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Cynthia "Cindy" S Fries
Jan 5, 2021
Cindy Fries, Benkelman, passed away on January 5, 2021 at the Dundy County Hospital after an extended and courageous battle with breast cancer. Cindy was born on August 2,1954 to Walter and Jean (Howard) Blecha. She grew up north of Benkelman at Twin Lakes. She attended country school at District 36 until the school closed and then she finished her...
Martin L Fortkamp
Dec 31, 2020
Martin Louis Fortkamp departed this life December 31, 2020 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 100. Martin was born June 13, 1920 on the south divide in rural Chase County Nebraska to Henry C. and Sophia (Haarberg) Fortkamp in the family home. Martin attended a rural school near the family farm and St. Paul Lutheran parochial...
Joel VanSteenberg
Dec 24, 2020
Resident of Imperial, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home, Imperial, NE. Joel was 77 years of age. Survivors Include: Son: Brian VanSteenberg of Superior, NE Daughter: Terri Mohler and husband, Joe, of Missoula, MT Son: Aaron VanSteenberg of Hastings, NE 4 Grandchildren Joel’s wishes were for cremation with no following memorial services. On line...
Sharon K Kluender
Dec 23, 2020
Sharon Kay Kluender was born August 12, 1943, to Douglas and Elvira (Wickman) Hammon in Valentine, NE. Sharon grew up and attended school in Valentine, graduating From Valentine High School in 1961. She continued her education by attending college at Colorado State University and graduating from Chadron State College in 1965 with a degree in Secondary Education. Sharon married Robert...
Tyler C Schneider
Dec 21, 2020
Tyler Carl Schneider was born on February 17, 1977 in McCook, Nebraska to the late Carl Fred Schneider and Darlla D. Krutsinger. Tyler was the first of three sons, followed by brothers Toby Lee and Jesse Dean. Tyler grew up in Benkelman, Nebraska where he attended Benkelman Elementary and graduated from Dundy County Highschool in 1995. Tyler accepted Jesus Christ...
Arthur "Jerry" G. Wissink
Dec 19, 2020
Arthur (Jerry) G. Wissink was born January 4, 1965, in Stratton, Nebraska, to Ann Louise (Barnett) and Ronald Dean Wissink. Jerry grew up and attended school in Stratton and graduated from Stratton High School in 1983. On February 28, 1987, Jerry married Peri Jo French at the Methodist Church in Stratton. The couple settled in Stratton were Jerry completed a...
Socorro M Murillo
Dec 12, 2020
Socorro Maria Murillo was born August 4, 1941, in Rotan, Texas, to Fernando and Laurencia (Fernadez) Perez. As a young girl, Socorro grew up and attended school in Texas before moving to Colorado. Socorro met Gregorio Murillo in Colorado and the couple were married on September 7, 1967, in Greeley. Socorro and Gregorio settled in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, where they...
Barbara Brown
Dec 12, 2020
Barbara Anne Brown was born March 28, 1930, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Oris Albert and Angelina Elizabeth (McMannama) Brown. As a young girl, Barbara attended school in Imperial, Nebraska, and graduated from Chase County High School in 1948. On May 13, 1949, Barbara married Hubert C. Brown at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The couple first settled in Enders,...
Karen K Steinbeck
Dec 7, 2020
Karen Karrleen Steinbeck was born October 24, 1940, at Palisade, Nebraska, to Francis M. and Mildred O. (Weston) Andrew. As a youngster, she grew up and attended School in Palisade, graduating Palisade High School in 1958. On January 11, 1960, she married Duane “Pete” Steinbeck in Benkelman, Ne. They lived and farmed south of Wauneta. In 1997 the couple moved...
Viola B Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2020
Viola Bertha Gottschalk was born November 13, 1923, to John and Margaret (Kramer) Johnston near Erie, Colorado. As a child, she attended country school near her home through the eighth grade. She completed requirements for a high school diploma as an adult many years later after raising her family. On Oct. 8, 1950, she married Benjamin E. Gottschalk in Longmont,...
