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Mary Herrera
May 5, 2013
Mary Herrera A resident of Imperial passed away Sunday Evening at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home, Imperial. She was 89 years of age Survivors Include: Son: Joe Garcia of Montrose, Co Daughter: Dorothy Olguin of Salt lake City, UT Son: Frank Garcia and Wife, Ardis of Imperial, NE Son; Tom Garcia of Imperial, Ne Memorial Services for Mary Herrera will...
Viola Fanning
May 2, 2013
VIOLA FANNING Mable Viola Fanning, a twin, was born November 13th, 1925, to Ernest and Mable Green in Stratton, Nebraska. Viola’s mother and twin brother died in childbirth, and Viola was raised by her Aunt Nora Fox. Viola grew up in Wauneta and attended Wauneta High School. On March 4, 1944, Viola married Russell O. Fanning, and to this union...
Virginia King
Apr 22, 2013
Virginia Mae (Greene) King, a native of Chase County and resident of Imperial NE died Monday afternoon, April 22, 2013, at the Ogallala Community Hospital following surgery, at the age of 84. She was born August 20, 1928 on a farm in southern Chase County NE to Joseph H. and Vera M. (Bricker) Greene of rural Enders. As the third...
Edward Johnson
Apr 20, 2013
Edward Johnson Longtime resident of Palisade passed away Saturday Night, April 20th, 2013, in an auto accident near Palisade. Edward was 64 years of age. Survivors Include: Wife: Becki of Palisaade, NE Sons: Benji Harrison of McCook, NE Andrew Harrison and wife, Rebecca, of Thorton, CO. Kevin Harrison and Jessica Mowrer, of Longmont, CO. 2 Grandchildren Sister: Kathy and Jim...
Jack Cooper
Apr 9, 2013
Jack Cooper John “Jack” Warren Cooper was born October 27, 1936 to Oscar and Elmira (Pierce) Cooper in Imperial, Nebraska. He was raised north of Imperial and graduated from Chase County High School in 1955. Jack served in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1960. While serving his country, Jack married DeMarys Groff, also of Imperial. The couple...
Angie Louiese Villarreal
Apr 1, 2013
Angie Villarreal Angie Villarreal, a longtime resident of Imperial, passed away Monday, April 1, 2013, at her home in Imperial. She was 34 years of age. Survivors Include: Parents, Ben and Tammy Villarreal of Imperial Daughters, Kristina Ann Pflum & Alexandria Maye Pflum of Imperial Brother, Armando Villarreal and wife, Lora of Imperial Brother, Glen Villarreal and wife, Crystal of...
Eva May Lingo
Mar 25, 2013
Eva Lingo Eva (Campbell) Lingo, a longtime resident of Benkelman, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home in Imperial. She was 93 years of age. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 A.M. (MT), Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Westside Church of Christ in Imperial with Pastors Bill Bryan and Norman Morrow officiating. Interment will...
Donna Levy
Mar 18, 2013
Donna Jean Shaw Levy was born in Hays, Kan. to Dean and Loretta Eisenbise Shaw on Sept. 23, 1951. She attended elementary school through her junior year of high school in Grainfield, Kan. Her senior year was the first graduating class from a combined area school called Wheatland, in Grainfield, Kan. in 1968. During high school she received a Betty...
Leroy Franklin Jussel
Feb 27, 2013
Leroy F. Jussel Leroy F. Jussel was born to Joseph Benedict and Elizabeth (Geiser) Jussel on November 28, 1926, in McCook, Nebraska. There were 9 children in the family, Leroy being number 5. Leroy was called to the service when in high school during World War II. He served over seas in Japan on a mine sweeping ship. On October...
Roy Myron Littrel
Feb 16, 2013
ROY LITTREL Roy Myron Littrel was born June 30, 1934, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Ivan Henry and Lilly Pearl (Snyder) Littrel. He attended the first grade at Sunny Side School south of Wauneta, NE, and then second through twelfth grades at Wauneta Public Schools, graduating in 1953. Roy married Shirley Ann Sinner on March 25, 1956, at her parent’s home...
