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Local obituaries for the Broken Bow, Arnold, & Mullen, NE areas
Betty Hagan
Jan 31, 2015
Betty Jean Hagan (1927-2015) Betty Jean Hagan of Mason City, Nebraska died at Good Samaritan Hospital Saturday, January 31, 2015. Services for her will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, February 5, at the First Baptist Church of Mason City, Nebraska. Reverend Rodger McDermott will officiate and burial will be in the Mason City Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 pm Wednesday, February...
Fern Hall
Jan 30, 2015
Fern W. Schroeder Hall was born January 16, 1919 at Bartlett, Iowa to John Henry and Alta M. (Gibson) Schroeder. She departed this life to be with her Savior on January 30, 2015 at the Callaway Good Life Center. She was one of twelve children. At the age of seven her family moved to Nebraska. They lived near Broken Bow,...
Henry Struempler
Jan 30, 2015
Broken Bow, NE- Henry Struempler, age 90 of Broken Bow died Friday January 30, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. Funeral services will be held on Monday February 2, 2015 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Broken Bow with Reverend Roger Quandt officiating. Burial will be in the Christ Lutheran Cemetery south of Oconto....
Chelsea Downey
Jan 30, 2015
Chelsea Marie Downey passed away on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Good Samaritan Village in Loveland, Colorado after a brief illness. Chelsea Marie Lauer was born on March 13, 1927, in D Township, Seward County, Nebraska, near Gresham, to Fred H. and Stella Rea (Jones) Lauer. The family lived on her Grandmother Lauer’s farm and she attended the District 44,...
Dorothy Hammond
Jan 29, 2015
Broken Bow, NE – Dorothy Hammond, age 74 of Broken Bow died Thursday January 29, 2015 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Broken Bow. Funeral services will be held on Sunday February 1, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Govier Bros. Mortuary in Broken Bow. Burial will be in the Merna Cemetery. Govier Bros. Mortuary of Broken Bow is in...
Maxine Hyatt
Jan 25, 2015
Oma Maxine Hyatt, age 96, passed from this life on Sunday morning, January 25, at Heritage Hall in Broken Bow NE. Maxine was born to Lloyd and Eulalia (Smith) Hyatt on January 30, 1918 near Merna Nebraska. She was raised in rural Custer County and learned at an early age the value of honesty and hard work from her parents...
Judy Taylor
Jan 22, 2015
Judy B. Taylor, age 64, of Broken Bow, Ne. died Thursday January 22, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 28, 2015 at the Evangelical Free Church in Broken Bow at 10:30 A.M. with Rev. Doug Saner and Roger Sloan officiating. Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday January 27 at...
Mary Ellen Thomas
Jan 17, 2015
Mary Ellen Thomas, age 91 of Eddyville, died January 17, 2015 at the St. Luke’s Nursing Home in Kearney. Funeral services will be held on Saturday January 24, 2015 at 10:30 AM at the Burr Oak Community Church, with a lunch following. After the lunch, burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday 8...
Gary Kranz
Jan 2, 2015
Oconto, NE- Gary L. Kranz, age 42 of Oconto, died Friday January 2, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday January 7, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Oconto Community Center in Oconto with Pastor Lawrence Francis officiating. Burial will be in the Oconto Cemetery. Govier Bros. Mortuary of Broken Bow is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will...
Donald Gouldie
Dec 24, 2014
Donald Bradford Gouldie was born December 8, 1930 at Stamford NE. His mother was Sylvia Ellen (Goosic) Gouldie and his father, Thomas John Gouldie. Don was an only child. His mother remarked that when he was born, she knew she would never do better so he remained an only child. Don attended Stamford elementary through the 8th grade and graduated...
Bertini Talbot
Dec 15, 2014
On December 15, 2014 Bertini Joyner Talbot passed away peacefully at Heritage Hall at JMMC where she had lived for the past five years. Those who knew her know firsthand how loving, kind and gracious she was, and she will be sorely missed by so very many people. Her love and grace made her one of a kind and she...
Berl Klitzman
Dec 14, 2014
Berl Klitzman son of Wilbur and Margretta (McClellen) Klitzman was born at home in Ansley, Nebraska, (delivered by his grandmother, Sarah (Eggleston) Klitzman) on August 28, 1927. Berl grew up in Ansley, attending school there and in 1944 began a lifetime of work on the railroad. He worked the area of Alliance to Hazard for 44 years. Berl worked for...
Michael Flynn
Dec 11, 2014
Michael Flynn, age 57, of Blue Hill, Nebraska died Thursday December 11th peacefully at his home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Tuesday December 16th at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow with Rev. Todd Kargas officiating. Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery wiith Govier Brothers...
Eugene F. Thomas
Dec 9, 2014
Eugene Franklin Thomas, formerly of the Westerville area, passed from this life in Broken Bow, NE, on December 9 at the age of 91. Born on March 13, 1923, to Otho Ohio and Cennie (Christen) Thomas, Eugene spent his younger years in the Dale Valley area near Merna, NE, on the family ranch. He attended elementary school at Dale and...
Elizabeth "Beth" Rains
Dec 5, 2014
Broken Bow, NE- Beth Rains, age 89 of Broken Bow, passed away December 5, 2014 at the Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow. Elizabeth Ann (Leberman) Rains was born on June 2, 1925, at Culbertson, NE, the daughter of Rex Hugo Leberman and Eola (Page) Leberman. She attended grade school at Gering, NE, and graduated from Sidney,...
Howard Pracht
Dec 1, 2014
Broken Bow, NE- Howard Pracht, age 89 of Broken Bow, died on December 1, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 8, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the First Baptist Church in Broken Bow with Rev. Jurdan Counts officiating. Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery with Govier Bros. Mortuary of Broken Bow in...
Dona Martin
Nov 27, 2014
Dona V. Martin was born on April 20, 1924 to John and Bessie Culp Harrold at Alexandria, NE. She went to be with her Lord on November 27, 2014 at the age of 90 years, 7 months and 7 days. Dona worked side by side with her father on the farm until after her graduation in 1942 from High School...
Charles Swisher
Nov 19, 2014
Halsey, NE- Charles D. Swisher, age 85, a lifetime Halsey resident, died Wednesday November 19, 2014 at the CHI-Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be held on Saturday November 22, 2014 at 10:30 AM at the Halsey School Gymnasium with Pastor Ralph McKay officiating. Burial will be in the Purdum Cemetery. Govier Bros. Mortuary of Broken Bow is...
Donna Staab
Nov 12, 2014
Donna L. Staab, age 82 of Broken Bow, NE, passed away on Nov 12, 2014 at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln. Funeral services will be held on Monday November 17, 2014 at 1:00 PM at Govier Bros. Mortuary in Broken Bow with Rev. Mel Shepherd officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be held on Saturday November...
Teddie Trotter
Nov 2, 2014
Teddie Trotter 73, died November 2, 2014 at home in Broken Bow with his family by his side. He was born April 24, 1941 at Kimball, Nebraska to Emery Trotter and Ina (Beards) Trotter. On August 17, 1963 he married Laverna Shears in Armour South Dakota. To this union three sons were born Travis, Max and Damon. They made their...
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