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Leonard Daake
Oct 22, 2024
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at Berean Bible Church in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Merna Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Merna. A visitation will be held on Friday, October 25th from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, with the family greeting 5:00 to 7:00...
Carl Bumgarner
Oct 17, 2024
Carl Bumgarner age 83 formerly of Merna, NE peacefully passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Brookestone View surrounded by his family.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 10:00 AM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Broken Bow Cemetery with Military Honors. Memorials are suggested to the Broken...
Irene (Olson) Ohmberger
Oct 15, 2024
Irene Olson Ohmberger age 96 of Broken Bow, NE passed away October 15, 2024, at Primrose in Grand Island, NE.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Merna Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Merna Cemetery. A visitation will be held...
Mary Bell
Oct 12, 2024
Mary Bell age 64, passed away October 12, 2024, in Redlands, CA. Mary was born January 31, 1960, in Denver, CO. Mary graduated from Redlands High School in 1978, then graduating from Cal State University Long Beach in 1984 Mary worked at Sony Pictures from 1985 to 2014. Ending her career as Executive Director of Financial Administration Sony Pictures Releasing.
Mary...
Yvonne Cox
Oct 12, 2024
Yvonne Marie Giles Cox passed away Saturday, October 11, 2024, at the Callaway Good Life Center, surrounded by her loving family.
Yvonne was born June 25, 1938, to Everett and Ida Giles. She grew up on the Giles Ranch near Elsmere. She attended elementary schools in the Elsmere and Cottonwood areas on Goosecreek, she graduated from Halsey High School.
June 10, 1956,...
Ginny Gardner
Oct 11, 2024
Virginia Carole Gardner
October 27, 1941 — October 11, 2024
Virginia C. Gardner, 82, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Friday, October 11, 2024, in her birthplace community of Callaway, Nebraska.
Virginia (Ginny) was born on October 27, 1941. She was one of seven children born to parents John and Maxine (Shipley Moore) Reinhard. Ginny graduated from Callaway High School with the class of...
Tom Clements
Oct 6, 2024
Thomas Clements age 53 of Oconto, NE passed away October 6, 2024, at his home in Oconto, NE.
No services will be held at this time
Mary Paul
Oct 2, 2024
Mary Esther (Ducker) Paul, a long-time resident of Broken Bow, Nebraska, passed away on October 2, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa after a long battle with dementia. She was the beloved daughter of Ellen Louise Yeager and Lloyd Howard Ducker, born April 24, 1947, in Clinton, Iowa. Although her life began and ended in Iowa, she was a Nebraska...
Viola (Brandt) Schroeder
Oct 1, 2024
Minden, NE – Viola (Brandt) Schroeder age 72 of Minden, NE passed away on October 1, 2024, at her home in Minden, NE.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 10:00 AM at the Gibbon Baptist Church in Gibbon, NE with Reverend Taylor Shippy officiating. The Burial will follow at approximately 12:30 PM in the Box Elder...
Larry K. Strasburg
Sep 15, 2024
Larry K. Strasburg, 88, formerly of Arnold, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2024, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell.
Cremation was held and a private inurnment was in the Arnold Cemetery.
Govier Brothers Mortuary of Arnold was entrusted with the arrangements.
Arlene Franzen
Sep 14, 2024
Arlene Franzen, 90, of Broken Bow passed away Saturday, September 14, 2024, at Brookestone View in Broken Bow.
Arlene was born on June 29, 1934, in Valley County to Hans Andrew and Cora Anne (Greenland) Schmidt. She grew up and received her education in Arcadia and graduated from high school there. Arlene was united in marriage to Richard Franzen on May...
Lanny Weverka
Sep 13, 2024
Lanny Emanuel Weverka, 86, of Sargent, Nebraska peacefully passed away Friday, September 13th at home, surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer.
Lanny and his wife, Janie, began their journey in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where they owned and operated Ski View Lodge. They later moved to Denver, where Lanny worked as a supervisor for General Finance. His career...
Emily Kelley
Sep 12, 2024
Emily (Weverka) Kelley
3/21/1926 – 9/12/2024
Emily E. Kelley, age 98, of Sargent, was born on March 21, 1926, to Martin and Emma (Polak) Weverka. She was born at home on the farm and was named Baby Weverka on her birth certificate. Emily was the youngest of five siblings: Julius, Emanuel, and twins William and Wilma.
She walked to a country school until...
Maurice Andre
Sep 10, 2024
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arnold. The burial will be in the Sand Valley Cemetery near Callaway. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the St. Agnes Catholic Church or Arnold Volunteer Fire and Rescue. A visitation and time to greet family will be...
David Childers
Sep 10, 2024
Ansley, NE- David Childers age 81 of Ansley died September 10, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
David George Childers was born October 1, 1942, in Valentine, Nebraska. He was the youngest of three children born to Amos Robert "Bob" and Mary Elizabeth "Maribeth" (McMurtrey) Childers. David's formative years were spent on the Erba and Muriel McMurtrey Ranch in...
Rick Nielsen
Sep 9, 2024
Rick Nielsen age 59 of Randolph, NE passed away September 9, 2024, at the Colonial Manor in Randolph, NE.
Rick was born to Kenneth and Aletha Imogene “Jean” (McNulty) Nielsen on November 28, 1964, at the Broken Bow Community Hospital in Broken Bow, NE. Ken and Jean divorced in 1967, Ken married Olive (Mills) Turner in 1968, blending their families.
Rick attended...
Larry Jameson
Sep 9, 2024
Larry Jameson
March 10, 1938-September 9, 2024
Thedford, Nebraska
Larry Jameson, 86, went to be with Jesus on September 9, 2024, after a brief stay at Linden Court in North Platte, NE.
Viewing will be at the Bethel Assembly of God Church on September 16th, 2024, at 11:00 AM. Funeral services will be on September 16th, 2024, at Bethel Assembly of God Church...
James Bigbee
Sep 8, 2024
James W. Bigbee, 58, of Akron, Iowa, formerly of Broken Bow, Nebraska, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on September 8, 2024.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 PM on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars, IA. A visitation with the family present will be from 11:00 AM until service time on Thursday...
Dwain Gunther
Sep 7, 2024
Dwain Lee Gunther, aged 85, of Broken Bow, peacefully departed on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center.
Dwain Lee Gunther was born on March 19, 1939, to Cyrus and Eunice (Sevier) Gunther. In 1948, the family moved to the Ash Creek Community southwest of Broken Bow. Dwain attended Broken Bow High School and graduated in...
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