Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Deborah Lynn Hilliard
May 20, 2024
Deborah Hilliard Obituary Deborah Lynn Hilliard of Kearney, Nebraska was born on March 3, 1958, to Kenneth Ray Johnson and Beverly Ann (Mills) Johnson. After a long battle with breast cancer, she passed away on May 20, 2024. Interment will be beside her son Christopher in the Ogallala Cemetery. Her family moved around Nebraska while she was growing up,...
James K. Cash
May 12, 2024
James Cash Obituary James K. Cash, 61, of Ogallala, passed away on May 12, 2024 at his home in Ogallala, NE. Services are pending at this time. Online condolences may be sent by going to www.drauckerfh.com. Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala is in charge of arrangements
Patricia Ann Engel
May 12, 2024
Patricia Engel Obituary Patricia Ann (Hansmeier) Engel, 87, of Omaha, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2024, on Mothers Day. Pat was born June 15th, 1936 to Carl and Esther (Blomenkamp) Hansmeier in Ogallala, Nebraska. Patricia attended District 22 from 1st to 8th grade and graduated from Ogallala High School in 1953. She continued her education at Kearney State...
Dwight Alan Hatch
May 1, 2024
Dwight Hatch Obituary Dwight Alan Hatch, age 80, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 1, 2024 at his home, surrounded by family. Dwight was born on May 16, 1943 in Stratton, Nebraska to Kelham and Mildred Hatch. He will be remembered as a skilled educator, compassionate counselor, and devoted foster parent, who touched countless lives with...
Delmar Dean Vancura
Apr 29, 2024
Delmar VanCura Obituary Delmar Dean VanCura, 81 of Ogallala, passed away Monday, April 29th, 2024 at Maples of Centennial in North Platte, NE, surrounded by family. Delmar was born April 19th, 1943 to Henry & Lola (Lee) VanCura. Delmar attended Ogallala Public Schools and was a life long Ogallala resident.. Delmar and Deanna Casey were married in Oshkosh, NE...
Thomas J. Bartek
Apr 27, 2024
Thomas Bartek Obituary Funeral Mass: Friday, May 17 at 10 am. Vigil Service: Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 pm. All services are to be held at St Johns Catholic Church, 2500 California Plaza on Creighton Campus. Luncheon will follow Mass, at Sons of Italy Hall, 1238 S 10th Street. Tom was proceeded in death by his wife Gloria, survived...
Eugene Alan Waterman
Apr 21, 2024
Eugene Waterman Obituary Eugene Alan Waterman, age 71, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024, at his home in Ogallala. Eugene was born July 15, 1952, in Grant, NE to Kenneth and Esteline (Lovenburg) Waterman. Eugene grew up in Southwest Nebraska and then moved to Fort Morgan, CO in 1969. After graduating from Fort Morgan High School in 1971, he...
Vicki L Smith
Apr 16, 2024
Vicki Smith Obituary Vicki Lynn Smith,70, of Brule, died Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at her home in Brule, NE. Vicki was born on November 12, 1953, to Neal and Maryann (Schaefer) Smith in Sterling, CO. Vicki graduated from Poudre High School in Fort Collins, CO. She made her home in Fort Collins, CO. and worked at Anheuser Busch from...
Victoria 'Vickey' Shockley
Apr 13, 2024
Victoria 'Vickey' Shockley Obituary It is with profound sadness that the family of Victoria B. Shockley of Paxton, Nebraska, announces her passing on April 13, 2024, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska, at the age of 72. Born to the late Beatrice and Ralf Stephenson in Ogden, Utah on August 11, 1951, Victoria, affectionately known as Vicki,...
Ronald L. Evans
Apr 12, 2024
Ronald Evans Obituary Ronald LeRoy Evans, 70, of rural Lemoyne, passed away on April 12, 2024 at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant, Nebraska. Ronnie, as he was known in his early years, was born in Denver, Colorado to LeRoy Evan Evans and Carol Alice Schou Evans on August 14, 1953. He and big brother, Roger, grew up on...
