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Deborah Ann Garrido
Feb 26, 2020
Deborah Ann Garrido was born to Edwin Hanson and Mary Joan (Fleming) Latus in Petaluma, California on June 5, 1955. Deb attended elementary school at St. John Catholic School and went on to graduate high school from El Cerrito High with the class of 1973. She married James Rowell on September 20, 1975 in Reno, Nevada and to this union...
Lynette A Johnson
Feb 25, 2020
Lynette Ann Johnson - or Nanny, as she was known to family and friends - had great joy to life. Born April 7, 1954, she was a lifelong teacher starting with her two younger sisters. Lynette enjoyed spending time with friends, learning new things, and playing sports throughout her school years. After graduating Chase County High School in 1972, Lynette...
Claude Keith Gleason
Feb 21, 2020
Claude Keith Gleason, 91, of Bird City, KS died February 21, 2020. He was born south of Bird City on the family farm January 23, 1929 to Philander (Pood) (PC) and Cora Palmer Gleason. He attended grade school, but his pop needed one of the twins to stay home and help with the chores during high school. Claude said he...
Richard "Rich" Greeley
Feb 10, 2020
Richard Wade Greeley was born to Wade Raymond and Lydia Bertha (Kerchal) Greeley on June 8, 1936 at the family farm house in Hayes County, Nebraska. He attended elementary and high school in Hayes Center and graduated with the Class of 1953. After graduating, Richard farmed in the Hayes Center area and worked for Hayes Center Coop Oil. He was...
Byron L Els
Feb 8, 2020
Byron Leo Els was born March 24, 1929 at Best, Colorado to Carl & Alice (Steiner) Els, and passed away at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman on February 8, 2020. Byron attended school in Laird, Colorado and also in Wray, Colorado. When his dad moved north of Benkelman, he finished his schooling there, graduating from Benkelman High School in...
Gene Allen Smith
Feb 5, 2020
Gene Allen Smith, affectionately known as Geno, was born in Imperial, Nebraska on December 25, 1931 to Leslie Earl Smith Sr. and Gladys Beulah (Comer) Smith. He was the middle son between his older brother, Stan and younger brother, Les. Geno was the risk-taker, the traveler, and the “James Dean-type bad boy.” He grew up in Imperial and following high...
Richard "Dick" Houghton
Jan 30, 2020
Richard “Dick” Robert Houghton was born to William J. and Marean (Siddons) Houghton on May 25, 1940 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Dick attended school in Omaha, Nebraska where he graduated from high school. Shortly after graduating Dick was inducted into the United States Army where he served honorably until his discharge on August 31, 1969 at the rank of Specialist....
Dwight E Hoff
Jan 29, 2020
Dwight Elwyn Hoff 1925 - 2020 Dwight Elwyn Hoff passed away on January 29th, 2020. He was 94 years of age. Dwight was born in St. Francis, Kansas on April 6th, 1925. He was the second child born to his parents, Harry and Myrtle (Hanna) Hoff. His older sister, Edra Mae (Eddie) was born two years earlier. Dwight’s family has...
Christie M Burgess
Jan 29, 2020
Christie Burgess Christie Morine Burgess was the eighth of twelve children born to Henry and Myrtle (Shipley) Greer on March 10th, 1930, in Jennings, Oklahoma. In 1944, she moved to California where she met the love of her life, Wayne Burgess. They were married March 28, 1945. Over the next seventeen years they had four children that they raised in...
Bunnie Jussel
Jan 22, 2020
Bernadene “Bunnie” Jussel Bernadene Stella (Modrell) Jussel was the first child born to Irene (Dunham) and Bernard Modrell at McCook, Nebraska, on October 9, 1931. Her Father started calling her Bunnie a little“Love” name that she carried for the rest of her life. At a very early age she moved with her family to a farm north of Palisade, Nebraska,...
Murlena Lucille Beard
Jan 21, 2020
Murlena Lucille Beard, 86, of Imperial, Nebraska was relieved of her pain on January 21st, 2020. On November 15th, 1933, Murlena Beard was born to Wilfred and Helen Miller of Imperial, Nebraska. She was the first born and was later joined by two brothers, Wilfred Jr “Bill” and Delvis. She graduated From Chase County High School in 1951. On August...
Peggy I Bernard
Jan 20, 2020
Peggy Ilene Miller Bernard, loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, passed away surrounded by loved ones on January 20, 2020 at the University of Colorado Health following complications from a double lung transplant. Peg passed doing what she felt would allow her to chase her many grandkids and great grandkids around the house and yard and no longer be...
Beulah Ann Harris
Jan 16, 2020
Beulah Ann (Harrison) Harris was born December 11, 1933 at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. She was the youngest of four daughters born to James Edward and Anna (Maris) Harrison. Beulah grew up on the farm in rural Dundy County, Nebraska. She attended Eden Grade School and high school in Wauneta, graduating in 1951. She attended McCook College...
Eldon R Roschewski
Jan 16, 2020
Eldon Robert Roschewski was born March 21, 1926, to Henry and Goldie (Dick) Roschewski of Beatrice, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed in the St. John’s Lutheran Church of Beatrice. Eldon graduated from Beatrice High School and then enlisted in the United States Navy. He was honorably discharged May, 1946. After his service, Eldon moved to Imperial, Nebraska, to find...
Jerry Owens
Jan 13, 2020
Jerald “Jerry” J. Owens was born on August 2, 1934 in Benkelman, Nebraska to Joseph G. and Erma V. (Call) Owens. He attended school in Benkelman, graduating with the Benkelman High School Class of 1953. After high school, Jerry continued his education at Regis University in Denver, Colorado for one year until he was drafted in the United States Army....
Evelyn Marie Reiman
Jan 8, 2020
Evelyn Marie Hisey Reiman, 87, of Benkelman died Wednesday (January 8, 2020) at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. She was born in Lenora, KS to Earl and Edna Hisey and attended high school in Hill City, KS. After school she waited tables in Norton, KS until she moved to Benkelman in 1967. She worked at the Sarah...
Gwen Mae Vogler
Jan 4, 2020
Gwendolyn M. Vogler was born to Henry W. and Edna (Crouse) Curtis on January 23, 1936 in Imperial, Nebraska. She attended school in Imperial and graduated high school with the Class of 1954. Gwen was united in marriage to Larry Vogler on February 9, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nerada. The couple made homes in Detroit, Michigan and Denver, Colorado before...
Ruthelma J Speicher
Dec 31, 2019
Ruthelma J. Speicher, 89, of Central City, formerly of Wauneta, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Cottonwood Estates in Central City. Memorial Services will be Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at Community Bible Church in Central City, NE with Pastor Dale Janzen and Mark Hartley officiating and Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 10:30 A.M.(MT) at United Methodist Church...
Mary Dreiling
Dec 24, 2019
MARY DREILING Mary Dreiling was born December 1, 1926, to Clemens and Rosa (Dechant) Stadler in Ellis, Kansas. As a youngster she lived in Kansas for a short time before moving with her family to Frederick, Colorado, where she grew up and attended school. Mary married Christian L. Dreiling on February 4, 1948, in Frederick, Colorado, and the couple settled...
Denny True
Dec 23, 2019
Denny True Resident of Enders passed away Monday, December 23, 2019, at the Chase County Hospital, of Imperial, NE He was 77 years of age. Survivors Include: Step Children: Debbie Jakel (Rick) of Evans, CO. Judith Sack, Moore, OK Barbie Gurr (Russell) of Lakewood, CO Betty Becker of Arvada, CO 10 Step Grandchildren 7 Step Great-Grandchildren Brother: Rick True of...
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