Obituaries

Darrel Eugene  Rauch

Darrel Eugene Rauch

Jan 11, 2020

Darrel Eugene Rauch of Parker Colorado died Saturday, January 11, 2020 at his home in Parker from natural causes at 90 years old. Darrel was born to Lowell Clayton Rauch and Blanche Showalter on July 21, 1929 in Decatur County Iowa, he was the first child of 9 children that Lowell and Blanche would have. Darrel was raised in Cambridge,...

Samuel R. Gillen

Samuel R. Gillen

Jan 11, 2020

Samuel R. Gillen, age 34, of Oxford, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Bryan LGH in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born on March 10, 1985 in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Mike and JoDee (Anderson) Gillen. He lived most of his life in Arapahoe Nebraska. Where he graduated in 2004 from Arapahoe Public High School. After high school...

Burdella Jane Martin

Burdella Jane Martin

Jan 7, 2020

Burdella Jane Martin, age 92, of Holdrege, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at the Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on September 8, 1927 at Hendley, Nebraska to Theo Clair & Mary Rebecca (Schooler) Batchelor. In 1935, the family moved to Bayfield, Colorado and later to Clifton, Colorado before returning to...

 Linda S. (Carskadon) Schutte

Linda S. (Carskadon) Schutte

Dec 26, 2019

Linda S. (Carskadon) Schutte, age 71, of Malcolm, Nebraska, loving wife, mother, and grandmother was called home by the Lord on Dec 26, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Linda was born on August 3, 1948 to Ihling L. (Brick) and Selma C. Carskadon. She was raised on a farm Southeast of Arapahoe. She graduated from Arapahoe High...

Marjorie May ten Bensel (Huxoll)

Marjorie May ten Bensel (Huxoll)

Dec 24, 2019

Marjorie May ten Bensel (Huxoll), 94 years of age, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, died on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at the Assisted Living Center at the Seward Memorial Hospital in Seward, Nebraska. She had lived in Seward for the past two years after suffering a pelvic fracture. Marjorie was born on May 21, 1925 on a farm northwest of Arapahoe to...

Donalee O. “Sonny” Wilson

Donalee O. “Sonny” Wilson

Dec 21, 2019

Donalee O. “Sonny” Wilson, age 87, of Cambridge, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born April 25, 1932 at Wilsonville, Nebraska to Harry & Margaret (Eliker) Wilson. Sonny grew up at Wilsonville and attended school there. He started driving a truck at age 16 and hauled mostly cattle most of...

Thomas R. Petzold

Thomas R. Petzold

Dec 19, 2019

Thomas R. Petzold, age 75, of Cozad, Nebraska died on December 19, 2019 at Elwood, Nebraska. He was born November 3, 1944 at Gordon, Nebraska to Fred and Margaret (Kyzyzanowski) Petzold. Thomas is survived by his wife Marlene (Borer) Petzold of Arapahoe, Nebraska, and daughter Mary Gillespie of Kearney, Nebraska Preceded in death by his parents. There will be no...

Ruth Marie Sawyer Lofgreen

Ruth Marie Sawyer Lofgreen

Dec 17, 2019

Ruth Marie Sawyer Lofgreen, of Norton, Kansas, passed away at the age of 92 on December 17, 2019 at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas. Ruth was born to Jesse and Delia (Cass) Sawyer on December 4, 1927 in Naponee, Nebraska. She graduated from Beaver City High School in 1945. She married Denzel Lofgreen at her parents’ home near Beaver...

Robert Alan Bell

Robert Alan Bell

Dec 17, 2019

Robert Alan Bell, age 60, of Arapahoe, Nebraska went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at his home in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on August 14, 1959 in Denver, Colorado to Arthur and Doris (Weaver) Bell. Bob was raised and went to school in Dupont, Colorado where he later graduated from Adams City...

