Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Wayne L Canning
Sep 14, 2021
Wayne Canning Obituary Wayne L. Canning 86, of Ogallala, passed away Tuesday September 14, 2021 in his home. Wayne was born June 28, 1935, at Grand Island, NE, the adopted son of John and Elsie (Barnes) Canning. He received his early education in Grand Island and Spalding School District #10, a country school, and received his middle and high...
Timothy E. Owens
Sep 11, 2021
Timothy Owens Obituary Timothy Edward Owens, age 48, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at his home in Ogallala . Cremation was chosen, No services are scheduled at this time. Online condolences may be sent by going to www.drauckerfh.com by pushing on the 'Share a Memory' button. Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala has been entrusted...
Vernon Eugene Spencer
Sep 10, 2021
Vernon (Gene) Spencer Obituary Vernon Eugene Spencer 85 of Lewellen, Nebraska passed away at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, Nebraska on Friday, September 10th, 2021. Gene was born August 31st, 1936 in White County, Illinois. He was welcomed into this world by his parents Vernon and Hazel Spencer. He was later joined by one brother Raymond and two sisters...
Margaret Hawkins
Sep 9, 2021
Margaret Hawkins Obituary Margaret Chamberlain Hawkins was born December 23, 1927, to Erma Mae (Kunkel) Chamberlain and James 'Jim' Laurence Chamberlain in Maywood, Nebraska, at her Grandma Chamberlain's house. Her Daddy, so tickled to have Margaret that he named his baby girl after his mother, Margaret Chamberlain. She was the first of three children, readily admitting being the mastermind...
Michael James Riedel
Sep 2, 2021
Michael Riedel Obituary Michael James Riedel, age 60, of Ogallala entered into rest on Thursday, September 2, 2021 in Ogallala. Mike was born on October 21, 1960 in Ogallala to Harold and Viola (Leake) Riedel. Mike attended the Ogallala Schools and graduated from Ogallala High School in 1979. When Mike finished High School, he joined the Navy for a...
Delmore Elwood Olson
Aug 27, 2021
Delmore Olson Obituary Delmore Elwood Olson was born September 28th,1925, on the family farm near Upland Nebraska, to Carl and Anna (Johnson) Olson. He lived in Upland until the age of twelve when the family moved to Brule, Nebraska. Del received his early education in Upland and then at rural school Cottonwood Corner near Brule where he graduated from...
Alta J Widtfeldt
Aug 26, 2021
Alta Widtfeldt Obituary Alta J. Widtfeldt, beloved wife of Helmer Widtfelt for 68 years passed away Thursday, August 26, 2021. She is survived by her husband, four children and their families and two of her three siblings. A Celebration of life honoring Alta will be held Wednesday, September 1st at 2:00p.m. at the Draucker Funeral Home Chapel in Ogallala....
Donald Ray Jenkins
Aug 22, 2021
Donald Jenkins Obituary Donald "Don" Ray Jenkins, 80 years of age, of Ogallala, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, Nebraska. Don was born March 16, 1941, in Manhattan, Kansas. He was the first of seven children, born to Donald and Edna (Latschar) Jenkins. He graduated from Bunker Hill...
Emery N Harris
Aug 21, 2021
Emery Harris Obituary Emery Neil Harris, 66, of Ogallala, passed away on Saturday August 21, 2021 at the Ogallala Community Hospital, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on June 2, 1955 in Grant, Nebraska to Arden 'Doc' and Gwendolyn (Rowley) Harris at Grant, NE. Emery grew up on a farmstead just outside of Grant. He was...
William W Beamish
Aug 13, 2021
William Beamish Obituary William W. Beamish, age 78, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, August 13, 2021 at the Ogallala Community Hospital . William was born in Portland, Oregon on St. Patricks Day 1943 to Warren and Gladys (Warren) Beamish. They later moved to Chadron, NE where he attended all his years of elementary and middle school. Upon...
