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Helen M Schilke
Dec 2, 2021
Helen Mae Schilke was born September 6, 1951, in Caldwell, Idaho, to William C. and Laura B. (Duncan) Dixon. Helen grew up in Chase County, Nebraska, graduating from Chase County High School in 1969. She continued her education attending the McCook Beauty Academy in 1970. Helen married Wayne D. Schilke on February 6, 1971, and the couple settled on a...
Leila J Barrett
Nov 30, 2021
Leila Joy (McArthur) Barrett was born August 24, 1944, in Stratton, Colorado, to Velma Merle (Smelker) and John Dean McArthur. Leila attended Haigler High School, graduating with the class of 1962. After graduation, Leila began a career in health care as a CNA. She worked in various nursing homes, hospitals and for Home Health Care. Leila enjoyed making things and...
Gary D Snyder
Nov 29, 2021
Gary Dean Snyder was born March 14, 1966, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Lela Mae (Wonderly) and Peter Jacob Snyder. Gary grew up in Imperial and attended Chase County Schools, graduating from Chase County High School in 1984. He continued his education at a technical school. Gary was employed by the Imperial Coop, Chase County Road Department as a truck driver...
Carol J Broz
Nov 28, 2021
Resident of Imperial passed away Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, at the Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial. Carol was 92 years of age. Survivors Include: Son: Joseph Broz and wife, Jeanette, of Sleepy Hollow, NY Daughter: Jon Marie Broz of Denver, CO. 4 Grandchildren Sister-In-Law: June Steggs of Imperial, NE Mass of the Christian Burial will be held Thursday afternoon,...
Alvin Harmon
Nov 26, 2021
Alvin was born in north rural Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska on June 26, 1930 to Roy Harmon and Mabel Irene (Lindsey) Harmon. He was the youngest of three children. In 1937 the family moved to the farm west of Imperial in Chase County where he lived his entire life, except while in the U.S. Army. Alvin served his country from...
Kimberly A Paul
Nov 9, 2021
Kimberly Ann Paul, 67, a long-time resident of North Platte, passed away at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman on November 9, 2021. She was born in Topeka, Kansas to Thomas and Dolores (Weyer) Clickner on July 5, 1954. She grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she met the love of her life Michael J. Paul. They were...
Paul Monteith
Oct 31, 2021
Robert Paul Monteith was born August 1, 1957, in McCook, Nebraska, to Gertrude (Bopp) and John Hiram Monteith II. Paul grew up in Imperial, Nebraska, and he spent his whole life in the community, except for two years in college and two years working construction in the Denver area. Paul returned to the Champion area to farm for several years....
Sonia Lee Ambrosek
Oct 28, 2021
Sonia Lee Morris Ambrosek started her life journey July 12, 1954, in Grappenhall, England; she passed from this life on October 28, 2021. Sonia was the daughter of Lilian Doreen Langley Morris and Robert Lee Morris. Sonia came to the United States at about 18 months of age with her parents and older brother, Howard. They came to eastern Nebraska...
Norman W Robertson
Oct 27, 2021
Norman Wayne Robertson was born on March 21, 1972, in Fort Morgan, Colorado, to Gertrude Riley. Norman grew up and attended school in Fort Morgan. When Norman relocated to the Imperial, Nebraska, area, he began working for Mid County Farms where he was employed for the last six years. On July 4, 2020, Norman married Quintessa Renee Andrews in Champion,...
Neal McSwain
Oct 27, 2021
Raymond Neal McSwain was born January 24, 1956, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Helen (Nichols) and William “Bill” McSwain. Neal grew up in Loveland, Colorado, and graduated from Loveland High School in 1974. He went on to further his education at Colorado State University in Fort Collins where he graduated with a bachelor’s of science in Landscape Management. On June 30,...
