OBITUARIES

Dec 20, 2019

William Forrest Melton (Bill) was born May 31, 1953 to Eugene and Delores (Cassedy) Melton. He was the third born into this family. He was born in Chadron, Nebraska and lived there his entire life. He attended school from kindergarten until graduation at the Assumption Academy. He was in the last graduating class (1971) before Assumption closed. He attended...

Dec 19, 2019

Frances Nelson Snyder

Frances was born April 27, 1922 to Nels and Elsie (Blaznik) Nelson on the family farm eight miles north of Gordon, Nebraska. Fran was the fifth of seven children, three brothers and three sisters. She spent eight years in the Fieldside Country School located on the Nelson family farm. Fran attended Gordon High School...

Dec 15, 2019

Virginia Lee Trueblood, age 93, of Gordon, Nebraska, died on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at Gordon Memorial Hospital.

Virginia was born on May 27, 1926, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Marie Hagey and Ben W. Sanders. She spent most of her life in Gordon and surrounding area. She was confirmed in the Presbyterian Church in 1939 and graduated...

Dec 14, 2019

Bonnie Elwood

Bonnie Jean Elwood passed away from complications due to pneumonia on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019.

Bonnie was born in Rushville on Oct. 6, 1929, the daughter of Kathryn and Lloyd Tiensvold. She was raised in Rushville and was a graduate of Rushville High School. She married Norman Lyle Elwood Dec. 19, 1949.

Dec 13, 2019

Funeral Services for Mary Cisneros of Chadron Nebraska will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 10:00AM at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Chadron Nebraska with Father Todd Philipsen officiating. A vigil will be held Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 7:00PM at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Chadron Nebraska.

Mary was born on September 8,...

Dec 13, 2019

Michael Dan Shald (1939 – 2019)

Michael D. Shald, age 80, died on Friday, December 13, 2019, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Mike was born on October 24, 1939, to Ferd and Gladys Shald in Gordon, Nebraska.

Mike’s impact on the people of the region was immeasurable. The following list attempts to offer a glimpse...

Dec 13, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Kyle Strasburger. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Dec 8, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Maurice Child. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Dec 8, 2019

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,...

Dec 3, 2019

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...

Dec 3, 2019

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...

Nov 26, 2019

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...

Nov 26, 2019

(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...

Nov 23, 2019

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...

Nov 13, 2019

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...

Nov 8, 2019

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...

Nov 6, 2019

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...

Oct 29, 2019

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...

Oct 26, 2019

Bonnie Belle McCue, 81, of Martin passed away Saturday October 26, 2019 at the Bennett County Hospital.

She was born November 7, 1937 in Martin, South Dakota to Cecil and Frances McCue. Bonnie attended school in Bennett County and was majorette in the band in high school. She belonged to Job’s Daughters International and served as Honored...

Oct 23, 2019

An obituary is not available at this time for Betty Hogan. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.