Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Barbara Helen Krajewski
Apr 22, 2025
Barbara (Myers) Krajewski, age 77, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at her home in Paxton, NE.
Barbara Helen Myers was born in North Platte, NE, on December 8, 1947. Raised on the Myers farm in Paxton, Barb attended the town’s one-room schoolhouse until transferring to Roscoe, then eventually Ogallala, where she graduated high school...
Betty Jean Kupper
Apr 21, 2025
Betty Jean Kupper, age 101 of Ogallala, Nebraska, died Monday, April 21st, 2025, at Wel-life Assisted Living in Ogallala, Nebraska.
Betty J Kupper was born April 28, 1923, to Claudius and Lula (Bennett) Pickrel in York County, Nebraska. Betty was the only girl with three older brothers and one younger brother.
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Sandra "Sandy" Sue Dale
Apr 15, 2025
Sandra “Sandy” Sue Dale, age 82, of Ogallala, NE, died April 15, 2025, at Ogallala Community Hospital.
Sandra was born on April 22, 1942, in Ogallala, Nebraska, and was the daughter of Ernie and Gertrude (Miller) McVay. She was a proud graduate of Ogallala High School. After High School, she worked at the Ogallala Hospital...
Kathleen "Kathy" Dee Vinton
Apr 2, 2025
Kathleen "Kathy" D. Vinton, age 73, of Hyannis, NE, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln,
NE..
Kathy was born on March 2, 1952, to Harold and Francis “Nana” (Ayers) Williams in Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Oak Park High School in Kansas City in...
Margaret Luanne Geisert
Apr 1, 2025
Luanne Geisert, age 93, formerly of Ogallala, NE, died Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at Independence House in Lincoln, NE.
Margaret Luanne Geisert was born November 19, 1931, in Burnside, IL., the daughter of Leman and Wanda (Davis) Spencer. As a young child, Luanne moved with her parents to Ogallala, NE., where she attended public school...
Chuck Heinis
Mar 21, 2025
Charles Richard Heinis, age 83, a long-time resident of Ogallala and North Platte, passed away peacefully at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025, surrounded by his family. Charles was born March 5th, 1943, in Ottawa, Kansas, to the parents of Charlie (Ben) and Agnus (Harms) Heinis.
He attended and graduated...
Harlene Kay Masters
Mar 18, 2025
Harlene K. Masters, age 84 of Ogallala, NE, died Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Ogallala Community Hospital.
Harlene was born October 5, 1940, in Spalding, NE., the daughter of Merl and Kathryn Peterson Hinkle. When she was thirteen months old, the family moved to Ogallala. Harlene attended Ogallala Public School and graduated from Ogallala High...
Bogna Bezanis
Mar 15, 2025
Bogna Bezanis (Bogie), age 77, of Ogallala, NE, passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Great Plains Health Hospital in North Platte, NE.
Bogna was born in Poland on December 6, 1947. She emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four, spending time in Chicago and Denver before settling in Ogallala.
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Patricia Lynn Robb
Mar 7, 2025
Patricia Lynn Robb age 73, of Ogallala, Nebraska died Friday, March 7, 2025 at Ogallala Community Hospital.
Condolences may be left by going www.drauckerfh.com.
Draucker Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.
Roger Adkins
Feb 28, 2025
Roger Wesley Adkins II was born July 30, 1945 in Omaha, NE to Roger Wesley Adkins and Marion Virginia (Howell) Adkins. He died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Friday, February 28th, 2025 at Ogallala Community Hospital.
Roger was raised in Omaha, NE, along with his 2 sisters. They, alongside their 18 first cousins,...
Wayne Elmer Swanson
Feb 23, 2025
Wayne Elmer Swanson, 87, of Ogallala, NE, passed away on February 23, 2025, at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala.
A celebration of Wayne’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Draucker Funeral Home in Ogallala, with Pastor Curt Magelky officiating. A private inurnment for the family will take place...
Charlotte L. "Olson" Toro
Feb 22, 2025
Charlotte LaVonne (Olson) Toro, 94, of Ogallala, passed away peacefully on February 22nd, 2025, at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala, NE.
Charlotte was born April 12, 1930 to Herman and Bessie Stuehm in Ogallala, NE. She grew up on the family farm north of Roscoe, the same farm where she would one day raise her family....
Kenneth B. Detwiler
Feb 18, 2025
Kenneth Burr Detwiler, 83, of Bismarck,ND. and formerly of Big Springs, Ne. passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 in the Bismark, ND.
He was born on July 19, 1941, in Galion, Ohio, the son of Burr Albert and Ida Mae (Edgell) Detwiler. He attended school at Edison, Ohio, where he graduated in 1960.
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Wayne Lee Sloan
Feb 14, 2025
It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, Wayne Lee Sloan, who departed this life on February 14, 2025 at the age of 63. He passed away peacefully in his home located in Ogallala, NE. He lives behind a legacy of kindness, wisdom, and unwavering devotion...
Marlene Louise Garrelts
Feb 11, 2025
Marlene Louise Garrelts passed away suddenly in Aurora, Colorado on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at the age of 75.
She was welcomed into heaven by her infant sister Leila, her father Harley, her mother Emma, and her brother Larry. Marlene is survived by her brother, Merlin (wife, Judy) of Houston, Texas, sister-in-law Peggy of Ogallala,...
Bethel Jolyne (Andrews) Ogier
Feb 6, 2025
Bethel Jolyne (Andrews) Ogier, age 90, of Wallace, NE, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg, NE.
She was born on June 23, 1934, to Joseph Glen and Eva Ada (Barnes) Andrews in Valentine, NE. Bethel graduated high school from UNSA in Curtis, NE, and then attended Drake University...
Luree Lien
Jan 29, 2025
Luree Lien, 96, passed away on January 29, 2025, at Maples Centennial, North Platte, NE.
Inez Luree Linabery was born to Mervin R. Linabery and Kathrine E. (Brinda) Linabery in Valentine, NE on October 16, 1928.
Luree's first home was a few miles north of Valentine, Nebraska. Due to drought, the...
Evelyn Elaine Lovercheck
Jan 21, 2025
Evelyn Elaine Lovercheck, age 86 formerly of Ogallala, NE died Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at Brookdale Briargate Assisted Living in Colorado Springs, CO.
Evelyn was the second child of five children, born to Otto and Anna Sundquist on November 23, 1938, in Oakland, NE. Her life had a humble beginning, being born in a small...
Fairy Aline Myers
Jan 21, 2025
Fairy Aline (Tolle) Myers age 95, of Ogallala passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at Indian Hills Manor.
Fairy was born on May 13, 1929 to Earl Tolle and Leola Frasier in Yoder, Wyoming. Her mother passed away during childbirth with her baby brother, Dale, when she was two. Her father relocated...
Duane Lynn Ruppert
Jan 21, 2025
Duane Lynn Ruppert, 71, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away on January 21, 2025, in the Veterans Administration Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Duane was born on August 16, 1953, in McCook, Nebraska, to Dale and Donna (Swanson) Ruppert. He grew up on the family farm north of McCook, the oldest of three boys. He received...