Troy Kost
Oct 27, 2021
Troy David Kost was born March 14, 1963, in Leadville, Colorado, to Karola (Geobel) and Richard J. Kost. Troy was raised by his step-father, Ronald J. Shank. He grew up in Kansas and graduated from Saline High School in 1982. After graduation, Troy moved to Colorado where he owned and managed several rental properties in Thornton, Westminster and Denver. While...
Sherry J Coleman
Oct 26, 2021
Sherry June (Rippe) Coleman was born July 12, 1956 in Denver, Colorado, to Nelda (Holl) and Arnold Rippe. She grew up on the family dairy farm and graduated from Weld Central High School in 1975. Sherry was asked to help in fall harvest near Imperial, Nebraska. There, in the middle of a corn field, she met the love of her...
Marjorie Darrington
Oct 21, 2021
Marjorie Jean Darrington, 86, Wauneta NE, formerly of Colorado Springs, passed away on Thursday October 21, 2021 of natural causes at Wauneta Care & Therapy, Wauneta NE Viewing: 1:30 pm Tuesday Nov 9, 2021 followed by Service: 2 pm at Blunt Mortuary 2229 W Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, Co 80904. Pastor Gary Hunt officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery,...
Janice E Cribelli
Oct 21, 2021
Janice Esther O’Neil was the third daughter born to Bernard and Dorothy O’Neil in Imperial, Nebraska, on December 19, 1939. In her formative years Jan grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska, and on the family farm located on the north divide. She was an active young lady, and was one of Wauneta’s first lifeguards in the 1950s. Jan was very athletic...
Burnetta V Bauerle
Oct 17, 2021
Burnetta “Bea” Silvester was born on Dec. 12, 1932 in rural Champion, NE to Frank and Hattie (Bevans) Silvester. She was the 11th child of 12 children, seven boys and five girls. Bea passed away at the Chase County Hospital on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 at 8:15pm. The doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital took wonderful care of Bea...
Bertie F Stroup
Oct 17, 2021
Bertie F. Stroup, 95, of Benkelman, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2021, at the Sarah Ann Hester Home in Benkelman. Her granddaughter, Emilee, was with her. Bertie went to find her husband and family. Bertie was born in Parks, Nebraska, on December 15, 1925, to Willard Loice Lawson and Clara Priest Lawson. She was the middle child of...
Alvin L Einspahr
Oct 15, 2021
Alvin LeRoy Einspahr was born October 28, 1933, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Susie (Herbert) and Theodore Einspahr. Alvin attended Wauneta Public Schools and began working for the Union Pacific Railroad as a pipe-fitter. On June 11, 1953, Alvin married Kaye Frances Trotter in Oberlin, Kansas, and to this union three children were born: Alvin Lee, Connie and Michael. The family...
Charles L Anderson
Oct 14, 2021
Charles Lambert Anderson was born April 24, 1930, at Palmer, Nebraska, to Oliver and Martha (Jaeger) Anderson. Charles attended District #23 in Chase County for eight years and then went on to work on the family farm. Charles was inducted into the U.S. Army on September 15, 1951, and served in Korea. He was honorably discharged on June 18, 1953,...
Duane A Neverve
Oct 13, 2021
Duane Arnold Neverve was born November 1, 1955, in Wauneta, Nebraska, to Marjorie P. (Bartels) and Lamont Neverve. Duane grew up in the Denver, Colorado, area and graduated from Westminster High School in 1973. After graduation, Duane went on to continue his education and received a degree as a Master Electrician. On October 28, 1978, Duane married Lori Lane at...
Donnie E Bernhardt
Oct 10, 2021
Donald Eugene Bernhardt was born January 9th, 1938, in Ault, Colorado, to John Bernhardt Jr. and Mollie (Mitchell) Bernhardt. Donnie (as he was known) grew up on a farm near Gill, Colorado, the youngest of four children, having two older sisters and one brother. As a youth he was active in 4-H, showing cattle, and sports, baseball being his favorite....
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