Meredith "Punk" D. Worth
May 2, 2023
Meredith Duane "Punk" Worth was born on April 3, 1931, in Winner, SD to Elwood and Frances (McBride) Worth. Punk passed away in his ranch home surrounded by loved ones May 2, 2023, at the age of 92 years and 29 days. After Meredith was born, his mother took him home in a shoebox. He was so small (weighing just...
Melba E. (Waits) Bejot
Apr 22, 2023
Melba Evelyn Bejot was born August 30, 1934 to Rudolph M. and Nellie E. (Kackmeister) Waits. She passed away, Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth at the age of 88 years. Melba lived her entire life in Ainsworth. She graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1952. Melba married Francis E. Bejot on October 25, 1952...
Danny D. Daniels
Apr 21, 2023
OBITUARY OF DANNY D. DANIELS Danny Duane Daniels was born on July 24, 1958, to Duane Dale Daniels and Mary Elizabeth (Harris) Daniels in Ainsworth, NE. He passed away suddenly on April 21, 2023, at the CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE with Teri by his side, at the age of 64. Dan lived his entire life in...
Joan "Jo" M. (Brenneman) Irwin
Apr 20, 2023
Joan Maureen (Brenneman) Irwin was born January 24, 1935 in Burwell, Nebraska to Clarence and Mildred (Hibnes) Brenneman. The family lived in Garfield County until 1946, at which time they moved to Holt County, Nebraska. Jo attended school in Atkinson, graduating high school in 1952. She obtained a teaching certificate after attending Chadron State College. Returning home, she taught school...
Margaret L. (DeBolt) Seadore
Apr 16, 2023
Margaret Louise DeBolt was born July 15, 1931 on the home place in Bassett, Nebraska to parents Arthur and Emma (Christensen) DeBolt. Margaret had one brother, Leo, who was born four years earlier. Margaret’s childhood memories of the home place were simplistic and challenging as there was no electricity or running water to the house. Candles for evening lights and...
Ralph L. Mefferd Jr.
Apr 11, 2023
OBITUARY OF RALPH L. MEFFERD JR. Ralph Leroy Mefferd, Jr. was born September 1, 1932, to Ralph L. Mefferd Sr. and Dorothy (Dodds) Mefferd in the Ainsworth, NE hospital. He died Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Western Nebraska Veteran’s Home in Scottsbluff, NE at the age of 90 years. Ralph’s life began in the fossil digging camps of Morris...
Paul M. "Mickey" Lanz
Apr 10, 2023
Paul Michael Lanz was born on April 27, 1938 in Ainsworth, NE. He was the son of Paul and Bessie (Hughes) Lanz. Paul’s daddy gave him the nickname, “Mickey” after Mickey Cochran, a great baseball catcher for Detroit at that time. It stuck and everyone knew him as “Mickey”. When Mickey was three, he spiked a very high fever which...
Carolyn E. Schipporeit
Apr 10, 2023
Carolyn E. Schipporeit, the third of six children, was born September 12, 1939, on the Max Kirkpatrick Ranch, at Todd Co. South Dakota, to Otto G. and Sarah Esther (Athey) Schipporeit. She left us on April 10, 2023, at the age of 83 year at the Great Plains Health Center in North Platte, Nebraska. Carolyn attended elementary school in Ainsworth,...
Stanley L. Libolt
Apr 1, 2023
Stanley Lewis Libolt was born on July 5, 1934 at home on the Libolt ranch in rural Keya Paha County near Burton, Nebraska. He was the only child of Leonard Manning Libolt and Donna Belle (Lewis) Libolt. Stan lived almost his entire 88 years on the family homestead. He passed away suddenly on April 1, 2023 at Avera St. Anthony’s...
Judy E. (Christensen) Arrowsmith
Mar 25, 2023
Judy Ellen Arrowsmith, 79, of Mills, Nebraska passed away March 25, 2023, at Avera Gregory Hospital in Gregory, South Dakota. She was born on February 27, 1944 she was the eldest of four children born to John E. and Wilma E. (Utter) Christensen. She attended elementary school in Newport, Nebraska and then graduated from Rock County High School in Bassett,...