Sandra 'Sandy' L. Nye
Apr 8, 2024
Sandra 'Sandy' Nye Obituary Sandra Lee (Stark) Nye age 81passed away on April 8, 2024, at her home at Lake McConaughy. She was born August 27, 1942, in Kearney, Nebraska to Glenn and Maryferne Stark. Sandy graduated from Kearney High School in 1960. She received a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Sandy...
Mary Lou Crews
Apr 3, 2024
Mary Lou Crews Obituary Mary Lou Crews, age 84 of Brule died Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Edgewood Memory Care Facility in Grand Island, Nebraska. Mary Lou was born on January 22, 1940, in Brule, Nebraska to James and Ella (Bauer) Comer. She attended Brule schools and graduated from Brule High School in 1957. Mary Lou married Paul D....
Michael J Soper
Apr 3, 2024
Michael Soper Obituary Michael Julius Soper passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the age of 68 at Sedgewick County Health Center in Julesburg, CO. Michael was born August 2, 1955, in Ogallala, NE, to Max and Phyllis Soper. He attended school in Big Springs, NE. Living in the Big Springs community his entire life, he married his...
Leslie F Cline
Apr 2, 2024
Leslie Cline Obituary Leslie F. Cline age 55 of Ogallala died Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at his home in Ogallala. Private family services will be held at a later date. Memorial services for Leslie Frank Cline will be held at The Naper Congregational Church in Naper At 10:30 am, June 29, 2024. With burial at Knoell Crest Cemetery in...
Stephen H. Dowson
Mar 21, 2024
Stephen Dowson Obituary Stephen H. Dowson, 83, passed away peacefully on March 21, at Ogallala Community Hospital. He was born May 29, 1940, in Denver, Colorado, to Harry and Halcyon Dowson. Steve loved Ogallala for the better part of 40 years. Twenty of those coming on weekends and then making it his permanent home 20 years ago. He married...
Rhonda L Yauk
Mar 18, 2024
Rhonda Yauk Obituary Rhonda Yauk, 64 of Paxton, NE, died Monday, March 18, 2024, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE. Rhonda was born August 25th, 1959, in McCook, NE to Harry and Priscilla (Smith) Goosey. She attended schools in North Platte, Nebraska. She then moved to the rural Paxton area where she married Lew Vasquez, SR. and...
Marlin D Spellmeyer
Mar 6, 2024
Marlin Spellmeyer Obituary Marlin D. Spellmeyer, 85, of Ogallala, Nebraska, began his journey with the Lord on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. He passed away surrounded by loved ones at Rocky Mountain Assisted Living in Centennial, Colorado. Marlin was born November 24, 1938, in Elm Creek, Nebraska to Kenneth and Helen (Cepel) Spellmeyer. He graduated in 1956 from Elm Creek...
Phyllis Elaine Bowlin
Feb 24, 2024
Phyllis Bowlin Obituary Phyllis Elaine Bowlin, age 92, of Arthur Nebraska died Saturday, February 24th, 2024, at Perkins County Health Services in Grant, Nebraska. Phyllis was born to Phillip Hild and Elva Bateman Hild on February 24th, 1932 in Niobrara, Nebraska. When she was four years old her brother, Dale, was born. Before Phyllis was four years old, she...
Jeff R Maxwell
Feb 19, 2024
Jeff Maxwell Obituary "Glad Ya got to See Me" Jeffrey Ray Maxwell, was born December 19,1948, left this earth on Monday, February 19,2024. Jeff was born in North Platte, NE to Raymond Weaver and Pauline Ruth (Hora) Maxwell. Jeff attended high school in North Platte, where he met Lucy Ann Dowhower, and they married on August 10, 1969. Jeffs...
Gordon Henry Reichenberg
Feb 13, 2024
Gordon Reichenberg Obituary Gordon Henry Reichenberg of Mitchell, South Dakota, formerly of Sutherland, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at the age of 96. After several months of declining health, Gordon died peacefully at Mitchell Avera Brady Health and Rehab, surrounded by family. Gordon was born in Arthur, Nebraska, on February 14, 1927, to father Henry John...
