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Iris A Large
Oct 4, 2019
Iris Ann Large was born on December 13, 1932, to Everett and Jessie (Rathbun) Large, in Hayes County, Nebraska. She passed away unexpectedly on October 4, 2019, at her home in Lincoln, New Mexico. Iris attended Estelle, the rock schoolhouse, in Hayes County through the seventh grade, and graduated from Wauneta High School at the age of 16 in 1949....
Erma June Fortkamp
Oct 2, 2019
Erma June Fortkamp was born June 7, 1927 in rural Dundy County, Nebraska to Ben and Fanny (Duhm) Donze. Erma was baptized and confirmed in the Redeemer Lutheran church in Wauneta, Nebraska and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1946. On February 14, 1951, she was united in marriage to Martin Fortkamp in Wauneta. To this union two children were...
Ronald E Acton
Sep 30, 2019
Ronald Acton Ronald Elsworth Acton was born November 21, 1924, at Agency, Iowa, to Harry L. and Katie E. (Widger) Acton. As a youngster, Ron, moved with his family in, 1935, to a farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska. He attended school in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1942. Ron entered the U.S. Army on May 10, 1945, and...
Norma Harper
Sep 19, 2019
Norma Harper Norma Yvonne Harper was born on March 4, 1934, at Arapahoe, Nebraska, to Clarence and Mabel (McCollam) Randolph. As a young girl she moved with her family to Benkelman, Nebraska, where she grew up and attended school. Norma married George “Demby” Harper in October of 1961, at Casper Wyoming, where the couple made their home for several years....
Eva June Cowles
Sep 9, 2019
Eva June Cowles was born September 22, 1928 to Henry Grover and Dessie Gay Felt in Hiawatha, Nebraska. Eva’s family moved to Champion, Nebraska in 1929 where she lived until moving to Englewood, Colorado as a teenager. After graduating from Englewood High School in 1944, she met and married Robert “Coke” Cowles on October 4, 1947. In 1954 they moved...
Vonna G Ragan
Sep 6, 2019
Vonna Glyndean (Hardy) Ragan was born July 19, 1929, to Frank K. and Lola A. (Henderson) Hardy, at the home of her great-grandparents in Stratton, Nebraska. Vonna attended grade school at the Eden Country School, and graduated from Stratton High School in 1946. After graduation, Vonna, continued her education at the Barnes Business School in Denver, Colorado. Vonna married Seth...
Dona Irene Tropf
Aug 31, 2019
Dona Irene Tropf was born to Dwight Jacob and Annie Rose (Redden) Hogsett on July 25, 1929 in the Best community in western Chase County, Nebraska. She attended school through the eighth grade and then stayed home to help the family on the farm. Dona would return to school later in life and receive her GED. Dona was united in...
Esther Pearl (Darby) Cline
Aug 31, 2019
Esther Pearl Cline the daughter of Theodore and Elizabeth (Wall) Darby, was born May 25, 1923 at Cheyenne County, Kansas at the township of Nutty Combe and passed away August 31, 2019 at the Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was 96 years of age. Esther grew up on the family farm. Her mother passed away when she...
Kenneth Vanderford
Aug 29, 2019
Kenneth Neil Vanderford was born on February 12, 1939 to Charlie and Elsie Vanderford and raised on a farm 5 miles south of Haigler, Nebraska with one brother Norvin. Kenneth passed away August 29, 2019 in the family home at the age of 80. Kenneth attended grade school in a country school near the farm, West 10th School. He then...
Kenneth C Hummel
Aug 28, 2019
Kenneth C. Hummel of Cozad passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at Central City Care Center at the age of 79. Kenny was born in Wauneta, Nebraska on November 19, 1939 to Robert and Gladys (Steckman) Hummel. He attended Wauneta Public Schools and later, as a teenager, Omaha School for the Deaf. Kenny spent his childhood tagging along after his...
Thomas Liebig
Aug 27, 2019
Thomas Francis Liebig, age 69, of Wauneta, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Thom's siblings were with him at the time of his passing. He was born March 7, 1950 in Columbus, NE to Daniel and Joanne Liebig. The family moved to Wauneta in January of 1954. Thom graduated from Wauneta High School...
Celia J Spady
Aug 11, 2019
Celia Joyce Spady was born January 6, 1940, in Lyman, Wyoming to Kermit Bernard and Lottie Ida (Wolf) Karns. As a young girl, her family lived in different locations in Wyoming and Nebraska following her father’s job in the Federal Aviation Administration. After graduating from North Kansas City High School in 1958, Celia married her high school sweetheart, Dennis, on...
Betty Jean Deyle
Aug 11, 2019
Betty Jean Deyle was born December 11, 1926 at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska to Elmer and Lottie (Fulk) Nelson and departed this life on August 11, 2019 at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman, Nebraska. She was 92 years of age. She grew up on a farm in northern Dundy County and attended country grade school at...
Brian L Harchelroad
Aug 9, 2019
Brian Harchelroad Brian Lee Harchelroad was born on September 25, 1966, In Imperial, Nebraska, to Gene and Wilva (Richards) Harchelroad. Brian attended Wauneta Public Schools, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1985. He continued his education at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he earned a business degree. He played football for the University of Nebraska from 1985-1989. After graduation...
David O. Merklin
Aug 3, 2019
David Orlando Merklin, 90, of Benkelman, Nebraska, passed away, Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Sarah Ann Hester Home. David O was born 16 July 1929 on a farm 3 miles south of Benkelman, Nebraska to David Albert and Manila Alfreda (Osborn) Merklin, the youngest of 5 children. He lived on the farm until the flood of 1935 destroyed the...
Kay Marie Baudier
Aug 1, 2019
Kay Marie Baudier was born on December 13, 1938, at Holdrege, Nebraska, to Ray H. and Ethel V (Millis) Williamson. Kay attended school in Stratton, Nebraska, graduating from Stratton High School. Kay had many hobbies including sewing and working all types of puzzles. She enjoyed traveling and experiencing new places. Kay passed away Thursday afternoon, August 1, 2019 at the...
Sandy S Large
Jul 19, 2019
Sandra Sue Large was born on April 6, 1958, at Spalding, Nebraska, to LaVerne A. and Kay L. (Jenkins) Buckles. Sandy, as she was known, grew up in Ericson where she attended school graduating from Wheeler Central High School in Bartlett, Nebraska. Sandy continued her education at Wayne State and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, earning a Bachelor’s Degree...
Virginia Emma Unzicker
Jul 8, 2019
Virginia Emma Unzicker, 94 of Imperial, Nebraska passed away Monday morning, July 8, 2019 at Monarch Hospice Home in Lincoln, Nebraska. Virginia (Ginny) was born April 30, 1925 in Holyoke, Colorado to Morse Allen and Ruby Maude (Ellis) Kistler. She graduated from Phillips County High School in May 1944 and attended Colorado Women’s College and Oregon State University. In 1945,...
Jacqueline E McBride
Jul 5, 2019
Jacqueline Elaine McBride was born November 13, 1946, in Imperial, Nebraska, to James E. and Elzie M. (Cline) McBride. As a young lady Jacqueline attended school in Dundy County graduating from Sunny Slope, District # 64, in 1964. She then attended college for a short time before becoming employed in electronics assembly for Martin-Marietta Company. Jacqueline resided in several different...
Merle E Macklin
Jun 28, 2019
Merle Macklin Merle Eugene Macklin was born June 16, 1938, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Harvey John and Phyllis Nettie (Yost) Macklin. As a young man he attended school in several different locations moving with his family. In February of 1957 Merle joined the United States Army. Merle received his honorable discharge in May of 1959 and he moved to...
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