Edward Anderson Wearin
Aug 5, 2021
Edward Wearin Obituary Edward Anderson Wearin, Jr. (Andy) passed away Aug. 5, 2021, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Andy was born Oct. 17, 1948, in Council Bluffs, to Edward and Helen Wearin. He enjoyed growing up on the family farm in Red Oak and working on the family ranch in Hyannis, Neb., in the summer, where his love for horses, cattle,...
Sam A Hilliard
Aug 2, 2021
Sam Hilliard Obituary Sam Hilliard, 83 of rural Ogallala peacefully entered the kingdom of heaven on Monday August 2, 2021 at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Aurora Colorado. Sam always said "I was born on this farm and Im going to die on this farm", when anyone talked about him moving to town. He was fiercely independent...
Mel H. Adams Jr.
Aug 1, 2021
Mel Adams JR. Obituary Mel Adams, age 86, passed away August 1, 2021 at the Ogallala Community Hospital. He was born on January 31, 1935 at Ogallala, Nebraska, the son of Melvin and Lucille Adams. In his early years, Mel lived in Lemoyne, Nebraska where the family bank was established. The family and bank moved to Brule, Nebraska due...
Joyce Austin
Jul 15, 2021
Joyce Austin Obituary Joyce P. Austin (92) of Ogallala, died Thursday July 15, 2021 at Northern Colorado Medical Center, in Greeley, CO. She was born December 23, 1928 in Sharon Springs, Kansas to Nathan and Myrtle (Foster) Aumiller, joining their family of nine children. She attended school in Burlington, Colorado until her family moved to Seibert, Colorado in 1942....
Doris Loree Dykes
Jul 15, 2021
Doris Dykes Obituary Doris Loree Dykes, age 68, of Axtell, Nebraska, formerly of Arthur passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at Mosaic of the Great Plains in Axtell, Nebraska, surounded by her loving friends and care givers. Doris was born September 8, 1952 in North Platte, NE to Robert K. and Odeth I. (Huffman) Dykes, the oldest of...
Bernard Alton Beckius
Jul 8, 2021
Bernard Beckius Obituary Bernard (Bernie) Alton Beckius, age 73, Keystone, Nebraska, resident, passed away on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at home surrounded by his loving family. Bernard was born August 20, 1947, in North Platte, Nebraska to Henry and Wilma Z. (Seckman) Beckius of Keystone, Nebraska. He attended grade school in Keystone and graduated with the class of 1966...
Tyler Jon Friesen
Jun 23, 2021
Tyler Friesen Obituary Tyler Jon Friesen age 45 of Lewellen passed away unexpectedly on June 23, 2021. Even though he was taken from us too soon; his smile and love of life will live on through all who knew and loved him. Tyler was born September 17, 1975 to Bob Friesen and Sandra ( Schindler) Friesen. He loved cheeseburgers,...
Frances Ann Cade
Jun 21, 2021
Frances Cade Obituary Frances Ann Cade, 81, passed away June 21, 2021 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. She was a resident of The Kensington in Hastings, Nebraska. Ann was born November 1, 1939 in Clay Center, Nebraska to Charles Job and Emma Elizabeth Sanderson. The family lived in Mitchell and Bridgeport, Nebraska before returning to Clay Center where she...
Allan R Keyes
Jun 13, 2021
Allan Keyes Obituary Allan Richard Keyes, 82, passed away at Indian Hills Manor, in Ogallala, NE on June 13, 2021. Allan was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years. Barbara Ann Keyes (Matunas) passed away at home on August 20, 2020. Allan and Barbara were both born in Gary, Indiana. They met in high school and were...
Mildred M Magee
Jun 11, 2021
Mildred MaGee Obituary Mildred Marie MaGee, 95, of Lincoln, NE, formerly of Brule, died Friday, June 11, 2021, at Independence House in Lincoln. Mildred was born Sept. 28, 1925 at Ogallala, NE to Fred and Maria (Arndt) Martens. She grew up and received her early education at Brule, NE. She was united in marriage to Harold Gordon MaGee on...
