Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
James I. "Jim" Bowlin
Feb 3, 2015
James I. "Jim" Bowlin, 84, longtime Arthur County rancher, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, in his home. Jim was born December 23, 1930 in Walcott, Arkansas, the son of Roy I. and Rosa Lee (Elliott) Bowlin. He grew up on a farm north of Walcott. When he was 18 he came to Nebraska to pursue his dream of being...
Donald R. Mahaffey
Feb 1, 2015
Donald R. Mahaffey, 77, of Ogallala, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, in the Perkins County Hospital. Don was born June 17, 1937 in Sterling, Colorado, to Clarence A. and Grace (Gardiner) Mahaffey. He attended schools in Sterling, graduating in 1955. On March 16, 1957 at Scottsbluff, Don married Barbara June Colerick of Melbeta. The couple resided in Kimball where...
Ardeath Joyce "Artie" Corfield
Jan 29, 2015
Ardeath Joyce "Artie" Corfield, 82, of Roscoe, died Thursday, January 29, 2015, in her home at Premier Estates Assisted Living in North Platte with family and friends by her side. Ardeath was born April 18, 1932 in a sod house in Arthur, Nebr., where the county property now sits. Her parents were Yearl Sylvester "Art" and Martha Ada (Tillinghast)...
Michael Joe "Mick" Knott
Jan 29, 2015
Michael "Mick" Knott, 63, of Arthur, died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Michael Joe "Mick" Knott was born September 14, 1951 in Albion, Nebraska. He was the oldest of four sons of Joseph J. and Doris Darlene (Fleek) Knott. He graduated from Sargent High School and received his Masters degree in Agromony and...
Diana J. Alcorn
Jan 29, 2015
Diana J. Alcorn, 64, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, January 29, 2015, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Diana was born February 22, 1950 in Monett, Missouri, the daughter of Roy L. and Ludella (Fritz) Conway. In 1956 she moved with her family to Commerce City, Colo. Diana graduated from Adams City, Colorado, High School in 1968. She was united...
Francis Luddington
Jan 9, 2015
Francis Luddington, 95, longtime Ogallala resident, died Friday, January 9, 2015, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Francis was born February 23, 1919, in St. Paul, Nebr., the son of Frank and Terrace (Siegel) Ludington. As a young man he moved to Julesburg, Colo. where he graduated from High School. In 1940 Francis was united in marriage to Gwen Jacobs...
Floyd Miller
Jan 3, 2015
Floyd E. MIller, 86, of Paxton, died Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, after a brief illness. Floyd was born April 5, 1928 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Ernest and Anna Ola (Gordon) Miller. He was raised in the Sandhills north of Paxton. Floyd graduated from Paxton High School in 1947 and worked...
Edward Leroy Vanvelson
Dec 31, 2014
Edward Leroy Van Velson, age 80, longtime Ogallala resident, died December 31, 2014, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Ed was born May 31, 1934 in Brule, the son of Wayne and Jennie (Frerichs) Van Velson. He was baptized June 24, 1934, at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Brule. On March 30, 1947, he was confirmed at St....
Dr. Berl Warner Spencer
Dec 30, 2014
Dr. Berl W. Spencer, 79, beloved husband, father, grandfather and longtime family physician in Ogallala, went home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, after a lengthy illness, at the Englewood Meridian Retirement Home of Englewood, Colorado. Berl Warner Spencer was born January 27, 1935, in Broken Bow, Nebr., the son of Lowell and Ida (Worm)...
Bernard .L. "Red" Ehlers
Dec 20, 2014
Bernard "Red" Ehlers, 95, longtime Ogallala resident, died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Red was born May 5, 1919 in Persia, Iowa, the son of Frederich and Anna (Iwen) Ehlers. The Ehlers family moved to Ogallala to farm when Red was a young boy. Red graduated from Ogallala High School in 1938...
