Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Bonna J. Cerny
Jul 18, 2017
Bonna Jean Cerny, 86, lifetime resident of Arthur County, died July 18, 2017, in Indian Hills Healthcare of Ogallala. Bonna was born January 5, 1931, in Arthur County, the daughter of Adeline (McMullen) and Claude Johnson. She attended school in Keystone and Ogallala. On April 20, 1946, Bonna was united in marriage to Ernest Cerny. They ranched with Louis...
Gerald L. Pounds
Jul 16, 2017
Gerald Lee Pounds, 83, of Ogallala, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Indian Hills Healthcare. Gerald was born November 5, 1933 in Ogallala, the son of Dewey B. and Florence (Boss) Pounds. Gerald graduated from Ogallala High School in 1953. He attended Contra Costa College in Richmond, CA. He then moved to San Francisco and was employed by Wells...
Joan E. Johnson
Jul 7, 2017
Joan 'Jo' Johnson, 86, of Lemoyne, peacefully passed away in her home on July 7, 2017 with her daughters by her side. Jo was a devoted wife to Robert 'Bob' Johnson and they were long time residents of Lemoyne, Nebraska over 40 years. Jo was born in Liverpool, England where she met Bob and they moved to the States...
Carol Kay Mcclung
Jul 2, 2017
Carol "Kay" McClung, the daughter of Leland E. and Pauline (Mumm) Forell was born on October 31st 1939, at their farm home in Garden County. She grew up on a farm in the Goodview community and attended Goodview Consolidated School and graduated from Lodgepole High School in 1957. She attended Kearney State College where she was a member of...
Carol Lynn Morrell
Jul 2, 2017
Carol Lynn Morrell, 67, longtime resident of Arthur, died Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Indian Hills Manor of Ogallala. Carol was born November 10, 1949, in Casper, Wyoming, the daughter of Leonard M. and Leila Mae (Tribble) Myhre. She was the second of four children. Carol grew up in Midwest, WY, attended Midwest High School and received her GED...
Ronald William Carr
Jun 28, 2017
Ron Carr, Sr., 86, lifetime South Whitman rancher, died June 28, 2017, in Perkins County Health in Grant, Nebraska. Ron was born June 15, 1931, in Whitman, NE the son of Eslie and Violet (Moran) Carr. He attended Mullen schools and graduated from Mullen High School in 1949. On June 3, 1951 Ron was united in marriage to Shirley...
Dean F. Dack
Jun 19, 2017
Dean F. Dack, 74, of Paxton, died June 19, 2017, in the University of Nebraska Med. Center in Omaha. Dean F. Dack was born November 12, 1942 in McCook, Nebraska to Clyde F. and Grace Marie (Grafel) Dack. On December 30, 1961 Dean was united in marriage to Vesta Smith in McCook, Nebraska where they made their home prior...
Dennis D. Dahnke
Jun 13, 2017
Dennis D. Dahnke, 68, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in his home. Dennis, was born on June 26, 1948 in Stratton, Nebraska to Bob and Mary Ellen Dahnke. He grew up in the Stratton, NE area and datended Stratton Schools. Dennis moved to Ogallala where he worked for TRW then ASC for 41 years before he retired...
Debra Kezar
Jun 12, 2017
Debra Kezar, 58, of Arthur, died June 12, 2017, in her home. Debra was born December 14, 1958 in Kadoka, South Dakota, the daughter of Lloyd and Joan (Hansen) Pritchard. She received her education in Kadoka schools. Debra met Terry Kezar in Kadoka and were married January 4, 1976. The couple worked on several ranches in South Dakota and...
Robert E. Gimer Sr.
Jun 12, 2017
Robert E. Gimer, Sr., 81, of Lake McConaughy, died June 12, 2017, in his home. Cremation was chosen. The Memorial Service will be Thursday, June 29, at 10 a.m. in Draucker Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Baldwin of the Paxton United Methodist Church will officiate. Online condolences may be sent by signing the Guest Book. Tthe Service will be live...
