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Marjorie Isabel (Tibbetts) Lesh
Jun 19, 2015
Marjorie Isabel (Tibbetts) Lesh passed away June 19th, 2015, at the age of 85. Born December 19th, 1929 in Julesburg, Colorado, to Beniah C. and Jessie I. (Cain) Tibbetts of canon City, Colorado. In 1931, the family moved back home to take over the family homestead on the south divide, south of Imperial, Nebraska. Marjorie loved her life on the...
Jean Kirwan
Jun 8, 2015
Jean Kirwan Faye Jean Kirwan was born to Otis and Martha (Williams) Larreau on June 27, 1936 in Thedford, Nebraska. She attended school in Arnold, Nebraska and graduated with the class of 1954. Jean went on to attend Kearney State College from 1954-1956; she returned to school later in life and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation from Chadron State...
Vada E. Manning
Jun 4, 2015
Vada Manning Vada Elaine Manning was born to Merl and Sallie (Ellis) Teeter on February 12, 1933 on the family farm north of Benkelman, Nebraska. She attended Benkelman schools up to the tenth grade and at the age of 17 was united in marriage to Harold L. Manning at the Methodist Church in Benkelman on June 4, 1950. The couple...
Doyle Knapp
Jun 2, 2015
Doyle Knapp Tommy Doyle Knapp was born on August 2, 1929, at Imperial, NE., to Troy E. and Grace M. (Cunningham) Knapp. As a young man he grew up and attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1947. Doyle (as he was known) enlisted into the U.S. Navy in April of 1948 and began a career...
Dean H. Mitchell
Jun 1, 2015
Dean Mitchell Dean Howard Mitchell was born December 15, 1927, to Howard Charles and Frances Arlene (Erkenbrack) Mitchell on his parents’ farm in Republic County, Kansas. Dean attended rural grade school and Republic High School. He continued his education at Kansas St. College, where he played football and was a member of the ROTC. As a Staff Sargent, Dean marched...
Ruby A. Anderson
May 25, 2015
Ruby Anderson Ruby A. (Wolfe) Anderson was born May 13, 1919 to Sherman and Emma Rosela (Van Gilder) Wolfe in Max, Nebraska. Ruby passed away Monday evening, May 25, 2015, at the Sunrise Nursing Home in Wauneta. She was 96 years of age. Ruby attended school and graduated from Stratton High School at age 16 and began teaching in a...
Elnor Brown
May 23, 2015
ELNOR VIOLA (MUNSON) BROWN - MAY 23, 2015 Elnor Viola (Munson) Brown was born August 24, 1923 to Amil and Maude (Terry) Munson at her Grandma Anna Terry’s house in Wauneta, Nebraska. Elnor was raised on their farm south of Champion with her sister Amilene (Munson) Spotts. She loved to be outside with all the farm animals. She went to...
Mark McCannon
May 18, 2015
Mark Allen McCannon was born September 27, 1956 in Denver Colorado. Mark was the first son of Helen Paine McCannon Einspahr and Raymond Harvey McCannon. Mark was preceded in death by his grandmother Zilphia Grable McCannon, his father Raymond Harvey McCannon, two brothers Phillip Wayne and Roger Dean McCannon. His survivors include his Mother, Helen Einspahr, Ogallala Nebraska; brother Hal...
Blanche D. Smith
May 16, 2015
Blanche Smith Blanche Darlene Smith was born December 21, 1921 at Grant, Nebraska, to AC (Tony) and Margie (Jacobsen) Wheeler. As a young girl, Blanche grew up and attended school in the Grant area. On March 6, 1939, Blanche married Howard Earnest Smith in Benkelman, Nebraska, and the couple settled and spent most of their lives together in Imperial, NE....
Arden Emmett Ham
May 2, 2015
Arden Ham Arden Emmett Ham was born July 25, 1928 at the Family Farm in Dundy County, Nebraska to Earl D. “Vic” Ham and Mayme (Bond) Ham. He went to meet our Lord and join his wife on Saturday, May 2, 2015 on their 67th wedding anniversary. Arden was baptized in the Methodist Church in Benkelman, as an infant, and...
