OBITUARIES

Mar 25, 2025

Albert Leo Landreth was born November 7, 1929 in a sod house just northeast of Hay Springs, Nebraska as one of nine children to Alva and Eva (Polen) Landreth. In 1943 the family moved to the farm northwest of Rushville. Albert passed away at the Pioneer Manor in Hay Springs on March 25, 2025.

Albert went into the US Army in...

Mar 24, 2025

Rodney E Bailey

December 7, 1945 – March 24, 2025

Rodney Bailey was born in Rushville, NE on December 7, 1945. He was 2nd child of three children born to Ira and Orabelle Bailey. Rod passed away on March 24, 2025, in San Antonio TX, where he went to spend his time with a portion of his family.

Rodney was Nebraskan until December...

Mar 22, 2025

Mar 22, 2025

Mima Lue Iilene (Strait) Dodd was born December 18, 1943 to parents Ruby (Stetson) and James Strait. Mima Lue, Mima to friends and Mike to certain family members, grew up in the Crawford area. She went to Crawford High School where she met Gary Dodd. The two eventually married and from this union four children were born: Toi Lyn &...

Mar 20, 2025

Bonnie Marie Goodman passed away at the Chadron Community Hospital on Mar. 20, 2025 at age 96.

Bonnie was born on June 29, 1928. She was one of five children born to Olin and Elsie Manchester. She spent her childhood in the Deadhorse Community West of Chadron. Later the family moved into Chadron. Soon after, Bonnie started working at Model Laundry....

Mar 17, 2025

Wayne Edward Dreyer was blessed to be born to Richard and Margaret (Nadobny) Dreyer on February 16, 1957. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith, to which he held steadfast throughout life until his death on March 17, 2025 from pancreatic cancer.

Wayne attended school through 8th grade at Banner School in rural Sheridan County Nebraska. He then attended...

Mar 15, 2025

Obituary

Phyllis Jeanette Martin Green was born November 3, 1930, in Elkhart County in northern Indiana, to Joseph L. and Mabel Martin. She passed away on March 15, 2025, at Monument Health in Rapid City, surrounded by family.

Phyllis spent her early childhood in northern Indiana close to her extended family. In 1936, Joe moved the family to Gordon, Nebraska, where they...

Mar 15, 2025

Roger W Young

April 16, 1948-March 15, 2025

Roger W Young was born in Gordon, NE on April 16, 1948, to Wilbur and Theresa (Eichenburger) Young. He was the oldest of six children. Roger attended Mt. Pleasant country school north of Gordon through the eighth grade, then attended Gordon High School until graduation all the while helping the family on the farm.

He...

Mar 14, 2025

Nancy Ann Cartwright Hamer

Nancy Ann Cartwright Hamer, age 90, passed to her eternal home on Friday, March 14, 2025 in Mankato, Minnesota.

Memorial service will be at 11 a.m., on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Centenary United Methodist Church, Mankato, with Rev. Roger Wolsey officiating. Visitation will be at the church for one hour before the service. Graveside service and interment...

Mar 14, 2025

Bonnie J. Orr passed away peacefully on March 14, 2025, at Gordon Countryside Care, Gordon, Nebraska.

She was born June 9, 1934, to Emil and Lena Warnke (Nydahl) in Cherry County. She was the youngest of seven children. She attended Gordon schools and graduated from Gordon High School in 1951 and in December of 1951 she married Jack Simms. They had...

Mar 13, 2025

Betty Norgard November 9, 1930 – March 13, 2025 Betty Marie Norgard passed away March 13, 2025 at age of 94. 

She passed at Ponderosa Villa with her family by her side. Services will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Crawford, NE on Tuesday March 18, 2025 at 10 A.M. Chamberlain Mortuary is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Burial will...

Mar 10, 2025

Mar 9, 2025

Ruth Ann Connell 1930 - 2025

Ruth Ann Wilson Connell was born in Alliance, Nebraska, on February 21, 1930, to Charles Sumner Wilson and Eva Irene (Latham) Wilson. She was raised on a Pepper Creek farm and remained a resident of Dawes County until her death in Chadron on March 9, 2025.

Ruth Ann traced her Nebraska roots to 1852 when her...

Mar 6, 2025

Joyce Ann Franzen (Williams), known as Joycee, Mom, Grammy, Gigi, age 83 of Higginsville, Missouri went peacefully to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at Riverbend Heights Health & Rehabilitation in Lexington, Missouri. Although heartbroken, we are at peace knowing she is with her Savior.She was born as a twin with her sister, Judy Porch on Thursday,...

Mar 1, 2025

Funeral services for Kenneth Ora Davis, 69, will be held Saturday, March 8 at the United Methodist Church in Hay Springs, Nebraska at 2 p.m., burial will follow at the Hay Springs Cemetery. Ken passed Saturday, March 1 at Regional West Hospital in Scottsbluff, Nebraska with his wife by his side.

Ken was born at Broken Bow, Nebraska December 19, 1955...

Feb 28, 2025

Feb 24, 2025

Karleen Kay Gramberg was born on December 4th, 1939, in Newman Grove, Nebraska to Theodore Karl and Audrey Elizabeth (Balzer) Sander. Karleen passed away unexpectedly on February 24th, 2025 following a brief hospitalization.

Karleen grew up the oldest of four children. She was her father’s right-hand man on the farm. She often shared that her dad didn’t allow excuses… he expected...

Feb 21, 2025

Leora Velma Denison, 89, of Tuthill, South Dakota passed away Friday, February 21, 2025 at the Monument Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. Leora was born in Enduro, Nebraska on September 7, 1935, the daughter of General Lee and Neoma (Sherman) Hood. Leora grew up on her parent’s farm with her nine siblings. Leora attended most of her grade and...

Feb 17, 2025

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