Obituaries

Addison Walbridge

Addison Walbridge

Jan 24, 2019

Addison Walbridge, age 96, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on February 3, 1922 in Palisade, Nebraska to Earl and Verna (Cross) Walbridge. Addison and his family moved to their Gosper County farm, when he was 5. He attended school and Sunday school at...

Scotty Lee Inman

Scotty Lee Inman

Jan 12, 2019

Scotty Lee Inman, age 60, of Stamford, Nebraska passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Harlan County Hospital in Alma, Nebraska after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born May 7, 1958 in Alma, Nebraska, the third of three children born to Harold C. and Lena M. (Leiding) Inman. Scott grew up in Stamford and graduated with the...

John Ernest “Ernie” Stalder

John Ernest “Ernie” Stalder

Jan 7, 2019

John Ernest “Ernie” Stalder, age 92, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away Monday, January 7, 2019 at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born September 14, 1926 to John Ernest Sr. and Edith (McCormack) Stalder at the family farm near Long Island, Kansas. He was the third of seven children. The family moved to the farm...

Helena Augusta Emma (Schievelbein)  Ziebell

Helena Augusta Emma (Schievelbein) Ziebell

Jan 4, 2019

Helena Augusta Emma (Schievelbein) Ziebell, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 4, 2019 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on February 10, 1921 at home in Gosper County, Nebraska to H.E. and Maria (Wendland) Schievelbein. She was baptized on March 6, 1921 and...

Gilbert Martin Janssen

Gilbert Martin Janssen

Jan 1, 2019

Gilbert Martin Janssen, age 88, of Norton, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Norton County Hospital, Norton, Kansas. He was born on March 29, 1930 to Harm and Caroline (Kamprath) Janssen in Seward, Nebraska. After his schooling, Gilbert served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After his discharge, he married Gretel Kopp on July 25,...

LeRoy Vernon Nitzel

LeRoy Vernon Nitzel

Dec 17, 2018

LeRoy Vernon Nitzel, age 63, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died suddenly of a massive heart attack on Monday, December 17, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital at Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born September 13, 1955 in Akron, Colorado to Vernon and Dorothy (Moffitt) Nitzel. LeRoy was baptized as an infant and later confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in...

Leona  O.  Ottman

Leona O. Ottman

Dec 13, 2018

Leona O. Ottman, age 85, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018, at the Cozad Care Center, in Cozad, Nebraska. She was born October 3, 1933 in Dawson County, Nebraska to Calvin and Zada (Lake) Brown. Leona attended school at Overton High School and graduated with the class of 1950. She married Robert M. Ottman on December...

Clifford “Bill” William Robb

Clifford “Bill” William Robb

Dec 3, 2018

Clifford “Bill” William Robb, age 82, of Elwood, Nebraska died Monday, December 3, 2018, at his home. He was born November 22, 1936 in Arapahoe, Nebraska to Melvin Clifford and Viola Mae (Shellenbarger) Robb. On August 23, 1957, he married Winona Seevers at Elwood and to this union two children were born; Bill and Robin. They moved to Lexington where...

Walter Henry Weismann

Walter Henry Weismann

Nov 30, 2018

Walter Henry Weismann, age 96, died Friday, November 30, 2018, at the Elwood Care Center, in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born June 10, 1922 in Gosper County, Nebraska to Albert and Caroline (Pfeiffer) Weismann. He was the second of six sons. As a youth, he helped on the farm and attended school at District 56. In order to be confirmed...

Patty (Dean) L. Oatman

Patty (Dean) L. Oatman

Nov 28, 2018

Patty (Dean) L. Oatman, age 89, of Boise, Idaho passed away on November 28, 2018. He was born on August 25, 1929 in Hollinger, Nebraska to Floyd H. and Mary E. (Reynolds) Oatman. He attended his early school years at Hollinger, then transferring to the Beaver City schools graduating with the class of 1948. After high school he joined the...

