Obituaries

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

Arlene Criger

Arlene Criger

Jul 14, 2014

Arlene Criger   Arlene Gay (Edwards) Criger was born December 24, 1943, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Alvin and Doris Madeline (Wilson) Edwards. Arlene (affectionately known as “Pudders”) graduated from Max Rural High School , Max, Nebraska, in 1961, and then she went on to beauty school in McCook. On December 20, 1964, Arlene married Doyle Dean Criger at Zion Lutheran Church...

Janice Anderson

Janice Anderson

Jul 11, 2014

JANICE ANDERSON Longtime resident of Imperial passed away Friday morning, July 11th, 2014. at her home in Imperial. She was 79 years of age. Survivors Include: Son: Mike and wife, Julie, of Cheyenne, WY. Son: David, of Brighton, CO. Daughter: Carol Harchelroad and Husband, Sid, of Imperial, NE. Daughter: Cindy Styskal and Husband, Doug, of Casa Grande, AZ. Son: Scott...

Arline Richardson

Arline Richardson

Jul 10, 2014

Arline Richardson Arline Margret (Myers) Richardson was born July 24, 1920 in Sutton, Nebraska to Jens Rasmussen (of Denmark) and Pauline (Pfiester) Rasmussen. She was raised near the Stratton-Trenton area by her parents Pauline (Pfirster) Myers and Archie Pete Myers, and was the oldest of nine siblings. She completed her 8th grade education, and began working outside the home. In...

Norma Surber

Norma Surber

Jul 9, 2014

Norma Surber Norma Jean (Hust) Surber was born on January 12, 1922, near Champion, Nebraska, to Leon and Ina (Douglass) Hust. She was raised in rural Chase County, graduating from Chase County High School in 1940. After graduation, she lived with her Grandparents and worked at the J.C. Penney’s store in Imperial. On July 9, 1944, Norma was united in...

Leta Brunkhorst

Leta Brunkhorst

Jul 8, 2014

Leta Brunkhorst Leta Sophia Emma (Keiser) Brunkhorst was born on September 5, 1920, to John and Mary (Haarberg) Keiser in Dundy County, the seventh child of a family of nine children. She was baptized on October 3, 1920, by Pastor Victor Hoffman and confirmed on April 15, 1934 at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, rural Wauneta with Pastor W.H. Wendling. A...

Susan Lynn Yoder

Susan Lynn Yoder

Jul 6, 2014

Susan Yoder Susan Lynn Yoder was born September 23, 1949 in Huron, South Dakota to Arthur Edwin and Marcia Lou (Samis) Bjorke. She attended school in Huron, graduating with the Class of 1967 and went on to complete two years of college. She worked for a short time in Kansas City, Missouri and then married Kenneth Engel Jr. on February...

Ronald E Lytle

Ronald E Lytle

Jul 1, 2014

Ronald Edwin Lytle, 69, Palisade, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at the Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. CT, Wednesday, July 9 at Hamlet Union Church in Hamlet, Nebraska with Pastor Kevin McGraw officiating. Burial will be a private family service at a later date. A memorial has been established...

Kenneth Dean Denker

Kenneth Dean Denker

Jun 29, 2014

Kenny Denker Kenneth Dean Denker was born November 24, 1932, in Enders, Nebraska, to Edward F. and Dora S. (Nordhausen) Denker. He departed this life and entered his heavenly home on June 29, 2014. Ken was 81 years of age. Ken attended parochial school on the South Divide, and then went to Wauneta High School where he graduated in 1950....

Rusty Kinder

Rusty Kinder

Jun 28, 2014

Wayne (Rusty) Dee Kinder Rusty Kinder was born July 5, 1926, at Champion, Nebraska, to Jacob H. and Rachel I. (Anderson) Kinder. As a young man, he attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1944. Rusty served in the Army Air Corp on Okinawa during World War II. He returned to Imperial and October 8, 1950,...

Joseph Bopp

Joseph Bopp

Jun 8, 2014

Joseph Donald Bopp,age 88 passed away June 8, 2014 after a brief illness. He was born to the late Joseph Anthony and Martha Gertrude (O'Rourke) on June 21, 1925. Joe married Mary Eleanor Casebeer on January 28, 1948 in Imperial, and to this union 5 children were born. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Imperial, NE. He...

