Mr. Simeon A. "Al" Turner Jr.
Sep 14, 2018
Simeon A. “Al” Turner Jr. was born to Bessie L. (Hayes) and Simeon A. Turner Sr. on January 15, 1941 in Yuma Colorado. Al never knew a stranger he would talk to everyone and anyone. He was known for his love of children, telling jokes, singing songs, riding horses, and working with cattle. Al made his living working feedlots and...
Mr. Clayton E. Bejot
Sep 13, 2018
Clayton E. Bejot was born on a very cold day on February 22, 1922 to Gene and Grace (McMurtry) Bejot in the old house on the family farm located six miles northeast of Ainsworth, Nebraska. He was the second child, having an older sister, Edna and eventually a younger brother Joe. Clayton first attended the Buffalo Flats, District #17 country...
Mr. David L. "Dave" Duffield Sr.
Aug 21, 2018
David Lavern “Dave” Duffield Sr. was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska on May 24, 1951 to Harold and Ellen (McNamee) Duffield, and passed away on August 21, 2018 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Clarkson in Omaha, Nebraska. Dave grew up near Long Pine, Nebraska, on the family farm. He attended school in Ainsworth. He was united in marriage to...
Mr. Michael John "Mike" Clark
Aug 17, 2018
OBITUARY OF MICHAEL JOHN CLARK Michael John “Mike” Clark was born June 6, 1954 to John A. “Jack” and Frances M. (Herrington) Clark in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Mike passed away on Friday, August 17, 2018 at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Mike was the fourth of seven children. He joined sisters Patricia, Ellen and Mary. Later joining the...
Mr. James E. "Jim" Thiede
Aug 8, 2018
James Edwin “Jim” Thiede was born on April 8, 1958 in Ainsworth, Nebraska and departed this life on August 8, 2018 at the age of 60 years and 4 months as the result of a shooting accident. While his death was sudden and unexpected, there is great comfort in the knowledge that Jim knew his Savior. James was born to...
Mrs. Marcella M. (Mundorf) Maurer
Jul 31, 2018
Marcella Mae (Mundorf) Maurer was born December 27, 1936, to James D. and Lorena M. (Fernau) Mundorf in Ainsworth, Nebraska. She joined brother Delbert, and later two younger brothers, Dale and Dwayne “Wink” joined the family. She attended school in Brown County. Marcella or “Mouse” as many of us knew her married Jake J. Maurer on June 11, 1955 in...
Mr. Austen J. Welke
Jul 22, 2018
Austen Welke, age 28, was born on August 24, 1989 to Randy and Jeannie (Hanna) Welke, at the Arabia Ranch near Wood Lake, Nebraska. He was killed Sunday July 22, 2018, due to injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident near Redfield, Iowa. Austen's life began at the Arabia Ranch joining three older brothers. At the age of 18 months, he...
Ms. Sally Jo Hanson
Jul 16, 2018
Sally Jo (Hoffman) Hanson of Long Pine, Nebraska, was born on June 3, 1948 in Bassett, Nebraska to John Hoffman and Joan (Koch), Hoffman Fredericksen, and passed away on July 16, 2018 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Sally attended and later graduated from high school in Bassett, Nebraska. She met and married Richard “Chip” Hanson in 1968....
Mr. Erich A. "Hippy" Bussinger
Jul 15, 2018
Erich Allen “Hippy” Bussinger was born on December 20, 1974 in Reno, Nevada to Steven A. Bussinger and Connie J. (Bain) Bussinger. In 1976, the family moved back to Bassett, Nebraska where he attended Bassett Grade School and graduated from Rock County High School in 1993. Erich was active in everything the school had to offer. After high school, he...
Mr. Richard T Lackaff
Jul 9, 2018
Richard Torpin Lackaff was born June 21, 1925, to Floyd and Mildred (Torpin) Lackaff in his maternal grandparents’ home in Oakdale, Nebraska, and died July 9, 2018, at Rock County Hospital in Bassett, Nebraska. His name honors his mother’s family tradition of naming the first-born son in each generation after their English immigrant ancestor, Richard Torpin. Richard and his sister...
