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Joan Ruth Osler
Aug 21, 2016
Joan Osler Joan Ruth Fredrickson Osler was born January 20, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska to Edward and Ruth Waterhouse Fredrickson. She grew up in Valley, Nebraska and graduated from high school there in 1947. While attending the University of Nebraska on a Regent’s Scholarship studying music, Joan met John Osler. They were married on November 27, 1949 in Valley, and...
Ruby Irene Long
Aug 20, 2016
Ruby Irene Long was born to Elmer Edwin and Lettie Viola (Eggleston) Berkgren on October 16, 1927 in Oakley, Kansas. She graduated from Oakley High School in 1945 and went on the study at Colorado Springs Bible School where she graduated with a Bachelor of Theology in 1949. Ruby was united in marriage to Richard Eugene Long on August 15,...
Elsie Alvina Newman
Aug 19, 2016
Elsie Alvina Newman was born to Walter Henry and Emma Marie (Grienke) Lange on October 30, 1924 in Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska. She was the fifth child of seven in a family that moved to Chase County in 1918. Elsie was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial and remained a member through confirmation and throughout her life. She attended...
Leo A Porter
Aug 14, 2016
Lee Almer Porter Reverend Leo Porter of Wauneta, age 82, left his earthly home, surrounded by his loving wife and family, for his eternal home with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Leo was the second of a set of twins born to Wayne R. Porter and Gladys (Sherrah) Porter on May 25, 1934, in Hayes County, Nebraska. He was...
Joe Stillwagoner
Aug 14, 2016
Joe Stillwagoner Joe G. Stillwagoner was born November 23rd, 1929, to Thurman G. and Margaret (Longwell) Stillwagoner, at New Martinsville, West Virginia. As a young man he grew up in New Martinsville and graduated from Old Magnolia High School. Joe married Phyllis Kay Bailey on June 20th, 1964, in Winterset, California, and the couple settled in Phoenix, AZ. Joe learned...
Paul W Kitt
Aug 11, 2016
PAUL W. KITT Lifelong Nebraska farmer and rancher The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. – Psalm 24:1 Paul W. Kitt was born October 27, 1927 at Imperial, Nebraska to John J. and Mary (Donze) Kitt, the youngest of six children. On that same day the cornerstone was laid for...
Richard (Dick) Miller
Jul 29, 2016
Richard (Dick) Miller Resident of Hamlet, Nebraska, passed away Friday, July 29th, 2016, at his home in Hamlet. Dick was 78 years of age. Survivors include: Son: Danny Miller and wife, Jody, of Greenwood, AR. Daughter: Candace Burkhardt and husband, James, of Seattle, WA Daughter: Tamara Jones and husband, Robert, of Medford, OR Son: Randy Miller of Portland, OR 8...
Elna Rae (Kitt) West
Jul 28, 2016
Elna Rae Kitt West, the daughter of Ray Nicholas and Hilda Marie (Seward) Kitt, was born on July 4, 1925 at the homestead of her grandfather Seward south of Wauneta NE. She grew up in the Wauneta area where she attended District 40 and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1943. She attended Kearney State College for 1 year, then...
JoAnn Libby
Jul 28, 2016
JoAnn Libby A resident of Wauneta passed away Thursday, July 28th, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. JoAnn was 80 years of age. Survivors Include: Brenda Reed and husband, Robert, of Indianapolis, IN Daughter: Charlene Schmidt of Wauneta, NE Son: Mike Libby and wife, Julie, of Kimball, MN 11 Grandchildren 16 Great-Grandchildren Brother: Melvin Richardson of Wauneta,...
Corrine Blair
Jul 23, 2016
Corrine Blair Corrine Eloise (Jessee) Blair was born May 22, 1925, in rural Dundy County, Nebraska, to Robert B. and Mable E. (Smidt) Jessee. As a young girl she attended country school and went on to graduate from Benkelman High School in 1942 Corrine married Boyd Emmons Blair, Jr. on September 8, 1946, in Benkelman. The couple settled on a...
