OBITUARIES

Jean Henkens

Nov 14, 2020

Long-time Chadron resident and strong community supporter Jean M. Henkens passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 at Ponderosa Villa in Crawford. She was 100 years old.

Funeral Services for Jean Henkens will be held at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron at 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2020. A visitation will be held on Monday, November 23,...

Floyd Coleman

Nov 14, 2020

Graveside services for Floyd Coleman, Chadron, Nebraska, will be held on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska with Dr. Russ Seger officiating.

Floyd passed away on November 14, 2020 at Crestview Care Center in Chadron, Nebraska.

Mr. Coleman was born on September 22, 1936...

Harry Honstein

Nov 14, 2020

Harry Edward Honstein, age 93, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at the Gordon Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

Harry was born in Racine, Wisconsin on May 14, 1927 to Henry and Elma Honstein. Harry grew up with 2 brothers and 3 sisters on a farm in Racine. When Harry was quite young the family...

June Stone

Nov 14, 2020

June B. Stone

June Bell Stone, 85, of Gordon, passed away Saturday, November 14th, 2020 at Gordon Countryside Care Nursing Home.

She was born November 7th, 1935, in Custer County, Nebraska. As a young girl she lived with her family on a ranch near Broken Bow, Nebraska where she graduated high school and went on...

Cecilia Schaefer

Nov 11, 2020

Cecilia Arline Schaefer, 96, from Harrison, NE passed away at Heritage Estates, Gering, NE on November 11, 2020. A private family service will be held at the Church of the Nativity, Harrison, NE on November 14, 2020. Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of the arrangements. Arline was born in south Sioux County to Albert and Mary (Roland)...

Gerald Howard

Nov 11, 2020

Gerald “Gary” Dean Howard, 78, died on November 11th 2020 at his home in Chadron, NE.

Gary was born on July 12th 1942 in McGrew, Nebraska to Clifford Oliver Howard and Jean Shirley Alexander Howard. Gary grew up on a farm in McGrew and enjoyed farm work, fishing, and anything to do with electronics. Gary learned about...

Ken Tulloss

Nov 10, 2020

Kenneth Lloyd Tulloss Sr., 74, of Gordon, Nebraska died Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at his home. He was born December 22, 1945, in Rushville, Nebraska to Val W. and Jessie Tulloss.

He grew up in Parmelee, South Dakota. His father was a successful grocer, and his mother was an elementary teacher. He attended He Dog Elementary and...

Harry (Bud) Serres

Nov 9, 2020

Harry Stephen (Bud) Serres was born the second child of Harry and Louise Serres on August 24, 1933 at Crawford, Nebraska and passed on November 9, 2020 at the Mitchell Care Center in Mitchell, Nebraska.

He attended rural country school and graduated from Sioux County High School in 1950.

On July 1, 1954, Bud married...

Clara Erixson

Nov 8, 2020

God calls home Clara Irene (Weckwerth) Erixson, 83, of Crawford, NE, after a short fight with Covid-19 and other complications on Sunday, November 8, 2020.

Clara was born in Hot Springs, SD on August 12, 1937 to Walter and Mabel (Meier) Weckwerth. Clara lived with her railroad family in SD, WY and NE. After Clara graduated from...

Jeannette Gabel

Nov 7, 2020

Jeannette Gabel, 60, of Hay Springs, NE passed suddenly after a short but fierce battle with cancer. She was born in Carson City, NV, grew up in Chadron, NE, and also lived in Sidney, NE and Hay Springs, NE – where combined, she worked as a nurse for over 45 years. Jeannette was always humorously honest, an unapologetic over-sharer,...

Elizabeth Johnson

Nov 5, 2020

Beth Johnson passed away on November 5, 2020 after a week in the hospital fighting COVID-19. Beth made Chadron home in 2009 when her former wife, Pam Newberg, took a position in library science at Chadron State College. Beth loved the Chadron community and participated actively in many organizations. It was her wish to stay in Chadron where she was lovingly cared...

Lester Thayer

Nov 4, 2020

Lester James Thayer, 78, of Merriman, Nebraska, passed away on November 4, 2020 after a short illness.

He was born to parents James Eli Thayer and Maude Mae Swick, on August 19, 1942 in Newport, Nebraska, the fifth of six children.

Lester married Verla Clausen on April 17, 1961 in Rushville, NE. To this union six children were born: Verlene, Verna, LeAnn, Leslie, Cassie, and Malena.  For the majority of their marriage they lived in...

Ilene Kubo

Nov 2, 2020

Ilene Harriet (Preble) Kubo

Funeral services for Ilene H. Kubo will be held on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska with Dr. Russ Seger officiating. Burial will follow at Hay Springs City Cemetery in Hay Springs, Nebraska. A visitation will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 5-8 PM...

Carole Dailey

Oct 31, 2020

Carole June (Huber) Dailey passed away quickly and peacefully on Saturday October 31, 2020.

Carole was born in the year 1926 in Elkhart, Indiana. During WW2, Carole met and married Joseph B. (Ben) Dailey, Jr. who was in the U.S. Navy. Carole was a “Rosie the Riveter” during the war working in a military radio and communications...

Joann Anderson

Oct 27, 2020

Joann Anderson

Barbara Joann, eldest daughter of Paul Sydow and Lizzie Wilson Sydow was born February 25, 1935 at the home of her cousin Carrie and Louis Reeves at Whiteclay, Nebraska. She passed away at her home in Rushville, on October 27, 2020.

Her family lived at Oglala, SD, where she started school in September...

Joyce Tiensvold

Oct 27, 2020

Joyce Tiensvold was born on November 7, 1934 in Rushville, Nebraska, to Ed & Fern Bolek, where they lived on the farm around 2 miles east of Rushville. Joyce passed away on October 27, 2020 in Reno, Nevada.

She completed her schooling in Rushville and married her high school sweetheart LeRoy Tiensvold in 1952 and they had...

Sandra Krueger

Oct 26, 2020

Sandra Krueger, of Crawford, NE, passed away on October 26, 2020 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Sandra was born on May 13, 1951 in Crawford, Nebraska to Dwayne and Dorothy (Blaisdel) Krueger.

Services for Sandra will be held at a later date.

Almetta Wohlers-Richardson

Oct 25, 2020

Almetta Richardson

Almetta Agnes (Wallace) Wohlers-Richardson, age 88, of Crawford, NE passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020.

Almetta was born near Edgemont, SD on August 25, 1932, to Merritt C. and Agnes (Van Dewater) Wallace. She was one year old when the family moved to their Indian Creek Ranch.

Almetta attended Dist....

Clayton Tallon

Oct 24, 2020

Clayton Tallon passed away peacefully at Pioneer Manor on October 24, 2020. Clayton was born on October 17, 1932 to Thomas and Katie (Skoda) in Rushville, NE.

Clayton was raised on the ranch 12 miles north of Rushville by his grandparents Charlie and Bessie Skoda. He attended the Craven Creek School and rode his horse 5 miles...

Garret Peterson

Oct 24, 2020

A memorial service for Garret Peterson will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska.

Garret Allen Peterson, 77, of Crawford, Nebraska, passed away October 24, 2020 in Dawes County, NE. Garret was born Jan 14, 1943 to Harold Carl Allen and Aldyth Dokter Peterson at his maternal grandparent’s home...