Elsie Hofman
Apr 16, 2015
Elsie A Hofman Elsie A Hofman was born on the family farm west of Elwood, Nebraska, on August 11, 1918, the fourth child of Emil and Mary (Marquardt) Gruber. Elsie attended country school and parochial grade school and graduated from Elwood High School. She obtained a normal teaching certificate from Kearney State College and taught in country and parochial grade...
Boyce Warning
Apr 5, 2015
Boyce Warning Boyce Eugene Warning was born to Martin and Jennie (Smith) Warning in Dundy County, Nebraska on October 22, 1922. He was united in marriage to Shirley L. Prideux on March 18, 1944 in Oberlin, Kansas. The couple made homes in Bird City, Kansas, Benkelman, Nebraska and on the family farm south of Max, Nebraska. Boyce held various odd...
Stan Null
Apr 4, 2015
Stan Null Stanley Wayne Null was born to Merle and Frieda (Schmidt) Null on October 13, 1941 in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He married Thelma Hoosier and had three daughters, Dianne, Vickie and Sherri. On January 13, 1967 Stan was united in marriage to Patricia Gehrig in Sterling, Colorado. Stan and Patricia would add daughters Tracy and Stannette to their family...
Rod Fuller
Mar 31, 2015
ROD FULLER Rodney G. Fuller was born March 18, 1944 to Floyd and Ardis (Krueger) Fuller of Grant, Nebraska. He graduated from Perkins County High School in 1962 and married Jeanie Stumpf of Grant in 1964 and they had two beautiful children, Debra Kay and Bryan Todd. The couple separated in 1980. In 1992 he met Donna Rufenacht of Imperial....
Robert "Bob" Fanning
Mar 25, 2015
Robert (Bob) Leon Fanning Robert (Bob) Leon Fanning was born January 11, 1933, in Chase County, Nebraska, to Vern and Velma (Barnes) Fanning. Bob attended Chase County high School and at the age of 17 he entered the US Navy serving in the Korean War aboard the USS Okanagen. He was honorably discharged in October, 1959. He was united in...
Naomi E Brynoff
Mar 19, 2015
Naomi Brynoff Naomi Earlene Brynoff died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at the Hester Home in Benkelman, Nebraska. She was born on December 4, 1927, in Dundy County to Earl and Martha Richards. Naomi was the eldest of two children. Naomi attended the local country grade school and finished her education as a graduate from Benkelman High School. After high school,...
Donna Maucher
Mar 19, 2015
DONNA MAUCHER Donna E. Maucher, age 82, formerly of Hayes Center and Imperial, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Sunrise Heights in Wauneta after suffering a major stroke. Donna was born on June 3, 1932 in rural Hayes County to Richard (Dick) and Edna (Colson) Graves. She was the third of six children. Donna graduated from Wauneta High...
Barbara McNair
Mar 7, 2015
BARBARA E. McNAIR Barbara Ella McNair (Moreland) was born to Milton C. Moreland and Clara H. Moreland (Bremer) in rural Chase County on February 15, 1917. Barbara attended grade school and high school in Chase County graduating from Chase County High School in 1933. She then went to Normal School in Kearney, Nebraska where she received her teaching credentials. Barbara...
Melvin Miller
Mar 3, 2015
Melvin M. Miller Melvin M. Miller was born to Philip and Anna (Borgens) Miller on November 13, 1927 in Johnstown, Colorado. He graduated from Longmont High School in 1945. After graduation he farmed with his father in Eaton, Colorado; he would farm for the rest of his life. Melvin was united in marriage to Dorothy Vogel November 13, 1949. The...
Greg William Hayes
Feb 28, 2015
Greg Hayes Gregory William Hayes was born to William and Wanda (Cook) Hayes in Imperial, Nebraska on December 2, 1960. He was united in marriage to Tina Crystal on July 20, 1991 in Champion, Nebraska. The couple made Imperial their home. Greg was a hard worker; he started out in farming and ranching with Avey Hudnall and Lee German. He...
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