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Martha E. Frew

Martha E. Frew

Jan 26, 2021

A Memorial Graveside Service for Martha E. Frew age 98 of Ainsworth will be held on Saturday, (April 24, 2021) at 11:00 AM at the Norden West Cemetery in Norden, Nebraska. Martha Frew died Tuesday, (January 26, 2021) at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth. Those wishing to send memorials, they can be made to the family in her name.

Wayne S. Spud" Bower

Wayne S. Spud" Bower

Jan 15, 2021

Wayne Sylvester Bower was born on December 4, 1936 to Darrel S. Bower and Lois (Best) Bower at the Ainsworth Hospital. He passed away January 15, 2021 at age 84 from complications of Covid-19 and heart failure at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth. Wayne attended school in Ainsworth, Nebraska and graduated with the class of 1955. After graduation from...

Nancy Sue (Orsborn) Gable

Nancy Sue (Orsborn) Gable

Jan 8, 2021

Nancy Sue (Orsborn) Gable, formerly of Long Pine Nebraska, passed away on January 8, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society Village in Loveland, Colorado, 21 days shy of her 90th birthday. Nancy was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana on January 29, 1931 as the 2nd child of Ingrid Arline (Challgren) Orsborn and Forrest Maynard “Monte” Orsborn. She would tell a story...

Dora E. (Ricedorff) Scott

Dora E. (Ricedorff) Scott

Jan 8, 2021

Dora Elizabeth Ricedorff was born to Burr Clifton and Eileen Eleanor (Provost) Ricedorff on December 24, 1922 in Wood Lake, Nebraska, the youngest of three children. She passed away on Friday, (January 8, 2021) in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 98. Dora grew up in Chadron, Nebraska and graduated from Chadron High School in 1940. She attended Chadron State...

Betty J. (Woods) Grebenc

Betty J. (Woods) Grebenc

Jan 3, 2021

Betty J. (Woods) Grebenc was born October 3, 1930 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to John Woods and Mable (Denton) Woods. Betty passed away at the age of 90 at her home on January 3, 2021. Betty married Ralph Lehn Sr. to which three children were born; David, Carol and Ralph Jr. and were later divorced. She later married Anthony Grebenc and...

Margaret E. "Marg" (Hollopeter) Kinney

Margaret E. "Marg" (Hollopeter) Kinney

Jan 2, 2021

Margaret Ellen “Marg” (Hollopeter) Kinney was born on July 21, 1935 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to John J. and Mildred A. (Belcher) Hollopeter of Elsmere, Nebraska. She had one sister, Betty and two brothers, Bill and Dewey. Marg resided on the family ranch until she began high school. While in high school, she was hired on as a switchboard operator at...

Faye L. (Blake) Buoy

Faye L. (Blake) Buoy

Dec 30, 2020

Faye Lauvon (Blake) Buoy, daughter of Edward Ellsworth Blake and Gladys June (Robinson) Blake was born May 31, 1932 at home in rural Rock County, NE. Mary Finnegan Stout, midwife and nearby neighbor of the Blake’s, delivered Faye. She passed away December 30, 2020 at the age of 88 at the Rock County Long Term Care in Bassett, NE with...

Vera M. (Dinkins) Schrantz

Vera M. (Dinkins) Schrantz

Dec 24, 2020

Vera Maxine Dinkins was born to Lee and Hattie (Peterson) Dinkins on July 3, 1931 at Tekamah, Nebraska. She passed into eternity on December 24, 2020 at her home surrounded by family. Vera’s childhood was spent in the Tekamah area where she attended elementary school in her local rural district and in Tekamah Public School. In 1945 at the age...

Candance J. "Candi" (Willey) Fernau

Candance J. "Candi" (Willey) Fernau

Dec 21, 2020

Candance Jo Willey was born January 23, 1968, in Rapid City, SD to Allen and Virginia Willey. She passed away December 21, 2020 at Faith Regional Hospital in Norfolk, NE. Candi lived her life in South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska, attending junior high and high school in Buffalo, WY, graduating in 1986, then college at the University of Wyoming in...

Virginia R. (Harvey) Anderson

Virginia R. (Harvey) Anderson

Dec 19, 2020

Virginia Rose (Harvey) Anderson was born on a farm east of Taylor, Nebraska to John Leslie and Maude (Pierce) Harvey on May 28, 1921. Virginia graduated from Taylor School and became a teacher and taught for three years. She married Lyle Wesley Anderson on May 28, 1941. They had two children Shara Lee on March 12, 1943 and Norman Wesley...

