Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
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...
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...
