Bruce B. Botsford
Nov 10, 2022
A private family inurnment was held Saturday, October 14, 2023 at the Ainsworth Cemetery for Bruce B. Botsford age 86 of Ainsworth. Bruce Botsford died Thursday (November 10, 2022) at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth. Military honors at the service were conducted by Ainsworth American Legion Post #79. Hoch Funeral Home of Ainsworth assisted with arrangements and online condolences...
Franki L. Biltoft
Nov 9, 2022
Franki Louise Biltoft was born on January 31, 1983, to parents Frank Earl and Kathryn Jo (Hapke) Biltoft of Long Pine, Nebraska. She was the fifth child of this union. At a young age the family moved to Ainsworth, Nebraska. Upon the death of her mother in 1989, her father remarried and she gained another two siblings giving her six...
Ward Gregory "Greg" Felton Jr.
Oct 28, 2022
Ward Gregory Felton, Jr. was born September 2, 1943. Greg passed away on October 28, 2022 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, NE. In 1946 Greg and his older sister Martha were adopted by Ward and Vonda (Slater) Felton. Greg spent his childhood living on the ranch north of Newport, NE. The Felton family moved from the ranch to...
Eileen M. Haugen
Oct 9, 2022
OBITUARY OF EILEEN M. HAUGEN Eileen M. Haugen, age 94, passed away October 9, 2022 at Rock County Long Term Care in Bassett, Nebraska. Eileen was born in Faulkton, South Dakota on September 2, 1928 to Walter and Phoeba Wehler. She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn Haugen, father Walter, mother Phoeba, brother Edward, and adoptive mother Edna...
Larry L Hespe
Sep 28, 2022
Larry L Hespe was born December 11, 1945, to Gus and Mabel (McIntosh) Hespe; their world was never the same. Larry lived life well and to the fullest. He met his first wife, Margaret Hambek, in 1965, and to that marriage, four boys were born; Lance, Luke, Morgan, and Marshall. A busy family he did have, it kept him busy...
Navonne U. S. (Knapp) Haake
Sep 20, 2022
Navonne “Vonnie” Unell Selma Knapp was born on March 11, 1937 in Royal, NE to Harry and Mildred (Erickson) Knapp. She was the oldest child of four, having two sisters, Carol and Gaylene, and one brother, Kirk. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on September 20, 2022 at Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett, NE at the...
John "Jack" F. Callaway
Sep 17, 2022
On Saturday, September 17, 2022, John F. (Jack) Callaway, loving husband and father of three, passed away at the age of 79, at Brown County Hospital. John (Jack) was born August 18, 1943 iOn San Bassett, NE to Connie and Margaret (Bruns) Callaway. After high school he worked for Nebraska Department of Roads, mostly the western part of the interstate,...
Ruth C. (Norlin) Goodrich
Sep 16, 2022
Ruth Christine (Norlin) Goodrich was the only living daughter of Carl Curtis and Francis (Carlson) Norlin. She was born on July 28, 1944, in Chadron, NE and passed away on September 16, 2022, at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, NE. Ruth was the daughter of a Methodist minister and was baptized at the Chadron Methodist Church on October 22,...
Gretchen C. Swinney
Aug 29, 2022
Gretchen C. Swinney, age 68, of Bassett, NE passed away Monday, August 29, 2022, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born August 24, 1954, in Ainsworth, NE to Howard and Leona (Kaufman) Swinney. Gretchen was the eldest of four children. She grew up on a small ranch in Rock County helping her dad with milking cows and feeding...
Rosalie Lucy (De Wachter) Vargason
Aug 19, 2022
R. Lucy (De Wachter) Vargason was born September 12, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium and passed away on August 19, 2022 at Brookstone Acres in Columbus, Nebraska at the age of 97 years, eleven months and seven days. Lucy was united in marriage to Elmer K. Vargason on March 13, 1946 in Brussels where they had a son, Steve. Lucy worked...
Donna L. (Rogers) Keim
Aug 19, 2022
Donna Keim was born June 23, 1932 to Harry and Leota (Jarmin) Rogers at Waco, NE and passed away Friday, August 19, 2022 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth. She attended grade school and high school in Brown County, graduating from Ainsworth High School with the class of 1950. Donna married Duane Keim on May 19, 1951 and to...
Zelda M. (Yenglin) Moore
Aug 9, 2022
Zelda Mae (Yenglin) Moore passed away August 9, 2022 at Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett, NE, at the age of 82 years. She was born on February 22, 1940, to Maford and Aileen (Malone) Yenglin north of Crookston, NE. She joined two sisters, Freda and Mary for several years. The three of them later welcomed a brother,...
Elizabeth A. "Annie" (Bates) Pike
Aug 5, 2022
Elizabeth Ann (Bates) Pike, age 61 of Long Pine, Nebraska, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth. A Private Graveside Memorial Service will be held at a later date in the Evergreen Cemetery at Loup City, Nebraska. Elizabeth was born on December 6, 1960 to Buster Darby Bates and Mary Louise (Bydalek) Bates in...
Carroll Eugene "Gene" Turpin
Jul 27, 2022
Carroll Eugene Turpin was born September 21, 1948 at Valentine, Nebraska to Harold Clinton and Rose C. (Koralewski) Turpin. He died July 27, 2022 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, Nebraska at the age of 73 years. “Gene” was raised in rural Rock County. Growing up, he helped his dad on the farm. He graduated from Rock County High...
David R. Fischer
Jul 12, 2022
A Private Memorial Graveside Service will be held at a later date in the Bassett Memorial Park Cemetery.
George G. Brock
Jul 8, 2022
George Goffery Brock, 78 of Raymond, Mississippi passed peacefully on July 8, 2022 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Mississippi, with family by his side. George, first child of John Edward and Bernadine E. (Trent) Brock born on May 31, 1944 in Taylor (Loup County), Nebraska. George grew up on the Shovel Dot Ranch in Rose, Nebraska, where his family engaged...
Gary George Green
Jun 27, 2022
On the morning of June 27th 2022, Gary G. Green passed away in his home in Bassett, Nebraska at the age of 77 years. Gary was born to Dale and Dorine (Coleman) Green on March 11, 1945 at Kilgore, Nebraska. He was raised in Cody, Nebraska where he grew up ranching with his family and participated in sports and rodeo....
Roger W Keisler
Jun 4, 2022
EULOGY WRITTEN BY LISA KEISLER Roger W. Keisler was born on October 4th, 1968 at Lexington, SC and was taken from us much too soon, on June 4th, 2022 at Ainsworth, Nebraska. There is so much that has happened between those two dates, and there is simply no way I could possibly reiterate the life Roger led today. Roger was...
Garth G. Swett
May 21, 2022
Garth Garrett Swett was born June 14, 1991 in Bassett, Nebraska to Steve and Ellen (Kast) Swett. He died May 21, 2022 at O’Neill, Nebraska at the age of 30. Garth grew up in Long Pine, Nebraska with his two older sisters Amanda “Mandy” (Swett) Turpin and RanDell Swett. From a young age Garth was the “wild child” of the...
Thomas E. Collin
May 13, 2022
Thomas Eugene Collin was born July 13, 1940 at Aitkin, MN to Arthur Eugene and Vera Illeen (Mulvihill) Collin. He passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, NE at the age of 81 years and ten months. Tom grew up in Cloquet, MN. He graduated from Garfield Elementary School there. The family moved to...
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