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Floyd I. Pettit
Jun 26, 2018
Floyd Irvin Pettit was born to Harry and Estella May (McClain) Pettit on March 27, 1921 in Cheyenne County, Kansas. He attended school in Bird City and graduated from Bird City High School with the Class of 1940. Floyd enlisted in the United States Navy on September 15, 1942. He rose to the rank of Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class...
Judy A. Hendricks
Jun 19, 2018
Judy A. Hendricks, 69, of North Platte, passed away June 19, 2018, with her family by her side. Judy was born March 14, 1949 to Curtis Wayne and Matilda Belle (Brown ) Romine at McCook, Nebraska. She grew up in the Wauneta-Plaisade area where she graduated From Wauneta High in 1967. She worked in the nursing field for over 20...
Gloria L. Sinner
Jun 14, 2018
Gloria Sinner Longtime resident of Wauneta passed away Thursday afternoon, June 14th, 2018, at the Wauneta care and Therapy Center, Wauneta. Gloria was 86 years of age. Survivors Include: Husband: Lloyd of Wauneta, NE Daughters: Donna Jarvis and husband, Gary, of Broomfield, CO Barbara Swaney and husband, Tim, of Spokane, WA 5 Grandchildren 6 Great-Grandchildren Funeral Services for Gloria Sinner...
Ansel Aaron Hill
Jun 12, 2018
Ansel Aaron Hill was born about 6 miles west of Imperial on September 10, 1941 to Moses and Georgia Hill. When Ansel was 4 years old, his family moved to Imperial. He attended Imperial Grade School and graduated from Chase County High School in 1959. He married Joyce E. Browning 54 years ago on August 6, 1963. To this union,...
Alberta "Jo" Frasier
Jun 8, 2018
Alberta Jolee (Jo) Frasier, 90 years old, peacefully passed away on Friday, 8 June 2018 at her home in Gold Canyon, Arizona. At her side were her husband, her three children, and 3 of her grandchildren. Jo Frasier was born in Davenport, Iowa on 12 January 1928 to Edwin (DVM) and Ethel Rolston. She attended schools in Princeton, and Clinton,...
Robert J. Reichert
Jun 5, 2018
Robert Robert J. Reichert Robert Jacob Reichert was born September 14, 1934, at Hirschville, North Dakota, to John and Eleanor (Bernhardt) Reichert. He grew up and attended school in North Dakota, marrying Betty L. Jung on June 24th, 1957, at New England, North Dakota. To this union three sons and two daughters were born. In 1964, Bob and Betty moved...
Martin Lewis Leibbrandt
Jun 1, 2018
Martin Lewis Leibbrandt was born on September 20, 1926, south of McCook, NE, to Gottlieb and Mathilda (Troester) Leibbrandt. He was baptized on October 10, 1926, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Ash Creek, NE. He was confirmed on April 19, 1940, at Peace Lutheran, McCook, NE. He married Lois Ellen Moore on March 7, 1948, at her home in Cedar...
Lendall L. Jahn
May 29, 2018
LENDALL L. JAHN Lendall Larry Jahn was born January 14, 1958, at Manning, Iowa, to Larry L. and Marlene K. (Anthony) Jahn. As a young man, he grew up and attended school in Manilla, Iowa, graduating from Manilla High School in 1976. Lendall soon moved after graduation to Southwest Nebraska working construction and building irrigation pivots. After a short time...
E. Levoine Humphreys
May 19, 2018
Earl Levoine Humphreys was born on June 3, 1942 in rural Dundy County. He departed May 19, 2018 at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. He was 75 years of age. Levoine was born at home on the school section in the southeast corner of Dundy County to William Kermit and Opal M. (Lemon) Humphreys. He went...
