Ruth E. (Day) O'Hare
Jul 29, 2020
Ruth Edna Day was born March 15, 1926 to Harold and Ruby (Heeb) Day in Springview, Nebraska. She passed away at the Sandhills Care Center, in Ainsworth, Nebraska, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at the age of 94. The Day family moved from Brown County when she was a sophomore. Ruth started school in Johnstown, Nebraska where she met an...
Carl "Scott" Starkey
Jul 23, 2020
Carl "Scott" Starkey (72), of Ainsworth, NE hauled his last load on July 23, 2020 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Scott was dispatched August 6th, 1947 in Spalding, NE to his parents Carl and Gwen (Peterson) Starkey. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High in Tacoma, Washington in 1966, where he was a member of the rifle club throughout his high school years....
Karen L. (Christensen) Hansen
Jul 15, 2020
Karen Lea Hansen, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at Lakeview Care and Rehabilitation Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 1, 1949, to Marlin and LaVerne (Doran) Christensen. In her early teen years, the family moved to Ainsworth, Nebraska where she graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1967. Karen returned to...
Dixie L (Boyd) Worth
Jul 4, 2020
Dixie Lou (Boyd, Freeman) Worth was born April 7, 1942 to Merlon and Irene (Bean) Boyd at Springview, NE. She was the fifth of eight children. Dixie passed away July 4, 2020 at the age of 78 at Long-Term Care, in Bassett, NE. Dixie attended grade school and high school at District 56 in Springview, NE. In her high school...
Glenna M. (Hickman) Spanel-Abbott
Jun 29, 2020
Glenna Abbott, 92, passed away at her home in Long Pine, NE on June 29, 2020. Glenna was born to Paul and Lillian (Roseberry) Hickman at home in Litchfield, NE on September 23, 1927. Glenna spent most of her youth in Custer County, attending a country school and graduating from Sargent High School in 1946. She attended college at Kearney...
Zak T. Palmer
Jun 22, 2020
Zak Taylor Palmer was born July 10, 2001 in Winner, SD to Bruce and Julie (Moody) Palmer. He passed away June 22, 2020 at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. When he was born, two brothers, Justin and Ty, eagerly welcomed Zak home to show him some "brotherly" love. Zak was pretty sure the year he...
Kenneth R. Smith
Jun 21, 2020
Sandhills rancher, Ken Smith, passed away in his home surrounded by his family, on June 21, 2020. Kenneth Ray Smith was born on April 1, 1941 to Everett and Irene (Clapper) Smith, the seventh of eight children, in Ainsworth, Nebraska. He attended K-8th grade at Chain Lake School Dist. 19. He graduated from Ainsworth High School with the class of...
Earl H. Fernau
Jun 17, 2020
Earl Herbert Fernau was born April 28, 1928 at his Aunt Leti’s home in Ainsworth. He was the 9th of 14 children, eleven boys and three girls born to David and Ella (Wolcott) Fernau. Earl H. Fernau, 92, passed away Wednesday June 17th in Ainsworth NE. While still a young child, he had polio but with his many siblings helping...
Norma J. (Lurz) Waits
Jun 16, 2020
Norma Jean Waits a long time resident of Ainsworth, Nebraska earned her angel wings on June 16, 2020 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 76 years old. She lost her 8 ½ year battle with many health issues. She was a courageous woman, a fighter, she was never one to give up on anything...
Donald E. Schipporeit
Jun 12, 2020
Whether you knew him by Don, Donnie, Donald or Pop he was the same simple to the point kind of guy. In his day, he would attempt most anything whether it worked or not. Don started working at an early age, his desire to have a job and cash to spend continued beyond his retirement years. Some of Don's happiest...
Judy J. (Campbell) Rau
Jun 3, 2020
Judy Jo (Campbell) Rau was born to Francis Merritt and Lois Pauline (Bennett) Campbell on January 19, 1954 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Judy grew up with her three brothers on the Campbell ranch in southern Brown County. She attended Raven Grade School and Ainsworth High School in Ainsworth graduating in 1972. On June 2, 1972 Judy was united in marriage to...
Brayden M. Lawrenz
May 27, 2020
Brayden Michael Lawrenz was born February 21, 2005 in Kearney, Nebraska to Stacey Lawrenz and Briana Carol Lawrenz. He was always full of energy and climbing all over like a monkey. By the age of 1, he was talking in sentences and would talk anyone's ear off. He knew no strangers. When at the park, he would know everyone's name...
Mr. Robert D. Turpin
May 24, 2020
Robert Dean Turpin was born April 4, 1931 in Mariaville, Nebraska to John Michael and Cora (Hall) Turpin. Robert was the youngest of ten children. The family lived in the Kirkwood-Mariaville area throughout his childhood. He attended school at Mariaville through the eighth grade; never attending high school. On February 6, 1952 he joined the United States Army where he...
Larry D. Hanna
May 13, 2020
Word has been received that Larry D. Hanna age 68 of Ainsworth passed away Wednesday, (May 13, 2020) at the Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney. No Memorial Services are planned at this time. Memorials have been suggested to the family in Larry’s name.
Irene M. (Rauscher) Schelm
May 5, 2020
Irene M. Schelm died on May 5, 2020 at the age of 99, knowing, as one of her favorite hymns states; ”I’m but a stranger here, heaven is my home.” She was born on February 17, 1921 to Fred and Eda (Hermsmeyer) Rauscher in the family home near Johnstown NE. She attended Grand Prairie District 8 and graduated from Johnstown...
Fae L. (Sharp) Smith
May 5, 2020
Fae Laree Sharp was born on August 9, 1934 on the Rohr Place near Brocksburg, Nebraska to Thomas and Myrtle (Hunt) Sharp. She passed away May 5, 2020 at her home in Ainsworth, Nebraska with family by her side. Fae attended grade school at Mabelo country school in Brown County and graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1952. She worked...
Gerald E. "Jerry" Priest
Apr 29, 2020
Gerald Eugene Priest, age 85 of Ainsworth, Nebraska, lost his battle to cancer and passed away peacefully at home near Ainsworth on April 29th, 2020. Jerry was born on February 26, 1935 in Ainsworth to Odis “Jack” and Vera (Killion) Priest, one of five children born to this union. He attended Willow Lake District #28 Rural School through the 8th...
Verna R. (Kienke) Appleman
Apr 22, 2020
Verna Appleman was born Verna Ruth Kienke on January 11, 1934 at Springview, Nebraska. She passed away at her home near Johnstown, Nebraska on April 22, 2020 at the age of 86. Verna was the fourth daughter of five girls born to Ernest W. and Gertrude C. (Propst) Kienke. Verna married John T. Appleman on May 15, 1954 at Burke,...
Daniel G. Kozisek
Apr 22, 2020
Daniel G. Kozisek, 88, of Ainsworth, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at the Brown County Hospital. He was born on June 19, 1931, to William and Lillian (Semin) Kozisek, on a farm near Surprise, Nebraska. Dan graduated from Marietta High School and attended Wayne State College. He was married to Pauline Birkel on February 25, 1952. In 1960,...
Mr. Larry W. Schelm
Apr 22, 2020
Larry William Schelm passed away on April 22, 2020, at the age of 76, after a life well-lived. He was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska on May 20, 1943 to Harold and Irene (Rauscher) Schelm. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church at Ainsworth. Larry grew up on the family farm and graduated from Ainsworth High school in...
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