Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Curtis Eugene Hood
Feb 13, 2018
Curtis Hood Obituary Curtis Eugene Hood Sr., 69, of Ogallala passed away in his home on February 13, 2018. Curtis was born on October 1, 1948 in Ogallala. Curtis was raised in Ogallala by his grandparents Lee and Claretta Douglass. Curtis attended Ogallala Public Schools. As a young man Curtis worked for various farms and ranches in the area....
Dr. M. Douglas Parks
Jan 22, 2018
Dr. M. Douglas Parks Obituary Dr. M. Douglas Parks, age 86, of Ogallala, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Dr. M. Douglas Parks, Jr. was born March 28, 1931 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the son of M. Douglas and Dora Mae (Baker) Parks of Henry, Nebraska. He attended public schools...
Craig Alan Johnson
Jan 20, 2018
Craig Johnson Obituary Craig Alan Johnson, 51, of Cicero, IN, and formerly of Ogallala, passed away January 20, 2018 at his Cicero residence. He was born December 8, 1966 in Ogallala, to John Herbert and Janet Louise (Grubaugh) Johnson. Craig was the youngest of three children. After graduating from Ogallala High School Craig honorably served his country in the...
Doris Bayer
Jan 17, 2018
Doris Bayer, 87, of Ogallala, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Doris was born October 2, 1930 in Ogallala to George and Dorothy (Mahaffey) Kiser. She attended schools in Ogallala. On June 21, 1947, Doris married Lloyd Bayer at Kimball, Nebr. They resided in Ogallala where she was employed at Goodalls and TRW and later...
Donald Edgar Thompson
Jan 17, 2018
Donald Thompson, 86, longtime Arthur County rancher, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018, in the Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte. Donald Edgar Thompson was born March 2, 1931 in Sutherland, Nebr. the son of Orville D. and Lena (Kruger) Thompson. He lived all his life in Arthur County, attending grade school at Center Valley District 12. He graduated...

Juanita Petersen
Jan 7, 2018
Juanita Petersen, 93, of Ogallala and formerly of Keystone, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, in the Indian Hills Healthcare Community. There will be private inurnment services at a later date. Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala is entrusted with the arrangements.
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Nancy Jo Graff
Jan 5, 2018
Nancy Jo Graff of Ogallala, Nebraska, entered into heaven on January 5, 2018, after a fierce battle with cancer. Nancy was born February 4, 1950 in Lincoln Nebraska to Deane and Beth (Uehling) Pettett. She graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1968. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she obtained her Bachelors degree and Masters in Speech...
Donovan 'Don' Kenneth Dirks
Dec 18, 2017
Don Dirks, 48, of Paxton, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in St. Lukes Hospital of Duluth, MN. 'To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.' Ecc. 3:1-2 For our beloved husband, dear Dad, brother and son, those times were both on December...
Harry D. Hebbert
Dec 8, 2017
Harry D. Hebbert, age 77, of Ashby, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Gordon Countryside Care in Gordon, NE. Harry, was born March 18, 1940 in Gordon, NE to Merrill and Lovilla Leggett Hebbert. He attended school in Gordon and graduated from Gordon High School in 1957. In 1958 Harry went to Taylor University in...
Bernice Cora Bellows
Dec 7, 2017
Bernice C. Bellows, age 98, of Lakewood, Colorado, passed away on December 7, 2017 at the Bethany Nursing Home in Lakewood, Colorado. . Bernice was born August 13, 1919 in Primrose, NE to John and Cora (Rieck) Hughes. She attended school at Brule High School where she graduated in 1937. Bernice married Conrad Heimbegner in Sterling Co on July...
Evelyn Fleming
Dec 3, 2017
Evelyn Fleming, 74, of Ogallala, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in her home. Evelyn was born September 8, 1943 in Denver, Colo., to Travis and Lois (Young) Fleming. She spent her life in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. In Nebraska and Colorado some years were spent in the ministry, caring for souls and sharing God's Word. In Wyoming, she spent...
Tammy K. Moore
Nov 23, 2017
Tammy Kay Moore, 56, of Ogallala, died Thursday, November 23, 2017, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Tammy was born June 25, 1961, in Ogallala, the daughter of Rodney and Darlene (Luedke) Ford. She graduated from Big Springs High School in 1979. She moved to Greeley, Colo. and was employed with the Cloverleaf Dog Track. Tammy returned to Ogallala in...
Steven Infante
Nov 18, 2017
Steven Infante, 59, of Ogallala, died in his home on November 18, 2017. Steven was born June 4, 1958 in Ogallala, the son of Joe and Maria (Rodriguez) Infante. He attended Brule schools. He began working in construction with his father building houses. In 1981 he became employed with Ness Construction and worked there 25 years. On August 9,...

Luella 'Lucky' Vath
Nov 3, 2017
LuElla 'Lucky' Vath, 76, of Lake McConaughy, died Nov. 3, 2017, in her home near Lake McConaughy. Lucky was born June 6, 1941, in Big Springs, Nebraska to Wayne and Velma (Caldwell) Macklin. She attended Big Springs schools where she was in the marching band playing the drums. On June 7, 1959 Lucky married Walter Vath in Ogallala where...
Jeane A. Perlinger
Oct 23, 2017
Jeane A. Perlinger, 82, of North Platte and formerly of Paxton, died Monday, October 23, 2017, in the Sutherland Care Center. Jeane was born August 30, 1935, in Milwaukee, Wis., the daughter of Jacob and Dorothy (Burger) Aspenleiter. After graduating from Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, she completed several college courses and also worked for the Northwestern Mutual...
David Hebbert
Oct 16, 2017
David Hebbert, 67, lifelong rancher in the Hyannis area, died Monday, October 16, 2017, in Perkins County Hospital of Grant. David Maurice Hebbert was born July 18, 1950, in Alliance, Nebraska, to R.M. Mose and Merla (Rex) Hebbert. He graduated from Hyannis High School in 1968 and then attended junior college in North Platte before transferring to Casper College...
Carroll O. Hardessen
Oct 12, 2017
Carroll O. Hardessen, 98, of Kearney, formerly of Brule, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Brookdale Northridge Assisted Living in Kearney.
Carroll was born on November 25, 1918 at home in Brule, NE to Otto and Sophia (Oeltjen) Hardessen, who both immigrated from Germany in the early 1900s. He graduated from Ogallala High School and...
Melvin G. Johnson
Sep 30, 2017
Melvin G. Johnson, age 96, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. Melvin was born Dec. 7, 1920 to August and Gunda Johnson on the farm near Mohall, North Dakota. Melvin attended schools in Lansford, N.D. In 1942 Melvin became part of the civilian signal core stationed in Eastern...
Donna Rosalee Johnson
Sep 28, 2017
Donna Rosalee Johnson, 89, longtime Brule and Ogallala resident, died Thursday, September 28, 2017 in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Donna was born April 4, 1928 in Arkansas City, KS, the daughter of Burl & Adelia (Hodges) Gillaspie. Donna's family history was traced back to the beginning of our nation and she was a member of the Daughters of the...

Stephen J. Darr
Sep 23, 2017
Stephen J Darr age 63 of Sidney died Saturday Sept 23 at his Lake Mc Conaughy residence at Lemoyne. His obituary may be read by following this link: http://www.holechekfuneralhomes.com/obituary/4386283#serviceinfo Memorial Service for Stephen Darr will be Thursday, Sept. 28, at 11 a.m. in the Holechek Funeral Home with Brenda Tophoj, PMA officiating. Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala is assisting...