Obituaries

Liewer Funeral Homes Obituaries

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

Vada Marie Burkhalter

Vada Marie Burkhalter

Jan 22, 2014

Vada Burkhalter, of Benkelman and a former longtime resident of Bird City, Kansas, passed away Wednesday Morning, January 22nd, 2014 at the Hester Home in Benkelman. She was 95 years of age. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M. (MT), Monday, January 27th, 2014 at the Benkelman Community Building in Benkelman with Pastor Jim Gleason and Dr. Lonnie Willis officiating. Interment...

Rosemary "Joyce" Ham

Rosemary "Joyce" Ham

Jan 19, 2014

Rosemary Joyce Ham was born August 20, 1928, in rural Chase County near Enders, Nebraska, to Alva Guy and Helen Cora (Boening) Howard. As a young lady, she attended and graduated from Max High School, Max, Nebraska. Joyce married Arden Emmett Ham on May 2, 1948, in Benkelman, Nebraska, and to this union two sons where born: Eugene and Jay...

Marvin Virgil Maris

Marvin Virgil Maris

Jan 17, 2014

Marvin Maris Marvin Virgil Maris was born January 23, 1930, in Hitchcock, Nebraska, to Frank and Florence (Adamson) Maris. As a young man he attended country school the eighth grade. Marvin married Mary Emma Pursley on December 27, 1953, at Max, Nebraska, and this union two children were born: Janeen and Roger. The couple resided most of their sixty years...

Clarence "Butch" Lynn Way Sr.

Clarence "Butch" Lynn Way Sr.

Jan 16, 2014

Clarence “Butch” Lynn Way Sr. was born September 24, 1943, at David City, Nebraska, to Clarence W. and Lucille I. (Harris) Way. Butch attended school and graduated from Rising City High School in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army as a Paratrooper from May of 1963 through November of 1964. After his discharge he started his long career in...

Alice Vrbas

Alice Vrbas

Jan 14, 2014

Alice Vrbas Alice Vrbas was born May 12, 1922 to Joseph and Marie (Podskubka) Vachuta in Rawlins County, Kansas. She received her elementary education at Lone Tree School in Rawlins County. She walked ¾ miles to and from school except when it snowed. She graduated from McDonald Rural High School in McDonald, Kansas in 1940. She was married at St....

Jerome "Jerry" Cox

Jerome "Jerry" Cox

Jan 13, 2014

Jerry Cox Jerome Wayne Cox was born on May 15th, 1941 in Imperial Ne. to Donald W. & Madeline M. (Dixon) Cox. Jerry grew up on his parent’s farm 18 miles south of Imperial, located in Dundy Co. Jerry went to grade school at Hiawatha Country School and graduated from Chase County High School. After H.S. Jerry went to McCook...

Wayne Ralph Clark

Wayne Ralph Clark

Jan 8, 2014

Wayne Ralph Clark passed away January 8, 2014 at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman at the age of 76. Wayne, known to friends and family as “Grumpy” was born in Benkelman on September 13, 1937 to Ralph Clark and Clara Lucille [Brown] Clark. Wayne attended country school for a couple of years and Benkelman Elementary School until 1951 when...

Farris Bernard

Farris Bernard

Jan 7, 2014

FARRIS BERNARD Farris Irene Bernard was born May 29, 1932, to Charles Alvin and Clara Francis (Upchurch) Davison, at home, in the Crete community west of Champion, Ne. There she attended the Crete School and Church. As a young girl, her mother became ill and was placed on bed rest. Farris became very busy helping out around the house, watching...

Orville "BiggO" Wayne Green

Orville "BiggO" Wayne Green

Jan 5, 2014

Orville Wayne Green was born June 7th, 1929, at LaSalle, Colorado, to Edgar A. and Eliza E. (Cady) Green. “BiggO” as he was affectionately known, grew up and attended school in LaSalle graduating from the eighth grade in 1943. He married Betty Holbeck and to this union three children were born: Russell, Orv, and Joeanna. They made their home and...

Verle Elizabeth Behlke

Verle Elizabeth Behlke

Dec 21, 2013

Verle E. Behlke 1919 - 2013 Lifetime Benkelman resident Verle Elizabeth Behlke, passed away December 21, 2013 at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman where she was surrounded by family. At 94 years old, she was an inspiration to those who knew her well and her venerable legacy will long outlive her time spent on earth. Verle was born on...

