OBITUARIES

Wayne Speer

Wayne Speer

May 14, 2014

Wayne Donovan Speer, 83, of Chadron, NE died Wednesday, May 14 at Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff, NE. He was born December 14th, 1930 in Alliance, NE to Homer and Stella Speer. Wayne grew up on a ranch 17 miles North of Lakeside and graduated from Rushville High School in 1948. On August 31, 1952, Wayne...

Polly Kreitman

Polly Kreitman

May 13, 2014

Polly Kreitman Polly Anna Morton Kreitman was born to Albert and Sadie Hartman Morton August 25, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska. She passed away May 13, 2014 at the age of 93. She was a resident of Gordon Countryside Care for 1 year. She lived many places in her life. Polly attended school in O'Neill, NE, for...

Myron Jacobson

Myron Jacobson

May 12, 2014

Myron John Jacobson was born in Clinton, Nebraska on July 3, 1922 to Sophia (Bauer) Jacobson and Henry Jacobson. Myron helped his parents work the farm and lived most of his life on the homestead of his parents. He attended school in Clinton, Nebraska. After graduating from Clinton High School, he lived in Denver and worked...

Betty Ruleaux

Betty Ruleaux

May 10, 2014

Betty L. Ruleaux, 81, of Chadron NE, died on Saturday, May 10th at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hay Springs. She was born June 7, 1932, in Covina, CA to Frank and Mary Van Buskirk. Betty graduated from Rushville High School in 1950. On July 25, 1953, she married Donald Ruleaux of Gordon. She took great...

Fannie Johnson

Fannie Johnson

May 10, 2014

Fannie Reitz Johnson, 95 years old, passed away on May 10, 2014. Fannie was born September 18, 1918 In Brule, Nebraska to Charles and Inez Reitz. She was the eighth of ten children and all of her brothers and sisters are deceased. On October 12, 1940, she married Wilbur Johnson. They were married 53 years and...

Keith Nixon

Keith Nixon

May 8, 2014

NOTICE Funeral services for Keith Nixon of Crawford, NE will be held on Tuesday, May 13th 2014 at 10:00 am at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, NE with Pastor Ann Sundberg officiating. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetary in Chadron, NE. Mr. Nixon passed away on May 8th, 2014 at Ponderosa Villa in Crawford, NE Keith was...

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

May 7, 2014

Eugene Leslie Wilder was born September 10, 1950, in Rapid City, SD, to Harold and Evelyn Wilder. He passed away May 7, 2014. Gene was a true cowboy. In 1971 he married Lyn McClain and they spent the next 43 years working on area ranches. He loved riding horses to check on cattle. Round ups and...

Kim Weibel

Kim Weibel

May 6, 2014

Kimberly Ann Beattie Weibel Kim was born on April 30, 1955 at the Gordon Memorial Hospital in Gordon, Nebraska. Kim passed away at her home on May 6, 2014. She was 59 years old. Kim attended Gordon Public Schools and lived the majority of her life in Gordon. She graduated from Gordon High School in 1973...

Matt Oman

Matt Oman

May 5, 2014

Service: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 ~ 2:00 PM Christ Assembly of God Crawford, Nebraska

Hazel Fankhauser

Hazel Fankhauser

May 5, 2014

Hazel E. Fankhauser, 92, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Box Butte General Hospital. Hazel was born on December 12, 1921 to Forest and Germaine (Pochon) Orr in rural Sheridan County, Nebraska. Hazel grew up on a ranch south of Rushville and graduated from Rushville High School. After waiting 4 years for Ralph Fankhauser (the...

Harmon Smith

Harmon Smith

Apr 30, 2014

Harmon Henry Smith was born on Mirage Flats August 7, 1920 to Danish immigrants Carl and Anne Smith. Three sisters Norma, Betty and Annebell completed the Smith Family. Harmon's father was struck by lighting and killed the morning of May 26th, 1926 leaving Anne with four small children and a pioneer farm to run. Harmon graduated...

Robert Trylick

Robert Trylick

Apr 29, 2014

Service: Thursday, May 1, 2014 ~ 10:00 AM Chamberlain Chapel Chadron, Nebraska

Lawrence Horst

Lawrence Horst

Apr 27, 2014

Larry Horst August 10, 1934 - April 27, 2014 Age: 79 Residence: Greeley, CO Lawrence "Larry" Lyle Horst, 79, of Greeley, CO, died Sunday morning April 27, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 10, 1934, to Herman and Emma Horst in Dallas, SD. Larry was most recently employed as a...

Paul Nelson

Paul Nelson

Apr 25, 2014

PAUL NELSON Paul Rupert Nelson, 85, was born in Comstock, Nebraska, September 29, 1928, to Melvin and Helen Nelson. Paul died April 25, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Later on the family settled in the Bennett County area of South Dakota. Paul was the 3rd child of 6 children, born into a farming...

Doris Hamaker

Doris Hamaker

Apr 23, 2014

Service: Monday, April 28, 2014 ~ 10:00 AM St. John's the Baptist Crawford, Nebraska Visitation: Sunday, April 27, 2014 ~ 7:00 PM

Verl Wulf

Verl Wulf

Apr 23, 2014

Verl Wulf August 6, 1943-April 23, 2014 Verl Wulf, 70, of Hay Springs, Nebraska, passed away on April 23, 2014 at Pioneer Manor in Hay Springs. Verl was born on August 6, 1943, in Milliken, Colorado to Harold and Bonnie Mae Wulf. As a child he grew up in Milliken and was educated in Milliken public...

Theodore Mikesell

Theodore Mikesell

Apr 19, 2014

Memorial services for Ted Mikesell of Chadron will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel with Dr. Russ Seger officiating. Private family inurnment will take place at the Alliance Veteran's Cemetery. Theodore Clair Mikesell, 84, passed away on April 19, 2014 at the Chadron Community Hospital after many years of...

George Darr

George Darr

Apr 17, 2014

George John Darr, 66, passed away at his home in Hay Springs NE on April 17th, 2014. George was born on July 31st, 1947 to John Wade Darr and Angeline (Brown) Darr in Greeley CO. The son of an Air Force Lt. Colonel George traveled the US extensively. An Army Captain himself George also had the...

Stan Scherbarth

Stan Scherbarth

Apr 14, 2014

Stanley Reed Scherbarth, 86, passed away peacefully in his home April 14, 2014. He was born March 13, 1928. On May 26, 1951, he married Rose Mary Whiting of Morrill, NE. They made their home in rural Hay Springs, NE. Their union created five children. Stan and Rose made the farm, ranch, later the mail route,...

Frederic Kruse

Frederic Kruse

Apr 8, 2014

Private family memorial services for Frederic F. Kruse of Chadron, Nebraska will be held at a later date. Mr. Frederic F. Kruse passed away on April 8, 2014 at Good Samaritan in Alliance, Nebraska Frederic was born on December 9, 1933 in Council Bluffs, Iowa He was 80 His survivors include: Wife: Janet Kruse Sons: Fred...

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