Betty J. (Brown) Christensen
Jul 26, 2021
Betty June (Brown) Christensen was born June 19, 1927 to James Price Brown III and Lena E. (Bishop) Brown at Newport, NE and went to her Heavenly home on July 26, 2021 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, NE. Betty attended school at the Mariaville School then Bassett High School and graduated from Newport High School in 1945. She...
Chad B. Stec
Jul 26, 2021
Chad Brandon Stec (44) was born on June 17, 1977 in Lexington, Nebraska and died of complications from a severe infection at his home in Bassett, Nebraska on July 26, 2021. Chad was the second child born to Richard John Stec and Susan Kay (Coleman) Stec Brewer. He began school in Lexington, NE and completed his education in the Cozad...
Philomenia O. (Gesiriech) Pape
Jul 12, 2021
Philomenia Olive Pape, 94, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, peacefully passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday, July 12, 2021, at her home in Longwood, Florida. Philomenia was born in Newport, Nebraska on July 1, 1927, as one of twelve children to the union of Goldie Dorsey and John Gesiriech. She was in the middle of the pack...
Michael Ray Leicher
Jul 8, 2021
Michael Ray Leicher, beloved husband of Carolyn Joan (Gauthreaux) Leicher passed away peacefully at home in Ainsworth Nebraska, surrounded by his family on July 8, 2021 at the age of 72. Michael was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 6, 1948. He was raised in Long Beach, California, spending his summers in Louisiana. After graduation from high school, he...
Wayne E. Mattern
Jun 30, 2021
Wayne Edwin Mattern was born March 8, 1935 at Hyannis, Nebraska and passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska at the age of 86 years. He was the son of Don and Hazel (Burgess) Mattern, and was a brother to sisters Patricia Van Winkle and Judith Hearn. His grade school years were...
John P. LeMay
Jun 28, 2021
John Patrick LeMay was born in 1949 at the American military base in Guayaquil, Ecuador to Wilfred Herman and Violeta Elena (Allen) LeMay. He passed away at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth, NE on June 28, 2021 at the age of 71 years from complications of a broken hip. As a child, John moved from one country to another...
Virginia A. (Thiede) Sylva
Jun 19, 2021
Virginia was born June 13, 1935 at home, on a ranch near Burton, Nebraska to Louis H. and Frieda J. (Hoffman) Thiede. She was the youngest of two daughters. She passed away on June 19, 2021 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Virginia’s first schooling was at Jordan Valley District 62 and later graduated in 1953 from Keya...
Geneva M. (Kirk) Davis
Jun 9, 2021
Geneva Madeline Kirk Davis was born April 16, 1925 in Mullen NE and graduated to her eternal home on June 9, 2021. She was the daughter of Estes and Grace (Palmer) Kirk and sister to Kenneth Kirk. The family moved near Vetal, SD when Geneva was age 3 and then to Rock County, NE in 1937. She attended Dist. #44,...
Ralph Clarence Davis
May 31, 2021
Ralph Clarence Davis age 82 passed away May 31, 2021. Ralph was born on February 19, 1939 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Clarence A. Davis and Lola Faye (Wheeler) Davis. The family lived on the farm northeast of Ainsworth. Ralph worked alongside his father on their farm until he was old enough to venture out on his own to other farmers....
Joe L. Giles
May 21, 2021
Joseph Lawrence Giles was born April 14, 1926, at the family ranch 1/2 mile west of Elsmere, Nebraska to Charles M. and Astrid E. (Stav) Giles. He was delivered by a midwife, Mrs. Paul Huffman. Joe began working in the hayfield at the age of seven with a team of horses and continued to work well into his 90s at...
Darby Randall Cook Sr.
May 8, 2021
Darby Randall Cook Sr. was born in Ord, Nebraska to Dennis R. Cook and Susan E. (Ford) Cook on December 4, 1970. He joined his older brother Dennis R. (Rod) on the ranch in Taylor, Nebraska where they lived until 1973. The family then moved to Johnstown, Nebraska. A sister, Elizabeth joined the family in 1975. The boys loved to...
Yvonne M. (Marlatt) Reyman
May 5, 2021
Yvonne “Vonnie” Marie Reyman was born on July 18, 1936 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Marie A. Esterly and Wilson Marlatt. Vonnie passed away May 5, 2021 at the age of 84 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was surrounded by her husband, Ret. U.S. Army Major Claude Lou Reyman and daughter, Ret. U.S. Army Colonel Lynda Marie Granfield. Claude and Vonnie had...
F. Lorene (Hayden) Kernan
May 1, 2021
Lorene (Hayden) Kernan was born at Blackbird, Nebraska (North Holt Co.) on July 5, 1921 to Bertha (Rouse) and James R. Hayden. She passed away on May 1, 2021 at the age of 99 years at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care Center in Bassett, Nebraska. As a small child she lived in Nebraska and Colorado. She grew up...
Donald Engle Allen
Apr 24, 2021
Donald Engle Allen was born December 23, 1922 in the Allen Family sod house in Brown County, Nebraska and passed away on April 24th, 2021 in Del Rio, Texas. He was the fourth child of his parents Fred Albert Allen and Mabel Henrietta (Hewitt) Allen. Doctors Hewitt, Don’s grandparents, attended to Don’s birth and to those of his three siblings....
James Kermit Leonard
Apr 23, 2021
James Kermit Leonard, 73, of Portland, Oregon passed away April 23, 2021 at his home in Portland. Jim was born in Portland on February 18, 1948. He graduated from Garrison High School in 1966 and enjoyed many outdoor activities and sports activities especially during his high school years in Garrison. Jim attended the University of North Dakota for several years...
James H. Shaw
Apr 20, 2021
James Henry Shaw was born October 18, 1936 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Troy Herald and Florida Rose (Jackson) Shaw. He grew up on the Shaw family homestead east of Burton, Nebraska where he attended country grade schools. He attended Keya Paha County High School in Springview, Nebraska and graduated in 1954. In 1956 he entered the US Navy and was...
Donald R. Goodnight
Apr 18, 2021
Donald Ross Goodnight passed away on April 18, 2021, at the age of 90, at his home in Long Pine, Nebraska. He was surrounded by his family up to the moment he took his last breath. Don was born to Ross and Pauline (McCracken) Goodnight on February 7, 1931 in Gruver, Texas. He graduated from Kansas State University with a...
Duane D.Lewis
Apr 16, 2021
Duane Dean Lewis was born on September 29, 1938, to Ellis L. Lewis and Charlotte H. (Gaskins) Lewis in Ainsworth, Nebraska. He attended Brown County schools through grade school and graduated from Ainsworth High School with the class of 1957. In high school he participated in band, chorus, football and track. He was a member of the National Honor Society....
Clifford T. Harris
Apr 16, 2021
Clifford Talmadge Harris, 65 years of age, was born on January 17, 1956 in Wichita, Kansas. He spent his youth in the town of Ainsworth, Nebraska and enjoyed everything the Sandhills had to offer a young man. Cliff passed away peacefully in Norfolk, Nebraska on April 16, 2021 at 5:58 am with his two children by his side. Cliff sacrificed...
Ruth C. (Galvin) Smith
Apr 15, 2021
Ruth Carolyn (Galvin) Smith was born on July 5, 1927 in McLean, NE to William Matthew (Pat) and Martha (Schultz) Galvin. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Connie Rossenbach of Ainsworth, NE on April 15th, 2021 at the age of 93. Ruth grew up in the little village of McLean, and was known affectionately to all as...
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