mar 31, 2018

Sandra “Sandy” Browning was born June 6, 1949 to Keith and Evalynne (Saum) Powell in Grant, Nebraska. She grew up in Grant, and graduated high school with the class of 1967. It was during a junior high music contest in Chappell, Nebraska that Larry met Sandy when she was in the fifth grade and Larry was in the seventh grade....

Wayne LeRoy Bartels

Wayne LeRoy Bartels

Mar 31, 2018

Wayne LeRoy Bartels was born to Otto and Ida (Damrow) Bartels on May 1, 1939 in Chase County, Nebraska. He graduated high school in Chase County and went on to take some college courses. Wayne was united in marriage to Donna Maye Kunnemann on July 29, 1962 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial, Nebraska. The family made their home...

Edna Helen Parrish

Edna Helen Parrish

Mar 31, 2018

Edna Helen Parrish was born to Theo and Ruth (Bright) Daschofsky on June 24, 1917 in Lamont, Nebraska in southwest Chase County. She attended school through the eighth grade. On November 13, 1943 she was united in marriage to Harold C. Parrish. The couple first lived in South Carolina while Harold served in the Army and then returned to live...

Robert "Bob" Hanna

Robert "Bob" Hanna

Mar 29, 2018

Robert Ellsworth Hanna was born to Forest and Lenore (Leidig) on August 19, 1928 at the family farm in rural Hayes County, Nebraska. Lenore passed away when Robert was just a couple years old and his father married Faye Bamesberger. Bob attended school in Wauneta and graduated from Wauneta High School with the class of 1946. He was inducted into...

Ronald DeWester

Ronald DeWester

Mar 28, 2018

Ronald Lee DeWester was born on July 30th, 1928 in Benkelman, NE to James M. DeWester and Nina E. (Bush) DeWester. He was called home to be with his Lord and his late wife Patty on March 28, 2018. Ron graduated from Benkelman High School in 1945. After graduation Ron continued to work at Justus Feed Mill, the family owned...

Jayne Ann Miller

Jayne Ann Miller

Mar 28, 2018

Jayne Ann Miller was born to Wesley and Nora (Patterson) Seamands on November 25, 1947 in Riverton, Wyoming. As a child, Jayne was very active and enjoyed her time in the local 4-H chapter. She graduated from Laramie High School with the class of 1966 and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming in 1971....

Esther Elizabeth Arnison

Esther Elizabeth Arnison

Mar 25, 2018

Esther Elizabeth Wennberg was born August 6, 1927, in Lafayette, Colorado, to Gustaf and Ida Weitz Wennberg, both immigrants from Sweden. True to the meaning of her Biblical namesake, Queen Esther, she was a “bright morning star” in the lives of those who knew her--a harbinger of light, optimism, kindness and joy. Like “Stina Lisa,” her alter ego and her...

Leo V. Lines

Leo V. Lines

Mar 14, 2018

Leo Vern Lines Obituary Leo Vern Lines, 91, Imperial, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at the Imperial Manor, with family by his side. Leo was born December 31, 1926 at the Lines family farm near Hiawatha, Nebraska. He was the youngest of six children, born to Ulysses Squire and Eva Bernard Lines. When Leo was...

Loraine Elizabeth Davidson

Loraine Elizabeth Davidson

Mar 13, 2018

Loraine Elizabeth (Blakesley) Davidson (age 88) was born December 25, 1929, in Holyoke, Colorado, to Glenn and Alice (Goodman) Blakesley. She went to be with her Lord on March 13, 2018, at Imperial Nebraska. She attended school in Holyoke, Colorado, and graduated from Holyoke High School. She was united in marriage to Glen Davidson on December 12, 1948, at the...

R. Floyd Parman

R. Floyd Parman

Mar 13, 2018

Raymond Floyd Parman was born to Floyd and Ethel Dora (Enfield) Parman on June 16, 1931 in Benkelman, Nebraska. He attended school in Benkelman and graduated from Benkelman High School in 1948. After high school he was inducted into the United States Army in March of 1950. Floyd served his country honorably and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal...

