Obituaries

Ina LaVonne Brown

Ina LaVonne Brown

Feb 1, 2015

Beaver City, Nebraska Ina LaVonne Brown, age 98, of Mapleton, Iowa passed away on February 1, 2015 at the Maple Heights Nursing Home, in Mapleton, Iowa. She was born July 13, 1916 in a sod house on a farm south Hendley, Nebraska to Claude and Gertrude (Dillon) Query. She received her schooling in the same country school that her mother...

Marilyn Marcille DeVries

Marilyn Marcille DeVries

Jan 21, 2015

Marilyn Marcille DeVries, age 83, of Yuma, Arizona, formerly of Cambridge, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at her home in Yuma. Marilyn was born in Cambridge, Nebraska on July 24, 1931, to Wayne and L. Fern Johnson. She attended Arapahoe Public Schools and graduated with a teaching certificate from Arapahoe High School in 1949. The following school year...

Clara May Crouse

Clara May Crouse

Jan 20, 2015

Beaver City, Nebraska Clara May Crouse, age 86, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Beaver City Manor. She was born on March 13, 1928 in Gilcrest, Colorado to John & Clara (Warden) Wolf. She lived in Longmont, Colorado before moving to Beaver City, Nebraska in the early 1980’s. She worked for the Beaver City...

Katherine Lillian Atteberry

Katherine Lillian Atteberry

Jan 12, 2015

Katherine Lillian Atteberry, age102, of Cambridge, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on July 16, 1912 in Red Willow County between Wilsonville and Cambridge, Nebraska to Henry & Mary (Amen) Ruf. Katherine attended a country school for a short time and later was just self-educated. She was very...

Nellie Mae Hammond

Nellie Mae Hammond

Jan 9, 2015

Nellie Mae Hammond, age 90, of McCook, Nebraska formerly of Curtis, Nebraska passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015 at Hillcrest Nursing Home at McCook, Nebraska. She was born on March 20, 1924, at Curtis, Nebraska to Sam & Daisy (Walker) Wood. Nellie married Gail Hammond and were blessed with over 50 years before his passing. They farmed between the...

Kristi L. Carnes

Kristi L. Carnes

Jan 8, 2015

Kristi L. Carnes, age 34, and infant daughter Madysn Faye Harmon of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on June 5, 1980 in Oxford, Nebraska to Loren D. & Dianne F. (Coffman) Carnes. Kristi grew up in Edison, Nebraska and attended elementary school at Edison Public Schools....

Esther Mae Meyers

Esther Mae Meyers

Dec 19, 2014

Esther Mae Meyers, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Friday, December 19, 2014 at CA Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on March 25, 1917 in Pierce County northwest of Meadow Grove, Nebraska to Edward & Mary (Schutt) Duhachek. She was baptized and confirmed by Rev. O.E. Schlect at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church south...

Steven A. Haussler

Steven A. Haussler

Dec 13, 2014

Steven A. Haussler, age 64, of Axtell, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Mosaic Center in Axtell, Nebraska. He was born on June 21, 1950 at Cambridge, Nebraska to Robert & Carol (Menze) Haussler. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his brother Michael Haussler of Arapahoe, Nebraska Sister: Merrie Nickel of...

MerryAlice E. Smith

MerryAlice E. Smith

Nov 26, 2014

MerryAlice E. Smith, age 82, of Holdrege, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Holdrege Memorial Homes Assisted Living in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on July 25, 1932 in Riverton, Nebraska to Louis Charles & Alma (Terrell) Fuller. She married Wendell Smith on September 11, 1953 and made their home in Beaver City, Nebraska. To this union 3...

Carol I. Haussler

Carol I. Haussler

Oct 30, 2014

Carol I. Haussler, age 86, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at CA Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on October 10, 1928 in Gosper County to Carl & Leana (Hilker) Menze. She attended school at Arapahoe High School and graduated with the class of 1945. She married Robert Haussler in the...

Lois B. Koller

Lois B. Koller

Oct 22, 2014

Lois B. Koller, age 105, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at her home at Prairie Pines Retirement Center at Arapahoe. She was born on April 9, 1909, at Crab Orchard, Nebraska to James S. & Loretta B. (Hafner) Marshall. Lois graduated with her normal school training from Peru State College and went on to teach...

Heather Renee Van Hooser

Heather Renee Van Hooser

Oct 11, 2014

Heather Renee Van Hooser, age 51, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska from an automobile accident. She was born on May 7, 1963 at Boulder, Colorado to David R. & Sandra A. (Anderson) Van Hooser. Heather attended school at Arvada, Colorado and would later get her Associate’s degree from McCook Community...

  Rhonda L. Jackson

Rhonda L. Jackson

Oct 4, 2014

Rhonda L. Jackson, age 49, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at her home in Arapahoe. Condolences or personal reflections may be left at wenburgfuneralhome.com No viewing or visitation. Family service and inurnment at a later date. Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe, Nebraska is in charge of the arrangements.

Joyce J. Webb

Joyce J. Webb

Oct 4, 2014

Joyce J. Webb, age 88, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014 at her home in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on June 3, 1926 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to William A. & Sadie E. (Remington) Breinig. Joyce attended school at Arapahoe, Nebraska and graduated with the class of 1945. After high school, she lived with her sister Minnie and worked in...

Doris M. Oleson

Doris M. Oleson

Sep 27, 2014

Doris M. Oleson, age 94, of Kearney, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Wel-Cov Assisted Living, in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on January 2, 1920, at Nora, Nebraska in Nuckolls County to Charley & Bertha (Wilson) Hamel. She married Ole Oleson Jr. on January 4, 1942. They would farm northwest of the Holbrook, Nebraska for the...

June Fisher

June Fisher

Sep 25, 2014

June Fisher, age 80, of Kearney, Nebraska formerly of Oxford, Nebraska passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 at the St. John’s Good Samaritan Center in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on August 5, 1934 at Bedford, Indiana to Clarence G. & Mary Elsie (Flinn) Dalton. June grew up in the Bedford, Indiana area. She was baptized in September of 1947...

Elda Lillian Stillman

Elda Lillian Stillman

Sep 24, 2014

Elda Lillian Stillman, age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska. She was the fifth of seven children born to Emil Gustav and Agnes (Marquardt) Bloch on July 5, 1925, on their farm north of Arapahoe, Nebraska in Gosper County. Being part of a large family in the 1930’s...

William “Bill” R. Swanson

William “Bill” R. Swanson

Sep 1, 2014

William “Bill” R. Swanson, age 76, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2014, in his home at Arapahoe. He was born on December 21, 1937, in Sioux City, Iowa. He was raised in St. Edward, Nebraska, by his loving parents, Floyd and Pearl (Potter) Swanson. Bill graduated from St. Edward High School in 1955 and entered the...

Freda Dee Marble

Freda Dee Marble

Sep 1, 2014

Freda Dee Marble, age 75, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at her home in Oxford, Nebraska. She was born on August 6, 1939 in Oxford, Nebraska to Cecil & Fayetta (Henry) Hall. She graduated from Oxford High School with the class of 1957. She married Gib Knipschild on March 23, 1957. Her husband joined the military, so they lived...

 Paul Lucius Donovan

Paul Lucius Donovan

Aug 20, 2014

Paul Lucius Donovan, age 85, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, of Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on March 20, 1929 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Francis & Mamie (Lyon) Donovan. Paul attended high school in Briggsdale, Colorado where he also helped his father with ranch work. After high school, Paul signed up...