OBITUARIES

Rhiannon Rae Martin

Rhiannon Rae Martin

Nov 9, 2024

Rhiannon Rae Martin More commonly known as “Rhi” Passed away, November 9th 2024 at her home in Rushville Nebraska. She was born October 2nd, 1982 In Chadron Nebraska, Father Michael Martin and Mother Fern Martin(Mesteth) Rhi spent most of her school years in Chadron then finishing high school in Crawford. She was married in 2004 to Dustin bagneschi and they...

John Landreth

John Landreth

Nov 7, 2024

John Landreth was born April 22, 1968, to Vern and Velma Earline (Post) Landreth in Rushville, Nebraska. He died November 7, 2024, after a long courageous battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 56.

John grew up in the country with his parents and two siblings, Donald and Janet. His love for animals and farming started at an early age....

Joe Messinio

Joe Messinio

Nov 6, 2024

On November 6, 2024, Joseph Patrick Messinio, passed away at the Hot Springs VA Medical Center after battling cancer for fifteen years. Joe was a man with a servant's heart. Never letting anything stop him from being there for those who needed help, Joe was always there to lend a hand regardless if you were a friend or a stranger....

Eleanor Strasburger

Eleanor Strasburger

Nov 6, 2024

Eleanor Elaine (Burleigh) Strasburger was born on March 16, 1929, to Louis and Gertrude Burleigh in Gordon, Nebraska, and passed away peacefully at the Gordon Countryside Care Nursing Home on November 6, 2024, at the age of 95.

Growing up on the family farm southwest of Gordon, she shared many happy memories with her siblings. She attended grade school at Meadow...

Susan Vastine

Susan Vastine

Nov 4, 2024

Susan Lee (Moore) Vastine, 81, a longtime resident of Dawes County, passed peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on November 4th, 2024.

Susan was the oldest of four children born to Gordon and Frances Moore in Crawford, Nebraska. After graduating from Crawford High at the age of 17, she enrolled in Santa Ana Junior College in California, living there...

Wayne Van Natter

Wayne Van Natter

Nov 1, 2024

 Wayne Eric Van Natter aged 75 years, 7 months, and 26 days passed away peacefully at 6:50 P.M at the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home of Hay Springs, NE with his devoted sister Ruthie by his side. He was welcomed into the loving embrace of Jesus who His Lord and Savior.

 Wayne was born on April 6, 1949 at the Chadron Community...

Imogene Horse

Imogene Horse

Oct 29, 2024

Imogene M. Brown was born on Jan. 12, 1932 in Pine Ridge, SD to Ila Gregory Brown and Weston Brown. Their family moved around the area from Martin, SD to Lame Deer, MT, but Imogene always considered Chadron as her home. After Ila and Weston divorced, Ila supported the two of them by working various jobs including dry cleaning. Ila...

Ferol McClaren

Ferol McClaren

Oct 25, 2024

Ferol E. McClaren

February 22, 1934 ~ October 25, 2024

Ferol E. McClaren, 90, passed to her heavenly home on October 25th, 2024 at Pioneer Manor in Hay Springs, NE. Ferol was born February 22nd, 1934 in Pinewood, MN.

Ferol was the third of five children born to Miles and Jennie Ousley. The Ousley children lost their Mom when they were young and...

Vereen "Fuzz" Forster

Vereen "Fuzz" Forster

Oct 25, 2024

Our final goodbye to our beloved Dad, Grandpa, great Grandpa, friend, etc. Fuzz took his final breath on October 25, 2024, at the Gordon Countryside Care Nursing Home after a day filled with fun, bingo, and eating a Reeses with a smile on his face, Thank you all.

Vereen L. Forster “Fuzz” was born on November 17, 1940, to Lee G....

Jim Kearns

Jim Kearns

Oct 18, 2024

Obituary - James Robert Kearns

James Robert Kearns (Jim) was born June 15, 1937 at Saint Joseph’s hospital in Alliance Nebraska to Thomas and Gladys Kearns (McParland). Jim was the youngest of three children. He grew up on the family farm north of Hay Springs next to the Metcalf state wildlife area. Jim attended country school close to home and attended...

