Donald G. Denny
Nov 30, 2021
Donald “Don” Gene Denny was born on February 25, 1931 in Elsmere, Nebraska to Gale and Mila (Hollopeter) Denny and passed away on November 30, 2021 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska at the age of 90 years, nine months and five days. He was the oldest of five children. Don was united in marriage to Darlene L....
Delores G. (Poole) Kicken
Nov 27, 2021
Delores Grace Poole was born August 8, 1943 to Loren and Erma (Schultz) Poole. She passed away November 27, 2021 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Delores was raised on the family farm at Osage, MN. In 1957, the family moved to Minneapolis, MN. Dee attended West High School there and graduated in 1961. After graduation, she attended Brown Business Institute and then...
Dee Anne Nilson
Nov 23, 2021
Dee Anne Nilson, 72, of Springview, NE and formerly of Rapid City, SD passed away on November 23, 2021 at Rock County Hospital in Bassett, NE. Dee was born on July 2, 1949 at Mason City, IA to Delores (Webb) and Jack Coyle. She was adopted in 1955 following her mother’s marriage to Avery Mullin. She attended elementary school in...
Patricia K. Jones
Nov 19, 2021
Patricia Kae Jones died November 19, 2021 in her home in Ainsworth, NE. She was born June 2, 1960 in Ainsworth to Helen Lois Pedersen and Raymond Franklin Jones. Patricia grew up on the Jones ranch becoming her daddy’s “right hand man.” She attended St. Martin’s Academy of Black Hills in Rapid City, SD. She transferred to and graduated from...
Johnny Dean Cline
Nov 18, 2021
Johnny Dean Cline was born on February 1, 1944 in Broken Bow, Nebraska to John W. and Laura H. (Lehn) Cline. He grew up on the ranch at Goose Creek where he resided his entire life. He attended Cheery County school district 102 until the 8th grade then he attended Thedford High School, graduating with the class of 1963. During...
Michael Eugene Foster
Nov 15, 2021
Michael Eugene Foster was born on December 12, 1956 to Wilber (Gene) and Laurel McCain Foster in Julesburg, CO. Mike’s family soon moved to Ericson, then Grand Island and Cozad before settling in Bassett in 1969. Mike graduated from Rock County High School in 1975. He loved all sports, but especially excelled at track, where he was the Nebraska state...
Garry D Vargason
Nov 8, 2021
Garry Dean Vargason was born on May 16, 1947 to Orval and Ida (Sandall) Vargason at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, Nebraska. Garry passed away November 8, 2021, in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 74 after struggling with multiple health conditions. He graduated from Rock County High School in 1966. He was drafted into the Army on October...
Lillian Irene (Haight) Vargason
Nov 7, 2021
Lillian Irene (Haight) Vargason was born on March 24, 1929 to Mirl and Beulah (Brown) Haight in Keya Paha County, Nebraska. Lillian was also known as “Grandma Myrt” or “Auntie Myrt.” She lived north of Newport, Nebraska, where she attended Simpson School. Lillian attended two years of high school in Newport. She then obtained her GED from Rock County High...
Morton Albert McBride
Oct 8, 2021
Morton Albert McBride was born on August 13, 1926 on his maternal grandparents’ farm near Mason City, NE. His parents, Oliver and Clydie (Keller) McBride named him after J. Sterling Morton. Mort and his siblings John, Bonnie and Bruce were raised on the Shady Nook Ranch (north of Brewster, NE and west of the German Valley Church). The death of...
Kyle Irwin Treat
Oct 7, 2021
Word has been received of the passing of Kyle Irwin Treat age 57 of Ainsworth, Nebraska. Kyle Treat died recently at his home in Ainsworth. No services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been suggested to the family in Kyle’s name.
Bonnie L. (Kapperman) Sanger
Oct 2, 2021
Bonnie Lou (Kapperman) Sanger was born December 4, 1941 in Bassett, Nebraska to Harry and Ella Mae (Diehl) Kapperman. She passed away October 2, 2021 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett. She attended school in Bassett, graduating from Rock County High School in 1960. Following graduation, Bonnie attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. Bonnie married Bill Sanger on...
Louisa "Ellen" (Williams) Weyer
Oct 2, 2021
Louisa Ellen (Williams) was born to Marion and Viola (Foster) Williams on December 7, 1941 in Pittsburg, Oklahoma. The family later moved to Rulo, Nebraska where she grew up. She went to high school in Reserve, Kansas. In 1958, she became a mother at a young age and placed him for adoption with family members to be raised in a...
Jonathan E. Hohn
Sep 27, 2021
Memorial Services for Jonathan E. Hohn age 58 of Ainsworth, Nebraska will be held at a later date. Jonathan Hohn died Monday, (September 27, 2021) at his home in Ainsworth. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been suggested to the family in Jonathan’s name.
John E. Lucht Sr.
Sep 21, 2021
John Elvin Lucht was born on August 26, 1939 to Elmer John and Minnie Oca Mae (Moore) Lucht. He, along with a younger brother Marvin and cousins Steven and Carol grew up on a family farm on Bone Creek near Ainsworth. John graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1960 and enlisted in the United States Army and was deployed to...
Brent E. Johnson
Sep 19, 2021
In the winter of 1936 during a raging snow storm Brent Edwin Johnson was born to Earl and Edith (Greene) Johnson on January 28, 1936 in the Marshall house south of the tracks at Johnstown, NE on Main Street. Shortly after (7 min) twin brother Bruce joined him. They lived at the Tinkham place north of Johnstown until they were...
Eugene A. Calif
Sep 19, 2021
A graveside memorial service for Eugene A. Calif, 76, of Long Pine, Nov. 19, at the Grandview Cemetery near Long Pine. Eugene A. Calif died Sunday, (September 19, 2021) at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska.
Stella M. (Gale) Thompson
Sep 8, 2021
Stella M. Thompson was born March 21, 1927 to Albert and Mollie (May) Gale at their home northwest of Bassett, Nebraska. She graduated from Rock County High School with the class of 1945. Stella was united in marriage to Charles Thompson on June 24, 1947. To this union 4 children were born, Judy, Linda, Mary and Rowdy. Stella enjoyed crocheting,...
Michael J. Smiley
Sep 8, 2021
Michael John Smiley of Bassett, Nebraska was born on November 1, 1962 in Omaha, Nebraska to Jay B. and Rosemary (Taylor) Smiley. He died on September 8, 2021 in Omaha. Michael graduated from Plattsmouth High School in 1981. After graduation he started his family in Omaha, where he lived for a number of years. Later in life he moved to...
Johnny Ray Brown Sr.
Sep 6, 2021
Johnny Ray Brown was born on January 29, 1957 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Alvin Ray and Dora Marie (Watkins) Brown. Johnny passed away at his home in Long Pine, Nebraska on September 6, 2021. The first few years of his life he spent with his parents in Phillipsburg. Shortly after his brother Gary was born, he and his family moved...
Mr. Ben R. Burdick
Sep 4, 2021
Ben Burdick was born in a sod house on October 21, 1926 in the Purdum, Nebraska area. He was one of seven children born to Raymond and Vera (Athey) Burdick. Ben’s family worked hard and had little to show for it, as with many other people in that time. Ben lived through the Great Depression. His childhood involved walking or...
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