Reta A. Smith

Reta A. Smith

Mar 1, 2018

RETA SMITH Reta Ann (Lorance) Smith, daughter of Bert Edward Lorance and Edith Marie (Stock) Lorance, passed away quietly in her sleep March 1, 2018 at Brookdale Lowry Retirement Center, Clara Bridges Wing, Denver, Colorado at the age of 78. Reta was born January 19, 1940 in Niobrara County, Lusk, Wyoming and graduated in 1957 from Stratton High School, Nebraska....

Johnnie R. Weiss

Johnnie R. Weiss

Mar 1, 2018

Johnnie Reubon Weiss was born to Reubon Johnnie and Betty P. (Carey) Weiss on April 11, 1947 in Imperial, Nebraska. He attended school in Imperial and graduated from Chase County High School in 1965. After graduation he went on to attend Kearney State College in Kearney, Nebraska. Johnnie was married to Charlottie Castle in Imperial, Nebraska in 1968. They made...

Victor S. Kisela

Victor S. Kisela

Feb 23, 2018

VICTOR KISELA Victor Stanley Kisela was born January 10, 1925, to Anton J. and Agnes B. (Vancura) Kisela in Wauneta, Nebraska. He grew up on a farm north of Stratton, Nebraska, with a brother and four sisters. After graduating from Stratton High School in 1943, he enlisted in the United States Navy. During boot camp, he became ill and didn’t...

Tim Tyerman

Tim Tyerman

Feb 20, 2018

TIM TYERMAN Timothy William Tyerman, 64, lifelong resident of Chase County, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. Tim had battled a host of health problems since 2012 but he was tough. He was a fighter; made stronger by his constant companion and caregiver, Stephanie, who never left his side. He braved a...

Jan Elizabeth Bremer

Jan Elizabeth Bremer

Feb 20, 2018

JAN BREMER Janet Elizabeth (Hall) Bremer was born November 5, 1957, in Whittier, California, to Bertha (Goertzen) and Harold Leland Hall. Jan attended school in Holyoke, Colorado, and graduated from Holyoke High School in 1976. On May 4, 1979, at the Bremer family farm, Jan was united in marriage to Kip T. Bremer. The couple settled on the Bremer farm...

Mildred Marie Myers

Mildred Marie Myers

Feb 20, 2018

MILDRED MYERS Mildred Marie Rann, Rucker, Myers was born in a sod house in western Hayes County, Nebraska, on July 25, 1920, to Power E. and Hannah B. (Vavra), Rann. She graduated from Hayes County High School in 1938 and married Charles Vernon Rucker, June 24th, 1939, in North Platte, Nebraska. Vernon passed away January 17, 1995, and Mildred lived...

Paul Erdman

Paul Erdman

Feb 16, 2018

• Paul Martin Erdman June 17, 1924 - February 16, 2018 Paul Martin Erdman, age 93, of Benkelman, passed away quietly in his sleep, following a brief illness, February 16, 2018, at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. Paul was born in Longmont, Colorado on June 17, 1924 to Ernst and Blanch Stamper-Erdman, the oldest of four children. He was baptized...

Connie S Hamilton

Connie S Hamilton

Feb 13, 2018

Connie Sue Hamilton On July 6, 1959 Connie Sue Hamilton was born to G.B. “Jiggs” and Patricia (Waltman) Crapson in Chadron, Nebraska. Connie’s father “Jiggs” was a newspaper man and could tell a great story about their first-born child. In Jiggs’s account, Connie was supposed to have been a boy and born on the Fourth of July, however “neither a...

William "Bill" Larrabee

William "Bill" Larrabee

Feb 7, 2018

Bill Larrabee was born April 11, 1936 to Albert and Frances (Rumpsa) Larrabee in Stockbridge, Michigan. He moved with his parents and two brothers to Henderson, Co in 1939 where they operated the general store and post office. Bill graduated high school in Brighton, Co as a tall skinny kid but soon found some guys in a local workout gym...

Elizabeth "Betty" A Sis

Elizabeth "Betty" A Sis

Feb 5, 2018

Elizabeth "Betty" Sis Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Sis of Benkelman, died at the age of 81 at the Dundy County Hospital on February 5, 2018 after a short battle with COPD and influenza. Betty was born in Benkelman, Nebraska on May 10, 1936 to Leonard Tobias and Iva Daniella (O’Neal) Keim. Betty graduated from Benkelman High School with the class of...

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