Obituaries

Marjorie Lucille Warner

Marjorie Lucille Warner

May 23, 2018

Marjorie Lucille Warner, age 95, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born at Wilsonville, Nebraska to Charlie and Glades (Williams) Litz on April 7, 1923. She graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1940. She taught for 5 years at rural schools in Frontier and Furnas County, Nebraska. She...

  Marjorie Elinor  Lofquist

Marjorie Elinor Lofquist

Apr 28, 2018

Marjorie Elinor Lofquist, age 87, of Elwood Nebraska passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. Elinor was born on September 20, 1930 at Peoria, Arizona to Frank D. and Elizabeth (Foss) Bonser. She moved to Beaver City, Nebraska at age of 9 months and later moved to Holdrege, Nebraska in 1941. She was...

Kenneth L. Marvin

Kenneth L. Marvin

Apr 27, 2018

Kenneth L. Marvin, age 63, of Holdrege, Nebraska, passed away on April 27, 2018 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on August 30, 1954 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Leslie “Shorty” & Leola (Bahlman) Marvin. Kenny spent most of his youth growing up in Colorado until he joined the United States Army in 1978. Kenny was a...

Marna Erama (Ziebell) Hermes

Marna Erama (Ziebell) Hermes

Mar 24, 2018

Marna Erama (Ziebell) Hermes, age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Bryan Medical Center East, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born on October 14, 1928 in rural area north of Arapahoe, Nebraska to Henry & Matilda (Gehring) Ziebell. Marna was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church. She attended elementary school in the Immanuel...

Loran Junior  Fisher

Loran Junior Fisher

Mar 4, 2018

Loran Junior Fisher, age 91, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska He was born on the family farm, located four miles north of Edison, Nebraska to Loran and Anna (Buhler) Fisher on November 11, 1926. He graduated from Edison High School in 1943 and served in the Korean War in...

Carol Jean Brown

Carol Jean Brown

Mar 1, 2018

Carol Jean Brown, age 48, of Beaver City departed this world on Thursday, March 1, 2018 after a brief illness at Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska to be with her Lord and Savior. She was born to Joseph and Mary (Lindsey) Peterson on July 15, 1969 in El Paso, Texas. She grew up in a military family...

Albert Lanny Wonderly

Albert Lanny Wonderly

Mar 1, 2018

Albert Lanny Wonderly, age 80, of Elwood Nebraska passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe, Nebraska. Lanny was born on April 14, 1937 in Imperial, Nebraska to the Ellsworth and Hazel (Ellis) Wonderly. He grew up with many siblings. On April 13, 1956 joined the U.S. Air Force and served until April...

Maxine (Pickett) Hemelstrand

Maxine (Pickett) Hemelstrand

Feb 19, 2018

Maxine (Pickett) Hemelstrand, age 96, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on October 15, 1921 north of Edison, Nebraska in Gosper County to Russell & Gertrude (Wilson) Pickett. Maxine attended rural school in Gosper County and then went to Edison High School. After her...

Connie Kay Latham

Connie Kay Latham

Feb 18, 2018

Connie Kay Latham, age 76, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on November 5, 1941 in Shenandoah, Iowa to Arnold & Nina (Blackburn) Laumann. She grew up on a farm in Atchison County, Missouri. She attended a country school early on and graduated in...

Mary V. Bockerman

Mary V. Bockerman

Feb 18, 2018

Mary V. Bockerman, age 93, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on January 6, 1925 in Furnas County, Nebraska to Tobias & Elsie Clara (Hein) DeVries. Mary grew up on the family farm, during school she would live in Arapahoe and come back to...

Kody Collin Metzger

Kody Collin Metzger

Feb 18, 2018

Kody Collin Metzger, age 31, of Hastings, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at his home. He was born on October 4, 1986 at Cambridge, Nebraska to Kent W. & Judy (Hilker) Metzger. He was baptized on May 29, 1988 and confirmed on May 6, 2001 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe. He attended school and graduated from...

Ralph Lavern Lammers

Ralph Lavern Lammers

Feb 12, 2018

Ralph Lavern Lammers, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on December 7, 1920 in Upland, Nebraska to Chris & Dora (Klahn) Lammers. He was baptized on October 13, 1921 in Hildreth, Nebraska and attended school through the 8th grade. After his schooling, he worked on...

Charles “Chuck” E. Six

Charles “Chuck” E. Six

Feb 7, 2018

Charles “Chuck” E. Six, age 83, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at V.A. Hospital, Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born on January 28, 1935 at Hannibal, Missouri to Harry Alan & Ruby (Skeen) Six. Chuck was raised and went to school at Paris, Missouri. After school he entered into the US Air Force in 1952...

Pamela S. Lamb

Pamela S. Lamb

Jan 26, 2018

Pamela S. Lamb, 63, of Beaver City passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, NE. Pam was born to Robert and Elizabeth (Hansen) Reed on June 4, 1954 in Omaha, NE. She grew up in Omaha and received degrees in Elementary Education and Deaf Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. After graduation she...

Frank  L.  Fewell

Frank L. Fewell

Jan 24, 2018

Frank L. Fewell, age 92, of rural Edison, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at St. John’s Good Samaritan Society, Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on May 11, 1925 on the family farm that his grandfather homestead in 1872. Frank’s mother passed away when he was three years of age, so his father’ sister, Jessie came to help...

Paulvetta Colleen Balliet

Paulvetta Colleen Balliet

Jan 24, 2018

Paulvetta Colleen Balliet, age 89, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on July 9, 1928 at Grand Island, Nebraska to Roscoe and Teresa (Ramsey) Fulton. Paulvetta is survived by her son Mark and wife Jane Jarzynka from Grand Island, daughter Lynnette Staples of Arapahoe, Nebraska,...

Barbara Jo Burk

Barbara Jo Burk

Jan 24, 2018

Barbara Jo Burk, age 64, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on December 26, 1953 at Omaha, Nebraska. She was raised by Dale and Virginia (Leonard) Walston. She was raised at Lexington, Nebraska and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1971. She was...

Gary  G.  Hilker

Gary G. Hilker

Jan 16, 2018

Gary G. Hilker, age 82, of Holbrook, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on June 13, 1935 at Oxford, Nebraska to Herbert R. & Rose (Kramer) Hilker. Gary was baptized and confirmed at the St. Matthew Lutheran Church, near Holbrook. He attended school at Holbrook High School and graduated...

Gilbert “Gib”  Milton  Stewart

Gilbert “Gib” Milton Stewart

Jan 15, 2018

Gilbert “Gib” Milton Stewart, 87, of McCook, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away peacefully on January 15, 2018 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was surrounded by his family. Gib was born on October 30, 1930 in Arapahoe, NE to Charles and Gertrude (Warner) Stewart. Gib attended a one-room country school up until eighth grade and completed...

Deena  K.  Chambers

Deena K. Chambers

Jan 12, 2018

Deena K. Chambers, age 55, of Wilsonville, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at her home. She was born on July 30, 1962 at Butte, Montana to George Washington & Gertrude Elizabeth (Coleman) Chambers. In 1976, she moved with her parents & sister Nikki to Douglas, Wyoming. She graduated from Douglas High School in 1980. She worked one...