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Stephen Paul Knoetzel
Nov 13, 2025
Stephen Paul Knoetzel, a devoted husband, father, brother, and grandfather, passed away on November 13, 2025, in Imperial, Nebraska with family by his side. He was born on November 23, 1957, in Bassett, Nebraska to Courtney Charles and Mary Lou (Lanz) Knoetzel.
Steve grew up in Bassett and graduated from Rock County High School in 1976. His career was marked by...
Robert James Jones
Nov 6, 2025
Robert James Jones, known as “Bob” to many of his friends, was born on September 8, 1945, in Oceanside, California. Robert passed away on November 5, 2025, in Imperial, Nebraska, surrounded by friends and family.
At a young age, Robert moved to Wauneta, Nebraska, where he attended school and graduated from Wauneta High School with the Class of 1963. Loving to...
Rose Marie Whiteley
Nov 3, 2025
Rose Marie Whiteley, 83, was born on March 26, 1942, the first and only child of Alvin and Grace Whiteley in Benkelman, Nebraska. A lifelong resident of Benkelman, Rose Marie passed away at her home on November 3, 2025.
Rose Marie attended country grade school at district #14 located a short distance south of the family farm. She graduated from Dundy...
Margaret Ann Parker
Oct 30, 2025
Margaret Ann Parker, 94 years of age, of Imperial, died on October 30, 2025 at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home.
Margaret Ann was born on January 27, 1931 in Greeley, Colorado. She was the first of three children born to Arthur Gustaf and Hilda Victoria (Aronson) Stroberg. Her childhood was spent in the Greeley area other than a short stint in...
Iona Jean Kurth
Oct 19, 2025
Iona Jean Kurth was born August 13, 1940 in Broadwater NE to Wavel (Dee) & Vera (Wright) Kepler. She spent most of her youth in Broadwater & Lisco NE helping to care for her younger siblings and keeping the house for her mother while she worked.
She moved to Dalton, NE when she was 14 to become a nanny and this...
Alma Ilene Draper
Oct 17, 2025
Alma Draper, long time resident of Benkelman NE passed away on Friday, October 17th in North Platte, surrounded by family. Alma was born on November 16, 1956 to Raymond & Blanche Draper in Benkelman NE. Alma spent her life serving others will be missed by all those that knew her.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, Brother Wesley Draper,...
Verlon Roscoe Dinnel
Oct 9, 2025
Verlon Roscoe Dinnel was born December 19, 1927, in Imperial, NE, to Earl and Lorena (Browning) Dinnel. As a young boy, Verlon attended Pioneer grade school near Enders, NE and later transitioned and graduated from Chase County High School, celebrating his 80th class reunion earlier this year. On November 13, 1946, Verlon married Lucille Ridlen at the Ridlen family home...
William "Bill" George Aeby
Oct 8, 2025
William (Bill) George Aeby, 69, passed away on October 8, 2025, at Dundy County Hospital. He was a beloved father, grandfather,brother, uncle, and friend to all who knew him.
Bill was born on March 26, 1956, to Chester and Eileen (Hemsley) Aeby in Huntington, New York. Throughout his life, he lived in New York, California, Colorado, Georgia, and finally in Benkelman,...
Connie Faye Gardner
Oct 7, 2025
Connie Faye Gardner (Weiss) was born February 8, 1944 to Harvey and Lucile Weiss in Imperial Nebraska. Connie grew up in Chase County and lived there most of her life. Connie passed away Tuesday October 7, 2025 at the Wauneta nursing home. She was 81 years old. Connie was preceded in death by her husband, Dean Gardner; her parents and...
Hans Dieter Becher
Sep 30, 2025
Hans Dieter Becher, a spirited wanderer of the world passed on September 30, 2025, in Benkelman, Nebraska. Born on April 30, 1947, in Germany, Hans journeyed far beyond mere geography; he traversed the landscape of friendship, laughter, and heartfelt connections that spanned continents.
In 1978, Hans bravely crossed the ocean to the United States, a leap filled with the promise of...
