Obituaries

Carolyn Jo Walzem

Carolyn Jo Walzem

Apr 25, 2012

Carolyn Jo Walzem, age 67, of Beaver City, Nebraska formerly of Texas died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at her home in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born July 25, 1944 at Orange County, Texas to Jefferson & Mary (Puckett) Green. No services planned as body was sent to Texas. Condolences or personal reflections can be left at www.wenburgfuneralhome.com Wenburg Funeral...

Hethie E. Tanner

Hethie E. Tanner

Mar 22, 2012

Hethie E. Tanner, age 93, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Beaver City Manor at Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born September 4, 1918 at Lincoln, Nebraska to Andrew and Nellie (Hannon) Randall. She grew up in the Denton, Nebraska area. She married Vernon Tanner on June 12, 1949 at her parents home in Lincoln....

Donald Robert Shafer

Donald Robert Shafer

Mar 21, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Donald Robert Shafer, age 80, of Oxford, Nebraska died on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Harlan County Hospital, in Alma, Nebraska. He was born on July 17, 1931 on the family farm east of Edison, Nebraska to Robert & Velma (Osborn) Shafer. He was a graduate of the Edison High School and was inducted into the US...

Gemisca M. Bruening

Gemisca M. Bruening

Mar 19, 2012

Gemisca M. Bruening, age 96, formerly of McCook and Hendley, Nebraska died Monday, March 19, 2012 at El Dorado Manor & Assisted Living at Trenton, Nebraska. She was born March 7, 1916 at Hendley, Nebraska to Thomas & Zetta (Meyers) Ayars. Both of her parents died when Gemisca was 2 years old and she was raised by Grandparents, Aunt's and...

Margaret Ann Whipple

Margaret Ann Whipple

Mar 7, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Margaret Ann Whipple, age 88, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on July 8, 1923 at Lynch, Nebraska to Thomas & Bessie (Hight) Welfl. She grew up south of Burke, South Dakota and attended school at KLUG country school. On September 30, 1940...

Juan Suarez Perez

Juan Suarez Perez

Feb 29, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Juan Suarez Perez, age 80, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on February 11, 1932 at Floresville, Texas to Edwardo & Trinidad (Suarez) Perez. At age 18, he moved to Sedgwick County, Colorado. They worked as farm labors throughout Eastern Colorado. He married...

Kelvin Roger Skiles

Kelvin Roger Skiles

Feb 17, 2012

Wilsonville, Nebraska Kelvin Roger Skiles, age 75, of Casper, Wyoming, formerly of Wilsonville, Nebraska died February 17, 2012 in Yuma, Arizona. He was born Oct 3, 1936 to Lewis and Merle (Hahn) Skiles in Wilsonville, Nebraska. Kelvin graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1954, then attended Nebraska State Teachers College in Kearney, Nebraska. He went to work for West Coast...

Velma Ruth Smith

Velma Ruth Smith

Feb 12, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Velma Ruth Smith, age 86, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on July 2, 1925 at Oxford, Nebraska to Oscar & Bessie M. (Shield) Eman. She graduated from Oxford High School in 1942 at 16 years old. On August 26, 1944 she married George Missing...

Don J. Antrobus

Don J. Antrobus

Feb 8, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Don J. Antrobus, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on June 7, 1914 at Norton, Kansas to Ora D. and Lulu E. (West) Antrobus. He attended school at District #3 rural school east of Norton and attended Norton High School....

Dennis Ray Schrock

Dennis Ray Schrock

Feb 5, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Dennis Ray Schrock, age 58, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, formerly of Edison, Nebraska died on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born on February 11, 1953 at Denver, Colorado to Maurice R. & Sharlene J. (Garrett) Schrock. He grew up in Kansas and Colorado. He graduated high school from Peetz, Colorado...

Nora Althea Toomey

Nora Althea Toomey

Jan 23, 2012

Arapahoe, Nebraska Nora Althea Toomey, age 89, of Kearney, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Monday, January 23, 2012 at Mount Carmel Home, in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on January 1, 1923 at Edison, Nebraska to Joseph R. & Belle M. (Baker) Hunt. She graduated school at Edison High School and went on to Kearney State Teachers College...

Sue Ellen Sims

Sue Ellen Sims

Dec 31, 2011

Sue Ellen Sims, age 62, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at her home in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born April 2, 1949 at Maywood, Nebraska to James & Rosalie (Perkins) Embrey. She was born at her aunt's house in Maywood, Nebraska. Because of snow drifts the family couldn't get to the McCook Hospital. She was...

Sue Ellen Sims

Sue Ellen Sims

Dec 31, 2011

Sue Ellen Sims, age 62, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at her home in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born April 2, 1949 at Maywood, Nebraska to James & Rosalie (Perkins) Embrey. She was born at her aunt's house in Maywood. Because of snow drifts the family couldn't get to the McCook Hospital. She was the...

Sue Ellen Sims

Sue Ellen Sims

Dec 31, 2011

Sue Ellen Sims, age 62, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at her home in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born April 2, 1949 at Maywood, Nebraska to James & Rosalie (Perkins) Embrey. She was born at her aunt's house in Maywood, Nebraska. Because of snow drifts the family couldn't get to the McCook Hospital. She was...

Frankie A. John

Frankie A. John

Dec 11, 2011

Frankie A. John, age 71 of Kearney, Nebraska formerly of Beaver City, Nebraska died Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Mt Carmel Nursing Home in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born May 11, 1940 at Campbellsville, Kentucky to Frank & Anne (Breeding) Edwards. She graduated from Paris High School in Paris, Texas. She got her BS degree and graduate work from East...

Doris M. Missing

Doris M. Missing

Dec 4, 2011

Arapahoe, Nebraska Doris M. Missing, age 75, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at the Cambridge Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on December 10, 1935 at Hastings, Nebraska to Curtis & Nellie (Hasemeyer) Heath. She attended school at Holdrege High School and graduated with the class of 1954. She worked as a clerk at Skags...

Carolyn Sue Wendland

Carolyn Sue Wendland

Dec 2, 2011

Arapahoe, Nebraska Carolyn Sue Wendland, age 60, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Cambridge Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on March 7, 1951 at McCook, Nebraska to Richard & Viola (Wieland) Wendland. She attended school at Arapahoe High School and graduated with the class of 1969. She went on to Kearney State College,...

Marlyn J. Herron

Marlyn J. Herron

Nov 16, 2011

Arapahoe, Nebraska Marlyn J. Herron, age 77, of Holbrook, Nebraska died on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on October 1, 1934 at Artesian, South Dakota to Andrew & Marie B. (Breen) Herron. Marlyn grew up in Pierre, South Dakota. After his schooling, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1954...

Jack Lee DeVries

Jack Lee DeVries

Nov 13, 2011

Arapahoe, Nebraska Jack Lee DeVries, age 73, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on September 9, 1938 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to Tobias & Elsie Clara (Hein) DeVries. He grew up in Arapahoe, Nebraska and attended Arapahoe High School graduating with the class of 1957. After school,...

Donald Joseph Jeffres

Donald Joseph Jeffres

Nov 5, 2011

Arapahoe, Nebraska Donald Joseph Jeffres, age 74, of Upland, Nebraska died on November 5, 2011 at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on May 30, 1937 at Ogallala, Nebraska to Ralph & Evangeline (Jasnoch) Jeffres. He grew up at Ogallala and graduated from Ogallala High School with the class of 1955. After high school, he served in...