Obituaries

Michael Dan Adams

Michael Dan Adams

Dec 6, 2015

Michael Dan Adams, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska, at age 60. He born November 16, 1955, in McCook, Nebraska, to Donald D. & Lila V. (Helton) Adams. Mike grew up in Arapahoe, Nebraska, and enjoyed the community activities that Arapahoe had to offer. He attended Arapahoe Elementary school and graduated from...

Dorothy Ruth (Stalder) Lambert

Dorothy Ruth (Stalder) Lambert

Nov 25, 2015

Dorothy Ruth (Stalder) Lambert, age 81, passed away Wednesday, November 25, at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska with Arlyn at her side. She was born October 27, 1934 on a farm southwest of Beaver City, Nebraska to John Ernest and Edith Jane (McCormack) Stalder. She graduated from Beaver City High School with the Class of 1952 and in the...

Elmyra Irmgard (Jorges) Wolf

Elmyra Irmgard (Jorges) Wolf

Nov 24, 2015

Elmyra Irmgard (Jorges) Wolf, age 85, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at her home. She was born on October 30, 1930 south of Elwood, NE in the Salem community to Frank & Josephine (Heny) Jorges. She was baptized on November 16, 1930 at Salem Lutheran Church. Elmyra attended Salem County School through the 8th grade....

Billy Shafer

Billy Shafer

Nov 21, 2015

In death, as in life, they couldn’t bear to be apart. At the age of 92 years and 11 months, Billy Shafer went to be with our Lord and Savior on November 21, 2015. Ida Cathern Chappell Shafer, his wife of over 61 years, was called to follow on January 19, 2016, at the age of 83 years and 5...

Vernon James Martin

Vernon James Martin

Nov 16, 2015

Vernon James Martin, age 71, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on February 7, 1944, in McCook, Nebraska to James V. and Mary (Pitner) Martin. Vernon grew up on the family farm at Wilsonville, Nebraska. He attended school at Wilsonville High School and graduated with the Class...

  Robert O. Marshall

Robert O. Marshall

Nov 11, 2015

Robert O. Marshall, age 90, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Beaver City Manor & Assisted Living in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born August 13, 1925 at the family farm north of Beaver City, Nebraska to Earl & Fern (Ventling) Marshall. Bob grew up north of Beaver City and attended Beaver City High School...

  Robert O. Marshall

Robert O. Marshall

Nov 11, 2015

Robert O. Marshall, age 90, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Beaver City Manor & Assisted Living in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born August 13, 1925 at the family farm north of Beaver City, Nebraska to Earl & Fern (Ventling) Marshall. Bob grew up north of Beaver City and attended Beaver City High School...

Lawrence A. Sheneman

Lawrence A. Sheneman

Nov 4, 2015

Lawrence A. Sheneman, age 88, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, of Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on January 25, 1927 in Oxford, Nebraska to Earl & Phoebe Sheneman. Lawrence grew up and attended school near Oxford, Nebraska. After his schooling, he joined the U.S. Navy Seabees. He served in Okinawa, Japan...

Vivian Joyce Rogers

Vivian Joyce Rogers

Oct 27, 2015

Vivian Joyce Rogers, age 74, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Beaver City Assisted Living in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born June 7, 1941 at Cambridge, Nebraska to Vaughn & Delores (Dillon) Meader. Joyce grew up south of Wilsonville, Nebraska on Mocking Bird Hill where she also attended country school. They later moved to...

Shirley Iva Burton-McCoy

Shirley Iva Burton-McCoy

Oct 13, 2015

Shirley Iva Burton-McCoy, age 87, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She enjoyed an independent lifestyle until the end of her life. Shirley was born in the Burton family home in Arapahoe, Nebraska, on January 18, 1928, to Harry B. Burton and Adelma (Sailor) Burton. She was graduated from Arapahoe Public High School in...

Fred Hoffman

Fred Hoffman

Sep 11, 2015

Fred Hoffman, age 91, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Friday, September 11, 2015 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born September 14, 1923 on a farm near Culbertson, NE, the seventh of ten children, to Jacob and Kathryn (Bell) Hoffman. Fred completed his education at St. Francis, KS. On August 27, 1943 he...

Arvida L. Warner

Arvida L. Warner

Sep 10, 2015

Arvida L. Warner, age 82, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born to Floyd G. & Gladys (Stone) Weatherwax on March 29, 1933 three miles south of Hollinger, Nebraska on the Weatherwax Farm. Arvida attended school at Beaver City High School and graduated with the class of 1950. She...

Juanita Dee “Nita” Brown

Juanita Dee “Nita” Brown

Sep 8, 2015

Juanita Dee “Nita” Brown, age 56, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at her home. She was born on June 9, 1959 at Lincoln, Nebraska to Charles “Jerry” & Iva (Michel) Behnke. She and her loving companion for 21 years Brad McKee ran the Antique Store in Holbrook, Nebraska. She is survived by her parents: Charles...

Clara Edith Pridemore

Clara Edith Pridemore

Sep 4, 2015

Clara Edith Pridemore, age 99, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 at Waterford Assisted Living in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born on February 4, 1916 at Lincoln, Arkansas, the first born to Byrd and Elba (Hightower) Grimsley, to whom later born a daughter, Jessie, and a son, Cage. Life on the farm taught her hard work, self-sufficiency, making do...

Donna Ruth Bose

Donna Ruth Bose

Aug 29, 2015

Donna Ruth Bose, age 90, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Blue Valley Care Center in Hebron, Nebraska. She was born to Wynnie and Fern (Howard) Hester on February 19, 1925 at Edison, Nebraska. In her youth Donna was a member of the Christian Church in Beaver City, Nebraska and attended school in Beaver City until her senior...

Helen Ruth Gehring

Helen Ruth Gehring

Aug 26, 2015

Helen Ruth Gehring, age 87, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on the family farm north of Holbrook, Nebraska on June 13, 1928 to Christoph Julius and Alvina Katherine (Walter) Haussler. She was baptized in the Christian faith on July 8, 1928 at...

Billie Lane Mosbarger (Bill)

Billie Lane Mosbarger (Bill)

Aug 10, 2015

Billie Lane Mosbarger (Bill), age73, passed away in Morrison Colorado on August 20, 2015. Born in Holdrege on April 15, 1942 he was raised and lived most of his life in Furnas County. He was preceded in death by his father, Clifford William Mosbarger, his mother Genevieve Rose Ann Mosbarger and Dee (Duane) Mosbarger his brother. He is survived by...

Selma C. Carskadon-Hauxwell

Selma C. Carskadon-Hauxwell

Aug 5, 2015

Arapahoe, Nebraska Selma C. Carskadon-Hauxwell, age 99, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on October 1, 1915 on a farm near Orleans, Nebraska to August F. & Gezena M. (Von Hallen) Broeker. When Selma was 6 years old the family moved to a farm southwest of Edison,...

Sheril Kay Buethe

Sheril Kay Buethe

Jul 25, 2015

Sheril Kay Buethe, age 63, of Ravenna, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society of Ravenna, Nebraska. She was born on February 3, 1952 to Orville A. & Betty (Clements) Buethe. Sheril grew up on a farm by Bruning, Nebraska and moved with her parents to Stamford, Nebraska in the 1970’s. She worked at the...

George Eldon Robinson

George Eldon Robinson

Jul 15, 2015

George Eldon Robinson, age 84, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Kearney Regional Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska. He stepped onto the golden streets of his heavenly home where he was greeted by his Savior, his beloved wife Betty and son Joe Henry who had gone on before. As he slipped quickly from this world,...