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Fauniel Kimberling
Oct 8, 2022
Fauniel Kimberling Longtime resident of rural Champion, Nebraska, passed away Saturday morning, October 8, 2022, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home, Imperial, NE. She was 85 years of age. Survivors Include: Daughter: Starla Vogt and husband, John, of Champion, NE Son: Tim Kimberling and wife, Barb, of Columbus, NE Son: Todd Kimberling of Ogallala, NE. 14 Grandchildren 22 Great-Grandchildren Graveside...
Russell D Buczek
Oct 6, 2022
Russell Buczek Russell Dale Buczek was born December 20, 1955, in Ogallala, Nebraska, to Della Marie (Priest) and Frank Joseph Buczek. Russ grew up in the Denver, Colorado, area and attended Denver East High School. Russ was a local carpenter, specializing in home improvement. He was a member of the Eagles Club in Imperial, where he was employed as a...
Donna R McNair
Oct 4, 2022
Donna McNair Donna Raye McNair was born August 10, 1937, In Imperial, Nebraska, to Glen and Elsie (Weiss) Case. She grew up and attended school in Imperial graduating from Chase County High School. Donna married Jack L. Browning on February 27, 1954, and the couple settled and made Imperial their home. Donna was employed for many years in resident care...
Ina Mae Wilson
Oct 2, 2022
Ina Mae Wilson Ina Mae Wilson was born February 19, 1932, at Oakley, Kansas, to George and Florence (Hapes) Andersen. As a youngster she grew up on a farm near Benkelman, Nebraska, attending country school. Then, as a teenager, Ina Mae boarded and worked at the Benkelman Hospital while attending Benkelman High School graduating in 1949. Ina Mae married Jack...
Evelyn M Mitchell
Sep 23, 2022
Evelyn Mitchell Evelyn Marie (Rasmussen) Mitchell was born May 16, 1928, at the family farmhouse near Scandia, Kansas. In 1942, after finishing eighth grade, she began as a waitress at the Royal Café in Scandia to earn money to pay for room and board while she attended high school there. She graduated in 1946 and attended Burrows Machine School in...
Jerry E Taylor
Sep 18, 2022
Jerry Eugene Taylor Jerry Eugene Taylor, 80 of Gering, Nebraska passed away Sunday, September 18, 2022, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. His memorial graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at noon at the Pleasant View (Crete) Cemetery, Champion, Nebraska with Rev Matt Maxwell. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.dugankramer.com . Jerry was born on August...
Leslie D Houser
Sep 15, 2022
Les Houser Leslie Dwane Houser was born January 20, 1940, at Imperial, Nebraska, to Willa Rhea (Norman) and Kenneth Houser. Les lived south of Venango, NE, and attended school there through the 6th grade. The family then moved to the Norman farm at Lamar, NE. Les then attended school at Lamar through the 8th grade. He then attended Chase County...
Eldon F Kerchal
Sep 13, 2022
Eldon Kerchal Eldon Frank Kerchal, 83 of Lexington, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Eldon was born on July 2, 1939 in Palisade, Nebraska to Frank R and Bessie Rose (Antone) Kerchal and lived in the sod house 17 miles north east of Wauneta for two years until construction of the new house was started. As a young boy,...
Shirley Schweitzer
Sep 8, 2022
Shirley Schweitzer Shirley Schweitzer, age 80, of Sterling, CO, joined the Lord September 8, 2022. Born July 6, 1942 in Benkelman, NE to Elbert and Adeline (Antone) Berry, she was raised in Big Springs, NE. She married Loren Schweitzer of Julesburg in 1960 and had a daughter and son. The family moved to Sterling in 1964 residing in the same...
Eleanor L Crabb
Sep 6, 2022
Eleanor Crabb Eleanor Lorene (Hogsett) Crabb was born October 6, 1923, south of Lamar, Nebraska, in a sod house to Bessie Pearl (North) and Jacob Hogsett. Eleanor grew up and attended school country near Lamar and at the age of 54, she furthered her education at McCook Community College. In March of 1941 Eleanor married Melvin Griess in Franklin, Nebraska,...
