Obituaries

Pearl Iva Martin

Pearl Iva Martin

Jan 21, 2020

Pearl Iva Martin, age 90, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on March 12, 1929 in Dalton, Nebraska in Cheyenne County to Ray Benton and Iva Pearl (Parrish) Teeters In 1945, Pearl would move to Beaver City from Lyons, Nebraska. She married Wayne Martin on...

Dale Myron Schutz

Dale Myron Schutz

Jan 21, 2020

Dale Myron Schutz, age 77 years, of Edison, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on October 29, 1942, to Kenneth and Ardeth (Hinz) Schutz at the hospital in Lexington, Nebraska. He was baptized at the Salem Lutheran Church southwest of Elwood, Nebraska. He lived on a farm...

Larry D. Hardenbrook

Larry D. Hardenbrook

Jan 19, 2020

Larry Dale Hardenbrook left his house in Beaver City Nebraska on January 19, 2020. He was 78 years and had advanced Alzheimer’s Disease. We don’t know exactly what happened to him that cold winter’s night, but we are here to celebrate his LIFE!!

Larry was born in Arapahoe Nebraska to Bud Dale and Vona (Harmon) Hardenbrook, at his Grandmother’s home on...

Edwin Gustav   Emil Bloch

Edwin Gustav Emil Bloch

Jan 15, 2020

Edwin Gustav Emil Bloch, age 98, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on March 20, 1921 in Gosper County, Nebraska on the Bloch homestead to Emil G. and Agnes (Marquardt) Bloch, the 2nd of seven children. He was baptized on April 24, 1921 in Immanuel...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...