Shirley A. Smith
May 18, 2018
Shirley Smith Shirley Arlene (Clements) Smith was born August 9, 1927, at the family farm 2 ½ miles south of Imperial, Nebraska, to Homer Cecil and Caroline Ruth (Watts) Clements. Shirley attended Imperial Grade School and graduated from Chase County High School in 1945. After graduation, Shirley worked at the Chase County Court House. On December 3, 1946, Shirley married...
Robert Hohl
May 17, 2018
ROBERT R. HOHL Robert Rodney Hohl was born February 1, 1934, on the family farm south of Wauneta, Nebraska, to Fred and Bernice (Kitt) Hohl. As a young man he attended country grade school, and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1952. On August 28, 1955, he married Ruth Irene Hill, in Imperial, Nebraska, and to this union three children...
Joyce Eileen Kuenning
May 17, 2018
Joyce Eileen (Dinnel) Kuenning was born September 12, 1947, in Imperial, NE, the daughter of Basil and Helen (Yost) Dinnel. Joyce, age 70, died peacefully on May 17, 2018 at her home. Joyce’s life was devoted to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren and she loved nothing more than spending time with them. She also thoroughly enjoyed sewing, crocheting, crafting,...
Mable Spears
May 13, 2018
Mable Spears Mable (Blecha) Spears was born July 21, 1924, at Beatrice, Nebraska, to Joseph and Mary (Dezort) Blecha. Mable attended school as a young lady, and later met a young man working on a harvest crew named Lester Earl Spears. Mable and Lester were married on January 14, 1942, in Benkelman, Nebraska, and made their first home on a...
Violet V. Long
May 1, 2018
Violet Long Violet ValJean Long (Fortkamp) was born June 12th, 1929, to Henry C. and Sophie (Haarberg) Fortkamp on their farm southwest of Wauneta, Nebraska. Violet was baptized into the Christian Faith at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, rural Wauneta, Nebraska, on July 7th, 1929. Her sponsors were Doris Bartels and Maria Keiser. She was also confirmed on April 18th, 1943,...
Wilma E. Egle
Apr 29, 2018
WILMA EGLE Wilma Eileen Egle was born to William and Georgia (Thomas) Williamson on November 12, 1924 in Stratton, Nebraska. She attended school in Stratton and graduated from Stratton high School with the class of 1942. Wilma married DwightWilliam Egle on November 8, 1942 in McCook, Nebraska. The couple would live in Stratton, Wauneta, Nebraska, New Lenox Illinois, and finally...
Ralph "Mac" Boon
Apr 23, 2018
Ralph “Mac” Boon Jr. was born to Ralph and Elsie (Schoebel) Boon on September 2, 1945 in Durham, North Carolina. He grew up in Morrill County, Nebraska attending school in Northport, Redington and Bridgeport. Ralph was united in marriage to Carol Wickizer on December 10, 1966 in Ogallala, Nebraska. They first lived in North Platte, Nebraska where Mac worked for...
James Edward Powell
Apr 19, 2018
Powell James Edward Powell was born on June 23, 1929, at St. Francis, Kansas, to Roy and Pauline (Dunham) Powell. Later his family moved to Benkelman, Nebraska, where he grew up and attended school. James graduated from Benkelman High School in 1948. On September 26, 1948, he married Loretta Lee Reimer, and to this union three children were born: Carolyn...
Jerry Dart
Apr 10, 2018
Gerald W. Dart LtCol Retired, Gerald “Jerry” age 82, completed his final flight on Tuesday, April 10th, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas, after a long and courageous battle with Pancreatic cancer. Jerry graduated from Imperial High School in 1954, and attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, graduating in 1959. After college, Jerry served 20 years in the United States Air Force....
Edith M. Roundtree
Apr 3, 2018
Edith M. (Van Horn) Roundtree, age 91, passed away April 3, 2018 at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman, Nebraska. She was born July 30, 1926 in Wray, Colorado to Raymond and Gertrude (Carlock) Van Horn and graduated from high school in Wray in 1944. She married Rex “Red” Roundtree in Saint Francis, Kansas on August 17, 1945...
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...
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