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Raymond Stehno
Mar 21, 2014
Raymond W. Stehno, 89, one of five children of Frank and Mary Sis Stehno was born on a farm 5 ½ miles southeast of Stratton, NE on December 9, 1924 and departed this life on March 21, 2014. Ray was a life long resident of Hitchcock County in the Stratton area. He graduated from Stratton High School and attended the...
Eunice Bodeman
Mar 18, 2014
Eva Eunice Fanning Polly Bodeman, 100 years of age, passed away on March 18, 2014, at the Sunrise Nursing Home. She was born to Della and Clarence Fanning on July 17, 1913, in a dugout sod house. Eunice was a 1931 graduate of Wauneta High School, and she took a “Normal Training” class that prepared her to teach. Eunice furthered...
Harlan E. Smith
Mar 18, 2014
HARLAN E. SMITH Harlan Eugene Smith was born on November 2, 1927, the eldest of two sons, to Theodore F. and Esther E. (Anderson) Smith in Hazard, Nebraska. His education was mainly in rural schools in the Pleasanton, Nebraska, area until his junior year of high school when he moved to Ravenna, Nebraska, with his parents. He graduated from Ravenna...
Audrey Ann Fish Haberman
Mar 13, 2014
Audrey Ann Fish Haberman, age 2-and-a-half, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 13. Audrey lived a life much larger than her 3-foot stature would suggest. She was born in Bellevue, Nebraska on August 22, 2011 to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haberman, and quickly displayed strengths of both her mother and father. Her loved ones describe Audrey...
Sylvia Burke
Mar 7, 2014
Sylvia Burke Sylvia Anne (Smith) Burke died at Bickford Cottage in Lincoln, NE on March 7, 2014, after a long illness. Sylvia was born in Imperial, NE, to Dr. Fay and Ruth Josephine (Jo) Smith. Sylvia attended the University of Nebraska where she was a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority. She married Edward B. Burke in November 1954. Ed...
Edward Havel
Mar 4, 2014
Edward Havel Edward Leroy Havel was born March 3, 1939, in rural Rawlins County, Kansas, to Ralph and Ruth (Taylor) Havel. He attended school near Atwood and assisted on the family farm. Ed was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1959 and served until 1961. Ed married Karol Jean Miller on July 21, 1962, in Atwood, Kansas, where the couple...
Imogene "Jean" Welch
Feb 28, 2014
Imogene (Jean) Brown Welch was born on December 7, 1926, to John and Rossa (Krutsinger) Brown at the family home in rural Dundy County, Nebraska. She was the youngest of seven children. Jean passed away on February 28th, 2014, in Imperial, Nebraska. She was 87 years of age. Jean attended grade school at a country school in Dundy County, known...
Joe Birge
Feb 26, 2014
MARVIN "JOE" BIRGE Marvin Joe Birge was born on May 1, 1951, in Anadarko, Oklahoma, to Arles and Orada (McLemore) Birge. Joe was the third of four siblings: George L. Birge, Dorothy A. Sowell and Barbara J. Coe. Accepting Christ as his savior, Joe was baptized at the age of 11, through the Oakdale Baptist Church near Swan Lake. Joe...
Donald Osborn
Feb 24, 2014
Donald George Osborn was born to Orian M. and Agnes E. (Sahlin) Osborn in rural Dundy County on November 4, 1916. He entered eternal life on February 24, 2014. He lived through many changes in his lifetime. Although in later years, he lost his sight, he remained positive and always enjoyed visiting with friends and family and doing chores as...
Shirley Haarberg
Feb 22, 2014
SHIRLEY ANN HAARBERG Shirley Ann Haarberg was born on March 3, 1934, to Clyde Brady and Letha Grace (Davidson) Murray in Dallas, Iowa. Shirley’s father worked for the railroad and the family moved often with his job. She attended school through high school in Texas, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Shirley worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator before her...