Gerald Eugene Disney

Gerald Eugene Disney

Dec 17, 2019

Gerald Eugene Disney, age 79, of McCook, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at the Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on January 28, 1940 on a farm 4 miles west of Hendley, Nebraska to Raymond E. & Edith E. (Hokanson) Disney. Gerald went to country school for 1 year before going...

Gladys Margaret Leising

Gladys Margaret Leising

Dec 15, 2019

Gladys Margaret Leising, age 90, of Arapahoe, Nebraska went to be with the Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born May 27, 1929 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to Frank & Margaret (Monter) Petermann. She was baptized on June 16, 1929 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Arapahoe, Nebraska and confirmed...

Eleanora Louise  Haussler

Eleanora Louise Haussler

Dec 10, 2019

Eleanora Louise Haussler, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on March 25, 1922 in Gosper County, Nebraska to E.H. and Minna (Meyers) Huxoll. She was baptized on March 27, 1922 at St. Matthews Lutheran Church. She attended St Matthews Parochial School. On May...

Dorothy F. Lerdall

Dorothy F. Lerdall

Dec 1, 2019

Dorothy F. Lerdall, age 99, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on July 5, 1920 on the Pittenger Farm south of Elwood to William & Minnie (Schrotberger) Pittenger, the 3rd of 4 children. She attended Ash Grove Rural School until her family moved to the new...

Wesley Don Buell

Wesley Don Buell

Nov 29, 2019

Wesley Don Buell, age 55, of Elwood, Nebraska died Friday, November 29, 2019, at CHI Bergan Mercy Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. He was born August 22, 1964 in Garden City, Kansas to Donald Eugene and Alice Fay (Bradbury) Buell. Wes grew up in Lanagan, Missouri and later moved to Garden City, Kansas. After his schooling, he moved to Iowa. He married...

Charlotte Axelyn Hill

Charlotte Axelyn Hill

Nov 19, 2019

Charlotte Axelyn Hill, age 92, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 in Arapahoe, Nebraska. Charlotte was born on June 19, 1927 to Reverend Arthur H. and Gladys (Malmrose) Peterson. She graduated from Ceresco High School in Ceresco, Nebraska and attended Luther College in Wahoo, Ne. She played half-court basketball on a women’s team while in college. Following college,...

Edith Mae (Palmer)  Whitbeck

Edith Mae (Palmer) Whitbeck

Nov 19, 2019

Edith Mae (Palmer) Whitbeck, age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on November 19, 2019 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born November 15, 1930 on a farm south of Indianola Nebraska to Lyle and Marie (Darrow) Palmer. During her early childhood she lived on various farms in Nebraska and in Jose, Colorado. She attended...

Linda Lou  Pate

Linda Lou Pate

Nov 19, 2019

Linda Lou Pate, age 76, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Cullman, Alabama. She was born to Ralph & Hazel (Hardenbrook) Christensen on August 13, 1943 at Beaver City, Nebraska. Linda was one of four children and was raised on the family farm near Beaver City. She attended school at Beaver City High School,...

Gayla R. Probasco

Gayla R. Probasco

Nov 13, 2019

Gayla R. Probasco, age 70, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on September 4, 1949 in Geneva, Nebraska to Darien and Betty (Sluka) Thomsen. Gayla spent the early years of her life growing up on the family farm. She always looked forward to taking a mid-afternoon...

Virgil Dee Baxter

Virgil Dee Baxter

Nov 2, 2019

Virgil Dee Baxter, age 34, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born on February 25, 1985 in Kearney, Nebraska, to John and Vicki Sue (Schmidt) Baxter. Virgil went to school and graduated from Arapahoe Public High School where he played football and participated in other...

Mark William  Coffey

Mark William Coffey

Oct 17, 2019

Mark William Coffey, 61, of Boulder, Colorado, died October 17, 2019. He was born October 24, 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of William D. and Patricia A. (Morgan) Coffey. He was raised in Nebraska and Iowa and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa. He earned a PhD in mathematics from the New York University Courant Institute...

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