Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
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...
Norma Quick
Nov 3, 2014
Norma Quick, 75, longtime Keith County resident, died Monday, November 3, 2014, in her Keystone home. Norma was born May 21, 1939 in Hayes County, Nebr., the daughter of Arno and Mary (Kennedy) Karre. She attended rural school in Hayes County through eighth grade. Norma graduated from St. Patricks Catholic High School in North Platte in 1958. On November...
Dorothy Howard
Nov 2, 2014
Dorothy Howard, 82, longtime Ogallala resident, died Sunday, November 2, 2014, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Dorothy was born September 18, 1932 in Norfolk, Nebr., the daughter of Lawrence and Cora (Seaburg) Rice. As a young child she moved with her family to Scottsbluff. After graduating from Scottsbluff High School in 1951 Dorothy attended the University of Nebr. at...
James "Jim" Thomas
Oct 25, 2014
James "Jim" Thomas, 83, longtime Ogallala resident, died Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Bryan West Medical Center in Lincoln. Jim was born March 7, 1931, in Ogallala, the son of Leon and Emma (Duffey) Thomas. Jim attended schools in Ogallala. In November 1948 he entered the Army and served in the Heavy Weapons Infantry Division in the Korean War....
Andrew "Andy" Biel
Oct 23, 2014
Andrew "Andy" Biel, 38, of Ogallala, died Thursday, October 23, 2014, in Great Plains Health of North Platte. Andy was born August 21, 1976, in North Platte, the son of Robert and Geraldine (Grigsby) Biel. He was raised on the family farm north of Ogallala and was a life long resident of Ogallala. After graduating from Ogallala High School...
Donna Miller Johnson
Oct 17, 2014
Donna Miller Johnson, 77, of Phoenix, Ariz. and formerly of Carson City, Nev., died Friday, October 17, 2014, in her home. Donna was born February 11, 1937, in Paxton, Nebr., the daughter of Silas S. and Edith Gertrude (Mathers) Miller. Donna lived in Nebraska and Wyoming in her early years before moving to California in 1956. Donna married Alvin...
Donna Shafer
Oct 16, 2014
Donna Mae Shafer, 68, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, October 16, 2014, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Donna Mae Shafer was born November 10, 1945 in Lewellen, Nebr., the daughter of Laville and Berniece ( Armstrong) Damon. She grew up on a farm north of Big Spring and graduated from Big Springs High School in 1963. On July 3,...
Melvin Walter Dunn
Oct 7, 2014
Melvin W. Dunn, 79, of Roscoe, died Tuesday, October 7, 2014, in his home. Melvin Walter Dunn was born June 9, 1935, in Elizabeth, Colo., the son of Ernest and Ethel (Peterson) Dunn. He attended public schools in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, graduating in 1953. He moved to Ogallala and began employment with Oltman Motors. Melvin met Carol Davison and...
Russell B. Richardson
Oct 6, 2014
Russell B. Richardson, 70, of Ogallala, died Monday, October 6, 2014, in Great Plains Health of North Platte. Russell was born August 13, 1944, in Burke, So. Dakota, the son of Leon and Twila (Hitchcock) Richardson. He received his early education at Spotted Tail elementary school near Jamison, Nebraska. After graduating from Burke High School in 1962 he attended...
Rosalyn Detwiler
Oct 4, 2014
Rosalyn "Rosie" Detwiler, 71, of Bismarck, ND,and formerly of Big Springs, Nebr., went to be with her Lord Jesus on October 4, 2014 at approximately 7 a.m. due to lung cancer. Rosie was born October 14, 1942 in Lewisburg Ohio to Floyd F. and Viola (Helman) Fraizer. She attended school in Mount Gilead Ohio where she graduated in 1961....
Michael L. Kimberly
Sep 24, 2014
Michael L. Kimberly 76, lifelong Big Springs farmer died September 24, 2014 in Aurora, CO from renal failure due to kidney cancer for 11 years. He was a two time cancer survivor for 12 years with prostate and kidney cancer. In his later years he also battled with Alzheimers. Michael L. Kimberly was born January 14, 1938, in Denver,...
Glen Edward Bassett
Sep 23, 2014
Glen E. Bassett, 64, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Glen Edward Bassett was born September 20, 1950, in Pittsfield, MA, the son of Albert and Phyllis (Knox) Bassett. After graduating from Pittsfield High School in 1968 Glen attended Clarkson College in Potsdam, NY. He then transferred to Syracuse University of New York...
Josh Clinton Annen
Sep 19, 2014
Josh C. Annen, age 24, of Hays Center and formerly of Ogallala, died Friday, September 19, 2014 at Chase County Hospital in Imperial due to an automobile accident. Joshua Clinton Annen was born June 27, 1990, in Ogallala, the son of Jack C. and Della L. (Cudaback) Annen. Josh graduated from Ogallala High School in 2009. He enlisted in...
Fay Ernestine Pahl
Sep 17, 2014
Fay Pahl, 93, formerly of Ogallala, died Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at Linden Court in North Platte. Fay Ernestine Pahl was born May 9, 1921, in Pawhuska, OK, the daughter of Irvin and Edith (Creager) Linton. In 1924 the family moved to Hepler, KS where Fay graduated from high school in 1939. Fay moved to Greenbush, Kansas and in...
Elizabeth "Betty" Spencer
Sep 2, 2014
Elizabeth "Betty" Spencer, 85, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014, in Great Plains Health in North Platte. Betty was born September 10, 1928, in Oshkosh, Nebr., the daughter of John and Mae (Briggs) Real. She attended school in Oshkosh. On March 17, 1950, Betty married Harl H. Spencer in Brule. The couple made their home in Ogallala. She...
Suzanne "Suzi" Peterson
Sep 2, 2014
Suzanne "Suzi" Peterson, 88, longtime Perkins County resident, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014, in Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Suzi was born November 10, 1925, in Pittsburgh, PA, the daughter of Thomas and Kathryn (Young) Higgins. When she was a young child the family moved to Lincoln, NE Suzi attended Hawthorn Elementary School. Later the family moved to...
Albert Claude Stroup
Aug 21, 2014
Albert Claude Stroup Jr., 77, of Ogallala, went to be with the Lord on August 21, 2014, after battling a long illness. Al was born December 28, 1936, in Benkelman, Nebr., the son of Albert, Sr. and Nellie M. (Huggins) Stroup. He attended grade school in Benkleman until the death of his father in 1947. The family then moved...
