Obituaries

Stephen John Fisher

Stephen John Fisher

Aug 2, 2025

Stephen J. Fisher, age 78, of rural Edison, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at his home. He was born on January 23, 1947, in Longview, Washington to Ralph and Hazel (McKnight) Fisher.

Steve attended school at Elwood, Nebraska and Beaver City, Nebraska and graduated from Beaver City High School with the Class of 1965. He went on and...

Barbara A. Grilli

Barbara A. Grilli

Jul 28, 2025

Barbara Grilli, age 81, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2025, at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska surrounded by family.

Barb was born in Boulder, Colorado on January 26, 1944 to Mary Alice and Elmer Charles(Buck) Harris. She married her soul mate, Bill Grilli, on October 11, 1968 and to this union two sons were born, Wade and Clay. She...

Mark D. Hutchens

Mark D. Hutchens

Jul 27, 2025

Mark Derren Hutchens of Beaver City, Nebraska unfortunately passed away of respiratory failure on July 27, 2025 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege Nebraska. He was 62 years and 11 months old.

Mark, or Hutch to many who knew him, was born on August 27, 1962 in Norton Kansas to his parents Lyle and Susan Hutchens of Hendley Nebraska. He was...

Roger W. Carlson

Roger W. Carlson

Jul 20, 2025

Roger W. Carlson, age 75, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2025, at his home. He decided it was time for a new adventure. He was a master of “one liners”. One of his many favorites was “Close only counts in horse shoes, hand grenades and slow dancing” followed by a wink.

On June 26, 1950, Roger was...

James "Jimmy" Stalder Jr.

James "Jimmy" Stalder Jr.

Jul 18, 2025

James “Jimmy” Stalder Jr., age 41, of Beaver City, Nebraska moved to Heaven on Friday, July 18, 2025, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on August 29th, 1983, in Amsterdam, New York, to Jim and Martha (MacDonald) Stalder.

Jimmy lived his life in the care of his loving parents. As a kid he loved watching Disney Classics,...

Cody Michael Wells

Cody Michael Wells

Jul 17, 2025

Cody Mickeal Williams started life on May 14, 2003, in Holdrege, NE. He was born to Mickeal and Kerrie Williams of Beaver City, NE. The first five years of his life, from 2003 to 2008, Cody loved playing cars, making mud pies, playing in the rain, jumping in puddles, and just having fun being boys with his older brother David....

Randy J. Stalder

Randy J. Stalder

Jul 14, 2025

Randy Jacob Stalder, age 70, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Monday, July 14, 2025 at Beaver City Manor at Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born February 26, 1955 at Norton, KS to Leo Jacob and Jerry Lou (Spratling) Stalder. He was raised on the family farm in the Beaver City area and graduated from Beaver City High School with...

Jimmy D. Rhinehart

Jimmy D. Rhinehart

Jul 7, 2025

Jimmy Dean Rhinehart, age 75, formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2025, at Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born in Elwood, Nebraska on May 21, 1950, Jim was the only child born to Donald Oliver and Berniece Adeline Rhinehart.

He was raised in Elwood and attended both elementary and high school at Elwood Public...

Calvin G. Sweet

Calvin G. Sweet

Jul 3, 2025

Calvin Gail Sweet, age 87, of Edison, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on April 10, 1938 in a barn made into a house in Artesian, South Dakota to Orville H. and Marie (Breen) Sweet.

Calvin served in the U.S. Army for 5 years and then worked...

Burdene F. Kasson

Burdene F. Kasson

Jun 24, 2025

Burdene Kasson, age 101, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on January 18, 1924 to Emmett & Josephine (Brown) Walker.

She was raised in Lebanon, Nebraska. After high school graduation, she went to McCook and worked at the McCook Army Air Base during WWII. She married...

Rhonda Sue Huntsman

Rhonda Sue Huntsman

Jun 8, 2025

Rhonda Huntsman, age 65, of Arapahoe, Nebraska was called home Sunday, June 8th, 2025 at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born on September 29, 1959 in Cambridge, Nebraska.

She is proceeded in death by her father, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters.

Rhonda is survived by her mother, daughter, 3 sons, all of Arapahoe, 1 brother life partner, 6 grandchildren,...

Barbara Victoria "Vickie" Traver

Barbara Victoria "Vickie" Traver

Jun 5, 2025

Barbara Victoria “Vickie” Traver, age 67, of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at her home. She was born to Floyd Duane and Barbara Jean Breinig on July 18th, 1957, in Long Beach, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Jim, and her grandson Anthony.

She is survived by her children: Jamie (James) Shaw, Nathan (Kayla)...

Gerald D. Jackson

Gerald D. Jackson

Jun 5, 2025

Gerald Dwight Jackson, 87, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away peacefully at his home on June 5, 2025. Born on April 26, 1938, in Almena, Kansas, to Millard Orin and Edith Dean Jackson, Gerald grew up in the Kansas plains before graduating from Norcatur High School in 1958.

On July 5, 1959, Gerald married his high school sweetheart, Judith Nell Leichliter,...

Kathryn Kay Dawson

Kathryn Kay Dawson

May 28, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kathryn Kay Dawson who died peacefully in her home at Meridian Gardens in Columbus, Nebraska on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. She was surrounded by her wonderful caretakers and her son. A beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Kathryn, was a shining light to all that knew her.

Kathryn was born...

Patricia A. Snyder

Patricia A. Snyder

May 15, 2025

Patricia Arlene (Heiser) Snyder, age 94, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on December 13, 1930, in Lincoln, Nebraska to William and Amy (Neiderhouse) Heiser.

She graduated from Northeast High School in 1948 and St. Elizabeth School of Nursing in 1951. She worked in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and...

Ronald D. Archer

Ronald D. Archer

Apr 27, 2025

Ronald (Ron) David Archer 65, passed away on April 27, 2025 surrounded by his family. He was born on February 12, 1960, to Doyle and Lois Archer (Sansom) at Norton County Hospital, Norton, Kansas. Ron was welcomed home to the family farm by his three older siblings. Later, he proudly became a big brother to five more siblings. As Ron...

Carolyn Anne Wentling

Carolyn Anne Wentling

Apr 8, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Carolyn Anne Wentling, of Beaver City, Nebraska, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Norton County Hospital, Norton, Kansas.

Carolyn was born on October 25, 1935, in Beaver City, Nebraska to William A. and Hazel G. Noel. She grew up on a farm west of Beaver City called Horton’s Park...

Jon C. Youngquist

Jon C. Youngquist

Mar 27, 2025

Jon Christian Youngquist, beloved husband, father and Grandpa, passed away after battling Parkinson’s disease, on March 27, 2025, surrounded by his family at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, NE at the age of 86. He was born February 24, 1939, to Joseph and Lela (Christian) Youngquist in Oxford, Nebraska.

Jon attended Beaver City Schools through his sophomore year and then...

Roger L. Linner

Roger L. Linner

Mar 23, 2025

Roger LeRoy Linner, age 61, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at his home in Beaver City, NE. Roger was born on November 15, 1963, in Norton, Kansas. He was the twelfth child born to Harold and Annabelle (Maret) Linner of Beaver City, Nebraska.

Roger grew up and graduated from Beaver City High School with the Class of 1982. He...

Kora Jean Harris

Kora Jean Harris

Mar 19, 2025

Kora Jean Harris of Cambridge, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 74 years old. She was born on October 3, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of 3 children, born to Frank and Ruth (Moede) Laszlo.

She received education and graduated from David Starr Jordan High School in...