Betty C. (Pound) Caulfield

Betty C. (Pound) Caulfield

Dec 18, 2020

OBITUARY OF BETTY C. (POUND) CAULFIELD Betty Carroll Caulfield was born on April 15, 1927 to Carroll Alfred and Margret Marie (Lowe) Pound. She was their eldest child, followed by her brother, Dale. Betty passes away on December 18, 2020. She went to grade school in a small one room school near the Pound Ranch west of Brownlee. She went...

Raymond Henry Davis

Raymond Henry Davis

Dec 10, 2020

Raymond Henry Davis was born in Brown County on October 7, 1924 to Henry (Bud) and Lena (Seier) Davis. He passed away at the age of 96 on December 10, 2020 at the Rock County Hospital from Covid-19. Raymond grew up in Rock County with four sisters-Grace, Esther, Lucille and Darlene. He attended rural grade school and graduated from Rock...

Vergil Allen Heyer D.V.M.

Vergil Allen Heyer D.V.M.

Dec 8, 2020

Vergil Allen Heyer, DVM, age 65, of Ainsworth, Nebraska, passed away due to injuries sustained in an accident on Dec. 8, 2020, near Cozad. He was born Feb. 16, 1955, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Vergil Albert and Jackie (Hayes) Heyer of Cushing, Iowa. He was the oldest of six children, having four brothers and one sister. Vergil graduated from...

Roger D. Allen

Roger D. Allen

Nov 30, 2020

Roger Dale Allen, age 54, was born on February 21, 1966 to Gene and Audrey “Susie” Allen. Roger passed away on November 30, 2020 in his home. Roger graduated from Ainsworth Community School in 1984. From there he had numerous jobs with his last ones being at Farmers Ranchers Coop and RK Cattle as a truck driver. Roger had three...

Alice M. (Lanz) Allen

Alice M. (Lanz) Allen

Nov 28, 2020

After a brief illness, Alice Allen went home to be with the Lord on November 28, 2020. She was born in Stuart, Nebraska, the second child of Fred and Emma Lanz. She grew up in Bassett and graduated from Rock County High School in 1952. After attending college, she went to Nursing School and received her R.N. degree from the...

George A. Kicken

George A. Kicken

Nov 27, 2020

George A. Kicken was born May 26, 1938 to Raymond and Margaret (Klein) Kicken. George passed away on November 27, 2020 at the CHI Health-Good Samaritan in Kearney, Nebraska. He was raised on a ranch north of Ellsworth, Nebraska. George graduated from Alliance High School in 1956. In 1961 he was drafted in the U.S. Army. He was stationed at...

Albert L. "Bill" Mitchell

Albert L. "Bill" Mitchell

Nov 21, 2020

Albert Lee “Bill” Mitchell, formerly of Wood Lake, Nebraska, passed peacefully from this life Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth, Nebraska, where he had lived for the past three years. Bill was 91 years, one month, and seven days old. Bill was the youngest child of Frederick Guy and Carrie Eliza (Phillips) Mitchell and was...

Stanley R. Dillon

Stanley R. Dillon

Nov 19, 2020

Stanley Reed Dillon was born March 12, 1961 to Wilferd and Donna (Biltoft) Dillon in Ainsworth, NE. Stan was the middle son of three boys and lived in Ainsworth from birth until the 4th grade. He was confirmed on December 22, 1970. Stan then moved to O’Neill, NE and graduated from O’Neill High School. Stan spent a good share of...

Joanne M. (Johnson) Hall

Joanne M. (Johnson) Hall

Nov 17, 2020

On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, Joanne Marie (Johnson) Hall, 76 formerly of Long Pine, passed away at the North Platte Care Center. Joanne was born March 24, 1944 in Newman Grove, Nebraska to Wanda (Arnold) and Norman Johnson. She graduated from Long Pine High School in 1962. She received her teaching degree from Kearney State College. She married Louis Leal...

Dennis R. Graf

Dennis R. Graf

Nov 17, 2020

Dennis Ruben Graf was born February 21, 1945 to Ruben and Winona (Stevens) in Norton, KS. He was raised on a farm outside of Almena, KS. He was the oldest of four children. He attended and graduated from Almena High School in 1963. Following graduation, he worked for Evans Grain Company, where he started his life-long, agricultural career. He also...

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