Obituary Listings and Funeral Service Details
Marva Elaine Smith
Jun 6, 2023
Marva Smith Obituary Marva Elaine (Beal) Smith passed away on June 6, 2023, at the age of 93 in Payson, Arizona. Marva was born on May 19, 1930, in Julesburg, Colorado to Omer and Juanita Beal. She attended Brule, Big Springs and Ogallala High Schools in Nebraska. Marva married French Dwayne Smith and together they had five children. Sadly,...
Susan K. Lake
Jun 1, 2023
Susan Lake Obituary Susan Lake, 63, of Grant, Nebraska, died June 1, 2023 after a long battle with on going health issues at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Susan was born on October 17, 1959 to William and Rosemary (Maiefski) Sauer in Ogallala. Susan graduating from Ogallala High School in 1979, she went on to marry Lionel Brown...
Vincent Y Cummings
May 25, 2023
Vincent Cummings Obituary Vincent Y. Cummings age 52 of Lake McConaughy died Thursday, May 25, 2023 at his home on Lake McConaughy. Vincent was born November 5, 1970 in Houston, TX to Jim and Cheryl (Dolph) Cummings. Moving as a young child with his family to Ocean Beach, California for a few years. In 1980 the family moved to...
Joseph Ray Lunsford
May 10, 2023
Joseph Lunsford Obituary Joseph Ray Lunsford, 75, of Brule, NE passed away Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala, NE after a year long battle with lung cancer. Joe was born on December 27th, 1947 to Luther and Rosa Belle (Wilson) Lunsford at the Clinton Indian Hospital in Clinton, Oklahoma. His childhood years were spent in...
Miles Dennis Robertson Jr.
Apr 21, 2023
Miles Robertson Jr. Obituary Miles Dennis Robertson Jr., 68, of Quartzsite, AZ, passed away Friday, April 21st, 2023 in Ogallala, NE. Miles was born in Arkansas City, KS on January 6th, 1955 to Miles and Helen (Punches) Robertson. He was the youngest of eight children. He grew up in Arkansas City and attended school and college there. Miles was...
Shirley Marie Brott
Apr 12, 2023
Shirley Brott Obituary Shirley M. Brott, 96, formerly of Madrid, NE passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 at Linden Court Nursing Home in North Platte, NE. Shirley was born January 13th, 1927 in Madrid, NE to Albert and Laura (Hicks) Price. She was the youngest of five children. Shirley attended Madrid High School, however, she graduated from Raytown,...
Richard Franklin Bowers
Apr 2, 2023
Richard Bowers Obituary Richard Franklin Bowers, 88, of Colorado Springs, CO passed away Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 in Colorado Springs. Mr. Richard Franklin Bowers 'Dick' was born in Center, CO on September 30th, 1934 to Bryan and Florence (Stone) Bowers. He grew up in the San Luis Valley, a farming area of Center, where he completed high school. After...
Kenneth Lee Jewell
Mar 25, 2023
Kenneth Jewell Obituary Kenneth Lee Jewell, 67, of Keystone, NE passed away Saturday, March 25th, 2023 at his home. Kenny was born August 14th, 1955 to Alfred and Shannon (Seter) Jewell. He went to school in Albin, Carpenter and Cheyenne, WY. He spent most of his life in Wyoming. Until recently, when he moved to Nebraska to be near...
August Duane 'Swede' Ervin
Mar 25, 2023
August Ervin Obituary August Duane 'Swede' Ervin, age 99, peacefully passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Swede was born in Keith County, Nebraska, on June 7, 1923 to Harrison and Eva (Chingren) Ervin. Swede graduated from Ogallala High School in 1943. He and Joanne Hillyer were married on August 23, 1944 making their home north of Brule. Swede...
Lawrence C. Smith
Mar 25, 2023
Lawrence Smith Obituary Lawrence C. "Larry" Smith of Houston passed away peacefully March 25, 2023, after a fall at his home a week earlier. He was born to Roger C. and Mildred M. Smith in Omaha, Nebraska on December 17, 1939. After childhood years in Little Sioux and Harlan, Iowa, where his father was a high-school teacher, he moved...
