Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
David Emerald Williams
Jul 31, 2014
David Emerald Williams, 69, of Antioch, IL, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL. David was born March 12, 1945, in Chappell, NE, the son of Brinkley and Bette (Chesmore) Williams. He attended elementary school in Lisco and attended Garden County High School in Oshkosh, NE. At the age of seventeen...
Pauline Armknecht
Jul 31, 2014
Pauline Armknecht, 88, of Omaha and formerly of North Platte and Ogallala, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, in the Hospice House in Omaha. Edith Pauline Armknecht was born August 31, 1925 in North Platte, Nebr., the daughter of Alfred and Enola (Smith) Gordon. She graduated from Ogallala High School in 1944. Pauline received Normal Training and taught country school...
Grace Ford
Jul 24, 2014
Grace Ford, 95, of Ogallala and formerly of Big Springs, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Grace was born October 24, 1918 in Big Springs, the daughter of Earl and Sarah (Rowan) Hoover. She attended Big Springs High School. She was united in marriage to Clyde Ford on July 8, 1934 in Hot Springs, SD....
Viola Riedel
Jul 24, 2014
Viola Riedel, 79, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Viola was born June 3, 1935, in Keystone, the daughter of John and Blanche (Osborn) Leake. The family moved to Arapahoe in 1936 and resided there until 1952 when they moved to Ogallala. In December 1954 Viola married Harold Riedel and the couple...
Charles E. Stumpenhorst
Jul 12, 2014
Charles E. Stumpenhorst, 90, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Charles was born December 26, 1923 in Blue Hill, Nebr., the son of Edward and Rosa (Siebrass) Stumpenhorst. He attended Trinity Parochial School in Blue Hill and graduated from high school in 1942. Charles attended welding school in Omaha and then worked in...
Ralph E. "Geno" Meredith
Jul 12, 2014
Ralph E. "Geno" Meredith, 71, longtime Ogallala resident, died Saturday, July 12, 2014, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Geno was born February 28, 1943, in Ogallala, the son of Ralph and Edithora (DeFord) Meredith. He attended schools in Ogallala, North Platte, and Brule and in Cheyenne, Wyo. Geno then returned to Ogallala and worked various jobs. His interests included...
Dennis Powell
Jul 12, 2014
Dennis Powell, 70, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, August 19, 2014, in Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Dennis was born June 25, 1944 in Grant, Nebr., the son of Sterling and Ella Mae (maiden name: Ray) Powell. He graduated from Grant High School in 1962. Dennis attended McCook Junior College for a year and a half . In 1964 he...
Donald Lee Lage
Jul 10, 2014
Donald Lee Lage, 84, longtime Arthur County resident, died July 10, 2014, at his home. Don was born June 6, 1930, in Omaha, the son of Grant and Frances (Seltz) Lage. He attended elementary school at District 49 in Washington County, Nebr. After graduating from Fort Calhoun High School in 1947 he farmed with his father and did custom...
Alan E. Lewis
Jul 7, 2014
Alan E. Lewis, 51, of Keystone, died Monday, July 7, 2014, at his home. Alan was born September 10, 1962, in Ogallala, the son of Larry and Estalene (Johnson) Lewis. Alan's family moved several times since Larry was a school teacher. Alan attended schools in Brewster, Scotia, Arnold and Plattsmouth. After graduating from high school Alan moved to Axtell...
Hilda D.M. Harris
Jun 19, 2014
Hilda D. M. Harris, 88, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Ogallala Community Hospital. Hilda Doris Margaretha Harris was born August 2, 1925 in Otoe County, NE, the daughter of John H. and Lydia M. (Neemann) Buchholz. She attended elementary school in Otoe and Cass County rural schools. Besides helping on the family farm, Hilda...
Jean Hatterman
Jun 17, 2014
Jean Hatterman, 90, of Ogallala, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in Indian Hills Manor. Lutecia Jean (Barnica) Hatterman, first born child of Harry and Dorothy (Chrisman) Barnica arrived March 21, 1924 in Ogallala, NE. "Jean" attended school in District #1, Ogallala, commuting by bus. The first three years were punctuated by many absences due to all the childhood diseases...
Morris "Moe" Beans
Jun 16, 2014
Morris "Moe" Beans, 75, of Ogallala, died Monday, June 16, 2014, in his home. Morris Eugene Beans was born May 16, 1939 in Denver, Colorado. As an infant, Morris "Moe" moved to Elwood, Nebraska and lived on the family farm with his grandmother and Aunt Ella and Uncle Harry Ihfe. When Moe was twelve years old his mother remarried...
Dean Schow
May 27, 2014
Dean Schow, 69, of rural Paxton, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in the Ogallala Community Hospital after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Dean was born July 12, 1944, in Julesburg, Colorado, the son of William and Ella (Swanson) Schow. He was raised and lived his entire life on the family farm south of Paxton. The 4-H program...
Ronald Barnhill
May 21, 2014
Ronald Barnhill, 62, of Ogallala, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Ron was born September 11, 1951 in Sutherland, Nebr., the son of Ted E. and Edith L. (DeFord) Barnhill. He graduated from Ogallala High School in 1970. Ron was employed with several Ogallala businesses including Armour Sand & Gravel and...
Justin Birge
Apr 25, 2014
Justin M. Birge, 23, of Ogallala, died April 25, 2014, in his home. Justin was born March 13, 1991 in Monroe, Wash., the son of Robert and Lisa (Gustafson) Birge. At the age of twelve, Justin moved with his family to Ogallala. After graduating from Ogallala High School in 2009 he attended Hastings College. Justin joined the National Guard...
Judy Baker
Apr 24, 2014
Judy Baker, 60, longtime Ogallala resident, died Thursday, April 24, 2014, in her home. Judy was born November 7, 1953 in Walsenburg, Colo., the daughter of Vernon and Grace (Nelson) Martin. She attended school in Walsenburg, graduating in 1970. Judy worked at the Walsenburg Nursing Home until she was united in marriage to Don Baker on October 6, 1972...
James Bestol
Apr 20, 2014
James Bestol, 71, longtime Hyannis resident, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, in the Good Samaritan Society of Alliance. Jim was born March 30, 1943, in Long Beach, Cal., the son of Arthur and Alice (Bayliff) Bestol. He received his early education in Long Beach. He moved with his family to Hyannis, Nebr. in 1957. After graduating from Hyannis High...
Marilyn M. Engel
Mar 30, 2014
Former longtime Ogallala resident, Marilyn M. Engel, 87, died Sunday March 30, 2014, at the Life Care Center in Longmont, Colorado. She was born May 21, 1926 in Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Borgen) Bailey. Marilyn attended schools in Wisconsin before moving to Ogallala in 1946. On August 20, 1947, she married Dale Herman Engel. They...
Richard Jehorek
Mar 12, 2014
Richard Jehorek, 68, of Sun City, Ariz. and formerly of Brule, died Thursday, March 27, 2014 in his home after a nine year battle with cancer. Richard was born November 27, 1945 in Ogallala, the son of Leo and Lucille (Coyner) Jehorek. He attended Brule elementary school and Brule High School. Richard was a member of the Brule Huskies...
Raymond Vian
Mar 12, 2014
Raymond Vian, 53, of Big Springs and formerly of Ogallala, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at his home. Ray was born March 23, 1960, in Eugene, Ore., the son of Delva and Irene (Bersley) Vian. As a child Ray moved to Ogallala with his family. He attended Ogallala Public Schools, was active in the Civil Air Patrol, and graduated...
