Obituaries

Reva Rae Hockemeier

Reva Rae Hockemeier

May 4, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Reva Rae Hockemeier, age 68, of Holbrook, Nebraska died Wednesday, May 4, 2005 at Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on March 11, 1937 at Dresden, Kansas to Fred & Hazel (Wagner) Arehart. She attended country school in Kansas and schools in Victor & Lodi, California. She attended Decatur County High School in Oberlin, Kansas and graduated...

Lorene Frances Butter

Lorene Frances Butter

Apr 29, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Lorene Frances Butter, age 76, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died Friday, April 29, 2005 at Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on February 14, 1929 at Bethany, Missouri to Thomas & Essie (Wiley) Ungles. She attended school at Palisade Public Schools, Palisade, NE. After her schooling, she helped her mother who ran the grocery store in Palisade. On...

Gerald “Jerry”  Webb

Gerald “Jerry” Webb

Apr 27, 2005

Beaver City, Nebraska Gerald “Jerry” Webb, age 55, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Phelps Memorial Hospital at Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born January 4, 1950 at Goodland, Kansas to Jess & Betty (Short) Webb. He grew up in Goodland, Kansas and graduated from Goodland High School with class of 1968. Following graduation he attended Goodland...

Kenneth C. McClelland

Kenneth C. McClelland

Apr 24, 2005

Beaver City, Nebraska Kenneth C. McClelland, age 86, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Sunday, April 24, 2005 at Methodist Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born June 20, 1918 at Almena, Kansas to Charles & Emma (Williams) McClelland. He grew up on the farm near Almena, Kansas. He graduated from Almena High School with the class of 1936. He served...

Leonard V. Wheeler

Leonard V. Wheeler

Apr 18, 2005

Beaver City, Nebraska Leonard V. Wheeler, age 50, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Monday, April 18, 2005 at his home in Beaver City of natural causes. He was born September 4, 1954 at Thomas, Oklahoma to Ernest & Geneva (Kershner) Wheeler. He grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from High School in Colorado. He moved to Beaver City, Nebraska in...

Bertha Morse Kasson

Bertha Morse Kasson

Apr 16, 2005

Beaver City, Nebraska Bertha Morse Kasson, age 93 of Colorado Springs, Colorado died Saturday, April 16, 2005 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born September 14, 1911 at Norton, Kansas to Dode & Alice (Stallworth)Morse. She married Allen Kasson on September 7, 1957 at McCook, Nebraska. Bertha and Allen had made their home in Colorado since 1970. She entered Springs...

Barbara R. Matheson

Barbara R. Matheson

Apr 6, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Barbara R. Matheson, age 66, formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska died Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on December 8, 1938 at Des Moines, Iowa to Sibert & Rose (Howard) Shoop. She attended school at Clear Lake and Klemme, Iowa. After school she married Rudy J. Nutz. They farmed in various...

Betty J. Rankin

Betty J. Rankin

Mar 19, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Betty J. Rankin, age 79, of Arapahoe, NE died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on June 16, 1925 at Arapahoe, NE to Earl & Ruth (Dunlap) Randolph. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Arapahoe, NE. She is preceded in death by her parents,...

Lois M. Dawson

Lois M. Dawson

Mar 14, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Lois M. Dawson, age 83, of Kearney, Nebraska, formerly of Arapahoe, NE died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on February 26, 1922 northwest of Oxford, NE to Joseph & Anna (Haffey) Hays. She attended Hardscrabble School for eight years and then graduated from Oxford High School with the Class of...

Norman D. Kinder

Norman D. Kinder

Feb 25, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Norman D. Kinder, age 75, of Holbrook, Nebraska died Friday, February 25, 2005 at his home south of Holbrook, Nebraska. He was born on November 23, 1929 at Cambridge, Nebraska to Charles & Violet (Steuber) Kinder. He attended country school south of Holbrook, NE and then Cambridge High School where he graduated with the Class of 1947. After...

