Mrs. Hazel M. (Westover) Engle
Dec 5, 2016
Hazel Westover Engle was born at home in Ainsworth, Nebraska on October 27, 1923 to Vern and Beulah (Smith) Westover. She was raised in Ainsworth where she met Turk Engle of Springview, Nebraska and they married on October 26, 1940. They raised five children in Ainsworth. Hazel has been involved with the Ainsworth Senior Center, DOES Drove #54, the American...
Margaret E. (Eastman) Dugger
Nov 20, 2016
Margaret Evelyn Dugger was born February 22, 1919, to Grover and Edna (Sandall) Eastman in Rock County, Nebraska. She died at the West Holt Memorial Hospital in Atkinson, Nebraska, on November 20, 2016. She attended country schools and graduated from Rock County High School in 1938. Margaret married James Dugger on June 29, 1940. To this union two daughters were...
Betty L. (Bower) Kirkpatrick
Nov 20, 2016
Betty Louise Bower was born on May 18, 1938 to Darrel and Lois (Best) Bower at Ainsworth, Nebraska. She went to her heavenly reward on Sunday, November 20, 2016 from heart complications at the Brown County Hospital at the age of 78 years. Betty attended 12 years of school in Ainsworth and graduated with the Class of 1956, and was...
William A. "Bill" Ganser III
Nov 19, 2016
William A. "Bill" Ganser III was born in Johnstown Nebraska on May 8, 1930. He was raised on a ranch on Goose Creek in Cherry County and graduated from Curtis Agriculture School in 1946. Bill and Janice (Jarman), from Chambers Nebraska, were married on November 6, 1950. Bill passed away quietly at home near Ainsworth, Nebraska the evening of November...
Mrs M. Arlene "Penny" Hughes Ruge
Nov 10, 2016
M. Arlene Nelson, only child of Ray and Viola (Marian) Nelson was born November 24, 1926 at Utica, Nebraska. Arlene attended Rosemound District 59 and Utica Public High School. There she received a four year scholarship to Kearney State Teacher's College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Education and attended graduate school in Fine Arts. She...
Barbara J. (Rice) Strand
Nov 2, 2016
Barbara was born August 31, 1928 at home on her parents' ranch in Blaine County, near Dunning, Nebraska. She was the third of six children of Delbert and Mildred (Warren) Rice. While growing up, Barbara was active in 4-H with sewing, cooking, and showing beef cattle. Following her graduation from Dunning High School, Barbara attended College in Denver and attained...
Mr. Gary D. Sell
Oct 11, 2016
Gary D. Sell 80 of Springview, Nebraska passed away October 11, 2016 at his home with family at his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. Gary was born January 20, 1936 at Winner, South Dakota to Henry and Theresa (Gehlsen) Sell. He grew up in Todd County South Dakota, the youngest of five children, along with his sister, Delores...
Mrs. Ardeth A. (Sawle) Coleman
Oct 10, 2016
Ardeth Arlene Coleman was born May 8, 1924 to Leslie and Rita (Johnson) Sawle, and passed away peacefully on October 10, 2016. She grew up north of Ainsworth on the Sawle Brothers farm. Ardeth loved to learn and was appreciative of her teachers in rural school District 11 and at Ainsworth High School where Ardeth graduated valedictorian of her class....
Mrs. Barbara Kathleen (Appleman) Pedersen
Oct 6, 2016
Barbara Kathleen (Appleman) Pedersen, 73, of Bassett, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, October 6th, 2016 at Faith Regional Hospital in Norfolk, Nebraska after a short illness. Barbara was born to Theodore and Marian (Feagin) Appleman at Ainsworth, Nebraska on June 26th, 1943. She attended rural school south of Wood Lake, Nebraska and also near Johnstown, Nebraska. She graduated from Ainsworth High...
Mr. Robert T. Laverty
Sep 30, 2016
Robert T. Laverty was born to E.A. and Marguerite A, (Hill) Laverty on November 18, 1933 at Lincoln, Nebraska and passed away at his home in Ainsworth, Nebraska on September 30, 2016. Robert served his country as a Career Service Man for the United States Navy and Air Force from 1952-1973. He is survived by his four sons, Robert Laverty...
