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Keith Donald West
Aug 5, 2013
Keith West Keith West of Imperial died Aug. 5, 2013 in Imperial. Survivors include sister, JoAnne Rowley of Imperial; sister, Karen Weiss (Bud) of Hastings; and brother, Jon West of Stoutland, Mo.; nieces, Deb Erickson (Wayne) of Hastings, Linda Rader of Hastings, Gayla Rowley of Red Lion, Pa., Dana Sorensen of Imperial, Laurie Conklin of Grand Island and Rose Jaeger...
Thena Mae Hart
Jul 31, 2013
THENA HART Thena Mae Hart was born on May 4th, 1930, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Jacob and Ina A. (Browning) Fuehrer. She graduated from Chase County High School in 1947 and she enjoyed working with her folks on the family farm. Thena Mae worked as a County Clerk at the Chase County Courthouse in Imperial. She was also employed at...
Leaveta Bremer
Jul 21, 2013
Leaveta Bremer Leaveta Genevive Bremer was born to Ulysses and Eva (Bernard) Lines on March 26, 1924 in Hiawatha, Nebraska. She attended school in Chase County and graduated from high school in 1942. Leaveta married Donal Bremer at the Imperial United Methodist Church. The couple settled on the farm north of Imperial. Leaveta or “Veats” as she was commonly known,...
Donald Lee Kennedy
Jul 17, 2013
Don Kennedy Donald Lee Kennedy was born November 19, 1933, south of Madrid in Perkins County, Nebraska, to Presley Sherman and Effie Stella (Kline) Kennedy. On May 21, 1952, Don married Jacqueline Lucille Spaulding in Wray, Colorado. The couple settled on the family farm northeast of Wauneta in Hayes County. Don was an avid farmer/rancher. Don and Jackie later moved...
Bill Burton Billington
Jul 15, 2013
Bill Billington Billie Burton Billington was born, October 12, 1927 to Guy Alden and Chessie Ezelle (Morris) Billington in Big Timber Valley, Kansas. He attended school in the Bird City, Kansas school system and graduated from Bird City High School. Bill was united in marriage to Louise Clara Richard August 13, 1950 at the Presbyterian Church in Benkelman, Nebraska. The...
Toni Ann Hapes
Jul 13, 2013
Toni Hapes Toni Ann Hapes was born on November 27, 1945 to Floyd and Madeleine (Cramer) Gebhart in New Castle, Indiana. She attended Walter P. Chrysler Memorial High School, New Castle, Indiana and graduated May 21, 1965. Toni married Leonard “Lenny” Hapes at the Methodist Church in Merino, Colorado, on April 26, 1985. The couple first settled in Sterling, Colorado...
Merle Eugene Macklin Jr.
Jul 9, 2013
Merle Macklin Jr Merle E. Macklin Jr was born March 17, 1963 in Denver, Colorado to Merle Macklin Sr. and Pauline (Arguello) Gomez. He attended school at Adams City High in Denver. After high school, Merle went to Auraria College Campus and Front Range Community College in Denver. In 1997, he attended Weber Driving School and learned to drive a...
Gerald Henry Strand
Jul 6, 2013
Gerald Henry Strand, 62, of Imperial died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. He was born in Holyoke, Colorado on August 15, 1950 to Henry and Geraldine Strand. He was the oldest of four brothers and from the very beginning had a great love of family. He graduated from Venango High School...
Lois Ann Greeley
Jul 4, 2013
Lois Ann (Denker) Greeley was born Nov. 7, 1934, to William G. and Bertha K. (Bischoff) Denker on a farm south of Wauneta, Neb. Lois was baptized on Nov. 25, 1934, at the farm home on the south divide. Lois grew up and attended country school through the 8th grade. She then attended Wauneta High School, graduating in 1953. From...
Amanda Johnson
Jun 26, 2013
Amanda (Poppe) Johnson Amanda Rae Johnson, age 26 of Enders, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday June 26, 2013. She was born December 13, 1986 in Grant, Nebraska to Craig and Evonne (Schilke) Poppe. Amanda was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and was baptized on January 18th 1987. Growing up Amanda was known as “short pockets” until finally changing it...