Dorothy M. (Jackson) Gross
Mar 16, 2023
Dorothy Mae Jackson Gross, 91, was born on February 21, 1932 in Ainsworth, Nebraska and was the third of five children to Andrew and Ruby (Taylor) Jackson. She graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1949. On October 10, 1950, she was united in marriage to Charles Jons Gross of Johnstown, Nebraska. To this union five children were born. Charles and...
Eunice M. (Townsend) Wulf
Mar 10, 2023
Eunice Marie (Townsend) Wulf was born on December 2, 1924, at Albion, Nebraska and went to her heavenly home on March 10, 2023, at the age of 98 years while residing at Azria Senior Home in Gretna, Nebraska. Eunice was the fifth of six children born to Royal and Augusta (Kruse) Townsend. She attended District 17, Valley Grove School, for...
Linda Lee Taylor
Mar 10, 2023
Word has been received of the death of Linda L. Taylor age 78 of Long Pine. Linda Taylor died Friday (March 10, 2023) at the Rock County Hospital in Bassett. Per her wishes, no services will be held. SURVIVORS INCLUDE: Son: Kenneth Jones of Rockford, IL Half-Sister: Janice D’Orsay of Royal Oaks, CA Half-Brother: Steven D’Orsay of Sonora, CA Along...
Ruth E. (Hart) Werner
Mar 9, 2023
Ruth Elaine Hart was born the morning of November 7, 1927, at the family ranch in north Rock County, Nebraska. She was the first of four daughters born to Mabel (Genung) and Amos Hart. It was here she grew up, playing in the creeks, climbing the hills, riding her horse, Queen, after the milk cows, and helping her dad in...
Beverly J. (Burt) Dilsaver
Feb 21, 2023
Beverly J. (Burt) Dilsaver was born October 4, 1941 to Clifford and Mildred (Cook) Burt in Newport, Nebraska. Beverly passed away February 21, 2023 at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral, Florida at the age of 81 years, four months and 17 days. Beverly loved having her family and friends around her. Beverly was united in marriage to Donald Dilsaver on...
W. Lorene (Woodhead) Shear
Feb 16, 2023
Wilma Lorene Shear was born October 31, 1927 in Clay County, Nebraska, the daughter of Fred and Elma (Barber) Woodhead. The family all moved to the Rock County, Nebraska area in 1933. Lorene came to know Jesus as her Lord and Savior through a Sunday School teacher in her early years. Jesus received Mom to Him on Thursday, February 16,...
Rick Lee Scott
Feb 10, 2023
Rick Lee Scott was born to Robert and Dora (Ricedorff) Scott on October 5, 1946 in Valentine, NE. He passed away suddenly on February 10, 2023 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico at the age of 76. Rick loved life and all that it offered. He invested in real estate, businesses, and most importantly people during his lifetime and the world is...
Robert J. McLeod
Feb 7, 2023
Word has been received of the death of Robert J. McLeod age 49 of Ainsworth. Robert McLeod passed away Tuesday (February 7, 2023) at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Per his wishes, no services will be held. SURVIVORS INCLUDE: Wife: Courtney McLeod of Ainsworth 3 Children: Breanna, Ella and Hunter McLeod all of Ainsworth Parents-in-law: Scott and Christy...
Ruth L. (Kurtz) Luehrs
Jan 30, 2023
Ruth LaVonne Luehrs was born on May 25, 1926, to Lester and Bertha Kurtz in the family home on 7th Street of Long Pine, NE, the youngest of five daughters. That home is still occupied. At the time of her death, Ruth had the distinction of being known as the oldest resident of Long Pine for several years. Per her...
Donald Ray Fernau
Jan 23, 2023
Donald Ray Fernau, age 93, of Ainsworth, Nebraska passed away on January 23, 2023 at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth. He was born April 3, 1929 in Ainsworth to Arthur “Butch” and Bernice (Henning) Fernau. Don attended school in Ainsworth and graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1946. He grew up on the family farm north of Ainsworth where...
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