Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Edward Voda
Sep 23, 2013
Edward Voda, age 82 of Ogallala, passed away Monday evening, September 23, 2013 at the Green Acres Care Center in Amboy, Illinois. Edward was born September 27, 1930 in Wauneta, Nebraska, son of Adolf and Bertha (Tepley) Voda. After graduating from Wauneta High School in 1949 he received a scholarship to attend the University of Nebraska and played football...
Mary Ruth Fowler
Sep 22, 2013
Mary Ruth Fowler, 96, of Ogallala, died September 22, 2013, in Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Mary Ruth was born November 9, 1916, in Warrington, Indiana, the daughter of William and Lena (Overman) Albea. After graduating from Indiana Central College she taught high school and middle school vocal music and English in Indianapolis. She was united in marriage...
Norman Lovell Kracke
Sep 18, 2013
Norman Kracke, 89. of Ogallala, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 in Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. Norman Lovelle Kracke was born July 11, 1924 in Dewitt, Nebr., the son of Emil and Gertrude (Ulrich) Kracke. In 1932 the Kracke family moved to a farm northwest of Big Springs, Nebr. They survived the depression and the drought...
Kandace Hazen
Sep 14, 2013
Kandace Hazen, 49, of Brule, died Saturday, September 14, 2013, at her home. Kandace was born August 26, 1964 in Ogallala, the daughter of George and Norma (Smith) Kurkowski. She graduated from Ogallala High School in 1983. On June 10, 1983 Kandace married Lynn Hazen in Ogallala. The couple made their home in Brule. She was employed as a...
Regina Moore
Sep 7, 2013
Daniel Canfield, 57, of Ogallala, died Thursday, September 5, 2013 in Bryan LGH Medical Center East in Lincoln. Dan was born December 24, 1955 at Olympia, Wash., the son of Jack and May (Stiltner) Canfield. After graduation from Ogallala High School he was employed in the restaurant and bar business. He entered the Navy on April 5, 1974 and...
Daniel Canfield
Sep 5, 2013
Daniel Canfield, 57, of Ogallala, died Thursday, September 5, 2013 in Bryan LGH Medical Center East in Lincoln. Dan was born December 24, 1955 at Olympia, Wash., the son of Jack and May (Stiltner) Canfield. After graduation from Ogallala High School he was employed in the restaurant and bar business. He entered the Navy on April 5, 1974 and...
Virginia Patterson
Aug 23, 2013
Virginia Patterson, 93, of Ogallala, died Friday, August 23, 2013. in Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Virginia was born October 26, 1919, in North Platte, the daughter of Samuel and Ona (Severns) Hilliard. After graduating from high school in Wilcox, Nebr., she attended cosmetology school in Omaha. She was a homemaker and later was employed as a dietary...
Wendell Mears
Aug 13, 2013
Wendell Mears, 88, longtime Ogallala resident, died Sunday, August 4, 2013, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Wendell Bailey Mears was born October 6, 1924 in Kearney, the son of Clarence C. and Alice (Bailey) Mears. He attended Kearney schools, graduating from Longfellow High School in 1942. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Education degree from Kearney State College...
Meredith Adkins
Aug 4, 2013
Meredith Adkins, 84, former Ogallala businessman, died Sunday, August 4, 2013, in Grace Pointe Assisted Living in Greeley, Colo. Meredith was born July 30, 1929 at Spencer, Nebr., the son of Ray and Mary (Shaw) Adkins. He received his early education in Madison. Upon graduation from Madison High School in 1947, he was employed by the Nebr. Game Commission....
Billy Dahlgrin
Aug 4, 2013
Billy Dahlgrin, 81, longtime Ogallala resident, died Sunday, August 4, 2013 in the Golden Living Center in Scottsbluff. Billy Gene Dahlgrin was born September 13,1931, in Gordon, Nebr., the son of Loyal and Vernice (McCray) Dahlgrin. He received his early education at Rockford Country School, south of Merriman. In 1949 he graduated from Merriman High School. He then was...
