May 15, 2019

Elnora Maude Traphagan, 87, died May 15th, 2019, at Emerald Nursing and Rehab in Cozad.  Her graveside services will be held on Wednesday, May 22nd at 11:00 am at the Cedar Bluffs Cemetery with Pastor Jeff Kelley of United Methodist Church in McCook offering words of comfort.     

Elnora was born on April 16th, 1932 to William and Edna Carfield. ...

May 15, 2019

Mullen, NE- Vern Dent age 93 of Mullen, passed away on May 15, 2109, at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Mullen. 

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2019, at 1:30 PM MT at the Hooker County Fairgrounds Event Center.  A visitation will be held on Saturday, May 25, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the...

May 12, 2019

Lee M. Auble, 72 of Arnold died May 12, 2019, at the family farm near Arnold.

Lee was born to Vic and Reta (Connor) Auble on March, 30th 1947. Lee and wife, Karla are the 5th generation to live on the Auble farm on Garfield Table, which has been in the Auble family for more than 100 years.

Lee attended...

May 10, 2019

Joyce "Marlene" Madron 84, of Kearney, NE died May 10, 2019, at Prairie View Gardens Assisted Living, Kearney, NE. She was born in Denton County, Texas to Joseph and Doris (Bowman) Parker.

Marlene graduated from Thedford High School. Due to a tragic accident at age 14 she never completed her high school education until her children graduated from high school....

May 5, 2019

Robert “Bob” Dean Smith age 89, formerly of Callaway, passed away May 5, 2019, at the Quality Senior Villages in Broken Bow, NE.

Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Apr 30, 2019

Helen Louise Reynolds went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at the age of 90 years old.  She was born on January 8, 1929, to Almer Downer and Doris (Sauerberg) Hunt in her grandparents’ house in Merna, Nebraska.  She grew up with a younger brother, James, and attended school in Merna. She graduated from Merna High School...

Apr 27, 2019

     Bonita “Bonnie” Bennett January 23, 1942 - April 27, 2019. And what a life she lived between those two dates. She was born to Otis “Dode” and Dorothy Royle McMahan and was greeted by two sisters, Margaret “Patty” and Marlene. At age two, her mother passed away and Esther Royle helped to raise the sisters and eventually married their father....

Apr 27, 2019

Terry Ellen “Azbill” Muzdeka was born February 29. 1948 in Phoenix AZ to George David Azbill and Nethel Wingo Azbill. In 1965, at 17, she married Charles Edward Searles in Overton NV, where she became a mother to Pamela in 1966 and Ginger in 1969. At 21 years old, as a single mother of two and moved to Las Vegas...

Apr 25, 2019

Rex A McCullough 88, died April 25, 2019, at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney, NE. Services will be 2:00 pm Thursday, May 9th, 2019, at the Berean Church City Campus 604 S H St Broken Bow NE. Burial will be in the Ansley Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation will be on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, from 5:00 to...

Apr 22, 2019

Frank Andrew Keller

May 12, 1952 - April 22, 2019

Frank Andrew Keller, age 66, of Hyannis passed away peacefully on Monday, April 22nd, 2019, at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Mullen. Frank was born May 12th, 1952, in Alliance to Oren and Maisie (Albright) Keller. He was a 1971 graduate of Hyannis High School. Frank was united in marriage...

Apr 20, 2019

Barbara J. Gibbons

Comstock, NE Resident, 82

 

Barbara Jean Gibbons (Erickson) was born July 7th, 1936, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Dr. George T. Erickson and Minerva D. Erickson (Worthman). With her family at her side, Barbara passed away at Saint John’s nursing home in Kearney, Nebraska on April 20, 2019 at the age of 82 years.  In the...

Apr 19, 2019

Funeral services for Mark Slagle, 58 of Sargent, NE will be held at the Sargent Public School gymnasium April 27, 2019, at 10 am with burial at the Gates cemetery and a final “bull sale lunch” following the service at the Sargent Community Center. Visitation will be at the school on Friday, April 26th from 5-7pm.

Mark Wade Slagle was...

Apr 18, 2019

     William Victor Dunn (Bill) was born June 9, 1931, at Dunning Nebraska, to Percy L and Ethel R (Warren) Dunn, the first of three sons. His family lived near Purdum, Nebraska where they engaged in ranching. Bill attended rural school in Blaine County through his sophomore year and then lived with his Aunt and Uncle in Oshkosh where he graduated...

Apr 17, 2019

Donna Rae Lucas Johnson age 82, of Grand Island, formerly of Mason City, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at the Lakeview Care and Rehabilitation Center in Grand Island.

A celebration of life service will be Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mason City, NE with Rev. Roger McDermott officiating. Burial will follow...

Apr 17, 2019

Reba Amm age 77, of Litchfield and formerly of Custer County died April 17, 2019, at the St. Luke’s Care Home in Kearney.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 22, 2019, at 10:30 AM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Broken Bow with Father Jim Hunt officiating.  Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.  Govier Brothers...

Apr 12, 2019

                Robert H. Walker, Jr., 87, of Kearney formerly of Custer County, died Friday, April 12, 2019, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.

            Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Callaway with Pastors Shannon Williams and Jerry Schwarz officiating.  Burial will be in the Merna Cemetery with Military...

Apr 10, 2019

VELMA "VICKIE" (CROFT) GRINT

February 4, 1937 - April 10, 2019

Velma "Vickie" Roselle Grint, age 82, a resident of Sargent, Nebraska died Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Jennie M, Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, NE. She had currently been residing at Quality Senior Villages in Broken Bow, NE for the past 3 years.

Vickie was born on...

Apr 9, 2019

Apr 7, 2019

John Clark Russell, D.D.S., 66 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln. He was born on October 24, 1952, in Grand Island to Marshall and Patricia (Carmine) Russell. John graduated from Broken Bow High School and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Nebraska in 1977. John...

Apr 7, 2019

     Jimmie Lee Applegarth passed away at home in Hyannis on April 7th, 2019. Jim was born on December 8, 1937, in Hyannis, NE to Grace Louise (Taylor) and William Theodore Applegarth.

     After graduation from Hyannis High School in 1956, Jim joined the Navy. October 29, 1960, he married Sharon Sue Hunzicker at the Episcopal Church in Alliance, NE. They made...