Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
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...
Laura Lea Dunning
May 14, 2013
Laura Dunning, 83, longtime Ogallala resident, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Indian Hills Manor. Laura Lea Borm was born January 9, 1930 in Big Springs, Nebr., the daughter of Thomas and Margaretha (Markmann) Borm. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Laura attended school in Big Springs. On July 3, 1950 Laura married Keith Dunning and...
Kent Reimers
May 7, 2013
Kent Reimers, 76, of Arizona City, Ariz., and formerly of Ogallala, died May 7, 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Kent Henry Reimers was born August 9, 1936 in Ogallala., the son of Rudolph H. and Elizabeth (Robacker) Reimers. He attended school in Ogallala, graduating in 1954. Kent married Annette Drost on August 25,...
Gordon "Tex" Hinton
May 7, 2013
Gordon "Tex" Hinton, 87, longtime Keystone resident, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colo. Tex was born August 11, 1925 in Ashby, Nebr., the first son of Alton and Cecil (Dykes) Hinton and the fourth of nine children. He attended Ashby School while working for various local ranches and the railroad during the summers....
Johnny Washa
May 5, 2013
Johnny Washa, Jr., 69, longtime Keith County farmer, died May 5, 2013 in his home. Johnny was born November 27, 1943 in Ogallala, the son of John and Ruthcile (Potter) Washa. He attended rural elementary school and Ogallala High School, earning his GED later. In July of 1965 Johnny married Dorothy Hamer. The couple worked on the family farm...
