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Ellen Prior
Jul 13, 2016
HASTINGS, Neb. -- Mary Elenor Stretch was born to Ira Martin and Flora Bennett Stretch on June 15, 1919, at home, near Wauneta, Neb. She was the third child of seven children, having two sisters, Ethel and Lola, and four brothers, Leo (who died in 1915), Lloyd, Leslie and Oscar. Mary Elenor later preferred to be called simply Ellen. Ellen...
Elsie Emma Becker
Jun 22, 2016
Elsie Emma Sophie Becker took her first breath of life on January 24, 1912, her last on June 22, 2016, and joined her Lord Jesus in heaven. She was the seventh child born to Carl and Doris Dorathea Margarethe (Fortkamp) Bartels, and the first one born on her parents’ new home site on the Ough Divide in Dundy County, Nebraska...
Carol Jo Tyerman
Jun 21, 2016
CAROL JO TYERMAN Carol Jo (Shrum) Tyerman was born in rural Dundy County. Carol’s father William (Bill) Shrum called her his “two-mule baby,” because the doctor didn’t get to the farm in time for the birth, but the doctor had to be paid, and he was paid in mules. Carol’s mother, Gladys (Schulke) Shrum, with the help of her mother-in-law,...
Arlyn "Arnie" Myers
Jun 16, 2016
Arnie Myers Arlyn Edgar Myers was born May 16, 1941, to George and LaVon (Nelson) Myers, at Hawarden, Iowa. Arnie, as he was known, grew up in Iowa, graduating from Hawarden High School in 1959. Arnie traveled from Iowa on an actual John Deere Tractor, with a construction company, to Benkelman, Nebraska, in 1962. Two years later he married Pauline...
Mary Eleanor Bopp
May 30, 2016
Mary Eleanor (Casebeer) Bopp was born in Imperial, Nebraska, to Clarence Edmund and Katheryn Barbara (Mathews) Casebeer on June 21, 1926. Mary Graduated from Chase County High School in 1944. Mary was united in marriage to Joseph Bopp on January 28, 1948. She resided at the family home in Champion, Nebraska, until entering the Imperial Manor. Mary was a beloved...
Cleophia "Cleo" Denker
May 21, 2016
Cleo Denker Cleophia Ellen Denker was born August 12, 1931, to Richard O. and Mary Ellen(Rowley) Lane in Elsie, NE. Cleo graduated from Wauneta High School in 1950. She married Kenneth D. Denker on February 15, 1953, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in rural Wauneta, NE. Their first home was at Rider’s apartments in Wauneta. Shortly after, they made their...
Darlene Haarberg
May 21, 2016
Theresa Darlene Haarberg was born to Max and Mary (Maes) Baldonado on December 16, 1945 in Parks, Nebraska and was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Benkelman, Nebraska on March 24, 1946. At a young age, Darlene’s family moved to Wauneta, Nebraska where she graduated from high school with the class of 1964. On November 26, 1967 Darlene was...
Genny Rowley
May 20, 2016
Genny Rowley Genevieve Elsie Rowley was born April 10th, 1931, to Roy E. and Orinda V. (Weiss) Hedges, in Imperial, Nebraska. As a youngster she attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1950. On July 9th, 1951, Genny married Max Ardell Rowley, in Imperial, and to this union three children were born, Dan, Diana and Brenda....
Gerald "Jerry" Garrido
May 20, 2016
Jerry Garrido, a longtime resident of Imperial, passed away Friday afternoon, May 20, 2016 at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. He was 68 years of age. Survivors include: Wife and daughter, Debbie and Sharon Garrido of Imperial, NE Brother, Don Garrido and wife, Norma of San Jose, CA A Funeral Mass will be Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2016, 1:30 P.M....
Arlene Marie Wine
May 20, 2016
Arlene Marie (Trowbridge) Wine was born on May 19, 1924, at home on the family farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska, the daughter and oldest child of Noble and Blanche Hardin Trowbridge. She passed away on May 20, 2016, one day after her 92nd birthday. She had one sister, Carol, and one brother, Neil. Later the family moved to a house...
