Kay Lynn (Madsen) Classen
May 7, 2022
Kay Lynn Classen passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at CHI Health-Good Samaritan in Kearney, Nebraska. Cremation will take place There will be no services held locally.
Doris A. (Anderson) Hughes
Apr 27, 2022
Doris “Dorie” Anderson Hughes, after recently celebrating her 99th birthday at the Rock County Care Center in Bassett, quietly and peacefully passed into her new life on April 27, 2022. Dorie and her late husband “Bill” were married February 8, 1941 and raised their family in the Ainsworth area. Her life was joyfully dedicated to her husband and children –...
Delores K. (Abraham) Stec
Apr 24, 2022
Delores K. (Abraham) Stec passed away in Grand Island, NE at the CHI Health-St. Francis Hospital on April 24, 2022, with her family by her side. Delores, formally of Ainsworth, NE, was the daughter of Dell and Genevieve (Saba) Abraham, born February 19, 1922. Delores attended school in Ainsworth and graduated in 1940. She was very proud of her Lebanese...
Raymond E. Norton
Apr 17, 2022
Raymond Edward Norton was born on the family homestead north of Stuart, NE on January 19, 1933 to Asa E. and Lucy A. (Wilcox) Norton. He was the oldest of 13 children. Ray graduated from Stuart High School in 1950. He served in the United States Army from April 3, 1951 through April 2, 1954 during the Korean War. When...
George Kamas
Apr 15, 2022
Longtime Ainsworth, NE resident George Kamas died at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth on April 15, 2022 at the age of 95 years. Those familiar with his 64 years in Ainsworth knew him as a businessman devoted to his family, a golfer who enjoyed the camaraderie as much as the game and a quick wit with a clever quip...
Dale E. Billings
Apr 11, 2022
Dale E. Billings was born on June 26, 1936 near Norden, NE to Jay Loy Billings and Myrtle Mary (Reynolds) Billings. He attended grade school in Keya Paha county and graduated from Keya Paha County High School in Springview, NE. Dale lived on his parents’ place. He did live in Ainsworth, NE for a few years and then moved to...
Lois I. (Anderson) Groth
Apr 7, 2022
Lois Isabelle Groth of Linthicum, Maryland (formerly of Ainsworth, Nebraska) passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 6:43 AM. She was born on a farm in rural Nebraska about 15 miles northeast of Ainsworth on August 13, 1926, to her parents Hester Anna (Owens) Anderson and George William Anderson. Later she and her parents and sisters lived 20 miles...
Agnes M. (Snyder) Richstein
Apr 7, 2022
Miss Agnes Mae Snyder was born on October 28,1932 to Jesse James and Margaret H. (Zillig) Snyder at the Snyder Homestead near Chain Lake. Agnes and Jesse were born in the same sod house. Grandma Effie assisted with Agnes’ delivery. The Snyder grandparents, Richard and Effie as well as Jess, Margaret and little Agnes moved into a frame house built...
Joseph D. "Joey" Belmont
Mar 13, 2022
Joseph Dale Belmont was born on January 14, 1957 in Anadarko, Oklahoma to Jim and Aloha (Lanz) Belmont. Joey was the youngest of four children. He moved to Nebraska when he was 14, and graduated from Rock County High School at Bassett in 1975. Joey married Bonnie Crist on June 28, 1975 at Ainsworth. They had four children together: Jody,...
Stanley G. Burkinshaw
Feb 26, 2022
Stanley G. Burkinshaw passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022, at his home in Creighton, Nebraska. He was born, May 31, 1932, on a farm three miles south of Jamison, Nebraska. He was the youngest of five children born to Gurdon and Dollie (Goodwin) Burkinshaw. He graduated from Long Pine (Nebraska) High School in 1951. After high school, he joined the...
Jo Ann (Lanz) Babcock
Feb 24, 2022
Jo Ann (Lanz) Babcock was born April 4, 1936, in Stuart, Nebraska, to Fred and Emma (Haug) Lanz. Jo was the youngest of three daughters. She and her sisters had many cousins and spent a lot of time with them. She attended rural grade schools south of Bassett, Nebraska finished grade school in Bassett, and graduated from Rock County High...
Edith M. (Andersen) Keller
Feb 24, 2022
Edith Mae Keller was born September 2, 1924, on the old Magee place south of Johnstown, NE to Jens Gade Andersen and Kirsten (Nielsen) Andersen. She was the third child and the only girl in a family of three brothers: Einar, Elmer and Donovan. Edith started school at the age of four at the 84 South School, west of Ainsworth,...
Edwin R. Brown Sr.
Feb 20, 2022
Edwin R Brown Sr. was born November 5, 1932 to Earl E. and Alice E. (Miller) Brown. He passed away on February 20, 2022 at the age of 89 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, Nebraska. Ed was united in marriage to Tillie Lowe. To this union a daughter, Vonnie was born. He then married Betty Haight on November...
Jerry Lee Caldwell
Feb 12, 2022
HOSKINS – Memorial service for Jerry L. Caldwell, 56, Hoskins, NE will be Monday, February 21 at 10:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Bassett, NE, Pastor Dennis Quigley will officiate at the service. Visitation will be Sunday evening, 2-4 p.m., at the church in Bassett. Burial of cremains will be at Bassett Memorial Park Cemetery. Hoch Funeral Home in...
Helen L (Simons) Townsend
Feb 11, 2022
Helen Louise Townsend went to her home in Heaven on February 11, 2022 at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett. She had been residing there since October of 2020. Helen was born September 11, 1925, at Grandma Cooper’s home in Albion, Nebraska with the help of a midwife. Her parents were Guy and Elta (Cooper) Simons. Her...
Geraldine M. (Dye) Anderson
Feb 8, 2022
Geraldine Maxine (Dye) Anderson was born on January 19, 1933 to Merle and Leola (Davis) Dye in a sod house near Rose, Nebraska. She died on February 8, 2022 at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett, Nebraska. Geraldine graduated from Rock County High School in 1951. On September 10, 1950 she married Lyle (Bud) Anderson at Bassett....
Kathy Jo Woods
Jan 30, 2022
Kathy Jo Woods was born on July 2, 1957 in Bassett, Nebraska to Duane and Esther (Davis) Woods. She was welcomed home by three sisters: Sherrie, Betty and Peggy, and one brother, Kenneth. When Kathy was born they lived north of Newport, Nebraska on the “Martin Place.” When she was two, the family moved into Newport. Kathy attended Newport Grade...
Richard L. "Dick" Gambill
Jan 24, 2022
Richard Lee “Dick” Gambill was born to Kyle and Dorothy (Mink) Gambill on March 12, 1936 in Battle Creek, Nebraska. Dick passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska at the age of 85. Dick attended East Emerick Rural School and graduated from Newman Grove High School. After graduating, Dick continued working on...
Duane C. Keim
Jan 23, 2022
Duane Clair Keim was born July 21, 1932 to Clair and Delores (Lewis) Keim at Ainsworth, Nebraska. He passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 at the age of 89 at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care Center in Bassett, Nebraska. Duane was united in marriage to Donna Rogers on May 19, 1951. To this union was born a daughter,...
Gerald W. "Jerry" Allen Jr.
Jan 19, 2022
Gerald W. Allen Jr. of Ainsworth, NE passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth at the age of 90. Jerry was born in York, NE, on December 2, 1931, the eldest of four children to Gerald and Louise (Terry) Allen. He attended Creighton Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1950. One...
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