Funeral services for longtime resident Mary Lou Thornton, age 92, of Chadron, will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 at 10:00 am at the Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established for the Chadron Rescue Unit. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, P.O. Box 970, Chadron, Nebraska 69337. Mary Lou Thornton passed away December 8, 2019 in Chadron. Mary Lou was born in Chadron, Nebraska on September 6, 1927, to...

                        Dorothy A Evans, 90, died December 3, 2019 at Gordon Memorial Hospital. Dorothy, the second of seven children, was born May 8, 1929 to Adolph J and Albina E (Koupal) Novotny at home near Tabor, South Dakota. Dorothy’s family moved frequently during childhood including stops in Martin, SD and Gordon, NE. In 1942, the family moved again to a farm near...

Linda Ann Hutchison was born December 22, 1954 to Carl Cox Young and Vietta Vina (Bayliss) Young, the last of six children in Martin, SD, where she attended school. She grew up on the family farm southeast of town. On August 19, 1972 she married Randy Hutchison, starting their new life together in Gordon, NE, where their son Chad James was born. About a year later the family bought a house and moved to Merriman, NE for employment. During the winter months, they played volleyball at the...

      (Clyde) Dean Carpenter (93) passed away November 26, at Crest View Care Center in Chadron, Nebraska.  He was the widower of Zolita (Morris) Carpenter, they shared 65 years together.       He was born to Ralph J. and Florence (Reno) Carpenter March 6, 1926 in Beaver Valley, NE.       He attended rural school in Beaver Valley until the Family moved to Chadron where he continued his education receiving his diploma from Chadron...

Shannon LaRene (Mann) Hoffman, 75 was born January 8, 1944. She died November 26, 2019 at Crest View Care Center. Chadron, Nebraska where she spent her younger years on the family farm South of Chadron.             Her parents were Thomas E. and Evelyn Ruth (Walcott) Mann. Grandparents were Edwin and Edna Mann, and Edward and Katherine Walcott. All great Gandparents settled in Dawes,...

Jerry Winfield Burleigh, son of the late Louis and Gertrude Burleigh, was born February 5, 1938 in Gordon, Nebraska and passed away November 23, 2019 at the age of 81 years and nine months . As a young boy, Jerry loved to follow his father and brother around on the farm that he grew up on, southwest of Gordon. Jerry attended elementary school at Meadow Vale Country School and graduated from Gordon High School. Following graduation, Jerry enlisted in the U.S. Army where he met and formed...

Barbara “Bobbie” Ross March 29, 1931 – November 13, 2019 Bobbie Ross passed away at home on November 13, 2019. Bobbie was born in Chadron on March 29, 1931 to Floyd and Matilda (Norman) Nance. Bobbie grew up in Crawford and graduated from Colorado Women’s College in Denver and the University of WY, then taught school in Crawford before marrying her childhood sweetheart, Bob Ross, on July 25, 1953 in Honolulu. After Bob’s Navy service in Hawaii and Oregon,...

James “Jim” Fetter passed away November 8, 2019 at the Mountain View Nursing Home in Rapid City, SD after a long fight with Parkinson’s Disease. Jim was born March 11, 1933 to Orvill and Bernice (Kimball) Fetter at Patricia, SD. He was the eldest of nine children. He went to country school at Patricia and then attended high school in Martin through his junior year. He married Melba Lorraine Utterback on August 24, 1952. They had five children: Rose Marie (Leonard)...

Hazel Gertrude Musfelt, aged 89, passed away peacefully at her home on November 6, 2019. Hazel was born April 8th, 1930, to Henry Horace Hathorn and Martha Edith Burge at Valentine, Nebraska. She lived in Irwin, Nebraska and spent much time playing with her siblings on or near the lake. Her father worked for the railroad and she would tell how she loved to ride the train to Valentine or Gordon. She attended Gordon High School where she met and fell in love with James Eldon Musfelt. They...

Sheldon William McCance was born April 18, 1966 in Gregory SD to Jerry and Linda McCance. Shel is survived by his daughter Ciara McCance, sister and brother in-law Ken and Jeri Jae Dekok of Kearney NE and cousin Justin of Kearney.             Shel was the owner of Shel’s Service. He was an outstanding athlete all four years of High School. He assisted Keith Walton in coaching wrestling for two years after returning from...