Gary Frasier
Sep 28, 2025
Gary Wayne Frasier, 88, passed away September 28, 2025 from complications of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) at his home in Loveland Colorado. Gary grew up on a small ranch in the Sandhills of southwest Nebraska. During his youth, he participated in 4H and was a State Farmer in the Future Farmers of America (FFA). After graduation from high school in...
David Oren Einspahr
Sep 28, 2025
David Oren Einspahr passed away at his home on September 28th, 2025 at the age of 70 years old.
He was born May 30, 1955 to Dennis and Joyce (Hopkins) Einspahr in Imperial. He first attended grade school in Wauneta, then attended rural country school when the family moved onto the farm. Later he returned to town school to graduate from...
Eleanor Irene Muths
Sep 28, 2025
Eleanor Irene (Hopkins) Muths gained her wings September 28th, 2025. She was 89 years old.
She was born October 7th, 1935 to Oren and Alice Hopkins at their farm North of Wauneta. The doctor's fee for delivering her was 1 chicken! Eleanor was greeted by her big sisters Yvonne, Joyce and Patsy. She attended and graduated from Wauneta school. She met...
Gary Cecil Rhoads
Sep 14, 2025
Gary Cecil Rhoads passed away on September 14, 2025 at his home in Denver Colorado in his sleep of a heart attack.
Gary was a very dedicated father and a hard worker, he loved life and enjoyed fishing, hunting and spending many weekends at Stanley Lake with his sister Carol and our entire family.
Gary was passionate and loved collecting guns and...
Lois Joan Hoff
Sep 13, 2025
Lois Joan (Hayes) Hoff was born on May 1, 1928, in Hastings Nebraska, to Francil and Viola (Niccolson) Hayes. When she joined her two older brothers, Davis Jay and Larry Gene, she completed the family.
Lois usually preferred being out-of-doors playing “cowboys and Indians” with her brothers and the neighbor kids rather than being in the house playing “house and dolls”...
Linda L Shapley
Sep 3, 2025
Linda L. Shapley, born on July 12, 1951, in Cortland, New York, passed away on September 3, 2025, in Stratton, Nebraska. a beloved wife, mother grandmother and great grandmother and friend
in the third grade, Linda moved to Smithfield Flatts, New York, where she began her journey in academia. She graduated from Green Central High School in Greene, New York, in...
Rayetta Jene Buffington-Damon
Aug 25, 2025
Rayetta Jene Buffington-Damon, a wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, tragically passed away on Monday, August 25, 2025, in Benkelman, NE, at the age of 44.
In her younger days Rayetta enjoyed spending time with family, BMX bicycle racing and hanging out with friends. She obtained her G.E.D. in lieu of her high school diploma. We moved to Benkelman in August of...
Jaxson Todd Damon
Aug 25, 2025
Jaxson Todd Damon, a seven year old with an infectious laughter and a huge love for his family, tragically passed away on Monday, August 25, 2025, in Benkelman, NE with his mother. Jaxson was born on June 15, 2018 in Benkelman, NE to Michael and Rayetta Buffington-Damon.
Like most young boys, Jaxson loved playing video games on any device. He loved...
Corliss Cay High
Aug 24, 2025
Corliss Cay High, passed away on August 24, 2025, in Imperial, Nebraska, at the age of 69. Born on November 22, 1955, in Davenport, Iowa to Carlos and Mary (Bogner) Payton. Corliss spent her early years in the Davenport area until she and her family moved to Colorado when she was around 11 or 12 years old.
Throughout her life, Corliss...
Beverly Maxine Van Oeveren
Aug 18, 2025
Beverly Maxine Denise (Fehr) Van Oeveren passed away on Monday, August 18, 2025 at the Imperial Manor, Imperial, Nebraska. She was 101 years old.
Beverly Fehr was born on November 6, 1923, in the small town of Weldona, Colorado, to Henry and Denise (Bruchez) Fehr. At just a few months old, Beverly and her family relocated to Englewood, Colorado. Her mother...
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