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Virginia May Krausnick
Apr 23, 2014
Virginia May Krausnick Virginia May Krausnick age 88, left her family unexpectedly on April 23, 2014 at the Dundy County Hospital, in Benkelman, NE. She was born on February 22, 1926 in Oak, NE to Ivan Henry Littrel and Lillie Pearl Snyder Littrel. She attended country school and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1942. Virginia met her husband Dale...
Barbara Jean Drake
Apr 18, 2014
Barbara Drake Barbara Drake, a resident of rural Imperial, passed away Friday, April 18th, 2014 in Brighton, Colorado. She was 61 years of age. Memorial Services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, May10th, 2014 at the United Methodist Church of Imperial with Melody Newman officiating. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date. No visitation, Barbara chose cremation. ...
Austin J Wright
Apr 12, 2014
Austin Wright Austin James Wright entered this world August 25, 1995, to Angela (Gleason) and Quinton Wright in Grand Island, NE. He attended Engleman Elementary and Shoemaker Elementary in Grand Island, NE, McCook Public Schools in McCook, Ne, and Mid Plains Community College in North Platte, NE. Austin was active in soccer, baseball, basketball, football, and track. Austin was blessed...
Ethel Ilene Bernard
Apr 10, 2014
Ethel Ilene (Zarecor) Bernard Was born Oct. 10 1928 to Herschal and Ella (Trembly) Zarecor, in Wauneta Ne. She spent her child hood in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High in 1946. On June 9 1946 she was united in marriage to Harold R Bernard in Wauneta. To this union two children were born, Sheryl and Gary. Harold and Ethel lived...
Troy Skelton
Apr 5, 2014
Troy Skelton A resident of the Wauneta area, passed away Saturday evening, April 5th, 2014, at Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial. He was 46 years of age. Survivors Include: Grandmother: Edith Gloy of Wauneta, NE Mother: Trudy Skelton, of Surprise, AZ Wife: Evelyn, of Rural Wauneta, NE Son: Colby of Hays, KS. Daughter: Emma of Hays, KS. Brothers: Luke Skelton...
Christopher Kirby
Apr 4, 2014
Christopher Kirby Christopher Kirby of Benkelman passed away Friday afternoon, April 4, 2014, in an auto accident near the rural Chase-Dundy County line. He was 17 years of age. Survivors Include: Local Grandmother: Candy Kirby of Venango, NE Grandfather: John Newby, of Boulder, CO Mother: Melonie Kirby, of Benkelman, NE Father: Gregg Langley of Greeley, CO Step-Father: Freddy Torres of...
Dan Garrison
Apr 3, 2014
Dan Garrison Danny Clay Garrison Sr. was born on August 6, 1944, to John T. and Sally M. (Martin) Garrison in Greeley, Colorado. Dan attended school as a young man in Denver, Colorado, and worked for his father’s commercial painting company. Dan married Dorene Mae Clay on September 22, 1963, and to this union four children were born: Kevin, Curt,...
Russell Leo Frere
Mar 29, 2014
Russell Frere, a longtime Benkelman resident, passed away Saturday morning, March 29th at his home in Benkelman. He was 69 years of age. Survivors include: His wife, Maryalice Frere of Benkelman Brother, Morris (Margaret) Frere of Athens, Georgia Sister, Margaret (John) Urbigkit of Cheyenne, Wyoming Brother, William Frere of Sheridan, Wyoming Sister-in-law, Susan (Eddie) Argo of Elberton, Georgia Memorial services...
Charlotte Louise Lucas
Mar 28, 2014
Charlotte Lucas Charlotte Lucas, 57, died Friday, March 28th, 2014 at home. She was born to Arthur and Donna Hilzer in Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 1st, 1956. She moved to Imperial with her family as a youngster and graduated with the Chase County High School Class of 1975. She married Dennis Lucas on June 7th, 1975 in Wauneta, Nebraska. The...
