Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Beverly Ann French
May 20, 2015
After a joyfully busy life as a rancher's wife, mother, and grandmother, Beverly Cox French went to be with Jesus. Beverly was healed of Parkinson's disease and all ailments on May 20, 2015. Beverly was born October 3, 1938 in Alliance, NE, the daughter of Donald and Donna (Osborn) Cox. Beverly grew up on a ranch homesteaded by her...
Richard 'Dick' Lindauer
May 16, 2015
Richard 'Dick' Lindauer, 82, lifetime Brule resident, died Saturday, May 16, 2015, in his home. Dick was born March 26, 1933, in Ogallala, the son of George and Florence (Barnica) Lindauer. He attended country school through the eighth grade. After graduating from Ogallala High School in 1950, Dick attended Colorado A & M (Colorado State University) in Fort Collins,...
Marilynn J. Glenn
May 7, 2015
Marilyn J. Glenn age 70 of Keystone died Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora Colorado. Marilyn was born August 15th 1944 in McCook, NE to Dorwin and Florence (Murphy) Glenn. In 1954 the family moved to Ogallala where Marilyn attended Ogallala Public Schools, graduating from Ogallala High School in 1962. She attended Northeastern...
Lorna May Wendt
Apr 21, 2015
Lorna May Wendt, 100, of Keystone, died April 21, 2015, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Lorna was born February 5, 1915 on her grandfather's homestead located on the North Platte River. The site is now covered by Lake McConaughy. She was the youngest of three girls born to Charles and Edna (Stansbery) Richards. Following the death of her father...
Joe Toro
Apr 19, 2015
Joe Toro, 86, of North Platte and formerly of Ogallala, died April 19, 2015, in Great Plains Health. Joe Toro was born in Plainfield, NJ on May 23, 1928 to Julian and Euphemia (Guzman) Toro. He moved to Warren Township in 1932, to a converted chicken coop. Joes father had planned to build a house from lumber and windows...
Paul Alexander Sanchez
Apr 19, 2015
Paul Sanchez, 71, longtime Brule resident, entered into eternal life on Sunday, April 19, 2015, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Paul was born April 25, 1943 in Alliance, NE, the son of Paul and Verna (Boyer) Sanchez. He attended Alliance schools, graduating from high school in 1962. Paul was employed as a line technician for TRW/ASC for fifty two...
Doris Pauline Edwards
Mar 29, 2015
Doris P. Edwards age 90 of Ogallala died Sunday, March 29th at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. Funeral Services will be Wednesday April 1st at 10:00 am from the Draucker Funeral Home with the Pastor John Howe of the light House Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 pm central time at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell....
Allen Knott
Mar 5, 2015
Allen "Al" Knott, age 101, longtime resident of Arthur, Nebr., died Thursday, March 5, 2015, in the Sutherland Care Center. Al was born September 27, 1913, at the family farm twelve miles northwest of Albion, Nebr. He was the third child of eight children. In 1936 he traveled from Albion to Grant, Nebr. In August of 1939, he married...
Paula L. Hughes
Mar 2, 2015
Paula L. Hughes, 65, longtime Brule resident, died Monday, March 2, 2015, in Hospice of the Valley at Surprise, Arizona. Paula was born July 15, 1949 in Ogallala, the daughter of Alva "Ab" and Pauline (Hunt) Shultz. Growing up, she enjoyed riding horses and was a member of 4-H. Paula attended school in Ogallala and graduated from Ogallala High...
Esther Elizabeth Holscher
Feb 26, 2015
Esther E. Holscher, 94, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, February 26, 2015, at Indian Hills Healthcare. Esther Elizabeth Holscher was born November 11, 1920 in Jansen, Nebraska, the daughter of Heinrich and Marie C. (Bier) Funkner. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. She received her early education in Jansen. Following her fathers' death in 1930 the...
Darline Evans
Feb 14, 2015
Darline Evans, 77. longtime Ogallala resident, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, in Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Darline was born September 8, 1937 in Oshkosh, the daughter of Harvey and Dorothea (Ray) White. She attended school in Oshkosh. On September 11, 1955, Darline was united in marriage to Pfc Wyatt Evans and the couple resided in Chappell. Darline...
Michael Leon Thomas
Feb 14, 2015
Michael Leon Thomas, 74, of Miami Beach, Florida, and formerly of Brule, Nebr., died February 14, 2015, in New Haven, Conn. Michael was born February 8, 1941, in North Platte, Nebr., the son of Leon and Emma (nee Duffey) Thomas. He graduated from Ogallala High School in 1958 and turned down an appointment to Annapolis to attend University of...
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....
