Mr. Otto Gerald "Shorty" Schipporeit
Mar 8, 2018
Otto Gerald "Shorty" Schipporeit, 82 Gerald "Shorty" Schipporeit, the second of six children, was born March 31, 1935, to Otto G. and Sarah Esther (Athey) Schipporeit at Brewster, NE. He died March 8, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. Gerald started school at the one-room German Valley School, and, when the family moved south of Ainsworth, attended...
Mr. Mark F Jilg
Feb 28, 2018
Mark F. Jilg passed away at his home in Bassett, Nebraska on February 28, 2018. Mark was born at the Bassett Hospital on August 19, 1953. He was the youngest born to Frank and Vera (Potratz) Jilg. As a young man Mark enjoyed spending time with family as well as working with the cattle on the family's ranch. He enjoyed...
Ms Dorothy J. (Spencer) Davis
Feb 20, 2018
In Valentine, Nebraska, Dorothy Jean Spencer was born on August 31, 1926 to Flossie Pauline (King) and Morris William Spencer. She joined sisters Naoma and Iona Fern. Later siblings included Betty Ann, Bobby, Joyce, and Beverly. She attended elementary grades at schools in and near Sparks, Nebraska. She received her eighth grade diploma on May 25, 1940. She attended Sparks...
Mr. Gary M. Kelly
Feb 19, 2018
Gary Marvin Kelly was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska on September 19, 1946 to Grace N. (Gipson) and Marvin H. Kelly. He was the oldest of three siblings, Craig was born on October 1, 1949 (middle), and Christine "Chris" was born on June 12, 1955 (the youngest). He grew up outside of Ainsworth during his younger years. He enjoyed "sicking" the...
Mr. Donald E. "Donnie" Richardson
Feb 18, 2018
Donald E. Richardson was born to Charles Richardson Sr., and Alice (Werthner) Richardson on December 15, 1931. Don was the youngest of seven children. A brother and sister died in infancy, leaving four brothers and 1 sister as survivors. Don attended Ainsworth High School and graduated in 1949. During his four years in high school, Don was known as an...
Mrs. Norma L. (Dishman) Davis
Feb 17, 2018
Norma LaVerna (Dishman) Davis July 14, 1933 – February 17, 2018 Norma LaVerna (Dishman) Davis was born in Blaine County, Nebraska to Archie and Bessa (Godfrey) Dishman on July 14, 1933. She was the fifth of six children born to the family. They relocated to a ranch in southern Brown County, where her father labored building a sod house and...
Mrs. Mary Lee (Kern) Baker
Feb 15, 2018
Mary Lee Kern Baker was born October 7, 1925 in Robinson, Kansas to Jesse and Ione Kern. She passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Ainsworth, Nebraska. Mary graduated from Robinson High School in 1943 and moved with her mother to Ainsworth. Her father had come earlier in 1941 to help in the construction of the Army base in Ainsworth....
Ms Ida L. "Leah" Fredericksen
Feb 1, 2018
Ida L. "Leah" Fredericksen was born February 7, 1966 in Rupert, Idaho to Donald and Joan [Koch] Fredericksen. She left us on February 1, 2018 at her home south of Ainsworth, Nebraska. Her family moved to Talent, Oregon in 1970, where she lived until 2013. Then she moved to Long Pine, Nebraska to help with her parents. She was married...
Mrs. Mabel M. (McIntosh) Hespe
Feb 1, 2018
Mabel Mildred Hespe was born February 1, 1921 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Riley A. McIntosh and Florence M. Pruett. She passed away on February 1, 2018 at the age of 97 at her home in Burton, Nebraska. She accepted Jesus as her Savior at the age of eleven and was baptized in the Missouri River at the age of...
Ms Barbara J. (Skinner) Lamb
Jan 28, 2018
Barbara Janet Lamb was the first born of Morris and Marie Skinner on August 17, 1931 in Ainsworth, NE. She spent her childhood growing up in the Sandhills prairie with her parents and her brother. Her family was in Nebraska in the summers, as her father was collecting fossils for the Frick Collection at the Museum of Natural History in...