Jessie (Annabel) Pump
Dec 3, 2020
Jessie Annabel (Brown) Pump entered this world at the family farm North of Wauneta, Nebraska. The 4th child of 8, Annabel was born on January 18, 1920 to her proud parents, Gertrude Orvetta (Witt) and Andrew Jackson Brown. Annabel remembers riding on the family horse, Chloe, with three of her siblings to and from the Garfield School where she attended...
Catherine M Weber
Dec 3, 2020
Catherine Minnie Weber passed away on December 3rd in Lincoln Nebraska. She was 88 years old. Catherine was born to Joseph and Elizabeth Simons, of Nenzel, Nebraska on April 19th, 1932. She was the second youngest of nine children. She grew up on a farm there in Nenzel. Lived in Merriman through her school days. Worked the family café. Cathy...
Dennis F Goings
Dec 1, 2020
Dennis Floyd Goings was born February 26, 1944, to Floyd Lecurgus and Sophia Stella (Kerchal) Goings at Chase County Hospital, Imperial, NE. Dennis graduated from Wauneta High School on May 7, 1962, and continued his education attending Parks Business School in Denver, CO. He earned an Associate’s Degree in Data Processing and was employed in several different positions assisting his...
Gregorio Murillo
Nov 30, 2020
San Benito, Texas, to Gregorio Murillo and Esperanza Barrera. As a young man he grew up and attended school in Texas before moving to Colorado. Gregorio married Socorro Perez on September 7, 1967, in Greeley, Colorado, and the couple settled in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, where they lived for several before making Imperial, Nebraska, their home. Gregorio was employed by Edwin...
Joe C Maddux
Nov 27, 2020
Long time rancher of Chase County, born July 7, 1938, passed away Friday morning, November 27, 2020, at his home on the ranch surrounded by his family. Joe was 82 years of age. (Private Family Services)
Arthur "John" Werner
Nov 22, 2020
Arthur John Werner, age 59, of Palisade, Nebraska, passed peacefully, on Sunday, November 22, 2020, surrounded by family at his son’s home in Lincoln, Nebraska. John (as he was known) was born January 16, 1961, in Sacramento, California. He graduated in 1979 from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California. John moved to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and joined the U.S....
Eugene L Carrigan
Nov 20, 2020
Eugene Lee Carrigan was born on April 1, 1942, in Wauneta, Nebraska. Gene (as he was known) resided in Northglenn, Colorado and passed away November 20th, 2020, at the age of 78, after an extended illness. Gene was raised by his father, Alme Eugene Carrigan and grandmother Vida, after his mother, Vera, passed away in 1948. In May of 1956,...
Marilyn L Lutz
Nov 14, 2020
Marilyn Louise Lutz was born on August 23, 1936, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Dr. G. Albert and Marguerite Morehouse. Marilyn grew up and attended school in Benkelman, graduating from Benkelman High School in 1954. On September 5, 1954, Marilyn married Chris Frankie Lutz at the Benkelman Methodist Church. The couple settled on the farm six miles east of Benkelman on...
Janice L DeWester
Nov 14, 2020
Janice Louise DeWester was born July 17, 1944, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Everett and Louise (Hardwick) Stamm and departed this life on November 14, 2020, from her home in Wauneta, Nebraska, at the age of 76. Jan was raised on a farm 12 miles northwest of Benkelman and attended District 36, a one room schoolhouse through the 8th grade. She...
Max Hoffmeister
Nov 13, 2020
Max was into life full time and for the long run. He was born September 29, 1927, to Isabel (Bennison) and Max Hoffmeister at Imperial, NE, the oldest of three, growing up with sisters Mary (Hillberry) and Ruth (Piva). He attended grade and high school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1946. While in high school, he...
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