Vivian L. Goins

Vivian L. Goins

Feb 13, 2005

Beaver City, Nebraska Vivian L. Goins, age 73, of Beaver City, Nebraska died Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Phelps Memorial Hospital at Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born August 28, 1931 at Wilsonville, Nebraska to Virtus & Joycie (Vise) Helton. The family moved to a farm south of Beaver City in 1935 and moved into the town of Beaver City in...

Wensel G. “Whitey” Einspahr

Wensel G. “Whitey” Einspahr

Feb 2, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Wensel G. “Whitey” Einspahr age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at the Bertrand Nursing Home at Bertrand, Nebraska after a week as a resident. He was born December 15, 1915 at Kenesaw, Nebraska to Bernard & Emma (Plamback) Einspahr. He was raised at Kenesaw, Nebraska. At the age of 9 the family moved to...

Dorville Dale Whitson

Dorville Dale Whitson

Jan 29, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Dorville Dale Whitson Sr., age 79, formerly of Holbrook, NE died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at Southview Manor Care Center in Cozad, NE. He was born on July 29, 1925 at Birds, Illinois to Josiah W. & Alpha (Howe) Whitson. He attended school at Birds Public School thru the 8th grade and then graduated high school from Lawrenceville...

Iva Pearl Breinig

Iva Pearl Breinig

Jan 25, 2005

Arapahoe, Nebraska Iva Pearl Breinig, age 94, of Arapahoe, NE died Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, NE. She was born near Edison, Nebraska on June 18, 1910 to Robert A. & Silva (Fisher) Richardson. She attended rural school in the areas in which they lived and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the Class...

Leonard E. Slade

Leonard E. Slade

Dec 21, 2004

Orleans, Nebraska Leonard E. Slade, age 73, of Orleans, Nebraska died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born July 2, 1931 at Benkelman, Nebraska to Guy & Fern (Ridlane) Slade. He was raised in the Benkelman, Nebraska area. He had lived several places including Colorado, Palisade, Enders, & Indianola, Nebraska before moving to...

Wilma H. Sanderson

Wilma H. Sanderson

Dec 21, 2004

Arapahoe, Nebraska Wilma H. Sanderson, age 94, of Lexington, NE formerly of Arapahoe, NE died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Tri-County Area Hospital, Lexington, NE. She was born in Franklin, Nebraska on October 11, 1910 to George & Hattie (Chitwood) Carpenter. She attended school in Franklin before moving to Edison where she graduated from high school. She then attended the...

Georgia Grace Esslinger

Georgia Grace Esslinger

Dec 1, 2004

Arapahoe, Nebraska Georgia Grace Esslinger, age 50, died Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, NE. She was born on January 8, 1954 at Oxford, Nebraska to Earl “Bill” & Grace C. (Bowen) Land. She attended High School at Oxford where she graduated in 1972. After school, she married Roy Charles Esslinger on May 21, 1972 at Our...

Kenneth Lee Fahnholz

Kenneth Lee Fahnholz

Nov 9, 2004

Arapahoe, Nebraska Kenneth Lee Fahnholz, age 56, of Oxford, NE, died Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, NE. He was born on Feb. 2, 1948 at Holdrege, Nebraska to John F. & Irene (Knight) Fahnholz. He was raised at Funk, Nebraska by his grandparents after his mother had died while he was young. He was confirmed...

Edward Kenneth Shreffler Sr.

Edward Kenneth Shreffler Sr.

Oct 30, 2004

Arapahoe, Nebraska Edward Kenneth Shreffler Sr., age 65, died Saturday, October 30, 2004 at his home in Arapahoe, NE. He was born on Nov. 28, 1938 at Titusville, Pennsylvania He worked for many years as a truck driver hauling various items through out the U.S. Later on he was forced to retire because of health problems. He was a resident...

Irene Isabelle Stagemeyer

Irene Isabelle Stagemeyer

Oct 19, 2004

Arapahoe, Nebraska Irene Isabelle Stagemeyer, age 92, died Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at her son’s home at Holbrook, NE. She was born on December 26, 1911 at Gosper County, Nebraska to Johann G. & Emma (Sydow) Wendland. She was baptized on January 28, 1912 and confirmed on March 28, 1926 at Immanuel Lutheran Church northeast of Arapahoe, NE. She received...

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