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Local obituaries for the Broken Bow, Arnold, & Mullen, NE areas
Sharon Vance
Jul 13, 2025
Sharon Vance age 73 of Broken Bow, NE, passed away on July 13, 2025, at the Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow.
Graveside Memorial Services will be held on Friday, July 18, 2025, at 10:30 AM at the Ansley Cemetery in Ansley, NE. Memorials are suggested to the Family. Govier Brothers Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online...
Faye M. Cool
Jul 11, 2025
Faye Marian (Tanner) Cool was born July 31, 1926, and died peacefully on July 11, 2025, at Brookestone View.
Faye was born at Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada to J.D. and Ruth Tanner. Her father was farming, and a few days before she was born, the crops were lost to a hailstorm. Her dad always said the only thing they raised that...
Kenneth L. Pierce
Jul 11, 2025
Kenneth Lavern Pierce (68), of North Platte, NE, passed away July 11, 2025. He was “Ken” to most but “Kenny” to those who knew his ornery and charming sides.
Ken was born to Allyn and Shirley Pierce in Callaway on January 9, 1957. He grew up as a farm boy and was a proud Callaway Bear grad. He enjoyed reminiscing of...
Bill Vocke
Jul 8, 2025
William (Bill) Lee Vocke III was born September 18, 1941, in Loup City, NE. With family gathered by his side, he passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at CHI St. Francis. He was the son of Darlene (Jensen) and William Vocke Jr.
He graduated from Litchfield High School and couldn’t wait to begin his first love of farming. Bill soon...
Delores Kranz
Jul 7, 2025
Delores Kranz age 76, of Eddyville, NE passed away July 7, 2025, at the Brookestone View in Broken Bow, NE.
Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 2:00 PM at the Oconto Community Center in Oconto, NE. Burial will follow in the Oconto Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to local EMT’s of your choice. Lunch and time to...
Casey Henderson
Jul 4, 2025
Casey Lee Henderson
August 27, 1966 - July 4, 2025
Casey Henderson, 58 years old, passed away peacefully in her home on the ranch the evening of July 4, 2025. Casey was born in Alliance, NE to Larry and Carolynn Henderson August 27, 1966. She spent her life growing up in the Sandhills of Nebraska on the Henderson family ranch north of...
Tyler Yarrington
Jun 27, 2025
Tyler Joseph Yarrington, age 29, was born on June 7, 1996, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Shon and Tara (Higginbotham) Yarrington. He passed away peacefully at his home in Broken Bow, Nebraska, on June 27, 2025.
Tyler moved to Broken Bow at just two weeks old and spent his entire childhood there, graduating from Broken Bow High School in 2015. He was...
Trent Paul Walz
Jun 24, 2025
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, Trenton Paul Walz of Mullen, Nebraska, died at the age of 45, following a two and a half year battle with brain cancer.
Trent was born January 29, 1980 in Macon, Missouri to Paul and Vickie (Blake) Walz. The Walz family moved back to Nebraska in 1984. Trent attended several country schools in the Ainsworth and...
Mark Whitney
Jun 21, 2025
Mark Burnard Whitney, age 58, of Beatrice, Nebraska went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 21, 2025.
Born on August 18, 1966, in Broken Bow, NE to John and Beth Whitney, Mark was a precious gift from God. Mark was born with a developmental disability, but thrived with his loving family and wonderful teachers who believed...
Sarah Eckard
Jun 20, 2025
Oconto, NE – Sarah Eckard age 85 of Oconto, NE passed away at her home on June 20, 2025.
Sarah Mae Eckard was born on February 15, 1940, in Burwell, NE to Henry and Margaret (Hardy) Eckard. Sarah completed 8 grades of school.
As a young adult she came to live with Velma & Fred Kranz of Oconto. She helped with housekeeping,...
Wayne Mills
Jun 11, 2025
Wayne Byard Mills, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away quietly, surrounded by his family on June 11, 2025, at Brookestone View. Wayne was born on April 20, 1926, to Frank and Bertha Mills on the family farm near Westerville, Nebraska. He was the third of six children.
A proud graduate of Westerville High School in 1943, Wayne answered the...
Larry Larson
Jun 9, 2025
LaVern (Larry) Dean Larson, born on November 18, 1949, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2025, in Kearney, Nebraska, surrounded by his loving family.
Larry was born and raised in Broken Bow, Nebraska, to Harold and Opal (Neth) Larson and graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1968. He then enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for 2 years...
Gary Schmitz
Jun 9, 2025
Gary Schmitz age 83 of Anselmo, NE, passed away June 9, 2025, at the Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, NE.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, June 16, 2025, at 10:00 AM at St. Anselm’s Catholic Church in Anselmo, NE. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Broken Bow. Memorials are...
Edna L. Whaley
Jun 4, 2025
Edna Lucille Whaley
November 29, 1917 – June 4, 2025
Edna Lucille Whaley, age 107, of Broken Bow, Nebraska, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2025. In her own words, Edna wrote:
“Born Nov. 29, 1917, to Franklin Homer & Theresa (Tracy) Augusta Keim on a farm near Bruning, Nebr., in Thayer County. I was the second oldest of 8 children—4 boys &...
Bob Miller
Jun 4, 2025
Robert Forrest Miller went to his heavenly home, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, surrounded by family. Bob was born September 24, 1941, in Ortello Dale Valley, to Forrest and Genevieve (Lepant) Miller, and was the oldest of seven children. He started his life's journey on the "ranch" homesteaded by his great grandmother, and he attended grade school at several country...
Harold Koch
May 30, 2025
Broken Bow, NE- Harold E. Koch, age 81 of Broken Bow, died Friday, May 30, 2025, at the Jennie Melham Medical Center after a brief illness.
Harold requested cremation. Words of encouragement and remembrance can be left at www.govierbrothers.com
A Memorial service will be held on August 15, 2025, at 11:30 AM at the Christian Life Center at 204 North 5th Ave...
Margy Schnase
May 29, 2025
Margy A. Schnase, age 89 of Ansley, passed away on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha.
She was born on June 7, 1935, in Broken Bow, a daughter of the late Clarence and Anna Holland. Margy attended Ansley Public Schools. On June 10, 1951, she was United in marriage to Grant Schnase in Ansley at Reverend Herger's...
Conrad Bose
May 28, 2025
Conrad Ernest “Shorty” Bose was born the 22nd of November, 1943. He passed away at home on the 28th of May, 2025. He passed in the same manner as he lived…with composure and dignity. His greatest joy was his daughters and he lingered, holding on, until each daughter had reached his bedside to bid him farewell. Then, with calm serenity,...
Jeff Schlund
May 25, 2025
Broken Bow, NE – Jeffery Lee Schlund age 66 of Broken Bow, NE passed away peacefully on May 25, 2025, at Kearney Regional Medical Center.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, June 6, 2025 from 4-6PM at Govier Brothers Mortuary & Crematory in Broken Bow, NE. A private family burial will be held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in...
Dennis Conner
May 25, 2025
Arnold, NE – Dennis Conner age 75 of Arnold, NE, passed away May 25, 2025, at his home in Arnold.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church in Arnold, NE. Burial will follow in the Arnold Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Family for future designation. Arnold Funeral Home/Govier Brothers...
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