Bud Pieper

Bud Pieper

Oct 17, 2024

Bernard H (Bud) Pieper, 96, of Hay Springs, NE, passed away on October 17, 2024, at Pioneer Manor. Services will be held at 10:30 am, Thursday, October 24, 2024, at St Columbkille Catholic Church in Hay Springs. Following the service, a military honors ceremony will be performed by the Hay Springs American Legion. The burial will be at Sunset Memorial...

Trey Thorsen

Trey Thorsen

Oct 13, 2024

Atreyu “Trey” Ross Thorsen was born March 5th, 2005, in Rapid City, South Dakota to Christina Red Cloud and Andrew Thorsen. He passed away tragically on October 13th, 2024.

Trey grew up on the family farm 6 miles east of Gordon. Trey started wrestling at age 5 and was an accomplished youth wrestler. He qualified for state youth wrestling several times...

Lloyd Hunzeker

Lloyd Hunzeker

Oct 13, 2024

Funeral services for Lloyd Thomas Hunzeker, 97 will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, October 18, 2024.

A memorial has been established for Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, the United Methodist Church of Hay Springs, Nebraska, and the Lloyd and Mary Ann Scholarship at Hay Springs High School. Donations can be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, P.O. Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.

Visitation...

Richard Lee Huggett

Richard Lee Huggett

Oct 7, 2024

In loving memory of Richard (Dick) Lee Huggett

It is with Heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Richard (Dick) Lee Huggett, a beloved father, grandfather and friend.

 Richard Peacefully passed away on October 7th, 2024 surrounded by his family, at the age of 84. Richard was born on February 26th, 1940 in Tillamook, Oregon, to his loving parents, William Charles...

Archie Cerny

Archie Cerny

Oct 6, 2024

Archie LeRoy Cerny, 98 of Rushville, NE, formerly of Hay Springs, NE passed away Sunday October 6, 2024, at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, NE.

 Archie LeRoy Cerny was born October 23, 1925, north of Clinton, NE on the family homestead to Frank and Georgia (Novotny) Cerny. He was the youngest of 9 children.

 Archie attended Milan Country School and then...

Ruth Danner

Ruth Danner

Oct 5, 2024

Ruth Charlotte (Myers) Danner went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 5th, 2024, with family by her side. Ruth was born December 23rd, 1934, in Omaha, Nebraska to Fred R. and Charlotte Louella (Funkhouser) Myers. She graduated from the High School Class of 1952 in Louisville, Nebraska. She was a beautiful pianist with 17 years...

Ron Jensen

Ron Jensen

Oct 4, 2024

Ronald Dean Jensen was born March 16, 1939, to Carl and Margaret (Taylor) Jensen in Santa Barbara, California. He passed away on October 4, 2024, at the age of 85 in Gordon, Nebraska. The family moved back to Gordon in 1947 where Ron attended grade school and graduated high school.

Ron married Donna Joann (Muck) July 3, 1956. They farmed and...

Tommy Armstrong

Tommy Armstrong

Sep 30, 2024

Tommy Joe Armstrong was born on August 14, 1961, and was taken from his loved ones on September 30, 2024, after a long courageous battle with cancer.

Tommy joined his sister Sherry (Thompson) Armstrong and later his younger brother Terry Armstrong and Shawn Armstrong along with their parents Tommy Armstrong and Linda (Ward) Armstrong in Poteau, Oklahoma. His youth was a...

Terry Snyder

Terry Snyder

Sep 28, 2024

Terry Jerome Snyder was born on June 4, 1950, the youngest child of Charlie and Dolly Snyder. He attended grade school in Chadron, Nebraska and England School in Vetal, South Dakota. He went to Martin High School where he graduated in 1968. He then attended Black Hill State College in Spearfish. He was drafted into the US Army in 1970...

Linda Meisman

Linda Meisman

Sep 26, 2024

Linda Sue Meisman, 74, of Whitney, Nebraska, passed away at home with family by her side on September 26, 2024.

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 7, 1950, to Harold Henrick and Harriette LeBlanc, Linda experienced the profound loss of her father at the tender age of five, a heartache she carried with her throughout her life. She always looked forward...

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