Junior D Reeder
Mar 27, 2014
Junior D. Reeder Junior Duane Reeder was born December 10, 1937, to William T. and Mary W. (Schumann) in Hall County, Nebraska, near Wood River. As a young man, Junior attended school in Wood River, NE, graduating from Wood River High School in 1955.He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until January 1956. Junior married Shirley Ann Zastrow on...
Raymond Stehno
Mar 21, 2014
Raymond W. Stehno, 89, one of five children of Frank and Mary Sis Stehno was born on a farm 5 ½ miles southeast of Stratton, NE on December 9, 1924 and departed this life on March 21, 2014. Ray was a life long resident of Hitchcock County in the Stratton area. He graduated from Stratton High School and attended the...
Eunice Bodeman
Mar 18, 2014
Eva Eunice Fanning Polly Bodeman, 100 years of age, passed away on March 18, 2014, at the Sunrise Nursing Home. She was born to Della and Clarence Fanning on July 17, 1913, in a dugout sod house. Eunice was a 1931 graduate of Wauneta High School, and she took a “Normal Training” class that prepared her to teach. Eunice furthered...
Harlan E. Smith
Mar 18, 2014
HARLAN E. SMITH Harlan Eugene Smith was born on November 2, 1927, the eldest of two sons, to Theodore F. and Esther E. (Anderson) Smith in Hazard, Nebraska. His education was mainly in rural schools in the Pleasanton, Nebraska, area until his junior year of high school when he moved to Ravenna, Nebraska, with his parents. He graduated from Ravenna...
Audrey Ann Fish Haberman
Mar 13, 2014
Audrey Ann Fish Haberman, age 2-and-a-half, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 13. Audrey lived a life much larger than her 3-foot stature would suggest. She was born in Bellevue, Nebraska on August 22, 2011 to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haberman, and quickly displayed strengths of both her mother and father. Her loved ones describe Audrey...
Sylvia Burke
Mar 7, 2014
Sylvia Burke Sylvia Anne (Smith) Burke died at Bickford Cottage in Lincoln, NE on March 7, 2014, after a long illness. Sylvia was born in Imperial, NE, to Dr. Fay and Ruth Josephine (Jo) Smith. Sylvia attended the University of Nebraska where she was a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority. She married Edward B. Burke in November 1954. Ed...
Edward Havel
Mar 4, 2014
Edward Havel Edward Leroy Havel was born March 3, 1939, in rural Rawlins County, Kansas, to Ralph and Ruth (Taylor) Havel. He attended school near Atwood and assisted on the family farm. Ed was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1959 and served until 1961. Ed married Karol Jean Miller on July 21, 1962, in Atwood, Kansas, where the couple...
Imogene "Jean" Welch
Feb 28, 2014
Imogene (Jean) Brown Welch was born on December 7, 1926, to John and Rossa (Krutsinger) Brown at the family home in rural Dundy County, Nebraska. She was the youngest of seven children. Jean passed away on February 28th, 2014, in Imperial, Nebraska. She was 87 years of age. Jean attended grade school at a country school in Dundy County, known...
Joe Birge
Feb 26, 2014
MARVIN "JOE" BIRGE Marvin Joe Birge was born on May 1, 1951, in Anadarko, Oklahoma, to Arles and Orada (McLemore) Birge. Joe was the third of four siblings: George L. Birge, Dorothy A. Sowell and Barbara J. Coe. Accepting Christ as his savior, Joe was baptized at the age of 11, through the Oakdale Baptist Church near Swan Lake. Joe...
Donald Osborn
Feb 24, 2014
Donald George Osborn was born to Orian M. and Agnes E. (Sahlin) Osborn in rural Dundy County on November 4, 1916. He entered eternal life on February 24, 2014. He lived through many changes in his lifetime. Although in later years, he lost his sight, he remained positive and always enjoyed visiting with friends and family and doing chores as...
Shirley Haarberg
Feb 22, 2014
SHIRLEY ANN HAARBERG Shirley Ann Haarberg was born on March 3, 1934, to Clyde Brady and Letha Grace (Davidson) Murray in Dallas, Iowa. Shirley’s father worked for the railroad and the family moved often with his job. She attended school through high school in Texas, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Shirley worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator before her...
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