Beverly A. Pollock
Mar 23, 2023
Beverly Pollock Obituary Beverly A Pollock, 86, of Ogallala, passed away Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 at the Bellevue Health Center in Bellevue, NE. She was born June 21, 1936, at Lincoln, the daughter of Glenn A. and Sylvia (Lewis) Buck. In the 1940s, the Bucks bought the Rolling Stone Ranch in Cherry County, although Lincoln continued to be their...
Shirley Jean Rothwell
Mar 12, 2023
Shirley Rothwell Obituary Shirley Jean Rothwell, 93, of Arthur, passed away Sunday, March 12th, 2023 at the Ogallala Community Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born in Rapid City, SD of September 7th, 1929 to Charles and Eva 'Polly' (Perrett) Coleman. Her father worked for the railroad so they moved often, finally settling in Alliance, NE, where she...
Janice Gail Gochenour
Mar 6, 2023
Janice Gochenour Obituary Janice Gail Gochenour, 76, of Arthur, NE passed away Monday, March 6th, 2023 at Imperial Manor in Imperial, NE. Janice was born August 23rd, 1946 to Leonard and Maxine (Cunningham) Davis in Denver, CO. Janice attended Denver Public Schools and graduated in 1964. Janice and David Gochenour moved to Arthur, NE where they both retired in...
Bonnie Lou Nemecek
Mar 1, 2023
Bonnie Nemecek Obituary Bonnie Lou Nemecek, 70, of Lake McConaughy, Nebraska, passed peacefully away surrounded by her family on March 1st, 2023. Bonnie was born on June 9th, 1952 to Charles and Fairy (Tolle) Myers in Kearney, Nebraska. She grew up and graduated from Elm Creek High School in 1970 where she excelled at volleyball, cheerleading and track. She...
Betty Louise Forsstrom
Feb 27, 2023
Betty Forsstrom Obituary Betty Louise Forsstrom, 89, of Ogallala, NE, passed away Monday, February 27, 2023 in Ogallala. She was born March 24th, 1933 in Bayard, NE, to parents Joe and Lela (Meredith) Blackstone. She grew up on the family farm at Bayard and moved to Hemingford, NE where she graduated in 1950. Betty attended Chadron State College that...
Dorothy 'Dot' Maxine Rose
Feb 24, 2023
Dorothy 'Dot' Rose Obituary Dorothy 'Dot' Maxine Rose. 89, of Arthur, NE passed away Friday, February 24th, 2023 at Ogallala Community Hospital. Dorothy was born June 24th, 1933 to Ernest and Elsie (Duskin) Weinel in Alliance, NE. Dorothy attended Alliance Public Schools and worked for a bakery and as a cooks helper. She married Donald Rose at St. John's...
Connie R. Heinis
Feb 13, 2023
Connie Heinis Obituary Connie Rea Heinis, 79, a longtime Ogallala resident, passed away at Azria Health Centennial Park in North Platte, Nebraska on Monday, February 13,2023 surrounded by her loving family. For the last 10 years Connie fought a courageous battle against Alzheimers disease. Connie never missed a moment to smile, giggle, or joke with every stranger that quickly...
Leroy Dale Eichner
Feb 7, 2023
LeRoy Eichner Obituary LeRoy Dale Eichner, 93, of Ogallala, NE passed away Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. LeRoy was born on August 2, 1929 in Ogallala to Herman and Anna (Lunenburg) Eichner. LeRoy grew up on a farm north of Roscoe, NE and attended school in Ogallala. On October 15, 1949 LeRoy married Lois...
Charlotte E. Peterson
Feb 2, 2023
Charlotte Peterson Obituary Charlotte Elizabeth (Liggett) Peterson, age 79, died Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 at Ogallala Community Hospital in Ogallala, NE. Charlotte was born on October 5th, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Robert and Edith (Long) Liggett. Charlotte went to school at Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, WV and graduated in 1961.She later married Samuel Evans and to...
Dennis Dean Rohde
Jan 19, 2023
Dennis Rohde Obituary Dennis Dean Rohde, age 80 , of Ogallala, Nebraska, died on Thursday, January 19th, 2023 at the Imperial Manor in Imperial, NE. Dennis was born March 5, 1942 in Alliance, NE to Otto and Elsie (Garskill) Rohde. He grew up in Alliance and attended school there. Dennis joined the Army on September 13, 1957. He did...
