Norma Holzberger Memorial services for Norma Holzberger, age 84, of Gordon, Nebraska will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at Grace Lutheran Church in Gordon. Reverend Travis Sherman will officiate, with burial in Gordon City Cemetery. Norma died Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Alpine Village in Verdigre.  Norma Jean (Larsen) Holzberger, daughter of George and Myrtle (Blankenfeld) Larsen, was born May 28, 1935, at Niobrara, Nebraska. As a young girl, Norma helped on the family farm...

Tonita Whiteaker  (July 17, 1939 – July 15 2019) Tonita, also known as “Tom” or “Tonnie” was born in Crawford, NE to Clair and Leona Anderson on July 17, 1939.    She has one younger sister Sandra Torrey.  Tonita grew up on a ranch north of Harrison and graduated from Sioux County High School in 1957 and started teaching kindergarten at a country school.  She loved children and enjoyed teaching. She and Joe Whiteaker were married...

CHADRON, NE---Linda M. Van Horn, 66 succumbed to brain cancer July 12, 2019. Linda was born March 23, 1953 in Grand Island, NE. Linda graduated from Grand Island High School in 1971 and married Mark Van Horn Aug. 7, 1971. Linda met Mark while they both were employed by a Kings Food Host restaurant. They later moved to Lincoln, Norfolk and North Platte, NE while working for Kings, a restaurant they eventually owned, in North Platte. Linda and family were avid tennis players and instructors...

Kittie Rose Sykora Kohler was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 26, 1942 to George and Nell Sykora.  She had one younger sister, Bonnie Britton. Kittie graduated from Harrison and went to cosmetology school in Scottsbluff. Shortly after she married LaVerne Hanley, and they had three children, Penny Albers (Glen), William Hanley, and Trudy Flaherty (Kyle). Together LaVerne and Kittie ran Hillside Service in Harrison, until LaVerne passed away from an accident. Kittie married Bill...

Angel’s life began in Grand Island, Nebraska, on June 12, 1971.  She passed away on June 24, 2019 at her home in Chadron, Nebraska.  At a young age, she moved with her family to the Sandhills near Ellsworth, Nebr, where her parents, Steven & Diane Beck, were working on a ranch.  Throughout her childhood, Angel became a cowgirl and horse lover as all young women do who are exposed to the equine beast.  When she became old enough, Angel started school at a nearby...

Guy William Orr, 94, passed away on June 22, 2019 surrounded by his family at the Gordon Memorial Hospital. Guy, son of Forest and Germaine (Pochon) Orr, was born on April 6, 1925, in Rushville, Nebraska. Guy served his country as a MP in the United States Army during the occupation of Japan following World War II. Guy met the first love of his life, Geraldine (Galbraith) Orr in Rushville, where she had moved to teach school. Guy and Geraldine married in Spencer, Nebraska on July 29, 1946...