All Obituaries

Diane K. Barnhill, age 72, of Ogallala, passed away, Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at her home. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Ogallala Cemetery, with Rev. Chuck Rager officiating. A memorial has been established in her memory. Draucker Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.  

Marian N. Chestnutt, age 86, of Ogallala, passed away, Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.  Marian was born to Fred and Louisa (Schneider) Forell on August 21, 1932 at Belvidere, Nebraska. She attended schools in NE, CO, and KS, graduating from Phillipsburg High School in Phillpsburg, KS. Marian was united in marriage to Melvin Chestnutt, January 8, 1954 at Kensington, KS. To their marriage was born 6 children; 4 girls and 2 boys.  Her hobbies...

Barbara K. Covel, age 50, of Ogallala, passed away on January 6, 2019 at the Perkins County Health Services in Grant. Barbara was born on September 12, 1968 to David and Carol (Jones) Morgan, in Scottsbluff, NE. Barbara attended school in Scottsbluff and New Mexico. After graduating, she went to work at the Job Core in the computer lab in Tulsa, OK. Barbara and her family moved to Colorado, and worked various jobs in the Greeley area, where she met her husband, Phillip Covel. The two of...

Jan Panek, age 92, formerly of Ogallala died Saturday, January 12, 2019 at his daughters home in Shelton, Washington. Services are pending for Jan at the Draucker Funeral Home.        

Eva Maurine Lydiatt, age 98, of Chappell, passed away, peacefully and quietly, on Saturday, January 12, 2019 with her family present at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. Maurine was born on her grandparents farm/ranch near Bartley, Nebraska on April 6, 1920 to Paul and Nellie (Book) Smith. Her family moved to Lodgepole, NE when she was 4 years old. The oldest of three, she also had a brother, Dick and sister, Donna. She went to school in Lodgepole from first grade through high school...

Gregory Lynn Buethe, Sr., age 56, of Ogallala, passed away at his home, Thursday, January 10, 2019. Greg was born to Dale and Karolyn (Moran) Buethe on March 2, 1962 in Denver, Colorado. Greg was the only brother of 4 siblings. He loved his sisters, Kim, Brenda, and Roxanne, and loved to pick on them as much as he could, he also watched out for them. In his free time, he loved to fish, hunt and go camping with his friends and family. Working and rebuilding cars is another thing you could...

Sandra Estrada, 62, of Big Springs, NE, passed away on Friday, December 28th, while in the company of her family, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center, in North Platte Nebraska. Sandra was born in Rocky Ford, CO on May 23, 1956, a daughter of Elias and Erma (Sandoval) Jaramillo. She was the wife of Steve Estrada, they were married September 28, 1978.  Sandra was a very loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. she loved spending time with her...

Robert "Bob" W. Cottrell, age 75, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the Ogallala Community Hospital.  Bob was born January 1, 1943 in Chadron, NE to George and Amy (Stowers) Cottrell. The family moved to Igloo, South Dakota in 1947 where his father worked as a Guard and a Body Mechanic until he was medically retired from Civil Service in 1955. They moved to Whitney, NE where Bob went to school until 8th grade. He attended High School...

Life long Ogallala resident, Mary E. Mitchell "Liz", passed away, on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at the Brookdale Village Assisted Living, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Liz was born on November 11, 1923, in Ogallala, to Frank J. and Mary (Losure) Sibal. She grew up in Ogallala, graduating Ogallala High School in 1941. Liz attended and graduated from the North Platte School of Commerce, then going on to work as an Executive Secretary for the United States Government. On November...

David E. Dunaway, age 58, of Ogallala, died at his home on Saturday, December 8, 2018. Cremation was chosen. No services scheduled at this time. Draucker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.