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Esther Poe
Aug 30, 2020
Esther Irene Poe passed away peacefully on August 30, 2020, with her husband and children at her side, at the Imperial Manor in Imperial, NE. She had waged a fierce 6-1/2 year battle with ovarian cancer, but it finally won. Esther was born November 11, 1932 in rural Cheyenne County, Kansas to Roy William and Irene Trembly Douglass. During her...
Scott Lamb
Aug 28, 2020
Scott Alan Lamb was born November 10, 1963, in Denver, Colorado, to Ira “Edwin” and Anna Jean (Warren) Lamb. Scott attended school in Denver and moved with his family to several locations including Wyoming, before making Benkelman, Nebraska, his home. Scott loved watching football games and his favorite team the Denver Broncos. He collected many Broncos’ Team memorabilia along with...
Sharon Chartier
Aug 17, 2020
SHARON L. CHARTIER Sharon Lee Chartier was born September 6, 1941, at Syracuse, New York, to Raymond T. and Vivian E. (Niver) Egan. As a young person she grew up and attended school in New York. Sharon had a fascination for horses and joined a traveling circus to become a horse riding performer. During her career she traveled the country...
Emma A Brunswig
Aug 11, 2020
Emma Arlene (Raile) Brunswig was born February 10, 1933, to Ted and Laura (Bryant) Raile at Frederick and Emma Raile’s house in Cheyenne County Kansas. She attended school in Cheyenne County through the 8th grade. In 1943 after a long illness, her mother Laura passed away. Raising the four children, Emma, Larry, Laura and Sydney was hard for a single...
Jeremy D Blomstedt
Aug 5, 2020
Jeremy Dean Blomstedt was born in McCook, NE, on August 29, 1974, the third of nine children, to Dennis C. and Frances M. (Bones) Blomstedt. In his young life he grew up and attended school in Palisade, graduating from Palisade High School in 1992. He went to attend the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, as a theater major and graduated with...
Lois Ball
Aug 2, 2020
Lois Ball Lois E. Ball was born October 11, 1928, in Denver, Colorado, to Oscar F. and Agnes P. (Martin) Hendrickson. As a young person, she grew up and attended school in Denver. Lois married Emmanuel “Phillip” Ball on September 14, 1946, in Denver, where they settled. They moved to Longmont, Colorado, before retiring in Benkelman, Nebraska. Lois assisted in...
Boyd Mathews
Aug 1, 2020
William Boyd Mathews was born April 14, 1927, in rural Chase County, to William M. and Edna Marie (Bremer) Mathews. In his young years he grew up in rural Chase County attending rural District #10 grade school. Boyd (as he was known) went on to graduate from Chase County High School in 1945. After graduation Boyd was turned down from...
Kenneth Rider
Jul 25, 2020
Kenneth Frank Rider was born April 7, 1957, at Imperial, Nebraska, to Eugene F. and Marilyn E (Pflum) Rider. In his young years, he grew up and attended school in McCook, graduating from McCook High School in 1976. Kenny (as he was known) participated in track and was a member of the swim team. Kenny was employed at the 7-Up...
Lucille M McBride
Jul 20, 2020
Lucille M. McBride Lucille Maurine McBride was born Sept. 25, 1920, to Merle (Williams) Porter and Ed Porter north of Wauneta on what would be remembered as the Wesley Wheeler farm. At the age of three she, her parents and sister, Lois (eight years older) moved to a farm in the Eden Precinct of Hitchcock County southwest of Wauneta and...
Edward Felt
Jul 20, 2020
Edward Eugene Felt was born to Glen and Viola (Deselms) Felt on December 13, 1941, in McCook, Nebraska. He was the second of three brothers. After his mother died when he was three, Ed was raised by his grandparents, James and Cora Felt, in Culbertson, Nebraska. Ed joined the Air Force in 1961. He was stationed in Mississippi, the Philippines,...
