Obituaries

Liewer Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Imperial, Wauneta, and Benkelman, NE areas.

Genny Rowley

Genny Rowley

May 20, 2016

Genny Rowley Genevieve Elsie Rowley was born April 10th, 1931, to Roy E. and Orinda V. (Weiss) Hedges, in Imperial, Nebraska. As a youngster she attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1950. On July 9th, 1951, Genny married Max Ardell Rowley, in Imperial, and to this union three children were born, Dan, Diana and Brenda....

Arlene Marie Wine

Arlene Marie Wine

May 20, 2016

Arlene Marie (Trowbridge) Wine was born on May 19, 1924, at home on the family farm north of Wauneta, Nebraska, the daughter and oldest child of Noble and Blanche Hardin Trowbridge. She passed away on May 20, 2016, one day after her 92nd birthday. She had one sister, Carol, and one brother, Neil. Later the family moved to a house...

Gerald "Jerry" Garrido

Gerald "Jerry" Garrido

May 20, 2016

Jerry Garrido, a longtime resident of Imperial, passed away Friday afternoon, May 20, 2016 at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. He was 68 years of age. Survivors include: Wife and daughter, Debbie and Sharon Garrido of Imperial, NE Brother, Don Garrido and wife, Norma of San Jose, CA A Funeral Mass will be Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2016, 1:30 P.M....

Mildred Elizabeth Stute

Mildred Elizabeth Stute

May 11, 2016

Mildred Elizabeth (Zuege) Stute was born October 11, 1920 in Cheyenne County, Kansas to William and Alberta (Conklin) Zuege. She was the oldest of 7 children: Herman, Maxine, Kathleen, Lloyd, Calvin, and Allen. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cheyenne County, Kansas. She attended the one room Pleasant Hill School District West 10 School where...

Rev. Sheila Taylor

Rev. Sheila Taylor

May 10, 2016

Sheila Gay Connell Taylor, age 62, was born on March 15, 1954 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She died in Omaha, Nebraska on May 10, 2016. Sheila’s family surrounded her when she went to be with the loved ones that had gone before her. Sheila was the middle child of Richard and Bonnie (Barnett) Krueger. She attended country school at District 15...

Martha Bowers

Martha Bowers

Apr 23, 2016

Martha B. Bowers was born to Nickolas and Anne (Squartzoff) Boskofsky on September 14, 1922 in Kodiak, Alaska. Martha was united in marriage to Wilfred Otis Wright in 1946 while he was stationed in Seattle, Washington; to this union was born a daughter, Donna and Sharon Wright. Wilfred passed away in 1960 and in 1963 Martha married Raymond Bowers in...

Alberta M Main

Alberta M Main

Apr 21, 2016

Alberta Main Alberta “Bertie” Mae Main was born February 18, 1924, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, to Guy G. and Ivy Myrtle (Farrens) Burkhalter. As a young girl she attended country school in Cheyenne County to the eighth grade. Bertie, as she was known, married Guy V. Main on June 8, 1937 and to this union three sons were born: Glenard,...

Alice Jean Lindekugel

Alice Jean Lindekugel

Apr 18, 2016

Alice Jean (Curtis) Lindekugel of Imperial, formally Hayes Center, died April 18, 2016 at the imperial Manor Nursing Homes. She was 74 years of age. Alice was born October 25, 1941 to Henry and Edna (Crouse) Curtis in Imperial, the youngest of 9 children. Alice was a 1959 graduate of Chase County High School where she participated in band, chorus...

Mary Louise Bradney

Mary Louise Bradney

Apr 15, 2016

Mary Louise Grace Bradney, the daughter of George M. and Catherine C. (Schlautman) Ebbers was born April 15, 1934 in Sterling, CO, she passed away at Dundy County Hospital on April 15, 2016 in Benkelman, NE. She was 82 years of age. Mary was the fourth of nine daughters; the girls grew up helping their parents on the family farm...

Lynetta Rae Wine

Lynetta Rae Wine

Apr 12, 2016

Lynetta Wine Lynetta Rae (Bley) Wine of Wauneta, Nebraska, died April 12, 2016, at Sunrise Heights, Wauneta, Nebraska, at age 64, after a battle with cancer. She was born on January 21, 1952, at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, to Raymond and Lois (Harrison) Bley. Lynetta grew up on the family farm, south of Wauneta, participating in the usual farm...