Harlan Wayne Marlin

Harlan Wayne Marlin

Jun 6, 2014

Harlan Marlin Harlan Marlin, a longtime resident of Benkelman, passed away June 6th, 2014 at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was 72 years of age. Survivors include: Wife, Sandy Marlin of Benkelman. Daughter, Teresa (Rod) Damrow of Benkelman Daughter, Trina (Brian) Stute of Benkelman Son, Toby (Miranda) Marlin of Benkelman Brother, Royce (Susan) Marlin of Sherwood, Oregon Brother-in-law,...

Jody F Massie

Jody F Massie

Jun 5, 2014

Jody Massie Resident of Parks, passed away Thursday, June 5, at her home. She was 65 years of age. All arrangements pending BENKELMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS

Roy Mervin League

Roy Mervin League

May 29, 2014

Roy League passed away at home Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the age of 88 years. Roy was born November 11, 1925 in Haigler, Nebraska to Ray and Anna League. His family moved to a farm south of Stratton, Nebraska when Roy was a young boy. He graduated from Stratton High School in 1943. Roy is survived by Ila, his...

Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor

May 23, 2014

Richard Taylor Richard George Taylor was born June 18, 1942, in rural Chase County, Nebraska, to Crandall and Ellen (Gross) Taylor. Richard grew up and attended school in Chase County, graduating from Chase County High School in 1960. He then joined the United States Navy and served from 1961 to 1966. On November 25, 1968, Richard married Dorothy Lee Brown...

Doris Baldwin

Doris Baldwin

May 19, 2014

DORIS BALDWIN Doris (Spady) Baldwin was born December 19, 1933, at her grandmother Kelly’s home in Imperial, Nebraska, to Clarence (Bruz) and Nelda (Kelly) Spady. She grew up on farm and country living and she went through 8th grade school in one-room rural school houses. Her high school years were spent at Chase County High in Imperial, Nebraska. She graduated...

Lila Bullock-Frauenkron

Lila Bullock-Frauenkron

May 17, 2014

Lila Bullock-Frauenkron Lila Mae Bullock-Frauenkron was born to Frank E. and Mable M. (Leach) Bullock on a farm east of Haigler, Nebraska, in Dundy County, on January 26, 1926. Lila was one of four children. Lila graduated from Haigler High School and earned a scholarship to McCook Junior College. Her goal in life was to be a teacher. She passed...

Pearl Alice Kapperman

Pearl Alice Kapperman

May 11, 2014

Pearl Alice Kapperman was born March 10, 1917, in Ragan, Nebraska, to Jesse M. and Helen C. (Abraham) Huston. She attended school through the eighth grade and then stayed home to help her parents on the farm. She was united in marriage to Alfred H. Kapperman in Holyoke, Colorado, on June 4, 1938. The couple made homes in Holyoke, Imperial...

Irene Parkinson

Irene Parkinson

May 8, 2014

Irene Parkinson Mrs. Irene Parkinson passed away on May 8, 2014 in Imperial, NE. Irene was born in Muskegon, Michigan on August 1, 1931 to Stanley and Eva Usmial. Irene excelled in stenography and upon high school graduation in 1949, she was offered a position with the Department of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. That is where she met her...

Gracie E Scarrow

Gracie E Scarrow

May 6, 2014

Gracie Scarrow Ethel Gracie McMillan Scarrow was born March 2, 1915, in Allen, Oklahoma. Gracie passed away on May 6, 2014, at the age of 99, while residing at the Lincoln County Memorial Nursing Home in Hugo, Colorado. Gracie spent her childhood living in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas with her mother, father and 10 siblings. She met and married Wilber...

Donald E Monasmith

Donald E Monasmith

May 6, 2014

Donald E. Monasmith Donald Eugene Monasmith was born on August 10, 1933, to Ruth (Pribbeno) and Marion Monasmith in Haxtun, Colorado. His family lived in the Lamar Community until the fall of 1947 when a tornado hit and the family relocated to the Crete community southwest of Champion. Don began his high school education at Concordia in Seward, Nebraska, and...