Roy Wheeler
Feb 21, 2014
Roy Wheeler Roy Richard Wheeler was born October 14, 1934, in Grant, Nebraska, to John A. and Alta K. (Cary) Wheeler. As a young man he attended school in Grant, graduating from Grant High School in 1952. Roy served in the U.S. Army from 1954 through 1956. On June 1, 1956, Roy, married Marlene “Joy” Anderson in Ogallala, NE, and...
Rodney Belau
Feb 21, 2014
Rodney Belau Rodney Dale Belau was born December 29, 1954, to Paul F. and Phyllis (Wendland) Belau in Stratton, Nebraska. Rod graduated from Chase County High School in 1973. After high school he attended the Voc. Tech. college in Sidney, Nebraska, for two years before returning to Imperial. Rod married Cathy Ann Lunzmann on November 11, 1978, at the Zion...
Glenn "Buster" Schneider
Feb 17, 2014
Glenn “Buster” Schneider Longtime resident of Wauneta passed away Monday, February 17th, 2014, at his home in Wauneta. He was 63 years of age. Survivors Include: Mother: Dottie Cook of Atwood, KS Daughters: Star Elijah and Husband, Jason, of Tallmadge, OH Julie Stebbens and Husband, Aaron, of Kansas City, MO Melinda McBee, Archie, MO. 5 Grandchildren Sister; Alice Glasco and...
Michael J. Schoenfelder
Feb 14, 2014
Michael Schoenfelder Michael James Schoenfelder was born January 12, 1949, at Rochester, Minnesota, to Donald V. and Elizabeth M. (Simmons) Scheonfelder, the second of four boys. As a young man he attended St. Francis Elementary School and Lourdes High School both in Rochester, graduating in 1967. Mike enlisted into the U.S. Air Force soon after high school graduation and served...
Glenard D. Greene
Feb 9, 2014
Glenard GreeneGlenard Dale Greene A native of Chase County died Sunday morning, February 9, 2014, at his home in Imperial NE, at the age of 87. He was born July 10, 1926 on a farm in northern Dundy County NE to Joseph H. and Vera M. (Bricker) Greene of rural Enders. As the second child, he grew up on the...
Wilma Gladys Hawkinson
Feb 7, 2014
Wilma Hawkinson Wilma Gladys Hawkinson passed away at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman, Nebraska February 7, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was 89 years of age. She was born October 28, 1924 to Harve L. and Emma (Richard) Penn at the Benkelman Hospital. She grew up on a farm east of Parks, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from...
Alice Joann Musgrove
Feb 6, 2014
Alice Musgrove Alice Joann Musgrove, 51, of Imperial Nebraska, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014. She was born to Lewis Lee Bliss and Patricia Ann Stewart, June 21, 1962, in Hebron, Nebraska. Alice graduated from Hebron High School in 1980 and received an Associate’s Degree in Elementary Education from the Southeast Community College of Fairbury Nebraska in 1982. She married...
Ernestine "Ernie" Smith
Jan 30, 2014
Ernestine Smith Ernestine Elaine (Little) Smith was born January 10, 1925, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Arthur L. and Lela M. (DeHart) Little. As a young girl, she attended country school north of Benkelman. Ernie, as she was fondly known, married Voile “Dale” Smith on September 17, 1942, in St. Francis, Kansas. The two were married in the judge’s kitchen. Ernie...
Dorothea Irene Fanning
Jan 28, 2014
Dorothea Fanning Dorothea Irene Fanning was born May 16, 1930, seventeen miles North of Wauneta, in Hayes County, Nebraska, to Harry and Josie (Tepley) Keller. As a young girl she attended Wauneta Public Schools before marring Frank Duane Fanning on October 18, 1947. The couple settled Northwest of Wauneta on the Fanning Homestead and later moved North of Wauneta on...
Kenneth George Potthoff
Jan 26, 2014
Kenneth Potthoff Kenneth George Potthoff was born November 25, 1931 in Wray, Colorado to Gerhard and Katie (Frerichs) Potthoff, and passed away January 26, 2014 at the age of 82. Kenneth was a long time resident of Haigler, Nebraska where he raised sugar beets, corn, wheat, alfalfa, cattle, and hogs for most of his life. He custom farmed, hauled silage...
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