Eugene A. Calif
Sep 19, 2021
A graveside memorial service for Eugene A. Calif, 76, of Long Pine, Nov. 19, at the Grandview Cemetery near Long Pine. Eugene A. Calif died Sunday, (September 19, 2021) at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska.
Michael J. Smiley
Sep 8, 2021
Michael John Smiley of Bassett, Nebraska was born on November 1, 1962 in Omaha, Nebraska to Jay B. and Rosemary (Taylor) Smiley. He died on September 8, 2021 in Omaha. Michael graduated from Plattsmouth High School in 1981. After graduation he started his family in Omaha, where he lived for a number of years. Later in life he moved to...
Stella M. (Gale) Thompson
Sep 8, 2021
Stella M. Thompson was born March 21, 1927 to Albert and Mollie (May) Gale at their home northwest of Bassett, Nebraska. She graduated from Rock County High School with the class of 1945. Stella was united in marriage to Charles Thompson on June 24, 1947. To this union 4 children were born, Judy, Linda, Mary and Rowdy. Stella enjoyed crocheting,...
Johnny Ray Brown Sr.
Sep 6, 2021
Johnny Ray Brown was born on January 29, 1957 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Alvin Ray and Dora Marie (Watkins) Brown. Johnny passed away at his home in Long Pine, Nebraska on September 6, 2021. The first few years of his life he spent with his parents in Phillipsburg. Shortly after his brother Gary was born, he and his family moved...
Mr. Ben R. Burdick
Sep 4, 2021
Ben Burdick was born in a sod house on October 21, 1926 in the Purdum, Nebraska area. He was one of seven children born to Raymond and Vera (Athey) Burdick. Ben’s family worked hard and had little to show for it, as with many other people in that time. Ben lived through the Great Depression. His childhood involved walking or...
Jimmie M. Howard
Sep 1, 2021
Jimmie M. Howard was born on February 3, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska to James and Eunice (McNamee) Howard of Ainsworth, Nebraska. Jimmie passed away at the age of 62 in his home on September 1, 2021 after a long length of health complications. Jimmie lead an adventurous life in his younger years, growing up in the Cody/Kilgore area. Jimmie helped...
Zachorey Dean Jones
Aug 29, 2021
With deepest sorrow we announce that Zachorey Dean Jones, age 22, our beloved son, brother, uncle, family member and friend passed away on August 29, 2021 in Ainsworth, NE. Those who knew Zach, even just a little, lost one of the most charismatic, loyal, hardworking, selfless men around. He enjoyed all outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing and most of...
Alice M. (Marsh) Emry
Aug 15, 2021
Alice Marie (Marsh) Emry of Lincoln, NE (formerly of Ainsworth and O’Neill, NE and Colome, SD) passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 15, 2021. She was born to Emil and Minna A. (Bassett) Marsh on June 8, 1916 on the family farm, 14 miles southwest of Colome (Tripp County), SD. She would later be joined by twin brothers,...
Faye E. (Bennett) Saar
Aug 12, 2021
Faye E. (Bennett) Saar was born March 16, 1949 in Bassett, Nebraska to Dallas R. Bennett and Lois N. (Krause) Bennett. She graduated from Rock County High School in 1967 and spent two years at Kearney State College. She married Gary Saar on June 7, 1969 at Bassett. Two children were born to this union, Jayme and Jered. She was...
Genevieve F. (Dillon) Lackaff
Aug 8, 2021
Genevieve Florence (Dillon) Lackaff was born on her parents’ cattle ranch in rural Brown County to J. Hall and Florence (Hughes) Dillon on May 24, 1925, and died at Rock County Hospital Long-Term Care in Bassett, Nebraska, on August 8, 2021. Her one sibling was her brother, Kenneth, six and a half years older. Genny attended Long Pine High School...
Ann (Arnold) Vaughan
Aug 8, 2021
Hannelore “Ann” (Arnold) Vaughan was born on March 7, 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany to Heinrich and Friederike (Dietz) Arnold. Ann passed away on Sunday, (August 8, 2021) at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care Center in Bassett, Nebraska. Ann grew up in a war torn Germany where she attended twelve years of year-round public school. She received special training...
Edith Ann (Crist) Jefferis
Aug 4, 2021
Edith Ann Jefferis was born on May 10, 1952 in Ainsworth, Nebraska to Theodore C. and Ethel C. (Herbaugh) Crist. She grew up on a ranch south of Ainsworth and attended the Raven School. Her family moved to town in 1965 where she attended Ainsworth High School, graduating with the class of 1972. Edith passed away on August 4, 2021...
Patricia A. (Mattern) Van Winkle
Aug 4, 2021
Patricia A. (Mattern) Van Winkle, 85, of Ord, Nebraska, formerly of Ainsworth, Nebraska, passed away at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska on August 4, 2021. Pat was born July 19, 1936, at Hyannis, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Donald and Hazel (Burgess) Mattern, and was the middle child of three. Pat graduated from Burwell High School in...
Daniel Lee Beasley
Jul 31, 2021
Daniel (Dan) Beasley passed away in Ainsworth, Nebraska on July 31, 2021 at the age of 87. Dan was born March 20, 1934 in Maud, Texas to James and Phoebe (Stinson) Beasley. Dan grew up in Texas during his formative years. He enlisted in the Navy in 1954 during the Korea Conflict serving on various ships. After his discharge in...
Betty J. (Brown) Christensen
Jul 26, 2021
Betty June (Brown) Christensen was born June 19, 1927 to James Price Brown III and Lena E. (Bishop) Brown at Newport, NE and went to her Heavenly home on July 26, 2021 at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett, NE. Betty attended school at the Mariaville School then Bassett High School and graduated from Newport High School in 1945. She...
Chad B. Stec
Jul 26, 2021
Chad Brandon Stec (44) was born on June 17, 1977 in Lexington, Nebraska and died of complications from a severe infection at his home in Bassett, Nebraska on July 26, 2021. Chad was the second child born to Richard John Stec and Susan Kay (Coleman) Stec Brewer. He began school in Lexington, NE and completed his education in the Cozad...
Philomenia O. (Gesiriech) Pape
Jul 12, 2021
Philomenia Olive Pape, 94, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, peacefully passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday, July 12, 2021, at her home in Longwood, Florida. Philomenia was born in Newport, Nebraska on July 1, 1927, as one of twelve children to the union of Goldie Dorsey and John Gesiriech. She was in the middle of the pack...
Michael Ray Leicher
Jul 8, 2021
Michael Ray Leicher, beloved husband of Carolyn Joan (Gauthreaux) Leicher passed away peacefully at home in Ainsworth Nebraska, surrounded by his family on July 8, 2021 at the age of 72. Michael was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 6, 1948. He was raised in Long Beach, California, spending his summers in Louisiana. After graduation from high school, he...
Wayne E. Mattern
Jun 30, 2021
Wayne Edwin Mattern was born March 8, 1935 at Hyannis, Nebraska and passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Nebraska at the age of 86 years. He was the son of Don and Hazel (Burgess) Mattern, and was a brother to sisters Patricia Van Winkle and Judith Hearn. His grade school years were...
John P. LeMay
Jun 28, 2021
John Patrick LeMay was born in 1949 at the American military base in Guayaquil, Ecuador to Wilfred Herman and Violeta Elena (Allen) LeMay. He passed away at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth, NE on June 28, 2021 at the age of 71 years from complications of a broken hip. As a child, John moved from one country to another...
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