Obituaries

Mary Joyce (Jacobson) Smith

Mary Joyce (Jacobson) Smith

Apr 6, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Mary Joyce (Jacobson) Smith, age 84, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Society at Beatrice, Nebraska. She was born July 20, 1928 at Cambridge, Nebraska to Peter and Racheal (Kief) Jacobson. She was raised on the family farm southwest of Arapahoe, Nebraska, then later moving to Cambridge, Nebraska and graduating from Cambridge High School...

Dean Eugene Huxoll

Dean Eugene Huxoll

Mar 19, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Dean Eugene Huxoll, age 50, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born March 24, 1962, at Cambridge, Nebraska to Norman and Dorothy (Riepe) Huxoll. He was baptized at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, northeast of Holbrook, Nebraska. He was confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cambridge on...

Frieda M. Roell

Frieda M. Roell

Mar 16, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Frieda M. Roell, age 78, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at her home. She was born August 9, 1934, at Chicago, Illinois to Harry and Vivian (Jones) Atkinson. Her father was in the military, so growing up their family lived at many different cities across the United States, and spent two years in...

William G. “Billy” Holland

William G. “Billy” Holland

Mar 15, 2013

Beaver City, Nebraska William G. “Billy” Holland, age 87, of Oxford, Nebraska, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013, at Haven Home in Kenesaw, Nebraska. Bill was born in a rock house that still stands just south of Beaver City, Nebraska, on March 7, 1926 to Daniel P. & Hazel B. (Saylors) Holland. He grew up in the Beaver City area...

Marjorie Virginia Horn

Marjorie Virginia Horn

Mar 15, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Marjorie Virginia Horn, age 77, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska died on Friday, March 15, 2013 at her daughter’s home at Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on May 11, 1935 at Bellingham, Washington to Ralph Sr. & Elva (Kuhns) Johnson. She was baptized at the Arapahoe Christian Church, at Arapahoe, Nebraska. She grew up and attended school at Beaver...

Gary L. Rogers

Gary L. Rogers

Mar 9, 2013

Beaver City, Nebraska Gary L. Rogers, age 73, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. Gary was born on March 21, 1939 in Glendale, California to Clarence E. & Jessie E. (Juelfs) Rogers. Gary lived in Potter, Nebraska where the family farmed. From there the family moved to...

Audie R. “Rick” Pearson III

Audie R. “Rick” Pearson III

Mar 9, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Audie R. “Rick” Pearson III, age 61, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at his home. He was born on September 13, 1951 to Audie R. II and Helen (Gibson) Pearson at Ida, Louisiana. He grew up in the Texarkana, Arkansas and Texas area. After his education, he entered the U.S. Marine Corp. After...

Harriett E. (Marpel) Ackerman

Harriett E. (Marpel) Ackerman

Feb 19, 2013

Beaver City, Nebraska Harriett E. (Marpel) Ackerman, age 72, passed away with her loving family surrounding her on February 19, 2013 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born April 26, 1940 in Brady, Nebraska to Grant and Lydia Marpel. She grew up on a farm in Wild Horse Valley and in Hendley, Nebraska and graduated from Beaver City High School with...

Tommy E. Wheeler

Tommy E. Wheeler

Feb 2, 2013

Kearney, Nebraska Tommy E. Wheeler, age 51, of Oxford, Nebraska passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska as the result of an automobile accident. He was born November 25, 1961 at Alamosa, Colorado to Ernest S. and Geneva R. (Kerchner) Wheeler. He graduated from Watonga High School in Watonga, Oklahoma with the class of...

Dean Erwin McCoy

Dean Erwin McCoy

Jan 25, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Dean Erwin McCoy, age 81, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Cambridge Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on February 6, 1931 to Stanley Pine and Ethel May (Holloway) McCoy at the family farm south of Holbrook, Nebraska. He began his grade school days at District #36 south of Holbrook. The family...

Merle Dean Clason

Merle Dean Clason

Jan 24, 2013

Beaver City, Nebraska Merle Dean Clason, age 80, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on January 24, 2013 at the Cambridge Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born May 16, 1932 southeast of Beaver City, Nebraska to Francis J. and Hazel L. (Thomas) Clason. After his schooling, Merle served in the US Army before coming back to farm southeast of...

Ruth Elizabeth Clason

Ruth Elizabeth Clason

Jan 12, 2013

Beaver City, Nebraska Ruth Elizabeth Clason, age 82, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Josie Harper Hospice House, in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born on April 28, 1930 to Adolf Oscar and Hulda Josefina (Johnson) Wasenius in Oxford, Nebraska. She graduated from Beaver City High School where she received “Normal Training” for her...

Fae Lucille Long

Fae Lucille Long

Jan 6, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Fae Lucille Long, age 86, of Arapahoe, Nebraska formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on June 1, 1926 to Carl and Mary (Mues) Mues on the family farm west of Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthews...

Patrick Allen Moore

Patrick Allen Moore

Jan 4, 2013

Arapahoe, Nebraska Patrick Allen Moore, age 53, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Friday, January 4, 2013 at his home. He was born March 17, 1959 to John and Naola (Willcox) Moore at Kingman, Kansas. He attended school at Marysville & Belleville, Kansas, and Arapahoe, Nebraska. He married Kimberly Schescke in 1981, and 3 children were born to this union; Holly,...

James Lawrence Frey

James Lawrence Frey

Dec 31, 2012

Beaver City, Nebraska James Lawrence Frey, age 88, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on December 31, 2012 at the Beaver City Manor, in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born December 30, 1924 to Lawrence M. and Grace E. (Grove) Frey of rural Abilene, Kansas. Jim attended elementary school through 8th grade at Dickinson County Schools. In high school he...

Maxine Helen Breinig

Maxine Helen Breinig

Dec 29, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Maxine Helen Breinig, age 93, of Holdrege, Nebraska, formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska died Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the Holdrege Memorial Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born June 8, 1919 at Burns, Wyoming to John O. & Sophia J. (Buhler) Watts. She attended school at Holbrook Public Schools in Holbrook, Nebraska and completed her education at rural...

Carol I. White

Carol I. White

Dec 23, 2012

Oxford, Nebraska; Carol I. White, age 92, of Oxford, Nebraska died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Methodist Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born January 16, 1920 at Stamford, Nebraska to Harold and Grace (Bain) West. Carol grew up in the Precept area, attending country school. She married Ralph White on April 13, 1941 at Elwood, Nebraska. Following marriage they...

LaVerne W. Hermes

LaVerne W. Hermes

Dec 17, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska LaVerne W. Hermes, age 87, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Monday, December 17, 2012 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on November 25, 1925 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to Herman & Louisa (Helms) Hermes. LaVerne attended Garfield Country School, Trinity Parochial School and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of...

F. Wayne Huxoll

F. Wayne Huxoll

Dec 10, 2012

F. Wayne Huxoll, age 86, of Cambridge, Nebraska formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born September 28, 1926 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to Frederick W. E. and Laura E. (Koeteman) Huxoll. He grew up at Arapahoe, Nebraska. He married Judith L. Menze on Oct. 7, 1945 at St. Matthews...

Donna Thayer

Donna Thayer

Dec 7, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Donna Thayer, age 89, of Alma, Nebraska, formerly of Arapahoe & Hendley, Nebraska died on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Colonial Villa-Good Samaritan Society of Alma, Nebraska. She was born on November 2, 9123 at Yakima, Washington to Dorris (Anderson) Neubert. She grew up on an apple ranch near Tieton, Washington and graduated from Tieton High School in...