Ms Veleria Jean (Jones) Hayes
Jun 29, 2018
Veleria Jean (Jones) Hayes, was born, to Raymond F. and Helen L. (Pedersen) Jones in Ainsworth, NE on February 14, 1950. She passed away after a battle with ovarian cancer on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the age of 68 at the Kingston of Miamisburg, Miamisburg, OH. Hayes attended St. Martin's Academy in Rapid City, SD, graduating in 1969 and...
Mr. Dennis E. "Denny" Arrowsmith
Jun 25, 2018
OBITUARY FOR DENNIS E. “Denny” ARROWSMITH Dennis Edmund Arrowsmith was born on May 27, 1948 at Bassett, Nebraska, to Floyd E. and Marcella M. (Grandstaff) Arrowsmith. He joined brothers, Rex and Larry “Tony”, and a sister, Wanda. Denny grew up in Bassett, attending Bassett Grade School and Rock County High School. While attending high school he played football, was in...
Mrs. Patricia L. (Wabs) Halbersleben
Jun 22, 2018
Patricia (Wabs) Halbersleben passed away in her sleep at her home in Ainsworth, Nebraska, on June 22, 2018 at the age of 72. She was born on March 2, 1946 in Atkinson, Nebraska, the daughter of Francis Wabs and Leona (Dickau) Wabs. Patricia was raised on a farm outside of O’Neill, Nebraska and in high school attended the Assumption Academy...
Mr. Douglas E. Cole
Jun 21, 2018
Douglas Earl Cole was born on January 31, 1961 in the old Ainsworth Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Earl and Dorothy (Brown) Cole. He passed away on June 21, 2018 at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth. Doug was the oldest of seven siblings: Lynn, Lynda, Julie, Roxane, Bill and Chance. Throughout his young life he moved with his family...
Ms Bessie I. McCoy
Jun 15, 2018
Bessie Irene (Forgey) McCoy was born at the Brown County Hospital in the early summer of 1942, on June 27, to parents, Glenn G. and Lona M. (Massey) Forgey. She completed the family of five, joining older brothers Wayne and Lyle Forgey. Having two older brothers made Bessie tough. This strength would later support Bessie through her fight with long...
Mrs Virginia M Lewis
Jun 13, 2018
Virginia Marie Lewis was born on January 26th, 1939 in Anselmo, Nebraska to Claude M. and Pearle I. (Doman) Cooley. She passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Bassett at the age of 79 years, four months and 19 days. Virginia grew up in rural Custer County and attended school in...
Mrs. Marilyn Jean (Pollei) Schipporeit
May 27, 2018
Marilyn Jean Schipporeit, age 83, passed away May 27, 2018 at Jennie Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Marilyn was born June 11, 1934 at Hoquiam, Washington to Herbert and Mona (Kelly) Pollei. Marilyn and her mother moved to California in 1938 after a divorce. She was raised by her step father, Hugh Gilbert who adopted her in...
Mr. Steven E. "Steve" Hapner
May 24, 2018
Steven Eugene Hapner was born on November 17, 1946 in Richmond, Indiana to Lloyd Eugene Hapner and Doris (Hewitt) Hapner and passed away on May 24, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney after suffering from a weak heart. Steve enjoyed cooking, gardening, bird watching, fishing, vacationing with family, playing board games and cards with family and friends. He taught...
Mr. Roger W. "Bubba" Fischer
May 20, 2018
Roger William Fischer, better known as "Bubba," was born on September 27, 1933, at Mills, Nebraska, to Alfred and Emma (Ludemann) Fischer. He joined older brothers Lyle and Larry and two sisters, Marlene and Carol June, were born later. He went to rural school around Mills and graduated from Rock County High School in 1951. In 1952, he was joined...
Mr. Roger F. Bernt
May 9, 2018
Roger F. Bernt was born on August 28, 1948 to William George Bernt and Mabel Frances (Janak) Bernt at Stuart, Nebraska, and passed away on May 9, 2018, at Amarillo Texas. In 1956, Roger moved, with his parents, two sisters and uncle, from the family farm northeast of Newport in Rock County to a farm southwest of Stuart in Holt...
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