Kent Eugene Doetker
Feb 15, 2013
Kent Doetker Kent Doetker, a longtime resident of Wauneta, passed away Friday morning, February 15, 2013 at the Sunrise Heights of Wauneta. He was 70 years old. Survivors include: Sons: Jed Doetker and wife, DeAnn of Wauneta Kelly Doetker and wife, Dawn of Wauneta 5 Grandchildren Brother Loren Doetker and wife, Karen of Wauneta Memorial Services will be held 10:30...
Fred Goings
Feb 8, 2013
Fred Goings Fred Allen Goings was born April 4, 1939 to Floyd and Sophia (Kerchal) Goings, in Imperial, Nebraska. He attended school in Wauneta, and graduated high school with the class of 1958. He was joined in marriage to Marilyn Kay Bacon on July 15, 1967 in Imperial. The couple settled north of Wauneta, where Fred farmed and ranched for...
Harold "Peco" Anderson
Jan 26, 2013
Harold “Peco” Anderson Harold “Peco” Anderson was born August 22, 1940, in Ogallala, Nebraska, to Andrew F. and Verna L. (Samuelson) Anderson. Harold’s father nicknamed him “Peco” from the very beginning. Peco was raised in the Wauneta and Hayes Center, Nebraska areas his whole life, with the exception of living several years in the Colorado Mountains near Guff. Colorado. Peco...
Lorraine M. Stenson
Jan 13, 2013
Lorraine Stenson Lorraine Maxine Stenson was born December 14, 1924, in Chase County, Nebraska, to Loren C. and Blanche A. (Thompson) Drumm. As a young girl, she attended country grade school and Chase County High School. On November 15, 1944, Lorraine married John Robert Stenson and to this union a son, Lyle, and a daughter, Diana, were born. Lorraine and...
Jane Leona Crawford
Dec 31, 2012
Jane Crawford On December 31, 2012 Jane Leona Crawford peacefully went home to be with our Father in Heaven. Jane was born on July 17, 1944 in Hastings, Nebraska to Curtis G & Bernadine Snyder. Her parents were taken from her at an early age and she was raised by her maternal grandparents Justus J & Grace Brinkema. Jane grew...
Dennis Jay Way
Dec 21, 2012
Dennis Way Dennis Jay Way, son of Elmer Dean and Dorene Kathryn (Gooseman) Way, was born on November 4, 1955 in David City, Nebraska. He attended school at Champion Grade School and Chase County High School. On December 14, 1974, Dennis was united in marriage to Julie Ann Frosh in Imperial, NE. To this union, he was blessed with 2...
William "Bill" Christner
Dec 21, 2012
William “Bill” Christner William Robert Christner was born July 8, 1926, to Jason and Anna (Barnett) Christner on the family farm 8 miles north of Hamlet, NE. Bill attended elementary school in a country school one and a half miles north of the family farm. He attended high school in Hamlet, NE. Upon finishing high school Bill worked on the...
Jim Needham
Dec 14, 2012
JIM NEEDHAM Jimmie Elsworth Needham was born July 16, 1931, to Jessie and Hazel (Stivers) Needham in rural Imperial, Nebraska. As a youngster, Jim attended country grade school. Jim served in the U.S .Army during the Korean War serving from December of 1951 through February of 1954. Jim married Wanda Rose Stevenson just before being inducted into the Military on...
Kent Pribbeno
Dec 10, 2012
Kent Pribbeno was born February 26, 1937, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Stanley and Gladyce (Brady) Pribbeno. He grew up and attended school in Imperial, graduating from Chase County High School in 1954. Kent married Donita Holscher in Imperial on October 30, 1955. It was in Imperial where they raised their four children and enjoyed watching their eleven grandchildren and five...
Susie Doetker
Nov 15, 2012
Susie Doetker Loralie Sue “Susie” (Mathews) Doetker, youngest daughter of William & Edna Mathews, was born November 27, 1943 in Imperial, Ne. As a young girl she grew up west of Imperial and graduated from Chase County High School in 1961.Susie went on to complete Business School in eastern Nebraska and was employed in Washington D.C. for a short time....
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