Karen Ann Philben
Jan 27, 2018
Karen Ann Philben was born on August 30, 1949 to Ernest "Bud" Philben and Lois (Carr) Philben in Ainsworth, Nebraska. She attended grade school and graduated from Keya Paha County High School in Springview, Nebraska in 1968. From there she went to Denver with her mother and they graduated together with an associates degree in Cosmetology. January 27, 1970 she...
Monte L. Osborn
Jan 19, 2018
Monte Lyn Osborn was born February 16th, 1965 to Lois (Theiman) Osborn and Duane S Osborn. He departed this life on January 19th, 2018, at the age of 52. Monte was in born in O'Neill, NE and lived part of his childhood at his grandparents' farm, Northwest of Ainsworth. He attended Johnstown grade school and later Ainsworth Elementary. He graduated...
Mrs. Loretta J. "Bubs" Coleman
Jan 17, 2018
Loretta "Bubs" (Gorball) Coleman was born on August 24, 1934 in Rose, Nebraska to Hugh and Lena "Pearl" (Haszard) Gorball. She grew up near Rose on her family's ranch. She attended her early school years in Rose, and attended Rock County High School in Bassett, Nebraska where she graduated in 1952. She married the love of her life, Bryce Coleman...
Miss Chaeley Jo Ruegge
Jan 11, 2018
Chaeley Jo Ruegge was born June 25, 2000 at O'Neill, Nebraska, to David and Jennifer (Adsit) Ruegge. Her life was tragically taken in an automobile accident on January 11, 2018, at Ainsworth, Nebraska. She attended kindergarten at O'Neill Public School and was currently a senior at Ainsworth High School. Chaeley Jo was a beautiful young lady with a smile that...
Roger A. McCoy
Jan 9, 2018
Roger Allen McCoy, 72, of Ainsworth, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Brown County Hospital after a lengthy illness. Roger was born December 5, 1945, the only child of Victor Allen and Martha Rose (Morrow) McCoy at the Ainsworth Hospital. Roger spent most of his formative years living with his grandparents, Clyde and Rachel McCoy, south of town...
Mrs. Evelyn D. (Stufft) Moody
Jan 6, 2018
Evelyn Deloris Moody, 84, of Ainsworth, Nebraska passed away January 6, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. Evelyn was born in rural Brown County to Foster and Ruby Stufft on April 24, 1933. She went to high school at Ainsworth High School and graduated in 1951. Evelyn went on to earn a teaching certificate from Chadron State College and taught for a...
Mrs. Erma Cecelia (Sass) Denny
Dec 27, 2017
Erma C. Denny, 91, formerly of Long Pine, Nebraska passed away on December 27, 2017, at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett, Nebraska, where she resided for over two years. She was born at Center, Nebraska, on February 6, 1926 to Hans and Theresa (Hoffman) Sass. She was united in marriage to Cecil L. Denny on April...
Ms Anita Marie "Skeeter" Biltoft
Dec 19, 2017
Anita Marie Biltoft was born to Frank and Kathryn (Hapke) Biltoft on February 13, 1985 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. She passed away at her home in Ainsworth on December 19, 2017 Anita attended school in Ainsworth and graduated from Ainsworth High School in 2003. In 2004, she met Steve Cole and decided to make a life together. To this union 3...
Arlynne Marie Reece
Dec 19, 2017
Arlynne Marie Reece, age 67, of Ainsworth suddenly entered the Kingdom of Heaven, only days after her mother died, on December 19th, 2017 at the Chadron Community Hospital. Arlynne was born on December 10th, 1950 in Lusk, Wyoming to Richard and Susanne Reece, and was the first of four daughters. She attended school in Crawford, NE until 1964 and then...
Mrs. Susanne Lois "Susie" Reece
Dec 13, 2017
Susanne Lois "Susie" (Mack) Reece age 85 of Ainsworth, Nebraska joined the Lord's open arms on December 13, 2017 at the Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on May 1, 1932 at Lusk, Wyoming, to Gerry and Marie (Cammenzind) Mack. Susie grew up near Harrison, Nebraska where she graduated from high School in 1950. She was the...
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