OBITUARIES

Paul Anderson

Apr 25, 2022

Paul James Anderson was born on January 27, 1960, at the Rushville Hospital in Rushville, Nebraska, to Donald Anderson and Joann (Sydow) Anderson. As a young boy the family lived in Merriman, Nebraska, then in 1966 they moved to the Prokop Ranch southwest of Rushville, until Paul started high school. His father then started work on the Conrad Bauer...

Alicia May-Stolley

Apr 21, 2022

Alicia Marie May-Stolley, 50, died at home after a bout with stomach cancer on April 21, 2022. Alicia was the daughter of Richard (Dick) May and Sharlene (Black Bear) May. She was born on March 09, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois.

Alicia graduated High School from Bennett County High School in Martin, South Dakota in 1990. She later...

Jim Nordstrom

Apr 18, 2022

Funeral Services for Jim Nordstrom of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Friday, April 22, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska. Visitations will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska.

James...

Martha Woodhouse

Apr 14, 2022

Martha Louise Woodhouse, 84 passed away April 14th, 2022, at Gordon Countryside care. She was born July 24th, 1937 in Gordon, Nebraska to Frank Norton Grooms and Gona Abilene (Hanson) Grooms. She was the youngest of 11 children. Martha had polio in 1940 and lived with disabilities her whole life.

Martha grew up at Wounded Knee South Dakota. After...

Marjorie Schumacher

Apr 13, 2022

Funeral Services for Marjorie Schumacher of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska.

Marjorie May Schumacher passed away on April 13, 2022 at Ponderosa Villa in Crawford, NE at the age of 93.

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Sam Pedrick

Apr 12, 2022

Samuel Pedrick Jr., 100, passed away April 12, 2022 at Fort Meade Medical Center in South Dakota. Sam, the son of Samuel and Alma Pedrick, was born April 13, 1921 in Penngrove, New Jersey.

Sam was a WWII Veteran. He was stationed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska as a K-9 trainer, it was there in Crawford that he...

Polly Swayne

Apr 9, 2022

Polly Ann Swayne was born to Milton and Joan Sundin in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on January 1, 1956. At the time of her birth, the family was living on a farm near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. In March of that year, the family moved to Nebraska. It was on a wheat farm in Banner County that Polly and her three sisters grew...

Don Gilman

Apr 8, 2022

Donald Gordon Gilman, 90, died peacefully at home with family by his side on April 8th, 2022. He was born December 17th, 1931 in Mexico, Missouri to Norma Emma Hebrank and Gordon Webb Gilman along with his brother, Dale Gilman. Upon completion of High School, he joined the Air Force to serve in the Korean War. He was assigned...

Daniel Smith

Apr 8, 2022

Memorial Services for Daniel Smith of Cambridge, Minnesota

will be held Friday, July 29, 2022 at 3:00 PM

at Calvary Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska.

Daniel passed away on April 8, 2022 at his home in Cambridge, Minnesota.

Mr. Smith was born on January 20, 1945 in Chadron, Nebraska.

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Jeannie Pieper

Apr 7, 2022

Funeral Services for Jeannie Pieper of Hay Springs, Nebraska will be held Monday, April 18, 2022 at 10:00 AM at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Hay Springs, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Sunset Memorial Park in Scottsbluff on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 2:30 PM.

Wilhelmina Jean (Straetker) Pieper, age 88, of Hay Springs, Nebraska, passed...

Karen Schlais

Apr 6, 2022

Funeral Services for Karen Schlais of Chadron, Nebraska will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron. Karen passed away on April 6, 2022 at Chadron Community Hospital at the age of 77.

Karen Marie (Kindig) Schlais was...

Eunice Britt

Apr 4, 2022

Eunice Elaine Britt, age 91, passed away on April 4, 2022, at Gordon Memorial Hospital. She was born February 10, 1931, in Rushville, Nebraska, to William and Florence (Holtgren) Barth.

Eunice was married to Joe Britt in Rushville, on June 8, 1949. To this marriage three children were born, Wayne (deceased) Lyle (Mary Anne) and Barb (Bob...

Linda Shadbolt

Apr 3, 2022

Linda Shadbolt, 72, of Gordon, Nebraska died Sunday, April 3rd of injuries sustained in a ranching accident.  Her loss was completely unexpected, and her family is shocked and deeply saddened.

Linda was born in Chadron, Nebraska on July 8, 1949, to Orris & Joyce Glaze.  Linda graduated from Gordon High School in 1967 and attended the University...

Malvin Sherlock

Apr 3, 2022

Malvin “Vino” Charles Sherlock, 69, of Hemingford, NE, passed away on 04-03-2022.

Malvin was born on August 22, 1952, to Michael and Vera Sherlock in Alliance, NE. After graduating from Alliance High School, Malvin went on to serve in the Armed Forces. Following his service, Malvin began his career at BNSF in Alliance, NE. He worked there...

Jane Smith

Mar 31, 2022

Esther Jane Smith, known to everyone who knew her as Jane, was born on August 30, 1929, in Naper, Nebraska, to Julius and Grace Kortmeyer. Jane was the youngest of nine children. She passed away peacefully on March 31, 2022, at the age of 92 years at Pioneer Manor in Hay Springs, NE.

She was proceeded in...

Linda Mccance

Mar 25, 2022

Memorial Services for Linda McCance of Chadron, Nebraska will be held at a later date.

Linda passed away on March 25, 2022 at Crestview in Chadron, Nebraska.

Mrs. McCance was born on October 3, 1942 in Winner, South Dakota.

She was 79.

A memorial has been established...

Imogene "Ikie" Thies

Mar 25, 2022

A private burial will be held at a later date for 87-year old Imogene Alice “Ikie” Thies at the Hay Springs Cemetery in Hay Springs, NE.

Imogene was born on Sept 18, 1934, at the farm home of her parents, Anton and Lillian (Novotny) Vybiral northwest of Hay Springs. She passed away on March 25, 2022.

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Anne Smathers

Mar 25, 2022

On Friday, March 25, 2022 Ruth Anne Smathers, mother, grandmother and loving friend to all passed away in an auto accident taking her best horses and dogs with her. The daughter of Ruth (Grant) and Tom Mitchell, Anne was born May 5th, 1954. She was raised, a fourth-generation rancher, in the Harney Hills where her love for animals was...

Jenny Birnbaum

Mar 24, 2022

Jenny Birnbaum left this world on the wings of angels, March 24th, 2022, just a few days following her 64th birthday. Her services will be Friday, April 1st, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at Chamberlain Chapel. Visitation will take place Thursday, March 31st from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Chamberlain Chapel. Jenny requested that you wear what you want.

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Mary Lou Claussen

Mar 22, 2022

Mary Lou Claussen, 90, of Martin, SD passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at the Bennett County Community Hospital. She was born April 8, 1931, to Colin Johnson and Joy (Deaver) Johnson, Tuthill, SD.

She grew up in Tuthill and graduated from Bennett County High School in 1949.  She worked in the family store in Tuthill after...