Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Viola 'Blondie' May Vasa
May 12, 2016
Viola 'Blondie' Vasa, 88, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, May 12, 2016, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Viola May Vasa was born September 2, 1927, in Chappell, NE., to Walter and Anna (Miller) Boyce. Viola "Blondie" attended rural schools in Garden and Arthur Counties. She attended Arthur County High School through the eleventh grade before moving to Denver to...
Larry Woken, Jr.
May 10, 2016
Larry Woken, Jr., 86, of Ogallala and formerly of Bushnell, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Great Plains Health in North Platte. Larry was born August 13, 1929, in Aneta, North Dakota, to Ethel (Bruhn) and Larry Woken, Sr. After his father's death, the family moved to Minnesota in the early 1930's. Larry moved to Nebraska in 1954. He...
Alice 'Jeannie' Jean Thompson
May 5, 2016
Alice Jean Thompson, 86, of Ogallala, died Thursday, May 5, 2016, after a short illness at the Ogallala Community Hospital. Jeannie was born in Wichita, Kan., on May 26, 1929 and grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas. Jeannie married Wendell Deane Thompson in 1948. Deane and Jeannie and their children moved to Nebraska in 1956 before moving to Colorado...
Thomas 'Tj' Howard Jarvis
May 5, 2016
Thomas 'T.J.' Jarvis, 67, of Grand Island, died Thursday, May 5, 2016, in the Grand Island Vets Hospital. Thomas Howard Jarvis was born July 10, 1948, in Salamanca, New York, the son of Howard and Opal (Wymer) Jarvis. He entered the Marine Corps on August 31, 1966. He served two tours in Vietnam leaving with an honorable discharge in...
Jimmy Wayne O'Brien
May 4, 2016
Jimmy W. O'Brien, 67, of Ogallala, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Jimmy Wayne O'Brien was born December 14, 1948, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of Obbie and Agnes (Kalisek) O'Brien. He graduated from W B Ray High School in Corpus Christi. Jimmy was drafted into the Army and served from March 24, 1966...
Pearl R. Hanson
May 3, 2016
Pearl Ruby Gorvin Hanson passed away peacefully May 3, 2016 in Ogallala, Neb., after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. She was 79. Pearl was born June 30, 1936 in Lesterville, S.D., to Roy and Alta (Sayler) Hermann. She graduated from Scotland (S.D.) High School in 1954 and attended Ancker Hospital School of Nursing in St. Paul, where she...
Edward Herman Knapp, Jr.
Apr 24, 2016
Edward H. Knapp, Jr., 92, longtime Ogallala resident, died Sunday, April 24, 2016, in the Sutherland Care Center. Edward Herman Knapp, Jr. was born in Madison County, Nebraska on September 30, 1923, the son of Edward Knapp, Sr., and Linda Nathan Knapp. He attended St. Johns Lutheran School at Green Garden in Madison County and later graduated from Madison...
Kenneth Ryle Blue
Apr 19, 2016
Kenneth R. Blue, 84, longtime Ogallala resident, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Sutherland Care Center. Kenneth Ryle Blue was born September 2, 1931, in Omaha, Nebr., the son of Ely and Elsie (Wilder) Blue. The family moved to Ovid, Colo. when Ken was five years old. He attended schools there and also worked on area farms. He entered...
Roselea Lamar Swanson
Apr 17, 2016
Roselea Lamar Swanson, 88, lifelong Arthur resident, went to her home in heaven on April 17, 2016, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community in Ogallala. Roselea was born August 5, 1927, in a sod home in northwest Arthur County, Nebraska.. the daughter of Roy and Myrtle (Young) Morrell. She moved with her family into Arthur at the age of nine...
Paul F. Brown
Apr 15, 2016
Paul F. Brown, 59, of Ogallala, died Friday, April 15, 2016, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Paul was born December 25, 1956, in Bennington, Vermont, the son of William and Ann (Cavin) Brown. He was raised in New York. He served in the United States Army from March 29, 1977 to December 27, 1978. Paul resided in Gurley, Nebraska...
