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Lendall L. Jahn
May 29, 2018
LENDALL L. JAHN Lendall Larry Jahn was born January 14, 1958, at Manning, Iowa, to Larry L. and Marlene K. (Anthony) Jahn. As a young man, he grew up and attended school in Manilla, Iowa, graduating from Manilla High School in 1976. Lendall soon moved after graduation to Southwest Nebraska working construction and building irrigation pivots. After a short time...
E. Levoine Humphreys
May 19, 2018
Earl Levoine Humphreys was born on June 3, 1942 in rural Dundy County. He departed May 19, 2018 at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. He was 75 years of age. Levoine was born at home on the school section in the southeast corner of Dundy County to William Kermit and Opal M. (Lemon) Humphreys. He went...
Shirley A. Smith
May 18, 2018
Shirley Smith Shirley Arlene (Clements) Smith was born August 9, 1927, at the family farm 2 ½ miles south of Imperial, Nebraska, to Homer Cecil and Caroline Ruth (Watts) Clements. Shirley attended Imperial Grade School and graduated from Chase County High School in 1945. After graduation, Shirley worked at the Chase County Court House. On December 3, 1946, Shirley married...
Robert Hohl
May 17, 2018
ROBERT R. HOHL Robert Rodney Hohl was born February 1, 1934, on the family farm south of Wauneta, Nebraska, to Fred and Bernice (Kitt) Hohl. As a young man he attended country grade school, and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1952. On August 28, 1955, he married Ruth Irene Hill, in Imperial, Nebraska, and to this union three children...
Joyce Eileen Kuenning
May 17, 2018
Joyce Eileen (Dinnel) Kuenning was born September 12, 1947, in Imperial, NE, the daughter of Basil and Helen (Yost) Dinnel. Joyce, age 70, died peacefully on May 17, 2018 at her home. Joyce’s life was devoted to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren and she loved nothing more than spending time with them. She also thoroughly enjoyed sewing, crocheting, crafting,...
Mable Spears
May 13, 2018
Mable Spears Mable (Blecha) Spears was born July 21, 1924, at Beatrice, Nebraska, to Joseph and Mary (Dezort) Blecha. Mable attended school as a young lady, and later met a young man working on a harvest crew named Lester Earl Spears. Mable and Lester were married on January 14, 1942, in Benkelman, Nebraska, and made their first home on a...
Violet V. Long
May 1, 2018
Violet Long Violet ValJean Long (Fortkamp) was born June 12th, 1929, to Henry C. and Sophie (Haarberg) Fortkamp on their farm southwest of Wauneta, Nebraska. Violet was baptized into the Christian Faith at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, rural Wauneta, Nebraska, on July 7th, 1929. Her sponsors were Doris Bartels and Maria Keiser. She was also confirmed on April 18th, 1943,...
Wilma E. Egle
Apr 29, 2018
WILMA EGLE Wilma Eileen Egle was born to William and Georgia (Thomas) Williamson on November 12, 1924 in Stratton, Nebraska. She attended school in Stratton and graduated from Stratton high School with the class of 1942. Wilma married DwightWilliam Egle on November 8, 1942 in McCook, Nebraska. The couple would live in Stratton, Wauneta, Nebraska, New Lenox Illinois, and finally...
Ralph "Mac" Boon
Apr 23, 2018
Ralph “Mac” Boon Jr. was born to Ralph and Elsie (Schoebel) Boon on September 2, 1945 in Durham, North Carolina. He grew up in Morrill County, Nebraska attending school in Northport, Redington and Bridgeport. Ralph was united in marriage to Carol Wickizer on December 10, 1966 in Ogallala, Nebraska. They first lived in North Platte, Nebraska where Mac worked for...
James Edward Powell
Apr 19, 2018
Powell James Edward Powell was born on June 23, 1929, at St. Francis, Kansas, to Roy and Pauline (Dunham) Powell. Later his family moved to Benkelman, Nebraska, where he grew up and attended school. James graduated from Benkelman High School in 1948. On September 26, 1948, he married Loretta Lee Reimer, and to this union three children were born: Carolyn...