Mildred Elizabeth Stute
May 11, 2016
Mildred Elizabeth (Zuege) Stute was born October 11, 1920 in Cheyenne County, Kansas to William and Alberta (Conklin) Zuege. She was the oldest of 7 children: Herman, Maxine, Kathleen, Lloyd, Calvin, and Allen. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cheyenne County, Kansas. She attended the one room Pleasant Hill School District West 10 School where...
Rev. Sheila Taylor
May 10, 2016
Sheila Gay Connell Taylor, age 62, was born on March 15, 1954 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She died in Omaha, Nebraska on May 10, 2016. Sheila’s family surrounded her when she went to be with the loved ones that had gone before her. Sheila was the middle child of Richard and Bonnie (Barnett) Krueger. She attended country school at District 15...
Martha Bowers
Apr 23, 2016
Martha B. Bowers was born to Nickolas and Anne (Squartzoff) Boskofsky on September 14, 1922 in Kodiak, Alaska. Martha was united in marriage to Wilfred Otis Wright in 1946 while he was stationed in Seattle, Washington; to this union was born a daughter, Donna and Sharon Wright. Wilfred passed away in 1960 and in 1963 Martha married Raymond Bowers in...
Alberta M Main
Apr 21, 2016
Alberta Main Alberta “Bertie” Mae Main was born February 18, 1924, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, to Guy G. and Ivy Myrtle (Farrens) Burkhalter. As a young girl she attended country school in Cheyenne County to the eighth grade. Bertie, as she was known, married Guy V. Main on June 8, 1937 and to this union three sons were born: Glenard,...
Alice Jean Lindekugel
Apr 18, 2016
Alice Jean (Curtis) Lindekugel of Imperial, formally Hayes Center, died April 18, 2016 at the imperial Manor Nursing Homes. She was 74 years of age. Alice was born October 25, 1941 to Henry and Edna (Crouse) Curtis in Imperial, the youngest of 9 children. Alice was a 1959 graduate of Chase County High School where she participated in band, chorus...
Mary Louise Bradney
Apr 15, 2016
Mary Louise Grace Bradney, the daughter of George M. and Catherine C. (Schlautman) Ebbers was born April 15, 1934 in Sterling, CO, she passed away at Dundy County Hospital on April 15, 2016 in Benkelman, NE. She was 82 years of age. Mary was the fourth of nine daughters; the girls grew up helping their parents on the family farm...
Lynetta Rae Wine
Apr 12, 2016
Lynetta Wine Lynetta Rae (Bley) Wine of Wauneta, Nebraska, died April 12, 2016, at Sunrise Heights, Wauneta, Nebraska, at age 64, after a battle with cancer. She was born on January 21, 1952, at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, to Raymond and Lois (Harrison) Bley. Lynetta grew up on the family farm, south of Wauneta, participating in the usual farm...
Lisa Renae Fuehrer
Apr 12, 2016
Lisa Renae (Hink) Fuehrer was born Aug. 22, 1966, to Leo and Elaine (Mendenhall) Hink in Imperial, Neb. She was baptized Sept. 11, 1966, and confirmed April 6, 1980, at Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial. She attended Champion Grade School in Champion and graduated from Chase County High School in Imperial in 1984. Lisa was active in 4-H, Girl Scouts,...
Laura Buffington
Apr 6, 2016
Laura Margaret Buffington was born to Joseph and Anna Meury on November 12, 1919 in Manitou Springs, Colorado. She grew up in Colorado and graduated high school in Colorado Springs. Laura married Harold Buffington on February 6, 1939 in Castle Rock, Colorado. The couple made homes in Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Wauneta, Nebraska, McCook, Nebraska, Dodge City, Kansas; with Laura...
Joan Dybing
Apr 5, 2016
Joan Dybing died peacefully in her sleep at home on April 5, 2016, with her husband of nearly 63 years beside her. She was born on May 28, 1932, to Jerry and LaVeta Rossmiller in Benkelman, NE. Her father passed away when she was a few months old, and her mother and family continued to live on the farm for...
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