Maida Lindley Blackman
May 31, 2017
Maida Lindley (Blackman) Armstrong, beloved wife, mother, sister and aunt, let go of her pain and suffering on May 31, 2017, and went to a better place. Her husband of 55 years, Martin R. Armstrong, was at her bedside and stayed with her as she slipped away. Maida was born on September 6, 1942, in Santa Rita, New Mexico,...
Lamoin Meyer
May 28, 2017
LaMoin Meyer, 88, lifetime Perkins and Keith County farmer, died May 26, 2017, at his home.LaMoin was born September 27, 1928, south of Brule, Nebraska the son of Henry and Minnie Meyer. He attended country school district 17, as well as, Grant and Ogallala High schools.He attended Southeast Community College Vo-Tech at the Milford Campus in Milford, Nebraska, in...
William 'Bill' H. Biel
May 20, 2017
William 'Bill' Henry Biel, 72, of York, Nebraska, formerly of Ogallala, Nebraska and Colby, Kansas, went peacefully to his heavenly home on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln. Bill was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 19, 1944 to Elmer and Anita (Sass) Biel. He was raised in Ogallala Nebraska on the family farm...
Daniel Lee Austin
May 2, 2017
Daniel Lee Austin, 66, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Daniel was born April 13, 1951 in Denver, Colo., the son of Robert L. and Joyce (Aumiller) Austin. He attended Paxton schools, as well as, St. Charles School in Stratton, Colo. and Julesburg Public School. He graduated from Paxton High School in 1969....
Dean Simpson
Apr 7, 2017
Dean Simpson, age 83, of Yucca Heights of Lake McConaughy passed away on Friday April 7, 2017 at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant . Dean Simpson was born on May 24th, 1933 to Alva and Pearl (Robinson) Simpson. He grew up on the family ranch attending the rural grade school and is a 1950 graduate of Arthur County...
Shirley Finch
Mar 24, 2017
Shirley Finch, 89, of Paxton, died Friday, March 24, 2017, in her home. Shirley was born December 18, 1927, in Sutherland, Nebraska, the daughter of George and Pearl (Kirkpatrick) Tridle. After graduating from Paxton High School in 1945, Shirley attended Midland Nebraska Community College. She returned to Paxton and was employed with Goodalls in Ogallala for several years. In...
Edna Louise Beard
Mar 9, 2017
Louise Beard, 91, of Holyoke, Colorado and formerly of Big Springs, Nebraska, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Colorado.
Edna Louise Beard was born June 28, 1925, in Barber, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles and Alta R. Stice.
Preceding her in death was her husband Johnnie...
Marvin E. House
Mar 4, 2017
Marvin E. House, 85, longtime Brule resident, died Saturday, March 4, 2017, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Marvin was born February 22, 1932 in Alliance, Nebr., the son of Roy and Faye (Hunsaker) House. Marvin attended Lakeside School through the tenth grade. After graduating from Arthur High School in 1950 he moved to Denver. On July 11, 1951 Marvin...
Gerald 'Bud' Mccolloch
Mar 1, 2017
Gerald "Bud" Leroy McColloch, 90, longtime Ogallala resident and former businessman, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Aurora Medical Center, in Aurora, Colorado. Bud was born April 16, 1926, in Brule, Nebraska, the son of Clyde and Nina (DePue) McColloch. He grew up in Brule Nebraska and graduated from Brule High School in 1944. After high school, he...
Bennett Harold Hille
Feb 21, 2017
Bennett Harold Hille, newborn son of Matt and Katie (Verbeck) Hille of White Lake, So. Dakota, died February 21, 2017, in the Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, So. Dakota. Survivors include his parents, Matt and Katie Hille, one sister Grace and one brother Henry, all of White Lake, So. Dakota; grandmother Cindy Koch Hille of North Platte...