Irl Cole
Jul 24, 2013
Irl Cole, 77, longtime Brule resident, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013, in Denver Health Medical Center. Irl Darlene Cole was born October 22, 1935 in Ogallala, the daughter of Howard and Lena (Harms) Dresslar. She was raised on the family farm near Brule and graduated from Brule High School in 1953. On April 28, 1957, she married the love...
Agnes Caudy
Jul 18, 2013
Agnes Caudy, age 100, of Lincoln and formerly of Ogallala, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, in her home. Agnes was born March 10, 1913 in Prague, Nebr., to Frank and Francis (Camek) Vasa. She was the youngest of eight children. Her parents moved to Arthur County, Nebr., where they homesteaded. Agnes attended country school in Arthur County. After the...
Gladys Judd
Jul 14, 2013
Gladys Judd, 91, of Oshkosh & Lewellen, and formerly of Ogallala, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, in Garden County Health Services in Oshkosh. Gladys was born August 14, 1921 in Rapid City, So. Dak., the daughter of William and Eva (Soloman) Dockendorf. She attended schools in Rapid City and Rockerville. On September 1, 1937 Gladys was united in marriage...
Vivian Blair
Jul 1, 2013
Vivian Blair, 81, longtime Ogallala resident, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Vivian was born December 25, 1931, on the family farm south of Roscoe. Her parents were Martin and Jessie (Bills) Riedel. She attended rural schools. On May 22, 1959 Vivian married Earl Blair. The couple lived in Ogallala and were the owners and...
Marjory Hayford
Jun 24, 2013
Marjory Hayford, 95, of Grant and formerly of Ogallala, died Monday, June 24, 2013, in Perkins County Community Hospital. Marjory Elizabeth Hayford was born September 6, 1917 at Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Philip and Darlene (Hydeman) Gotobed. She received her education at Kearney High School and Kearney State Teachers College. Marjory taught elementary school in Bremerton, Washington;...
Patricia "Pat" Brogan
Jun 20, 2013
Patricia "Pat" Brogan, 88, of Aurora, Colo., and formerly of Keystone, Nebr., died Thursday, June 20, 2013 in her home. Pat was born December 4, 1924, in North Platte, Nebr., the daughter of Michael and Genevieve (Backes) Murray. She was raised in Cheyenne, Wyo. and attended St. Mary's High School for three years. Pat transferred to St. Patricks High...
Jarvis Millikin
Jun 2, 2013
Jarvis Millikin, 94, longtime Brule businessman, died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Indian Hills Healthcare Community. Jarvis was born November 10, 1918 in Axtell, Nebr., the son of Roy and Esther (Anderson) Millikin. He attended elementary school in Middle Vale School south of Brule. After graduation from Brule High School Jarvis was drafted into the Army in July 1942....
Helen M. Teall
May 31, 2013
Helen M. Teall, 64, of Brule, died Friday, May 31, 2013, at her home. Helen was born June 19, 1948 in Imperial, Nebr., the daughter of Harvey H. and Della (Fisher) Stohler. After graduating from Madrid High School in 1966 she attended Beauty College in North Platte. After graduation she worked as a hairdresser for several years. On March...
Ruth "Kitty" Tilley
May 31, 2013
Ruth "Kitty" Tilley, 68, of Grant, passed away quietly on Friday, May 31, 2013 in the Ogallala Community Hospital, due to complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Ruth was born August 14, 1944 in Palatka, Flor., the daughter of Greig and Marjorie Richardson. After high school graduation in Lompoc, Cal. she attended college in Santa Barbara. On February 12, 1968 Ruth...
Jake Cross
May 15, 2013
Jake Cross, 98, lifetime Arthur rancher, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013,in his home. Jean "Jake" Cross was born July 1, 1914 on the family Kincaid homestead in Arthur County. His parents were Henry and Lillian (Golzio) Cross. After the death of Lillian, Jake and two brothers were raised by their maternal grandparents. He attended Arthur County District 7 School...