Calvin Daschofsky
Jun 21, 2013
Calvin Daschofsky Calvin Cletus Daschofsky was born to Gust and Bessie (Benson) Daschofsky on July 30, 1927 in Rural Dundy County, Nebraska. He attended rural grade schools in Chase County and graduated from Chase County High School with the Class of 1945. He served in the United States Air Force for a short time before being honorably discharged in order...
Joy Wheeler
Jun 16, 2013
M. Joy Wheeler Joy Wheeler was born October 23, 1935, in Oakland, Nebraska, to Sherman and Buelah (Jennwien) Anderson. Joy grew up and attended school in Ogallala, Nebraska, graduating from Ogallala High School in 1953. On June 1, 1956, Joy married Roy R. Wheeler in Ogallala and the couple settled in Sutherland, Nebraska. They later moved to Washington State where...
Wesley Donohue
Jun 12, 2013
Wesley Donohue Wesley Michael Donohue was born March 22, 1926 to Harry and Alice (Ivie) Donohue in Cheyenne County, Kansas. Wes attended school in Bird City, Kansas. He was inducted into the United States Navy on February 10, 1945 and was Honorably Discharged on August 15, 1946. Shortly after his separation from the military, he married Wilma Jean Martin on...
Orville Widger
Jun 6, 2013
Orville Widger C. Orville Widger, the oldest of 5 sons, was born on January 21, 1926, to Carl O.(Fat) and Eva (McMullen) Widger. He attended Hillcrest country grade school, and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1942. Orville was a farmer and he also raised Herefords. In later years he continued wheat farming. On December 27, 1953, Orville married Ila...
Wilma Elsie Stromberger
Jun 6, 2013
Wilma Stromberger Wilma Stromberger was born on March 20, 1928, in Loveland, Colorado, to Henry and Katherine Rothe. Wilma was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Greeley, Colorado. She graduated from University High School in Greeley in 1946. On February 5, 1950, Wilma married Ray Stromberger at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Greeley. Later in 1950, Wilma...
Lee Ellen Moreland
May 29, 2013
Lee Moreland Lucelia Ellen “Lee” Moreland was born December 29, 1925 to Earl Alexander Porter and Ellen Geraldine Daffer Porter. She graduated from high school in 1943 in Liberal, KS. She went on to attend Nurses Training at Mary Lanning School of Nursing at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, NE. Following graduation Lee and her best friend Alyce (Shorty)Erthum...
Patricia Einspahr
May 16, 2013
PATRICIA EINSPAHR Patricia Pearl Einspahr was born December 26, 1931, in Imperial, NE, to Ralph J. and Luella E. (Kliest) Duysen. As a young girl she grew up and attended school in Imperial. Pat married Donald Warren Einspahr on February 3, 1949, in Grant, NE, and to this union two children were born: Donald E. and Linda K. The couple...
Dorthy Dudek
May 9, 2013
DORTHY DUDEK Dorthy Ellen Dudek was born March 4, 1929, at Wauneta, Nebraska, to Bartlett E. and Edna (Burk) Maxfield. As a young girl she grew up in Wauneta, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1946. Dorthy attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for a year before returning to Wauneta. Dorthy married Leonard Leo Dudek on March 6, 1954, in...
Ruth Ellen Colard
May 6, 2013
Ruth Colard Ruth Ellen Colard was born September 8, 1919 in Denver, Colorado to James and Clara Gallaway. Ruth married Leslie O. Colard on November 13, 1935 in Englewood, Colorado. To this marriage two sons were born, Donald and Steven Colard. Ruth had a great love for life. She loved oil painting outdoor scenes; she would paint while Leslie fished....
Keith Harris
May 5, 2013
Keith Harris Ronald (Keith) Harris, 80, longtime businessman of Imperial, Neb., passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013, at the Community Hospital in McCook, Neb. Keith was born in his grandparents’ house in the Blanche community to James Albert (Bert) and Ruby (Kidd) Harris on July 21, 1932. He was the oldest of eight children born to this union. Keith was...
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