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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Wilda Mae Alsbury
Feb 16, 2016
Wilda Mae (Little) Alsbury was born to Frank Benjamin and Gladys Marie (Williamson) Little on June 22, 1919 on the family farm north of Benkelman. She died February 16, 2016 at the Dundy County Hospital at the age of 96 years, 7 months, and 25 days. Wilda attended country school through the 8th grade and subsequently graduated from Benkelman High...
Doris Olive Williams
Feb 7, 2016
Doris Williams Doris Olive Williams was born to George Lee and Hannah Jemima (Russell) Maxwell on November 9, 1925 at a farm outside Stratton, Nebraska. She attended school in Stratton and graduated from high school in 1943. Doris married Ellsworth “Edgie” Wilson on January 8, 1947 in St. Francis, Kansas. The couple settled in Benkelman, Nebraska where Edgie ran a...
David Michael Wagner
Feb 5, 2016
David Wagner David Michael Wagner was born to Art and Georgia (Thompson) Wagner on March 5, 1942 in Sterling, Colorado. He graduated from Saint Anthony High School of Sterling, CO, in 1960. He went on to further his education at Northeastern Junior College (1964) and the University of Northern Colorado (1970). David married Ardis Atkins on December 29, 1970 at...
Paulene Mae Bremer
Jan 31, 2016
Paulene Bremer Paulene Mae (Edghill) Bremer, 92 years young, of Imperial passed away peacefully Sunday, January 31st, 2016, at Eben-Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado. Paulene was born June 21st, 1923, at her parents’ home in Franklin, Nebraska, to Harold Roland and Mary Gladys (Houseman) Edghill, they moved to Palisade in 1928. She graduated from Palisade High School in...
Sam Unzicker
Jan 23, 2016
SAM UNZICKER Sam OscarUnzicker was born April 26th, 1922, near Friend, Nebraska to Oscar F. and Agnes E. (Edmiston) Unzicker. Sam, as he was known, attended Lamar Grade School and graduated from Chase County High School in 1939. In October of 1942, Sam entered active service in the U.S. Navy, serving as a pharmacist mate in the Pacific Theatre during...
George R Korkisch
Jan 23, 2016
George Rudolph Korkisch joined his Savior on January 23, 2016. He was a loving, devoted husband, brother, uncle and godfather. George was born on June 8, 1920 in Ilion, New York. A member of the United States Army's 6th infantry division during World War II, Corporal Korkisch earned a Purple Heart fighting alongside his unit in the Asian Pacific. After...
Dennis L Fortkamp
Dec 31, 2015
Dennis Fortkamp Dennis Lee Fortkamp was born March 31, 1940, in North Platte, Nebraska to Ervin C. and Viola N. (Prime). As a youngster, he grew up and attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1958. Dennis married Joan Evelyn Edwards on May 20, 1962, in Imperial, where the couple settled and made their home. Dennis...
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