Lisa Renae Fuehrer

Lisa Renae Fuehrer

Apr 12, 2016

Lisa Renae (Hink) Fuehrer was born Aug. 22, 1966, to Leo and Elaine (Mendenhall) Hink in Imperial, Neb. She was baptized Sept. 11, 1966, and confirmed April 6, 1980, at Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial. She attended Champion Grade School in Champion and graduated from Chase County High School in Imperial in 1984. Lisa was active in 4-H, Girl Scouts,...

Laura Buffington

Laura Buffington

Apr 6, 2016

Laura Margaret Buffington was born to Joseph and Anna Meury on November 12, 1919 in Manitou Springs, Colorado. She grew up in Colorado and graduated high school in Colorado Springs. Laura married Harold Buffington on February 6, 1939 in Castle Rock, Colorado. The couple made homes in Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Wauneta, Nebraska, McCook, Nebraska, Dodge City, Kansas; with Laura...

Joan Dybing

Joan Dybing

Apr 5, 2016

Joan Dybing died peacefully in her sleep at home on April 5, 2016, with her husband of nearly 63 years beside her. She was born on May 28, 1932, to Jerry and LaVeta Rossmiller in Benkelman, NE. Her father passed away when she was a few months old, and her mother and family continued to live on the farm for...

Dennis L. Strand

Dennis L. Strand

Apr 4, 2016

Dennis Strand Dennis Leroy Strand was born February 20, 1952, to Henry E. and Geraldine (Lakey) Strand, at Holyoke, Colorado. Dennis attended school in Venango, Nebraska, graduating from Venango High School in 1970. He then continued his education attending Kearney State College and had many fond memories of playing sports with his brothers. Dennis married Penny Lou Ambler on December...

Raymond B Maxfield

Raymond B Maxfield

Apr 2, 2016

Raymond Burdett Maxfield was born to Bartolet “Bert” and Edna (Burk) Maxfield on February 7, 1919 in Williston, North Dakota. He attended school in Wauneta, Nebraska and graduated with the Wauneta High School Class of 1936. Raymond married Betty Grimm in Denver, Colorado in 1939 and the couple would enjoy 64 years of marriage. Betty and Raymond lived in Wauneta...

Alma "Agatha" Brandt

Alma "Agatha" Brandt

Mar 18, 2016

Alma “Agatha” Brandt, born June 8, 1919, in Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada to Otto and Alma Bowker Krausnick, passed away March 18, 2016 in Longview, Texas. Mrs. Brandt liked to crochet, knit, quilt, and work word puzzles. She was married to the father of her children Jim Thomas until his death, after which she married her second husband, John Brandt. She...

Lavern W. Denker

Lavern W. Denker

Mar 8, 2016

Lavern William Denker was born on June 15, 1925 to William and Bertha (Bischoff) Denker. Lavern grew up on a farm south of Wauneta and attended St. Paul’s Lutheran School. He graduated from Wauneta High School in 1943. Lavern served in the United States Army from 1945-1946 and did a tour of duty in Japan. After returning home, he married...

John Sieperda

John Sieperda

Mar 3, 2016

John Sieperda was born to James and Ann (Dykstra) Sieperda on November 2, 1953 in Artesia, California. He grew up on the family farm in Southern California and graduated from Ontario Christian High School with the Class of 1971. John married Annie VanderStoel in Chino, California on December 16, 1977. The couple made Kerman, California their home. John was self-employed...

Beverly Joe Maris

Beverly Joe Maris

Mar 1, 2016

Beverly Maris Beverly Joe Maris, was born July 24th, 1929, in Rexford, Kansas, to Leslie R. and Birdie F. (Ogier) Childs. As a young girl she grew up and attended school near Rexford, graduating from Rexford High School in 1947. Beverly married Harold Lee Maris on September 8th, 1947, in Raton, New Mexico, and the couple settled on the south...

Mary Alice Colby

Mary Alice Colby

Feb 23, 2016

Mary (Gleason) Colby Mary Alice (Gleason) Colby was born January 28th, 1944, at Imperial, Nebraska, to John W. and Blanche H. (Bopp) Gleason. As a girl she grew up in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1961. On May 9, 1964, Mary was united in marriage to Delbert Howard Colby at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Imperial, NE....