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
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
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
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
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
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...
Dean Lavene Houlden
Dec 28, 2017
Dean Lavene Houlden, age 81 of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Fort Morgan, Colorado. He was born on February 20, 1936 to Clyde and Mary (Hansen) Houlden in Elwood, Nebraska. He was baptized as an infant at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Smithfield, Nebraska and was confirmed into the Lutheran faith on November 27, 1955...
Robert “Bob” Lowell Salisbury
Dec 21, 2017
Robert “Bob” Lowell Salisbury, 98, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, December 21, 2017, in Lexington. Bob was born September 19, 1919, in rural Gosper County to Guy and Emma (Dreher) Salisbury. The family moved to the farm three miles northwest of Elwood in 1926. He was a 1936 graduate of Elwood High School and then joined the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Joseph Conrad Huerta
Dec 1, 2017
Joseph Conrad Huerta, age 90, of Cozad, Nebraska passed away on Friday, December 1st , 2017 at the Cozad Community Hospital in Cozad, Nebraska. J. Conrad Huerta was born in Kansas City, Kansas on February 19, 1927 to Manuela (Ledesma) and Pasqual Huerta. The family moved to the Valley of Mitchell/Scottsbluff Nebraska while he was a child. He graduated from...
Norma J. Foss
Nov 26, 2017
Norma J. Foss, age 80, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born November 19, 1937 to Earl and Ruth (Dunlap) Randolph in Oxford, Nebraska. She grew up in Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1955. On January 11, 1959 she married Donald Foss at Salem...
Tony Dean Miller
Oct 27, 2017
Tony Dean Miller, age 54, passed away on Friday, October 27, 2017. He was born on June 11, 1963, in McCook, Nebraska. He was one of eight children born to E. Royal and Jackie (Haag) Miller. Tony grew up in Arapahoe, Nebraska where he graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1982. He went on to pursue a higher education, studying...
Daniel P. Epp
Oct 20, 2017
Daniel P. Epp, age 57, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away Friday, October 20, 2017 at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was born January 1, 1960 to Herbert & Evelyn (Burkhart) Epp at Garden City, Kansas. He attended high school in Garden City, Kansas. Following his schooling, he worked in the oil fields and meat packing plant...
Leland V. Robb
Sep 5, 2017
Leland V. Robb, age 85, of Smithfield, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at his home. He was born November 21, 1931 to Vernon and Myrtle (Chadwick) Robb at Lexington, Nebraska. Leland grew up on the family farm near Smithfield. He attended and graduated from Smithfield High School. After working a couple of years, he enlisted in the U.S....
Robert Joe Bellamy
Feb 11, 2017
Robert Joe Bellamy, age 79, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Cozad Community Hospital, in Cozad, Nebraska. Joe was born on May 19, 1937 on the family farm in Moorefield, Nebraska to Raymond and Hazel (Coker) Bellamy. Joe grew up on the family farm attending country school through the 7th grade and continued through high...
Gayle M. Cooksley
Feb 9, 2017
Gayle M. Cooksley, age 86, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on December 11, 1930 at Grand Island, Nebraska to Paul J. and Beulah (Van Horn) Michaud. The family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where Gayle spent her school years. She helped with family paper routes and...
Douglas Kent Stalder
Dec 15, 2016
Douglas Kent Stalder, age 59, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on May 19, 1957 at McCook, Nebraska to Gene& Joy A. (Schleicher) Lambert. After they were separated, his stepfather John Ernest Stalder Jr. adopted him. As a child, he enjoyed many summers attending Camp Joy...
Ella R. Wilson
Dec 14, 2016
Ella R. Wilson, age 84, of Cambridge, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born December 28, 1931, on the family farm south of Wilsonville, Nebraska to Irwin & Melissa (Barlow) Orvis. Ella grew up at Wilsonville and graduated from Wilsonville High School with the class of 1949. She married Donalee...
Edwin Otto Gustav Helms
Dec 13, 2016
Edwin Otto Gustav Helms, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on August 22, 1919 on the family farm 10 miles northeast of Arapahoe, Nebraska to Henry & Bertha (Hinz) Helms. He was baptized in the Christian Faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church 1 ½ miles...
Joy Arline Horn
Nov 27, 2016
Joy Arline Horn, age 88, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2016 at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on July 8, 1928, at Valentine, Nebraska to Edmond & Grace (Patton) Carter. She graduated from Genoa High School, Genoa, Nebraska with the Class of 1945 and following graduation taught in rural schools...
Merle Pfeiffer
Nov 27, 2016
Merle Pfeiffer, age 83, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on September 10, 1933 at the family farm in Frontier County to Oswald and Dorothy (Niedeberger) Pfeiffer. Merle was baptized and later confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church which was located in Frontier County. He attended Grammar School...