Obituaries

Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta

Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta

Jan 4, 2021

Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta, age 84, of Cozad, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska surrounded by her 6 children. Nellie was born in Crawford, Nebraska on January 16, 1936 to Richard and Barbara (Serres) Semroska. She grew up in Sioux County on the family ranch near Harrison. After the death...

Carolyn Sue Brand

Carolyn Sue Brand

Jan 1, 2021

Carolyn Sue Brand, age 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 1, 2021 due to complications from the COVID virus at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on June 19, 1941 in Lexington, Nebraska to Ray and Ola (Wilson) Sarr. She married her high school sweetheart, Jim Walston, in 1957. To this union three children were born....

Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn

Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn

Dec 22, 2020

Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn, age 84, of Elwood, Nebraska left this world and stepped into Heaven to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, along with family and friends waiting for her on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska She was born on October 11, 1936 to Gracie Elizabeth (Paylor) and Buford Clyde Freeborn in...

B.J. Morris

B.J. Morris

Dec 14, 2020

B.J. Morris, age 77, of Stamford, Nebraska, departed this life on Monday, December 14, 2020, at home surrounded by his wife and two daughters. He was born on March 6, 1943 near Honey Lake, Missouri to Burnnie J. and Sylvia Muriel (Wilmoth) Morris. In his teens he rode bulls and helped care for rodeo stock. He worked as a drywall...

Georgene Marie Carskadon

Georgene Marie Carskadon

Dec 3, 2020

Georgene Marie Carskadon, 72, of Edison Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 due to complications of late-stage dementia, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born Georgene Marie Knecht in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 15th, 1948 to Eldon and Marie Knecht. Georgene Marie Knecht became Georgene Marie Carskadon, on October 11, 1968 marrying Lee...

Doris LaVerne Crosley

Doris LaVerne Crosley

Dec 2, 2020

Doris LaVerne Crosley, age 94, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on December 18, 1925 on the family farm located in Decatur County, Kansas near Lyle, Kansas, second daughter to Lester and Lillian (Simonsen) Coulter. During her elementary school years, Doris attended a rural school, but...

Jeffrey David Schutz

Jeffrey David Schutz

Dec 1, 2020

Jeffrey David Schutz, age 51, of Grand Island, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 8, 1969 at Lexington, Nebraska to Merlyn Dean and Janice Kay (Bailey) Schutz. Jeff was baptized as an infant at Our...

Edith Irene  Roberts

Edith Irene Roberts

Nov 30, 2020

Edith Irene Roberts, age 96, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020, at Berthoud Living Center in Berthoud, Colorado. Where she had been a resident since 2015. Edith and her twin sister, Esther Eilene, were born April 7, 1924. Their parents, Lewis Guild Thomas and Mable Sophia (Holst) Thomas were already raising 3 children – Eva, Clifford, and Berniece. Sadly,...

Pauline Lois Harper

Pauline Lois Harper

Nov 26, 2020

Pauline Lois Harper, 68 years of age, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at her home after a brief battle with cancer. She was born May 31, 1952 in Oxford, NE, the 4th of 9 children born to Rolland and Berniece (Broeker) McQuiston. She graduated from Oxford Public School with the class of 1971. On August 27,...

Pauline Harper

Pauline Harper

Nov 26, 2020

Celebrate the lives, cherish the memories. Warren (Feb. 6, 2021) and Pauline (Nov. 26, 2020) Harper. Visitation will be Friday May 28, 2021, 3-6 p.m. at Wenburg Funeral Chapel, 652 Main Street, Arapahoe, Nebraska. Memorial service will be Saturday, May 29, 2021, 11 a.m. with meal at 4 p.m., at Island (East of Edison, south on Road 432, 1stroad south...

Mildred Elizabeth “Mick” Dawson

Mildred Elizabeth “Mick” Dawson

Nov 21, 2020

Mildred Elizabeth “Mick” Dawson, age 103, of Elwood, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on September 24, 1917 in rural Oxford, Nebraska to Joseph and Anna (Haffey) Hays. She was the 3rd of 10 children. Mick attended Hard Scrabble grade school in her...

Lorraine Marie Girch

Lorraine Marie Girch

Nov 19, 2020

Lorraine Marie Girch, age 92, of Hastings, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Monday, November 19, 2020 at her home in Hastings, Nebraska. She was born on June 28, 1928 on a farm north of Oxford, Nebraska to Albert and Sophia (Obering) Lueking. She attended country school over the hill from her home. She graduated from Mascot High...

David Lynn  Brown

David Lynn Brown

Oct 29, 2020

David Lynn Brown, age 71, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, at Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born July 27, 1949 in McCook, Nebraska, the oldest son of Eula Marie (Holtze) and Darrel Lee Brown. His childhood home was on a farm eight miles south of Hendley. He attended Middle Rockton School...

Norman  Terry  Newton

Norman Terry Newton

Oct 25, 2020

Norman Terry Newton, age 80, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Edgewood Vista, in Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born on July 26, 1940 in Oxford, Nebraska to Abel and Bonnie (Winter) Newton. Terry grew up in Orleans, Nebraska and then Beaver City, Nebraska, where attended high school and graduated class of 1958. After his schooling Terry started...

Caryol Lucille Chesterman

Caryol Lucille Chesterman

Oct 21, 2020

Caryol Lucille Chesterman, age 89, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on February 26, 1931 on a farm south of Beaver City, Nebraska to John Jay Strickland and Thelma Pauline (Forney) Strickland. She was an only child. She started school in the Beaver City...

Marvin Eugene  Pape

Marvin Eugene Pape

Oct 21, 2020

Marvin Eugene Pape, age 85, of Elwood, Nebraska died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on February 17, 1935 in Firth, Nebraska to Edwin and Harmina (Kallemeyn) Pape. Marvin grew up in Firth, and earned an accounting degree from the Lincoln School of Commerce. He worked as an accountant most of his life at various...

Agnes Bernice Leising

Agnes Bernice Leising

Oct 21, 2020

Agnes Bernice Leising, age 98, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the C.A Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born on October 28, 1921 in rural Frontier County, Nebraska to Martin and Sophia (Stagemeyer) Schutz. She was baptized on November 24, 1921 and confirmed on May 19, 1935 at Salem Lutheran Church in rural...

Rhonda Lou (Hardiek) Frack

Rhonda Lou (Hardiek) Frack

Oct 16, 2020

Rhonda Lou (Hardiek) Frack, age 72, of rural Norcatur, Kansas passed away at the Andbe Home, in Norton, Kansas on Friday, October 16, 2020, with her husband by her side. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was born in Densmore, Kansas on July 14, 1948 to Virgil and Irene (Reedy) Hardiek. Rhonda attended school in Norton where...

Terry L. Smith Sr

Terry L. Smith Sr

Oct 3, 2020

Terry L. Smith Sr., age 69, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at CHI St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born on December 24, 1950 at McCook, Nebraska to Harry and Mary Joyce (Jacobson) Smith. He attended Arapahoe High School and graduated with the Class of 1969. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1971...

Wendell Russell Wentling

Wendell Russell Wentling

Sep 26, 2020

Wendell Russell Wentling, age 88, of Hendley, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Good Samaritan Homes in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was born on July 23, 1932 in Beaver City, Nebraska to John Russell and Vivian (Livingston) Wentling. He graduated from Beaver City High School with the class of 1949 and married Dortha Ann Martin December...