Obituaries

De Etta  L.  Dunkhas

De Etta L. Dunkhas

Sep 12, 2018

De Etta L. Dunkhas, age 77, of Holdrege, Nebraska formerly of Hollinger, Nebraska, passed away on September 12, 2018 at Christian Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on February, 10 1941 to Harry L. and Marie E. (Lomax) Martin on the family farm southwest of Beaver City, Nebraska. At the time of her birth De Etta had the distinction...

Rev. Leslie M. Cole

Rev. Leslie M. Cole

Aug 29, 2018

Rev. Leslie M. Cole, age 81, of Beaver City, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born on May13, 1937 at Gouverneur, New York to Rev. Merton D. and Frieda (Church) Cole. As a child he lived with his parents in New York, Canada, and Pennsylvania. Les served...

Alvin William Pfeiffer

Alvin William Pfeiffer

Aug 26, 2018

Alvin William Pfeiffer, age 79, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on March 1, 1939 on the family farm in Gosper County, Nebraska to Cornelius and Ida (Schutz) Pfeiffer. Alvin attended elementary school at Salem Lutheran and high school at Elwood High School in Elwood, Nebraska. Alvin...

Grace Lydia Helms

Grace Lydia Helms

Aug 12, 2018

Grace Lydia Helms, age 98, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on February 28, 1920 on the family farm west of Arapahoe, Nebraska as the only child to Herman and Augusta (Klein) Huxoll. At age 4, Grace began school at the Little Red Schoolhouse and...

Victor Perkins Polston

Victor Perkins Polston

Aug 2, 2018

Victor Perkins Polston, age 81, of Arapahoe, Nebraska died on August 2, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born on January 29, 1937 in Walteria, California to James Sylvester and Gertrude (Heman) Polston. Vic attended elementary school in Walteria, and high school at Torrance High School, Torrance, California. Vic met the love of his life, Shirley Ann...

Doris Lavina Rauch

Doris Lavina Rauch

Jul 27, 2018

Doris Lavina Rauch, age 86, of Parker, Colorado died July 27, 2018 in Aurora, Colorado. She was born in Arapahoe, Nebraska on November 15, 1931 to August Albert (Babe) and Maude Edith (King) Breinig. She spent her youth following her brother Lyle around and climbing on the chicken coop only to be rescued by her mom when she couldn’t get...

Rogene Elaine (Hansen) Wenburg

Rogene Elaine (Hansen) Wenburg

Jul 25, 2018

Rogene Elaine (Hansen) Wenburg, age 70, of Hastings, NE, formerly of Beaver City, NE, completed her battle with breast cancer on July 25 at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, NE. She was born in North Platte, NE, on December 28, 1947, to Elwyn and Phyllis (Smith) Hansen. Rogene grew up in North Platte, graduating from high school in 1966. She...

Teresa Ann Meyers

Teresa Ann Meyers

Jul 16, 2018

Teresa Ann Meyers, age 67, of Kearney, Nebraska, formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on July 16th, 2018 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital of Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on January 26, 1951 in Elwood, Nebraska to Victor and Helen Wendland. Teresa was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church, north of Arapahoe and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Cambridge,...

Harvey Eugene  Esslinger

Harvey Eugene Esslinger

Jul 7, 2018

Harvey Eugene Esslinger, age 73, of McCook, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at his home. He was born on June 19th, 1945 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to Walter and Viola Ida (Leibbrandt) Esslinger. He grew up in Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of 1963. After high school, he attended Parks School of Business...

Kandy Joan Wheeler

Kandy Joan Wheeler

Jul 1, 2018

Kandy Joan Wheeler, age 55, of Oxford, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018 at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born to Gilbert and Freda Dee (Hall) Knipschild on September 23, 1962 in Napa, California. She grew up in a military family and moved often during her childhood. She graduated from Beaver City High...

Frank Delbert Weatherwax

Frank Delbert Weatherwax

Jun 26, 2018

Frank Delbert Weatherwax, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born on Friday, October 13th, 1926 to Willie Delbert and Opal Lois (Odell) Weatherwax in Union Township, Furnas County. He grew up on the family farm with his older sister Lois and attended elementary school at rural District...

Mary “Sheryl” Miller

Mary “Sheryl” Miller

Jun 21, 2018

Mary “Sheryl” Miller, age 72, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at her home. She was born on November 5th, 1945 to Robert and Burdella Martin in Holdrege. She came into this world with a fighting spirit, taking nearly three days before she was delivered. She was raised on a farm outside of Hendley, where...

Yolanda W. Flores

Yolanda W. Flores

Jun 19, 2018

Yolanda W. Flores, age 61, of Arapahoe, NE passed away on June 19, 2018 at her home. She was born on September 23, 1956 in Anadarko, Oklahoma to J.T. and Mary Francis (Davis) Morris. Condolences or personal reflections may be left at wenburgfuneralhome.com Viewing and visitation will be Friday, June 22, 2018 from 7 PM till 9 PM at Wenburg...

Sarah Henke

Sarah Henke

Jun 3, 2018

Sarah Henke, age 92, of Arapahoe, NE died peacefully on June 3rd, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center of Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on March 8th, 1926 in Williford, Arkansas to Robert and Laura Dickerson Higginbottom, Sarah was the youngest of six children. She graduated in 1944 from Williford High School as salutatorian of her class. Married in...

Della Fae “Peg” Ziebell

Della Fae “Peg” Ziebell

May 28, 2018

Della Fae “Peg” Ziebell, age 95, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018 at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on January 1, 1923 at Republican City, Nebraska to John Oscar and Sophia (Buhler) Watts, but raised by her mother and Edward Bengston. She grew up on a farm in Gosper County, Nebraska....

Edith Ann  Hinz

Edith Ann Hinz

May 27, 2018

Edith Ann Hinz, age 83, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on September 12, 1934 at Arapahoe, Nebraska to Harry and Ella Mae (Fletcher) Riepe. Edith graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of 1952. She married Frank Hinz on June 7, 1954. To this union...

Cherridah Lis (Mullikin) Gill

Cherridah Lis (Mullikin) Gill

May 25, 2018

Cherridah Lis (Mullikin) Gill, age 87, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Friday, May 25, 2018 at Lexington Regional Hospital, Lexington, Nebraska. She was born in Emporia, Kansas on November 5, 1930 to Jerry & Verona Mullikin. Cherridah lived in Peabody, Kansas until 1940. Her family then moved to Marion, Kansas where her father was named superintendent of the newly-built...

Marjorie Lucille Warner

Marjorie Lucille Warner

May 23, 2018

Marjorie Lucille Warner, age 95, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born at Wilsonville, Nebraska to Charlie and Glades (Williams) Litz on April 7, 1923. She graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1940. She taught for 5 years at rural schools in Frontier and Furnas County, Nebraska. She...

  Marjorie Elinor  Lofquist

Marjorie Elinor Lofquist

Apr 28, 2018

Marjorie Elinor Lofquist, age 87, of Elwood Nebraska passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. Elinor was born on September 20, 1930 at Peoria, Arizona to Frank D. and Elizabeth (Foss) Bonser. She moved to Beaver City, Nebraska at age of 9 months and later moved to Holdrege, Nebraska in 1941. She was...

Kenneth L. Marvin

Kenneth L. Marvin

Apr 27, 2018

Kenneth L. Marvin, age 63, of Holdrege, Nebraska, passed away on April 27, 2018 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on August 30, 1954 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Leslie “Shorty” & Leola (Bahlman) Marvin. Kenny spent most of his youth growing up in Colorado until he joined the United States Army in 1978. Kenny was a...

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