Obituaries

Hazel Marie Durner

Hazel Marie Durner

Apr 26, 2015

Hazel Marie Durner, age 81, passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born April 6, 1934 to Ralph and Sylvia Rosier Moore at Freedom, Nebraska in Frontier County. She married James “Eldon” Durner on September 4, 1954. After their wedding, they moved to Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington,...

Julie M. Burge

Julie M. Burge

Apr 20, 2015

Julie M. Burge, age 56, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away Monday, April 20, 2015, at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on June 16, 1958 at McCook, Nebraska to Donald D. & Dolores R. (Stagemeyer) Karash. Julie grew up on the family farm northwest of Beaver City, Nebraska and graduated from Beaver City High School...

Roger Lee Luke

Roger Lee Luke

Apr 18, 2015

Roger Lee Luke, age 57, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Hillcrest Nursing Home at McCook, Nebraska. He was born on July 15, 1957, at Holdrege, Nebraska to Virgil & Leona (Fisher) Luke. He attended grade school in Mascot, Nebraska and graduated from Oxford High School in Oxford, Nebraska with the class of 1975. He...

Betty Y. Riepe

Betty Y. Riepe

Apr 13, 2015

Betty Y. Riepe, age 80, of Norton, Kansas passed away Monday, April 13, 2015, at Andbe Home, at Norton, Kansas. She was born to Fred and Louise (nee Koeteman) Huxoll on November 17, 1934 at Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was received into God’s Kingdom through Holy Baptism on December 9, 1934 by Rev. Julius Schabacher at St. Matthew Lutheran Church and...

Darrel Lee Brown

Darrel Lee Brown

Apr 2, 2015

Darrel Lee Brown, age 87, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born November 16, 1927 on the family farm 6 miles south of Hendley in Furnas County, Nebraska. Darrel was the youngest of three children born to Delbert Leroy and Anna Minnie (Straube) Brown. His older brothers...

 Roy Wallace Christensen

Roy Wallace Christensen

Mar 21, 2015

Roy Wallace Christensen, of Edison, Nebraska, departed this life at the Arapahoe Good Samaritan Nursing Home and went to his heavenly home on his 91st birthday, March 21, 2015. Roy was the ninth of the thirteen children in the Holger and Emma (Noren) Christensen family. He was born on a Harlan County farm south of Orleans, Nebraska, on March 21,...

Edith Marie Biesecker

Edith Marie Biesecker

Mar 19, 2015

Edith Marie Biesecker, age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the CA Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born in Beaver City, Nebraska on April 8, 1925 to W.E. & Ethel (Harmon) Shellenbarger. She enjoyed golfing, ceramics, and knitting. She was very active and everyone loved to be around her. She...

William L. Stagemeyer

William L. Stagemeyer

Mar 19, 2015

William L. Stagemeyer, age 47, of Omaha, Nebraska passed away Thursday, March 19, 2015 at his home. He was born on October 23, 1967 in Oxford, Nebraska to Owen and Shirley (McMains) Stagemeyer. Will grew up in Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of 1986. After attending college, he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska to work at...

Harold F. Stagemeyer

Harold F. Stagemeyer

Mar 18, 2015

Harold F. Stagemeyer, age 90, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born on September 16, 1924 in Holbrook, Nebraska to Fred and Mary (Martin) Stagemeyer. He grew up at Holbrook and attended St. Matthews Parochial School northeast of Holbrook. He worked for a cattle feeder...

Neal Eugene Meyers

Neal Eugene Meyers

Mar 8, 2015

Arapahoe, Nebraska Neal Eugene Meyers, age 66, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015 at home in Holbrook, Nebraska surrounded by his family. He was born on July 25, 1948 in McCook, Nebraska to Victor and Evelyn (Hilker) Meyers. Neal was baptized August 1, 1949 and confirmed into faith May 1, 1962 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church north...

Dalton LaVerne Strickland

Dalton LaVerne Strickland

Feb 21, 2015

Littleton, Colorado Dalton LaVerne Strickland, age 61, of Littleton, Colorado, formerly of the Arapahoe & Beaver City, Nebraska area, passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015, at his home in Littleton, Colorado. Dalton was born on March 5, 1953 to Clifford H. and Bonnie June (Helton) Strickland, at the old St. Catherine’s Hospital, in McCook, Nebraska. As a youth, Dalton lived...

Beverly Ann Huxoll

Beverly Ann Huxoll

Feb 10, 2015

Arapahoe, Nebraska Beverly Ann Huxoll, age 80, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on April 7, 1934 at Merna, Nebraska to Kenneth & Frieda (Leibert) Kennedy. She went to school in Comstock, Nebraska and graduated from Sargent High School in Sargent, Nebraska....

Janice Lee Breinig

Janice Lee Breinig

Feb 7, 2015

Janice Lee Breinig, age 67, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Cambridge Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born in Cambridge, Nebraska on August 5, 1947 to Lee & Fredericka (Weber) Evertson. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1965. While waitressing at a café in Cambridge, she caught the eye of Duane ‘Red’ Breinig....

Dena L. Wernsman

Dena L. Wernsman

Feb 1, 2015

Dena L. Wernsman, age 52, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on February 5, 1962 in Wray, Colorado to Howard & Helen (Schwaderer) Burton. When Dena was a young girl, her family moved back to the family homestead in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. It was there...

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....