Jim E. Clark
Jul 22, 2016
James Eugene Clark was born August 28th, 1961, in Denver, Colorado, to James Richard and Barbara Ann (Chapman) Clark. Jim grew up in Lakewood, Colorado, and attended Alameda High School through the 10th grade. Jim was a partner of the Davies Chuckwagon Diner in Denver, Colorado. He loved bowling with his son, shooting pool, and spending time with his grandchildren....
Dr. Kenneth C Stout
Jul 21, 2016
Dr. Kenneth C. Stout Kenneth C. Stout was born November 1, 1918, near Hollinger, in Furnas County, Nebraska to Joseph Z. and Mable (Fritzer) Stout, and moved with his family to Oxford, Nebraska in 1921. He attended school in Oxford and graduated from Oxford High School in 1937. After high school, Kenneth worked two years in the community in order...
LaRoy A. Clark
Jul 14, 2016
LaRoy Allen Clark was born on June 20, 1948 to Glen Warren and Shirley June (Greeley) Clark in Lewellen, Nebraska. The first born of 3 children. As a youngster, LaRoy attended Lone Star Grade School District #24 and went on to graduate from Chase County High School at Imperial, Nebraska, in 1966. After graduation, LaRoy joined the Marines and served...
Ellen Prior
Jul 13, 2016
HASTINGS, Neb. -- Mary Elenor Stretch was born to Ira Martin and Flora Bennett Stretch on June 15, 1919, at home, near Wauneta, Neb. She was the third child of seven children, having two sisters, Ethel and Lola, and four brothers, Leo (who died in 1915), Lloyd, Leslie and Oscar. Mary Elenor later preferred to be called simply Ellen. Ellen...
Elsie Emma Becker
Jun 22, 2016
Elsie Emma Sophie Becker took her first breath of life on January 24, 1912, her last on June 22, 2016, and joined her Lord Jesus in heaven. She was the seventh child born to Carl and Doris Dorathea Margarethe (Fortkamp) Bartels, and the first one born on her parents’ new home site on the Ough Divide in Dundy County, Nebraska...
Carol Jo Tyerman
Jun 21, 2016
CAROL JO TYERMAN Carol Jo (Shrum) Tyerman was born in rural Dundy County. Carol’s father William (Bill) Shrum called her his “two-mule baby,” because the doctor didn’t get to the farm in time for the birth, but the doctor had to be paid, and he was paid in mules. Carol’s mother, Gladys (Schulke) Shrum, with the help of her mother-in-law,...
Arlyn "Arnie" Myers
Jun 16, 2016
Arnie Myers Arlyn Edgar Myers was born May 16, 1941, to George and LaVon (Nelson) Myers, at Hawarden, Iowa. Arnie, as he was known, grew up in Iowa, graduating from Hawarden High School in 1959. Arnie traveled from Iowa on an actual John Deere Tractor, with a construction company, to Benkelman, Nebraska, in 1962. Two years later he married Pauline...
Mary Eleanor Bopp
May 30, 2016
Mary Eleanor (Casebeer) Bopp was born in Imperial, Nebraska, to Clarence Edmund and Katheryn Barbara (Mathews) Casebeer on June 21, 1926. Mary Graduated from Chase County High School in 1944. Mary was united in marriage to Joseph Bopp on January 28, 1948. She resided at the family home in Champion, Nebraska, until entering the Imperial Manor. Mary was a beloved...
Cleophia "Cleo" Denker
May 21, 2016
Cleo Denker Cleophia Ellen Denker was born August 12, 1931, to Richard O. and Mary Ellen(Rowley) Lane in Elsie, NE. Cleo graduated from Wauneta High School in 1950. She married Kenneth D. Denker on February 15, 1953, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in rural Wauneta, NE. Their first home was at Rider’s apartments in Wauneta. Shortly after, they made their...
Darlene Haarberg
May 21, 2016
Theresa Darlene Haarberg was born to Max and Mary (Maes) Baldonado on December 16, 1945 in Parks, Nebraska and was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Benkelman, Nebraska on March 24, 1946. At a young age, Darlene’s family moved to Wauneta, Nebraska where she graduated from high school with the class of 1964. On November 26, 1967 Darlene was...
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