Bonita M. Dusenberry

Bonita M. Dusenberry

Nov 14, 2018

Bonita M. Dusenberry, age 97, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on November 14, 2018 at her home. She was born on September 21, 1921 to Wynnie and Fern (Howard) Hester on a farm just north of Beaver City, Nebraska. She was one of five girls. In 1925, the family moved to a farm south of Edison, Nebraska for three years...

Irene Caroline Vandament

Irene Caroline Vandament

Nov 12, 2018

Irene Caroline Vandament, age 96, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Monday, November 12, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe, Nebraska, before celebrating her 97th Birthday on Friday, Nov. 16th . She was born November 16, 1921 to William G. and Caroline A. (Schieber) Missing at Holdrege, Nebraska. Irene was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church...

William “Bill” Dean Schievelbein

William “Bill” Dean Schievelbein

Nov 6, 2018

William “Bill” Dean Schievelbein, age 65, of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at his home. He was born on March 28, 1953 Elwood, Nebraska to Leo and Leona (Haussler) Schievelbein. Bill was baptized on April 19, 1953 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, north of Arapahoe, Nebraska and was confirmed on May 14, 1967 at Trinity Lutheran Church...

Sheila Rae Moore

Sheila Rae Moore

Nov 3, 2018

Sheila Rae Moore, age 68, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on November 20, 1949 in Comstock, Nebraska to Jerry and Dorthea (Edwards) Vanek. Sheila grew up and attended school at Ord, Nebraska. After her schooling, she started working in a café where she met...

Linda Sue Pearson “Pickle”

Linda Sue Pearson “Pickle”

Oct 31, 2018

Linda Sue Pearson “Pickle”, age 65, passed away peacefully at home the morning of October 31st, 2018. After suffering an unexpected and devastating stroke on July 19th, 2018 she fought hard to come back to us and made immense progress during her time at Madonna. Unfortunately, we were hit with another brick wall as Linda returned to the ICU with...

 Linda Lea Smith

Linda Lea Smith

Oct 28, 2018

Linda Lea Smith, age 67, of Arapahoe Neb, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2018 in Cambridge hospital. She was born in January 16, 1951 in Oberlin, Kansas to Howard and Dixie (Gallentine) Foley. She grew up in Lebanon, Nebraska and later attended school in Ogallala, Nebraska. She married Steven Paul McGuire in 1972 in Colorado; to this union 3...

Janice Irene  Perdue

Janice Irene Perdue

Oct 25, 2018

Janice Irene Perdue, age 64, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at her home. She was born on October, 3 1954 to Raymond and Donna (Harriman) Lange in Callaway, Nebraska. Janice and her four siblings, Linda, Keith, Larry, and Donnie, grew up and went to High School in Callaway where she completed the 11th grade....

Merna Louise Modglin

Merna Louise Modglin

Oct 20, 2018

Merna Louise Modglin, age 81, died Saturday, October 20, 2018, at her home in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born September 5, 1937 in San Bernardino, California to Kenneth and Opal (McGraw) Walston. Merna grew up in the Lexington area and graduated high school from Lexington High School in the Class of 1956. In October of 1953 Merna married Larry Adams...

Robert “Bob” Bye

Robert “Bob” Bye

Sep 27, 2018

Robert “Bob” Bye, age 76, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, formerly of Colorado peacefully went to meet his Maker on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on October 13, 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Roy A. and Bernadine Maxine (Porter) Bye. Bob has been with wife Alicia Abernathy for 34 years and have been residents...

Greg Alvin  Halker

Greg Alvin Halker

Sep 26, 2018

Greg Alvin Halker, 56 years of age, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at his home at Johnson Lake, Nebraska. He was born October 26, 1961 in Lexington, Nebraska, to Howard and Ardus Halker. He was the youngest of siblings Inez, Nelson, Mary Ellen, Larry, Don, Estelline, and Lynnette. Greg grew up on the “home place” and attended Elwood Public Schools....

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