Mrs. Glenda J. (McGuire) Gilliland
Sep 25, 2016
Glenda J. (McGuire) Gilliland, 66, of Long Pine, Nebraska passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, after a short battle with cancer. She was born December 17, 1949 in Bassett, Nebraska to Alex "Deck" and Bernice (Jones) McGuire. She attended Bassett Elementary School and graduated in 1968 from Rock County High School. On August...
Mrs. Frieda "Fritzi" (Windorfer) Scholtes
Sep 12, 2016
Frieda (Windorfer) Scholtes age 79, was born November 11, 1936 to Lorenz and Antonie (Rieger) Windorfer of Munich, Germany, and passed away on September 12, 2016. Frieda was united in marriage to Luke A. Scholtes January 29th, 1957. Frieda and Luke met while he was stationed in the military in Germany. The couple returned to Johnstown in August of 1957....
Mr. Peter A. "Pete" Theisen
Sep 9, 2016
Peter A. Theisen, 74, died Friday, September 9, 2016, at Rock County Hospital in Bassett, Nebraska, after battling cancer. He was born November 12, 1941 in Osmond, Nebraska, son of Joseph and Ella (Petersen) Theisen. Pete graduated from Rock County High School with the class of 1959 and continued his studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He married Catherine on...
Mr. Lanny Ray Heyden
Aug 25, 2016
Lanny Ray Heyden was born February 24, 1943 to Clifford "Tiff" and Goldie (Ludemann) Heyden in Gregory, South Dakota and passed away August 25, 2016 near his home north of Newport, Nebraska due to injuries suffered in an accident. Lanny attended rural schools in northern Rock County. Instead of riding a horse to school, Lanny put a washing machine motor...
Mr. Arthur V. Heerten
Aug 23, 2016
Arthur V. Heerten passed away August 23, 2016, at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska at the age of 96. He was the second son of John and Emma (Keohnken) Heerten, born on July 10, 1920, near Springview, Nebraska. Art left high school after his first year to help with the farm, later earning his GED to set a...
Mr. David "Dave" R. Chase
Aug 17, 2016
David Russell Chase, son of Ted and Edith (Lydiatt) Chase of Wood Lake Nebraska, was born February 27, 1946 in Ainsworth, Nebraska and passed away suddenly at his home in Ainsworth, August 17, 2016 at the age of seventy years. Dave grew to manhood in Wood Lake, where he enjoyed high school sports. After graduation, Dave joined the United States...
Mrs. Ortha L. (Reynolds) Emry
Aug 1, 2016
Ortha Loretta Emry passed away at the Brown County Hospital on August 1, 2016, at the age of 93. She was born to John L. Reynolds and Susie Amy (Shattuck) Reynolds on April 13, 1923 in her parent's house about 13 miles northwest of Springview, in Keya Paha County, Nebraska. Ortha was the youngest of three daughters. She and her...
Mr. James H. "Jim" Fuhrman
Jul 27, 2016
James Henry Fuhrman was born on May 8, 1952 in Gregory, South Dakota to Henry and Francis Fuhrman and passed away on July 27, 2016. His childhood years were spent in Burke, South Dakota. He grew up with his siblings, Gary, Rita, David, and Ray Dean. Jim married his beloved wife Eugenia (Jean) Fuhrman, on December 6th, 1968. To this...
Mr. Glenn A. Miller
Jul 25, 2016
Cowboy, farmer, avid hunter, proud auctioneer, voracious reader, and former enthusiastic dancer who occasionally stayed on beat, Glenn A. Miller passed away peacefully Monday, July 25, 2016, at Tabitha Nursing Center, Crete, Nebraska. Glenn was born in Long Pine, Nebraska, grew up in his beloved Sandhills, and graduated from Rock County High School. After working as a cowboy in Wyoming,...
Mrs. Georgia Faye (Baldwin) Miller
Jul 21, 2016
Georgia Faye Baldwin was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska on May 15, 1918, the only child of John Joseph and Elsie Fern (Offil) Baldwin. She passed away on July 21, 2016 at Parkside Manor in Stuart, Nebraska. As a girl, Georgia loved animals. Instead of playing with dolls, climbed trees with her boy cousins, and learned to fix "almost anything." She...
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