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Local obituaries for the Broken Bow, Arnold, & Mullen, NE areas
Pete Murphy
Nov 9, 2019
Pete Murphy age 85, passed away November 9th 2019 at Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Â
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 12, 2019 at 10:30 AM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Broken Bow with Father Jim Hunt officiating. Burial will be at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery at Giltner, NE at...
Shirley Elaine Reynolds
Nov 5, 2019
Shirley Elaine Reynolds age 82, of Litchfield, NE died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at her home with family.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at the Christian Church in Litchfield with Duane Osnes and Dave Faris officiating. Burial will be at the Litchfield Cemetery following services. Memorials are suggested to the Fellowship of...
Hazelle M Finney
Nov 4, 2019
Mullen, NE – Hazelle M. Finney age 103 of Mullen formerly of Seneca, died November 4, 2019, at the Pioneer Memorial Care Home in Mullen.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 11:00 AM (Central Time) at the United Church of Christ in Thedford with Pastor Les Parmenter officiating. Interment will be at the Seneca Cemetery. ...
Roger A Bayne
Oct 29, 2019
Roger A. Bayne age 68 of Broken Bow, NE passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Brookestone View in Broken Bow, NE.
Roger was born in Kearney on October 1, 1951 to Harold C. and Doris H. (Cohn) Bayne. He and his family lived in Kearney, NE and later they moved to Broken Bow, where he graduated from High School,...
Laurel June Poland
Oct 28, 2019
Laurel June Poland, 96, a resident of Sargent, NE, who lived in Lincoln, NE, the last three years, passed from this life on October 28, 2019 in Lincoln after a brief illness.
Laurel was born on June 21, 1923 near Enders, NE, to Leon and Ina (Douglass) Hust. She was the second of three daughters and grew up on a...
Sue Faye Johnson
Oct 27, 2019
Sue Faye Johnson passed peacefully at her home in Dunning, NE October 27, 2019, at the age of 67.
Sue was born on November 21, 1951 in Burwell, NE to Floyd and Beth (Sanford) Britton. Sue graduated from Burwell High School. She met and married Eugene E. Johnson on May 28, 1971. To this union two daughters were born, Teresa...
Elaine Olson
Oct 24, 2019
Anselmo, NE- Elaine Olson, age 81 of Anselmo died October 24, 2019 at her home near Anselmo.
Funeral services will be held on Monday October 28, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow with Pastor Bill Williams officiating. Burial will be in the Merna Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Sunday 1:00 PM to...
Maude Roberts
Oct 20, 2019
Maude Roberts, age 94 of Ansley, was called to heaven on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at the Rose Lane Nursing Home in Loup City, Nebraska.
Maude was born October 3, 1925 in Litchfield, Nebraska to Roy and Ethel (Doty) Lucas. She graduated from Litchfield High School. Maude married the love of her life, Archie Roberts, on August 1, 1943 in...
Mabel Rodocker
Oct 18, 2019
MABEL HUFFMAN RODOCKER OBITUARY
On Friday, October 18, 2019, Mabel Irene Huffman Rodocker passed away at the age of 92 at the Jennie Melham Medical Center in Broken Bow.
Appropriately, the sweetheart of a mother was born on Valentine’s Day 1927 in
Sutherland, Nebraska to parents Marion and Maude Huffman. Her family lived in Swan Lake and Hyannis before moving...
Virginia Watts
Oct 17, 2019
Virginia M. Watts age 100 of Comstock, NE passed away Thursday, October 17, 2019 at the Valley County Health System in Ord, NE.
Funeral services will be Monday, October 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wescott Baptist Church in Comstock, NE with Del Unruh officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Comstock...
Doris P Zoerb
Oct 17, 2019
Doris P. Zoerb age 100, of Homestead Assisted Living of Kearney NE. passed away Thursday, October 17, 2019 at the Brookestone View in Broken Bow, NE.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Berean Bible Church City Campus located at 604 South H St Broken Bow, NE with Pastor Irv Jennings officiating. Burial will...
Edwin Sweeney
Oct 17, 2019
Edwin J. Sweeney, 92, of Mullen, NE died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at the Pioneer Memorial Rest Home in Mullen.Â
Services will be at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mullen at 10 A.M. (MDT) on Thursday, October 24th with interment at the Cedar View Cemetery in Mullen. Visitation will be from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 23rd,...
Lennard N Swisher
Oct 10, 2019
Lennard N. Swisher age 92 of Mullen, NE, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 at the Pioneer Memorial Rest Home in Mullen, NE.
Memorial services will be Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at the Open Bible Church in Dunning, NE at 11:00 a.m. with Vickie Webb officiating. Burial will be in the Purdum Cemetery in Purdum, NE. Govier Brothers Mortuary are...
Terry Duane Poe
Oct 5, 2019
Terry Duane Poe age 62, passed away at home, Saturday afternoon, October 5, 2019. He had suffered a long period of illness. Terry was born January 26, 1957, in Larned, Kansas. The family moved frequently while Terry was growing up, but the main places he had memories of were Kansas, Virginia, and Grinell, Iowa, where he graduated from high school....
Brandon Michael Cheek
Oct 4, 2019
On Friday, October 4, 2019, Brandon Cheek from Arcadia, NE, loving son and brother passed away at the young age of 16.
Brandon was born June 24, 2003 in Broken Bow, NE to Luke and Colleen Cheek of Arcadia, NE. Brandon had attended Arcadia Public School, then transferred to Ansley Public School in 2018.Â
Brandon enjoyed many activities including...
Francis G. Gschwind
Oct 2, 2019
Francis G. Gschwind, age 95, of Callaway, NE, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at the Callaway Good Life Center in Callaway, NE. Â
  Francis was born January 10, 1924, to John Arnold and Theresa G’Schwind. Francis was an avid train and local historian; the love of his life was the 102 miles of the UP train line known as...
Joe Jezbera
Oct 2, 2019
Joseph Jezbera, 72, of Merna passed away October 2, 2019, at his home. He was born July 9, 1947, in Sargent to Edward and Hilda (Helgerson) Jezbera. He attended Broken Bow Public Schools, graduating in 1965. After high school, he joined the National Guard, attending basic training in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Fort Bliss, Texas. He was a member of the...
Frank Szwanek
Oct 1, 2019
Frank Szwanek age 95 of Mullen, NE passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the Pioneer Memorial Rest Home in Mullen, NE.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 7, 2019 at 10:30 AM MT at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mullen. Burial will be in the Cedarview Cemetery with Military Honors. Memorials are suggested to Pioneer Memorial...
Pamela Jo Hickenbottom
Sep 30, 2019
Pamela Hickenbottom
August 17, 1962 – September 30, 2019
Pamela Jo Hickenbottom, age 57, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019, at Brookstone View in Broken Bow. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 10:30 AM in the chapel at Brookstone View in Broken Bow. Private burial will be at the Ansley Cemetery. In lieu...
Tommy Lee Scott
Sep 30, 2019
Tommy L. Scott, 75 of Anselmo, passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at a Sioux City, IA care facility.  Graveside Services will be held 11:00 Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Grandview Cemetery in Anselmo, NE with Military Honors. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa and Govier Brothers of Broken Bow, NE.
Tommy Lee...
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