Jerry Dart
Apr 10, 2018
Gerald W. Dart LtCol Retired, Gerald “Jerry” age 82, completed his final flight on Tuesday, April 10th, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas, after a long and courageous battle with Pancreatic cancer. Jerry graduated from Imperial High School in 1954, and attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, graduating in 1959. After college, Jerry served 20 years in the United States Air Force....
Edith M. Roundtree
Apr 3, 2018
Edith M. (Van Horn) Roundtree, age 91, passed away April 3, 2018 at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman, Nebraska. She was born July 30, 1926 in Wray, Colorado to Raymond and Gertrude (Carlock) Van Horn and graduated from high school in Wray in 1944. She married Rex “Red” Roundtree in Saint Francis, Kansas on August 17, 1945...
Edna Helen Parrish
Mar 31, 2018
Edna Helen Parrish was born to Theo and Ruth (Bright) Daschofsky on June 24, 1917 in Lamont, Nebraska in southwest Chase County. She attended school through the eighth grade. On November 13, 1943 she was united in marriage to Harold C. Parrish. The couple first lived in South Carolina while Harold served in the Army and then returned to live...
Wayne LeRoy Bartels
Mar 31, 2018
Wayne LeRoy Bartels was born to Otto and Ida (Damrow) Bartels on May 1, 1939 in Chase County, Nebraska. He graduated high school in Chase County and went on to take some college courses. Wayne was united in marriage to Donna Maye Kunnemann on July 29, 1962 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial, Nebraska. The family made their home...
Sandra "Sandy" Kay Browning
Mar 31, 2018
Sandra “Sandy” Browning was born June 6, 1949 to Keith and Evalynne (Saum) Powell in Grant, Nebraska. She grew up in Grant, and graduated high school with the class of 1967. It was during a junior high music contest in Chappell, Nebraska that Larry met Sandy when she was in the fifth grade and Larry was in the seventh grade....
Robert "Bob" Hanna
Mar 29, 2018
Robert Ellsworth Hanna was born to Forest and Lenore (Leidig) on August 19, 1928 at the family farm in rural Hayes County, Nebraska. Lenore passed away when Robert was just a couple years old and his father married Faye Bamesberger. Bob attended school in Wauneta and graduated from Wauneta High School with the class of 1946. He was inducted into...
Jayne Ann Miller
Mar 28, 2018
Jayne Ann Miller was born to Wesley and Nora (Patterson) Seamands on November 25, 1947 in Riverton, Wyoming. As a child, Jayne was very active and enjoyed her time in the local 4-H chapter. She graduated from Laramie High School with the class of 1966 and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming in 1971....
Ronald DeWester
Mar 28, 2018
Ronald Lee DeWester was born on July 30th, 1928 in Benkelman, NE to James M. DeWester and Nina E. (Bush) DeWester. He was called home to be with his Lord and his late wife Patty on March 28, 2018. Ron graduated from Benkelman High School in 1945. After graduation Ron continued to work at Justus Feed Mill, the family owned...
Esther Elizabeth Arnison
Mar 25, 2018
Esther Elizabeth Wennberg was born August 6, 1927, in Lafayette, Colorado, to Gustaf and Ida Weitz Wennberg, both immigrants from Sweden. True to the meaning of her Biblical namesake, Queen Esther, she was a “bright morning star” in the lives of those who knew her--a harbinger of light, optimism, kindness and joy. Like “Stina Lisa,” her alter ego and her...
Leo V. Lines
Mar 14, 2018
Leo Vern Lines Obituary Leo Vern Lines, 91, Imperial, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at the Imperial Manor, with family by his side. Leo was born December 31, 1926 at the Lines family farm near Hiawatha, Nebraska. He was the youngest of six children, born to Ulysses Squire and Eva Bernard Lines. When Leo was...
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