Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
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...
Lissa F. Macarow
Jan 16, 2016
Lissa F. Macarow, 90, of Ogallala, died Saturday, January 16, 2016. Lissa was born June 19, 1925, in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Walter and Mary (Watroba) Tallman. In 1933 the family moved to southern California where Lissa attended school. After graduating from high school in South Gate, Cal. Lissa worked various jobs in that area. Lissa was...
Gwynneth E. Stumpenhorst
Jan 16, 2016
Gwynneth E. Stumpenhorst, 89, of Ogallala, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. She was born December 24, 1926, in Boone, IA., the daughter of M.J. and Ferne (Richards) Heldt. Gwynn lived in Ogden, Iowa until 1943 when her family moved to Boone, Iowa. After graduating from high school in 1944 she attended Coe College in...
Martha Opal Wilson
Jan 9, 2016
Martha Opal Wilson, 76, of Arthur, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Martha was born September 27, 1939, in Valentine, Nebraska, to John 'Jack' and Opal (Clark) Bennett. She grew up south of Cody on the family ranch near the Niobrara River and attended grade school and high school in Cody, graduating in...
Max Alfred Towell
Jan 6, 2016
Max Towell, age 94, of Ogallala died January 6th, 2016, at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. Max Alfred Towell was born January 3, 1922 in Midvale, Idaho. His grandparents were among the original settlers who moved out west on the Oregon Trail, settling in Idaho in the 1800's. The youngest of eight children, Max attended school in Midvale...
Shirley Frerichs
Dec 31, 2015
Shirley Frerichs, 82, of Ames, Iowa and formerly of Denver, Colorado, died Thursday, December 31, 2015, in the Israel Family Hospice in Ames, Iowa.
Shirley was born December 29, 1933 in Pukwana, South Dakota, the daughter of Peter and Gladys (Stahnke) Ommen. She graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1952. She then moved to Denver,...
Sylvia V. Porter
Dec 12, 2015
Sylvia V. Porter, age 100, of Ogallala, died Saturday, December 12, 2015, in her home. Sylvia was born June 29, 1915, in Central City, NE, the daughter of George and Evalina (Allen) Cook. When Sylvia was a young child the family moved to the Brule and Big Springs area where they farmed. Later she resided in Julesburg, CO and...
Don Thompson
Dec 9, 2015
Don Thompson, 81, lifelong Ogallala resident, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, in his home. Don was born May 14, 1934, in Arthur County, Nebaska., the son of Herbert and Virginia (Hawkins) Thompson. He attended Arthur Public School and then graduated from Ogallala High School in 1953. Don worked various jobs in the area. In 1955 Don was united in...
John 'Jack' D. Aspden
Nov 19, 2015
John 'Jack' Aspden, 76, of Lewellen, died Thursday, November 19, 2015, in his home. Jack was born March 1, 1939, in Mitchell, NE, the son of Warren and Velma (Donovan) Aspden. John attended school in Alliance. In 1957 Jack was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Lois Loree Kingry. The couple moved to Denver where Jack was...
Irene V. Stierwalt
Nov 17, 2015
Irene V. Stierwalt, 55, of Ogallala, died November 17, 2015, in Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Irene was born July 26, 1960 in Warsaw, New York, the daughter of August and Joyce (Easterly) Gerwitz. She attended schools in Warsaw. She married Earl Wray, Sr. in New York and they later divorced. She moved to Lincoln in 1983 and worked...
Mary Eileen Lovenburg
Nov 14, 2015
Mary Eileen Lovenburg, 87, formerly of Ogallala, died Saturday, November 14, 2015, in Park Ridge Assisted Living in Grant. Eileen was born May 12, 1928, in Brule, the daughter of Robert A. and Francis (Hunter) Strong. Eileen graduated from Brule High School in 1945. In July she was united in marriage to George F. Richter. The couple was married...
David D. Finley
Nov 9, 2015
David D. Finley, 50, of Sutherland and formerly of Ogallala, died November 9, 2015, in Great Plains Health of North Platte. David was born May 3, 1965, in Ogallala, the son of Delbert and Sandra (Wilcox) Finley. He attended Ogallala schools. In 1982 David enlisted in the Army and attended culinary school. In 1990 he returned to Ogallala where...
Duane Carl Olson
Oct 21, 2015
Duane Olson, 50, of Syracuse, Kansas and formerly of Ogallala, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015, as the result of a truck accident near Hugo, Colo. Duane Carl Olson was born March 5, 1965, in Ogallala, Nebr. He was the second child of Delmore and Frances (Deen) Olson. He attended Ogallala schools, graduating in 1983. Duane was involved in wrestling...
