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Local obituaries for the Broken Bow, Arnold, & Mullen, NE areas

Alice Tobey

Alice Tobey

May 13, 2026

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Merna, NE – Alice Tobey age 66, of Merna, NE passed away May 13, 2026, at the Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, NE after a five and half year battle with cancer.

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 10:30 AM at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Broken Bow...

Deborah A Mattox

Deborah A Mattox

May 8, 2026

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Deborah A Mattox age 72 of Broken Bow, NE passed away unexpectedly on May 8, 2026, at Kearney Regional Hospital.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at Broken Bow Church of God. Burial will follow in the Broken Bow Cemetery. Memorials will be given to Healing Hearts in Broken Bow, NE. A visitation and...

Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford

May 8, 2026

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Michael Earl Crawford, known fondly as Mike, was born May 3, 1938, near Omaha, Nebraska. He passed away May 8, 2026, at his home in Broken Bow, Nebraska.

 Mike was raised in Curtis, Nebraska, by his loving parents, James and Ethel Crawford. He attended the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis through his junior year of high school....

Ray Taylor

Ray Taylor

May 6, 2026

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Ray Seaton Taylor, age 87, of Broken Bow, Nebraska went to be with his Lord and savior May 6, 2026, just 7 hours before his 88th birthday. I’m sure you’re reading this and thinking “the math ain’t mathin”. For the first 65 years of Ray’s life, he celebrated his birthday on May 7th. When he turned 65 and qualified...

Leland Olson

Leland Olson

May 6, 2026

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Leland “Lee” Olson went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Due to complications after his second heart surgery.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Round Valley cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Govier Brothers Mortuary to...

Laken Myron Dobbs

Laken Myron Dobbs

May 5, 2026

Laken Myron Dobbs, beloved son of Emily Wamsley and Tyler Dobbs, was born silent on May 5, 2026, at Hastings, NE. Though your time with us was short, you were treasured from the moment we knew of your existence. We will hold you again in heaven.

A graveside service will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 10:30 AM at...

Ernie Gibson

Ernie Gibson

May 4, 2026

Arnold, NE- Ernest William Gibson age 70 of Arnold formerly of Broken Bow, died May 4, 2026, at the Kearney Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday May 9, 2026, at 1:00 PM at the Wellfleet Cemetery. A visitation will be held Saturday morning May 9, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM at Govier Brothers...

Russell Charles Simmons

Russell Charles Simmons

May 2, 2026

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Russell Charles Simmons was born on January 11, 1973, in Norton, Kansas, to Douglas and Ivalene (Holtze) Simmons. He grew up in Oshkosh, Nebraska, where he attended Garden County High School. During his time there, Russ was an outstanding student and athlete, playing football and graduating as class salutatorian.

He went on to attend Chadron State College, where he earned...

Danny Strawder

Danny Strawder

Apr 28, 2026

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Danny Strawder age 77 of Burwell, NE, formerly of Merna, NE passed away April 28, 2026, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell, NE.

Memorial services will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow, NE. Online words of remembrance or condolence may be left at www.govierbrothers.com

Danny K. Strawder was...

Linda Rosentreader

Linda Rosentreader

Apr 28, 2026

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Linda Diane (Dickey) Rosentreader passed away on April 28, 2026, at Good Samaritan Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.

Linda was born on January 16, 1951, in Alliance, Nebraska, to Patricia and Alvin Dickey. She spent her early childhood in Hemingford before moving with her parents to Broken Bow in 1954 due to her father’s work with the railroad. Linda graduated...

Kent Westling

Kent Westling

Apr 27, 2026

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Broken Bow, NE – Kent Westling age 65 of Broken Bow, NE passed away unexpectedly April 27, 2026.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, May 8, 2026, at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow, NE. A graveside committal is planned for Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM at the Bon Homme Cemetery, 40275 Apple Tree...

Shari (Casteel) McCallum

Shari (Casteel) McCallum

Apr 23, 2026

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Shari (Casteel) McCallum of Carrollton, Texas.

Shari (Casteel) McCallum was born in Loup City, Nebraska on April 10, 1956, to Ralph and Norma (Kaelin) Casteel of Westerville Nebraska. She attended grade school at Westerville until 5th grade. At age 7 she accepted Christ as her Savior at during a Bible school time at one of the little churches in Westerville. In...

Wayne Hasselquist

Wayne Hasselquist

Apr 17, 2026

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Wayne Robert Hasselquist, 93, passed away April, 17, 2026, at home holding his wife's hand and surrounded by family and friends.

Wayne was born January 31, 1933, to Verner and Alice (Melotz) Hasselquist in Omaha, Nebraska.

He attended school in Omaha graduating from Benson High in 1951. After high school he attended Nebraska Christian College and the Junior College in Norfolk,...

Mary Vose

Mary Vose

Apr 13, 2026

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Mary Alyce Vose, 91, formerly of Arcadia, passed away Monday, April 13, at St. John's in Kearney, Nebraska.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Christian Church in Ansley, with Rev. Mel Shepard officiating. Burial will follow at Westerville Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Ansley Christian Church. A lunch reception will...

Karen White

Karen White

Apr 12, 2026

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Sargent, NE – Karen White age 83 of Sargent, NE passed away April 12, 2026, at the Brookestone View in Broken Bow, NE.

Memorial Services will be held on Monday, April 27, 2026, at 10:30 AM at the Sargent United Methodist Church in Sargent, NE. Burial will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church...

Gene French

Gene French

Apr 11, 2026

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Broken Bow, NE- Gene French age 93 of Broken Bow passed away on Saturday April 11, 2026, at the Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 2:00 PM at the E-Free Church in Broken Bow. The burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery with Military Honors by the US...

Ann Louise Connell

Ann Louise Connell

Apr 9, 2026

Ann Louise (Carnes) Connell was born in Aurora, NE, on June 25th, 1941, to loving parents Elmo K. and Elinor E. (Gorham) Carnes. She passed away on April 9th, 2026. Ann grew up on the family farm at Chapman, NE, where she also attended school. She was active in 4-H, cheerleading, and band. She worked diligently at her studies and...

Kenny Pester

Kenny Pester

Apr 8, 2026

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Kenneth W. Pester, "Kenny", 86, of Mullen, NE, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Cozad, NE.

He was the oldest of three children born to Wendell and Frances (Wells) Pester on August 26, 1939, in Lincoln, NE. Kenny's early years were spent near Denton, NE, before the family moved to Arbor Road north of Lincoln. He graduated from...

Eric Larsen

Eric Larsen

Apr 5, 2026

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Kearney, NE – Eric Larsen age 50 of Kearney, NE passed away April 5, 2026.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 2:00 PM at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow. Burial will follow in the Broken Bow Cemetery. A visitation and time to greet the family will be held on Sunday, April 12th from 4:00...

Glenn A. Clark

Glenn A. Clark

Apr 4, 2026

Broken Bow, NE- Glenn Clark, age 79 of Broken Bow passed away peacefully on April 4, 2026, in Lincoln, NE. Glenn dedicated his life to his family, his law career, and many hobbies that kept him busy throughout the years.

Glenn Arthur Clark was born on September 17, 1946, at Benkelman, NE to Ralph and Lucille (Brown) Clark. Glenn grew up...