Sharon K Raasch
Jul 17, 2020
Sharon Kay Alley Raasch was born July 19, 1940, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Harold and Ruth Alley. Sharon was raised in Ashland, Nebraska. She attended both grade and high school in Ashland, Nebraska. She was an avid music lover and played the clarinet in the high school marching band. Sharon met the love of her life Wayne Raasch when she...
Dorothy J. Weiss
Jul 15, 2020
Dorothy was born on December 24, 1924, to George and Sadie (Hall) Smith in Lamar, Nebraska. She joined older sisters, Lillian and Virginia. The three girls formed a loving sisterhood which flourished throughout their lives. The Smith family lived on a farm and Dorothy joined her sisters in walking to elementary school near their home. During her high school years,...
Shanan R Pollmann
Jul 15, 2020
Shanan Rae (David) Pollmann was born on May 30th, 1971, at Dundy County Hospital to Mike and Cathy (Lutz) David. She entered the family of two sisters, Brigitte and Stefani, being the baby of the family until her brother, Kendall, was born. Shanan graduated from Dundy County High School in 1989. She excelled in basketball and volleyball, but participated in...
James "Jack" Egger
Jul 6, 2020
James “Jack” Egger James Neuman Egger was born January 15, 1948, at Des Moines, IA, to Herbert (Bud) and Norma Jean (Madsen) Egger. Jack, (as he was known) graduated from Parkview High School, Springfield, MO., in 1967. He soon started his nine year career in the U.S. Air Force stationed initially at Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, and finishing...
Alberta Long
Jul 1, 2020
Alberta Marie (Parde) Long was born April 27, 1928, to Henry R. and Ann Louise (Roschewski) Parde at Stratton, Nebraska. As a young girl she was baptized and attended parochial school at St. Paul Lutheran Church and school, rural Wauneta, Nebraska. Alberta married Marion C. Long on August 28, 1944, at St Francis, Kansas, and to this union five children...
Glenda Loeffler
Jun 28, 2020
Loeffler Glenda Aurelia Loeffler was born May 5, 1930, in Wauneta, Nebraska, to George Edward and Wilma Rowena (Waidley) Rowley. Glenda grew up and attended school in Imperial, Nebraska, where she graduated with the class of 1948 from Chase County High School. On December 24, 1947, Glenda married Frank Olen Loeffler in Grant, Nebraska. The couple settled in Imperial and...
Gernon "Butch" Crider
Jun 27, 2020
Gernon “Butch” Dale Crider was born at home in Eminence, Missouri on Sept. 16, 1950 to Austin George and Rosetta D. (Dorow) Crider. Butch grew up in the back-woods around Eminence and graduated Eminence High School in 1968. Later his work led him to Imperial, Nebraska, near where his grandparents had lived and his mom was raised when she was...
Eileen Fern Martell
Jun 26, 2020
Eileen (Haarberg) Martell Eileen Fern was born March 28, 1930, to Dick and Lena (Alsleben) Haarberg at Wauneta, Nebr. She was baptized into the Lutheran Faith as an infant, and later in 1943 was confirmed at St Paul’s Lutheran Church south of Wauneta. Eileen married Louis Clay in 1946. To this union four daughters were born. In 1953 they moved...
Melissa Ann Sis
Jun 22, 2020
Melissa Sis Melissa Ann Sis, age 68, of Stratton, Nebraska, passed away in her sleep on Monday, June 22, 2020. She was born September 30, 1951, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, to Sterling and June (Frans) Ross. Melissa attended Nehawka High School, graduating with the class of 1969. She graduated from Peru State College with a Bachelor’s Degree in teaching in...
Mildred Roschewski
Jun 20, 2020
Mildred Roschewski Longtime resident of Imperial passed away early Saturday morning, June 20, 2020, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. She was 94 years of age. Survivors Include: Daughter: Marilyn O’Neil and husband, Don, of Elsie, NE Son: Keith Roschewski and wife, Dwana, of Benkelman, NE 6 Grandchildren 13 Great-Grandchildren Brother: Leroy Haarberg of Wauneta, NE Sister: Eileen Martell of...
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