Lucille N Dinnel
Aug 29, 2022
Lucille Dinnel N. Lucille Dinnel was born July 9, 1929, in Imperial, NE, to Pearl and Ethel Ridlen. As a young girl, Lucille attended the Zell Grade School which was located west of Wauneta. On November 13, 1946, Lucille married Verlon Dinnel at the Ridlen family home west of Wauneta and to this union four daughters were born: Colleen, Lanette,...
Nada F Krotter
Aug 25, 2022
Nada Krotter Nada Faye Krotter was born July 21, 1938, in Hayes Center, Nebraska, to Gladys M. (Rathman) and Floyd M. Carmin. Nada grew up and attended school in Hayes Center where she graduated high school with the class of 1955. Nada continued her education with two years of summer school in Kearney, NE. On August 30, 1959, Nada married...
Esther L Erdman
Aug 22, 2022
Esther Erdman Esther Louise Erdman was born April 3, 1930, at the family home north of Parks, NE, to Olive Mae (Richard) and William John Morrison. Esther was the youngest of six children. She grew up in Parks where she attended school and graduated with the class of 1947. Esther went on to further her education in Denver, CO, studying...
Roberto (Fili) Almanza
Aug 22, 2022
Roberto (Fili) Almanza Roberto (Fili) Almanza was born to Martha Rios and Thomas Almanza on April 5th, 1941, in Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexico. He passed away in his home surrounded by family on August 22, 2022, in Imperial, Nebraska. Roberto grew up in El Leon, Mexico with his parents and five siblings. In his early 20’s he met his lifelong partner...
Byron Albert Johnson
Aug 17, 2022
Byron Albert Johnson was born March 25, 1933, to Ivar and Susie (Hasson) Johnson in Orchard, Nebraska left this world on August 17, 2022, at the age of 89. Byron grew up as a farm boy working the fields and tending cattle. He attended Neligh-Oakdale Schools in Nebraska. He was a veteran during the Korean War stationed in Germany. Upon...
Rodger L Crow
Aug 16, 2022
Rodger L. Crow Rodger Lee Crow was born July 19, 1941 in San Diego, California to Bud L and Eunice M. (Lorance) Crow, but grew up on a farm near Wauneta, NE. As a young man Rodger moved to the Denver, Colorado area where he attended school at the Denver Electronic Technical Institute. Rodger married Lucinda Ann Dahlberg in November...
Marles Y Rowley
Aug 10, 2022
Marles Y. Rowley Marles Yvonne Rowley was born Dec. 3, 1938 in Imperial, Nebraska to Clyde and Beulah (Einspahr) Purdy. The oldest of four children, she grew up and attended school in Wauneta, Nebraska. On September 11, 1954, she married Melvin K. Rowley in Holyoke, Colorado. To this union they were blessed with 6 children. They resided in Chase County,...
Heath A Nordhausen
Aug 9, 2022
Heath Nordhausen Heath Allan Nordhausen was born March 30, 1967, in Imperial, Nebraska to Allan Leroy and Judith Arlene (Binderup) Nordhausen. Heath grew up near Wauneta where he attended school. Heath married Barbara Muths in 1986 and to this union two children were born: Danielle Alisa and Dustin Allan. Later in 2001, Heath married Lanette Feddersen and to this union...
Charlotte "Char" L Wallin
Aug 5, 2022
Charlotte “Char” Wallin Charlotte Leigh Wallin was born September 1, 1976, in Central City, Nebraska, to Sharon Fay (Green) and Richard Lloyd Butt. Char grew up in Imperial and graduated from Chase County High School with the class of 1995. Char continued her education at Mid-Plains Community College and received an Associates Degree in Nursing. On July 17, 1999, Char...
Michael R Sorensen
Aug 4, 2022
Michael Sorensen Michael Robert Sorensen was born September 26, 1967, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Bonnie Kay (Bloom) and Robert Orville Sorensen. Mike grew up in Wheatland, Wyoming, and graduated from Wheatland High School with the class of 1986. He continued his education at Chadron State College where he excelled in football and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary...
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