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Mary Gage
Oct 19, 2020
Mary Etta Gage passed away on Monday, October 19th, 2020 at North Platte Care Center. Mary was born January 15, 1937 to Clifford and Velma (Hixon) Moody in Imperial, Nebraska. She attended Wauneta Public Schools graduating in 1954, and then went on to earn her teaching certificate from McCook Community College. On December 18, 1955 Mary married the love of...
Dale "Burdette" Wilson
Oct 16, 2020
Since the birth of Dale Burdette Wilson on July 4th, 1925, he has been a “firecracker” so to speak with a very independent spirit. Dale Burdette was born to Orrin and Ethel Belle (Smith) Wilson on the family farm north of Benkelman. He was 1 of 13 children raised in a two-bedroom house. Burdette attended school until the 8th grade,...
Leonel Torres
Oct 15, 2020
Leonel Ruperto Torres was born March 27, 1943, in Santo Tomas, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Gabriel Torres and Inez Arreola. He grew up and attended school in Mexico. Leonel married Lucinda Marquez on September 18, 1986, In Ignacio Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. The couple settled in several communities in Mexico, before moving to Winslow, Arizona. They then made their home in Imperial,...
Marlon J Prottsman
Oct 9, 2020
Marlon Jay Prottsman was born September 20, 1954, at Grant, Nebraska, to Wayne and Eunice (Behrens) Prottsman. He grew up and attended school in the Venango area, graduating from Venango High School in 1972. He continued his education at Mid- Plains Community College in their welding program. Marlon was inducted the US Navy in August of 1973, serving in the...
Wilber Kuenning
Oct 9, 2020
Wilber L Kuenning of Imperial, NE passed away on October 9, 2020 from Coronavirus. He was born February 18, 1922 in Unadilla, NE to Oscar & Myrtle Kuenning. The fifth of 12 children, he was raised by a single mother. He started working for wages at the age of 10, always giving a portion of his earnings to his mother....
Esther A Einspahr
Oct 3, 2020
Esther Ann Einspahr was born June 13, 1929, at Wauneta, Nebraska, to Otis J. and Clara M. (Ditton) Knotwell. As a youngster, Esther was baptized on April 5, 1942, at the United Methodist Church of Wauneta. She grew up and attended school in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1946. On August 20, 1950, Esther married Rodney D. Einspahr,...
Elroy Broughton
Sep 25, 2020
Roland Elroy Broughton was born June 28, 1935, in Haigler, Nebraska, to Rolland R. and Leota M. (Minor) Broughton. Elroy graduated from Chase County High School in 1953. On September 16, 1957, Elroy was inducted into the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska until his honorable discharge on June 17, 1959. While in Alaska, Elroy taught GED classes to...
Delpha Nordhausen
Sep 24, 2020
Delpha Irene (Brown) Nordhausen was born December 29, 1926, to Andrew Jackson and Gertrude Orveta (Witt) Brown, on a farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska. As a youngster, Delpha attended the Garfield School reaching the fifth grade. She then moved with her family to the Hamlet, Nebraska, vicinity where she attended school through her junior year. Delpha continued her education in...
Jess Bernard
Sep 23, 2020
Ernest Bernard, Jr., 86, of Imperial, died September 23rd, 2020, in North Platte, NE. He was born in Haxtun, Colorado, to Nettie (Starling) Bernard and Jess Bernard Sr. on August 7, 1934. The family then moved to the farm south of Imperial, where he lived and worked the rest of his life. Jess graduated from Chase County High School in...
Bonnie J Hager
Sep 14, 2020
Having blessed her with 97 years, 2 months, and 21 days of earthly life, God called Bonnie Jane (Loop) Hager home to Him and her eternal life on Monday, September 14, 2020. Bonnie passed away peacefully in her home with her family beside her. Bonnie was born June 24, 1923, north of Stratton on the Loop family homestead. She was...
Vera L. Whipps
Sep 10, 2020
Vera L. Whipps was born in Anoka, NE on October 17, 1922, and passed from this life on September 10, 2020, at her home in Florence, AZ surrounded by her family. She was a devoted Christian, and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her four children, Carole Marshall of San Tan Valley, AZ and Stapleton, NE,...
Ramon Varay
Sep 9, 2020
Ramon Varay was born March 4, 1963, to Juan and Antonia (Magallanes) Varay in Chihuahua, Mexico. He grew up and attended school in Mexico. Locally he was employed by Orville Green Trucking. He enjoyed working on the silage trucks and spending time with his grandchildren. Ramon passed away September 9, 2020, at his home. He was 57 Years of age....
Ronald P Singer
Sep 4, 2020
Ronald Paul Singer, 74, of Wauneta, Nebraska passed away in McCook, Nebraska on Sept., 4th, 2020. Ron was born on December 13th, 1945 in Garnett, Kansas to Paul and Helen (Howery) Singer. He graduated from Parker High School in 1964 and attended one year at Allen County Community College before being drafted. Ron served his country in the United States...
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...
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