Mark Wilkens
Apr 10, 2016
Mark Wilkens, 65, of Ogallala, died April 10, 2016, in his home. Mark was born February 9, 1951 in North Platte, NE. At the age of 9 months he was adopted by his parents Leonard and Phylis Wilkens of North Platte. He was raised south of North Platte and attended a one room country school. He graduated from North...
Wayne 'Tuffy' Barent
Apr 7, 2016
Wayne 'Tuffy' Barent, 84, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, April 7, 2016, in Perkins County Health Services in Grant, Ne. Wayne was born April 4, 1932 in Seneca, Nebr., the son of John and Inez ( Smith) Barent. Tuffy attended District 66 School. After graduating from high school in Mullen he attended Chadron State College. At the end of...
Frank Frederick Marsh
Mar 29, 2016
Frank F. Marsh, 84, lifelong resident of Arthur County, died March 29, 2016, in his home. Frank Frederick Marsh was born November 14, 1931 in rural Arthur County, Nebr., the son of Ira and Ida (Corlberg) Marsh. He received his education at the Arthur Schools. He entered the United States Navy in 1950 and served in the Korean War....
Larry G. Dunwoody
Mar 18, 2016
Larry G. Dunwoody, 74, lifelong Ogallala resident, died Friday, March 18, 2016, in Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Larry was born Dec. 21, 1941 in Ogallala, the son of John and Marjorie (Cooney) Dunwoody. He attended Ogallala public schools. He was drafted into the Army on April 21, 1964 and was stationed in Frankfort, Germany. After discharge on April 5,...
Ruth L. Greene
Mar 9, 2016
Ruth L. Greene, of Ogallala, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Ruth grew up in Denver, CO and graduated from West High School in 1955 with honors. She played the cello and was involved in many school activities. She enjoyed spending summers in Akron, CO with her grandparents on their farm. She met Carroll E....
Walter 'Bud' Sauer
Mar 7, 2016
Walter 'Bud' Sauer, 83, lifetime Ogallala resident, died Monday, March 7, 2016, in Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Bud was born March 2, 1933 in Brule, Nebraska, to Alfred and Opal (Jenkins) Sauer. He attended school in Roscoe. On February 17, 1957 he was united in marriage to Phyllis Joan Sandquist in Ovid, CO. Bud's first job was...
Deborah Diane Redden
Feb 11, 2016
Deborah Diane Redden, 56, of Ogallala, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016, in the Lancaster Manor in Lincoln, NE, after a long battle with cancer. Deb was born February 26, 1959 in Ogallala, the daughter of Robert and Nellie (Kaiser) Ogg. She graduated from Chappell High School in 1977. On March 15, 1981 Deb was united in marriage to...
Velma Louise Morrow
Jan 29, 2016
Velma Morrow, 95, of Ogallala, died Friday, January 29, 2016, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Velma Louise Morrow was born November 26, 1920, at Sarben, Nebraska, the daughter of Samuel and Julia (McConnell) Zimmerman. Until 4 1/2 years of age she lived with her parents at the Kinkaid home north of Big Springs. In 1925 the family moved to...
Barbara K. Hahn
Jan 29, 2016
Barbara K. Hahn, 72, of Paxton, died Friday, January 29, 2016, at the Blue Valley Lutheran Care Home in Hebron, NE following a long battle with Alzhiemer's Barb was born October 26, 1943 in Hastings, the daughter of Lawrence and Matilda (Schutte) Erthum. The family moved to Ogallala when Barb was a child. She graduated from Ogallala High School...
Connie L. Brown
Jan 21, 2016
Connie L. Brown, 63, of Lemoyne, died Thursday, January 21, 2016, in her home. Survivors include her husband Larry Brown of Lemoyne, two sons Robert (Lisa) Duba of Denver, Colo. and Michael (Victoria) Brown of Gilcrest, Colo.; one daughter Gretta Duba of Longmont, Colo.; a brother Robert Smith of Aberdeen, So.Dak.; and two sisters Nancy (William) Crow of Lemoyne...
