Benny Chester “Chet” Bobbitt
Jan 31, 2021
Benny Chester “Chet” Bobbitt, age 64, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at home. He was born February 18, 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa to Francis Charles and Alice Louise (Allen) Bobbitt. Private family service at a later date. Inurnment at Mount Hope Cemetery, Beaver City, Nebraska. Wenburg Funeral Home of Beaver City, Nebraska is...
Brenda Marie Pretzer
Jan 27, 2021
Brenda Marie Pretzer, age 76, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege after a three-year battle with cancer. She was born on October 6, 1944 to Arthur and Marie (Putnam) Pretzer, Brenda was the oldest of five children. She attended public school in Wakefield, NE and graduated from Wayne State College,...
Georgia Nell Hector
Jan 24, 2021
Georgia Nell Hector, age 90, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, January 24th, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 12, 1930 in Metropolis, Illinois to Vernie T. and Nell (Kennedy) Barnett. She grew up with humble beginnings as one of four children in the Barnett family. After graduating from Metropolis High School in 1947, she worked...
Linda M. Hayward
Jan 21, 2021
Linda M. Hayward, age 75, of Edison, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on June 25, 1945 to Elmer and Katherine Puls. She is survived by children; James and Jennifer Hayward of Clearwater, Kansas, Kristen and Robert Fish of Arizona, Kimberly Morel of Custer, South Dakota, and Tammy...
Linda Sayer
Jan 21, 2021
Linda Sayer, age 75, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away on January 21, 2021, leaving to mourn family and friends. She was born May 19, 1945 in Holbrook, Nebraska to William and Mabel (Ridpath) Sayer. She was the Lead Operator for Tension Envelope from which she had retired. Linda loved sunflowers, cooking, gardening and shopping at department stores and garage sales....
Darlene Lois (Lueking) Miller
Jan 6, 2021
Darlene Lois (Lueking) Miller, age 84, of Hastings, Nebraska was called to join her heavenly father on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, a victim of Covid-19 at Mary Lanning Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska. She was born in Oxford,Nebraska on December 19, 1936 the day before her mother’s birthday to Albert & Sophia (Obering) Lueking. She grew up in Oxford and graduated from...
Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta
Jan 4, 2021
Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta, age 84, of Cozad, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska surrounded by her 6 children. Nellie was born in Crawford, Nebraska on January 16, 1936 to Richard and Barbara (Serres) Semroska. She grew up in Sioux County on the family ranch near Harrison. After the death...
Carolyn Sue Brand
Jan 1, 2021
Carolyn Sue Brand, age 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 1, 2021 due to complications from the COVID virus at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on June 19, 1941 in Lexington, Nebraska to Ray and Ola (Wilson) Sarr. She married her high school sweetheart, Jim Walston, in 1957. To this union three children were born....
Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn
Dec 22, 2020
Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn, age 84, of Elwood, Nebraska left this world and stepped into Heaven to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, along with family and friends waiting for her on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska She was born on October 11, 1936 to Gracie Elizabeth (Paylor) and Buford Clyde Freeborn in...
B.J. Morris
Dec 14, 2020
B.J. Morris, age 77, of Stamford, Nebraska, departed this life on Monday, December 14, 2020, at home surrounded by his wife and two daughters. He was born on March 6, 1943 near Honey Lake, Missouri to Burnnie J. and Sylvia Muriel (Wilmoth) Morris. In his teens he rode bulls and helped care for rodeo stock. He worked as a drywall...
Georgene Marie Carskadon
Dec 3, 2020
Georgene Marie Carskadon, 72, of Edison Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 due to complications of late-stage dementia, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born Georgene Marie Knecht in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 15th, 1948 to Eldon and Marie Knecht. Georgene Marie Knecht became Georgene Marie Carskadon, on October 11, 1968 marrying Lee...
Doris LaVerne Crosley
Dec 2, 2020
Doris LaVerne Crosley, age 94, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on December 18, 1925 on the family farm located in Decatur County, Kansas near Lyle, Kansas, second daughter to Lester and Lillian (Simonsen) Coulter. During her elementary school years, Doris attended a rural school, but...
Jeffrey David Schutz
Dec 1, 2020
Jeffrey David Schutz, age 51, of Grand Island, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 8, 1969 at Lexington, Nebraska to Merlyn Dean and Janice Kay (Bailey) Schutz. Jeff was baptized as an infant at Our...
Edith Irene Roberts
Nov 30, 2020
Edith Irene Roberts, age 96, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020, at Berthoud Living Center in Berthoud, Colorado. Where she had been a resident since 2015. Edith and her twin sister, Esther Eilene, were born April 7, 1924. Their parents, Lewis Guild Thomas and Mable Sophia (Holst) Thomas were already raising 3 children – Eva, Clifford, and Berniece. Sadly,...
Pauline Harper
Nov 26, 2020
Celebrate the lives, cherish the memories. Warren (Feb. 6, 2021) and Pauline (Nov. 26, 2020) Harper. Visitation will be Friday May 28, 2021, 3-6 p.m. at Wenburg Funeral Chapel, 652 Main Street, Arapahoe, Nebraska. Memorial service will be Saturday, May 29, 2021, 11 a.m. with meal at 4 p.m., at Island (East of Edison, south on Road 432, 1stroad south...
Pauline Lois Harper
Nov 26, 2020
Pauline Lois Harper, 68 years of age, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at her home after a brief battle with cancer. She was born May 31, 1952 in Oxford, NE, the 4th of 9 children born to Rolland and Berniece (Broeker) McQuiston. She graduated from Oxford Public School with the class of 1971. On August 27,...
Mildred Elizabeth “Mick” Dawson
Nov 21, 2020
Mildred Elizabeth “Mick” Dawson, age 103, of Elwood, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on September 24, 1917 in rural Oxford, Nebraska to Joseph and Anna (Haffey) Hays. She was the 3rd of 10 children. Mick attended Hard Scrabble grade school in her...
Lorraine Marie Girch
Nov 19, 2020
Lorraine Marie Girch, age 92, of Hastings, Nebraska formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Monday, November 19, 2020 at her home in Hastings, Nebraska. She was born on June 28, 1928 on a farm north of Oxford, Nebraska to Albert and Sophia (Obering) Lueking. She attended country school over the hill from her home. She graduated from Mascot High...
David Lynn Brown
Oct 29, 2020
David Lynn Brown, age 71, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, at Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born July 27, 1949 in McCook, Nebraska, the oldest son of Eula Marie (Holtze) and Darrel Lee Brown. His childhood home was on a farm eight miles south of Hendley. He attended Middle Rockton School...
Norman Terry Newton
Oct 25, 2020
Norman Terry Newton, age 80, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Edgewood Vista, in Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born on July 26, 1940 in Oxford, Nebraska to Abel and Bonnie (Winter) Newton. Terry grew up in Orleans, Nebraska and then Beaver City, Nebraska, where attended high school and graduated class of 1958. After his schooling Terry started...
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