Alice Ruth Clements

Alice Ruth Clements

Dec 20, 2013

Alice Ruth (Cummins) Clements was born on August 28, 1927 in Ord, Nebraska to Austin Cummins and Beuna Comer Cummins from Big Springs, Nebraska. Alice was born at her grandparents’ home on a Sunday and the minister wanted to know why that baby was interfering with his church meeting. Alice’s mother died when Alice was 10 years old. Dorothy, the...

Edna Christensen

Edna Christensen

Dec 20, 2013

Edna Christensen Edna Ruth Christensen was born on September 25, 1914, in Chase County, Nebraska, near Wauneta, to George and Cora (McElroy) Metcalf. Edna received her education in the Wauneta Schools, graduating with the Class of 1932. She was united in marriage to Glen D. Christensen on March 26, 1938. They spent their 57 years of marriage life on a...

Leona Albin

Leona Albin

Dec 19, 2013

Leona Albin Leona Ruth Albin was on July 1, 1919, at Champion, Nebraska, a daughter of August and Clara (Greim) Meeske. She married Everett L. Albin, August 19, 1945, in Champion, Nebraska. He passed away March 31, 2004. Leona has been an elementary school teacher. She taught in rural schools for four years. She also had worked at the Federal...

Linda T. Mollendor

Linda T. Mollendor

Dec 12, 2013

Linda Mollendor Linda T. Mollendor was born April 14, 1942, in Denver, Colorado, to John W. and Josephine (Hoge) Thimmig. After graduation from Brighton High School in 1960, Linda attended Colorado State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Education. While at CSU, she continued to date her high school sweetheart and a very special...

Carolyn "Kay" Jesch

Carolyn "Kay" Jesch

Dec 7, 2013

Carolyn “Kay” Jesch Carolyn “Kay” Jesch was born February 17, 1937, in Hayes Center, Nebraska, to Floyd and Gladys “Rathbun” Carmin. Kay grew up and attended school in Hayes Center where she graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1954. She taught in a rural school for two years. On September 1, 1956, Kay married Gilbert Jesch and to this...

Terry Jo Hofer

Terry Jo Hofer

Dec 7, 2013

Terry Jo (Holmes) Hofer was born in Bangor, Maine on November 18, 1951 to Maxine (Lynch) Holmes and Dr. Vern D. Holmes. Terry Jo and her parents returned to their native Nebraska, settling in Chadron, where Terry graduated from in 1969. She attended cosmetology school in North Platte and was creative and talented at her craft. She married Lance C....

Beulah DeHart

Beulah DeHart

Dec 6, 2013

Beulah Lucretia DeHart Beulah Lucretia (Wickizer) DeHart passed away Friday morning, December 6, 2013, at Imperial Manor Nursing Home, Imperial, Nebraska. Beulah was the youngest of 10 children born to Theodore Foster Wickizer and Jessie May (Cordwell) Wickizer on March 19, 1925. Beulah was born at home on her parents’ farmstead north of Max, Nebraska. She grew up north of...

Daniel Alan Boon

Daniel Alan Boon

Nov 24, 2013

Daniel Alan Boon took his final checkered flag in life on Sunday November 24th, 2013 in Benkelman. He was born January 1, 1962 in Bridgeport, Nebraska to Ralph and Elsie Boon, the seventh child of nine. He grew up in the Brady/Maxwell area, graduating from Maxwell High School in 1980. Dan married Cindy Mohlman in 1986 and from this union...

Randy Hudson

Randy Hudson

Nov 21, 2013

Randy Allen Hudson Randy Allen Hudson died on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in Benkelman. He was born in McCook, Nebraska, on Jan. 17, 1952, to Delmer and Lylas (Norman) Hudson. The oldest of three children, he was raised in Benkelman and attended the local schools. He graduated from Benkelman High School in 1971 and joined the Navy where he served...

Lyle Edwin Hoffman

Lyle Edwin Hoffman

Nov 16, 2013

Lyle Hoffman Lyle Edwin Hoffman was born on December 3, 1921 in a house south of Naponee, NE in Harlan County. The youngest son of Phillip and Rosa (Andres) Hoffman and brother to Erma and Lynn, he lived there until the age of 8 when they moved to Dundy County and lived on what is now the Hines Ranch. The...

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