Glen H. Brown
Dec 19, 2014
Glen H. Brown, 87, longtime Ogallala resident, died Friday, December 19, 2014, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Glen was born December 29, 1926, in Ogallala, the son of Dewey and Isa Marie (McVay) Brown. He attended Ogallala schools. He entered the Merchant Marines in 1944. After discharge in 1945 he returned to Ogallala. On January 22, 1946 Glen was...
Vernice Mcshannon
Dec 14, 2014
Vernice Alora Reed McShannon, 81, of Ogallala and formerly of Osmond, NE, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Vernice was born August 27, 1933 in Osmond, Nebr., the daughter of Herman and Emma (Schmidt) Wiese. She attended country school and graduated from Osmond Public School. Vernice was baptized and confirmed in Osmond's Immanuel...
Jean Keep
Dec 7, 2014
Jean Keep, 88, longtime Ogallala resident, died Sunday, December 7, 2014, in Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Survivors include her son Rex (Carolyn) Keep of Edwards, Colo.; and three daughters: Leah Schow of Paxton, Michelle "Mikki" (Mark) Lautenschlager of Loveland, Colo., and Lisa (Tad) Gray of Valley City, Ohio. Three brothers: Wayne Simmerman and Harlan (Kay) Simmerman, all...
Wilma 'Jean' Keep
Dec 7, 2014
Wilma 'Jean' Keep, 88, longtime Ogallala resident, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 7, 2014, in Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Jean was born July 3, 1926 north of Pleasanton, NE. Her parents were Delbert and Lora Simmerman and she was the oldest of six children. During her pre-teen years, the family lived north of Proctor, CO, later...
Sam Gill
Dec 5, 2014
Sam Gill, 82, Big Springs native resident, passed away Friday, December 5, 2014, with his family beside him, in the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo. Sam was born December 3, 1932 in Big Springs, the son of Frank and Amelia (Hassler) Gill. He graduated from Big Springs High School in 1951. He lived his entire life in...
Irma Cornelius
Dec 1, 2014
Irma Cornelius, 99, longtime Ogallala resident, died Monday, December 1, 2014, in Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Irma Ruth Cornelius was born July 12, 1915 north of Roscoe, the daughter of John and Margaretha (Gosch) Hahn. She went to school in Roscoe through the tenth grade. In May 1933 Irma graduated from Ogallala High School. She then was...
Eleanor Mccroden
Nov 29, 2014
Eleanor McCroden, 95, longtime Ogallala resident, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Eleanor was born August 27, 1919, near Valparaiso, Nebr., the daughter of Otto and Emma (Zavodny) Eberhardt. She attended country school in Seward County for five years. She moved with her family to a farm south of Brule in Perkins County. Eleanor completed...
Lucille Cross
Nov 28, 2014
Lucille Cross, 94, longtime Arthur County resident, died Friday, November 28, 2014, at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant, Nebr. Anna Lucille Monhart was born March 15, 1920 at the homestead southeast of Arthur, Nebraska in "Bohemian Valley" to Joseph F. and Winnie F. (Stafford) Monhart. She attended grade school in District 1, graduating from Arthur County High School...
Fae Christensen
Nov 16, 2014
Fae Christensen, 98, longtime Paxton Resident, died Sunday, November 16, 2014, in Southlake Village in Lincoln. Fae Christensen was born November 12, 1916 in Bellevue, the daughter of Carl H. and Eva (Erickson) Traulsen. As a young child she moved with her family to Keith County, Nebr. She began her education in rural School District #29 and graduated from...
John Morris
Nov 7, 2014
John W. Morris, 39, of Ogallala, died Friday, November 7, 2014, in Rising City, Nebraska. John was born November 18, 1974 in Philadelphia, Penn., the son of Wayne E. and Mary M. (Kercher) Morris. As a small child he moved with his mother and brother to Ogallala in 1978. John attended school in Ogallala and obtained his General Equivalency...
