OBITUARIES

Oct 18, 2022

Kendall A Retzlaff was born on February 14, 1952.  He passed away unexpectedly at home on October 18, 2022.  Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 24, 2022, at Pier Funeral Home in Lusk, Wyoming.  The family asks that you wear your favorite Nebraska Husker or Wyoming Cowboy apparel to the service.

Kendall “Blondie”...

Oct 14, 2022

Isabelle Frances Louden died on October 14, 2022, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hay Springs, Nebraska, at the age of 93. She was born on May 30, 1929, to Roy and Frances Evans.

Isabelle graduated from Gordon High School and married Rex Louden on August 19, 1949. To this union three children were born: Linda Frances,...

Oct 14, 2022

Jacqueline Jean Kling was born September 25th, 1957, to Jack Weiler Mills and Gloria Ann Mills.  She was baptized into the faith July 27th,1958.  Jackie attended Sunday school and church with her family and was confirmed into the Lutheran Church on May 7th, 1972.

After the sudden and untimely death of her father, her mother Gloria moved...

Oct 13, 2022

Gretchen Plantz, 79, died unexpectedly at Gordon (Nebraska) Memorial Hospital on October 13, 2022.

Gretchen was born on July 21, 1943, in Rushville, Nebraska, to A. C. “Charley” Plantz and Gretchen H. (Jones) Plantz. She grew up in Rushville and knew from the age of 8 that she wanted to be a nurse. She graduated from Rushville...

Oct 11, 2022

Funeral services for Della Zeimens of Chadron, NE will be held Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Chadron. There will be a wake/rosary at the church on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m.

Della Rose Angela Heil was born on October 12, 1930 to Jacob and Eleanor (Henkenius) Heil of Elgin,...

Oct 10, 2022

Memorial Services for Dorothy Wickersham of Harrison, Nebraska will be held Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Church of Nativity in Harrison, Nebraska.

Burial will be held at Montrose Cemetery.

Vigil will be held Friday, November 4, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Church of Nativity in Harrison, Nebraska.

Dorothy J. Andrews...

Oct 9, 2022

Margaret Mae Landreth, born February 28, 1930, to Phillip and Emma Shoop in Whitewood, South Dakota, passed away October 9, 2022, at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, Hay Springs, Nebraska.

Mae married Floyd E. Landreth and together they had seven children: Floyd, Jim, Kenny, Robert, Jerry, Phil, and Lila. Mae worked as a waitress, did house cleaning and...

Oct 4, 2022

Edward Allen Leeling was born July 11, 1951 to Charles (Allen) and Doris Leeling in Lusk, Wyoming.

After graduating from Lusk High School, he attended Sidney Tech.

He did some ranch work until he moved to Scottsbluff and went to work for Nebraska Public Power, where he worked for many years. During that time, he...

Sep 29, 2022

Memorial Services for Dell (Nowlan) Brun of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chadron, Nebraska.

Burial will be held in Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska.

Dell passed away on September 29, 2022 at Prairie Pines in Chadron, Nebraska.

Sep 29, 2022

Vedah Pearl Galloway was born April 10, 1932, to George Whitcomb and Lola Rawles-Whitcomb.  Vedah passed away at Brown County Hospital, Ainsworth, Nebraska.

Vedah was a graduate of Chadron State College and went on to become a country schoolteacher south of Merriman.  Mack and Vedah were united in marriage February 7, 1954.  She was a bookkeeper for...

Sep 29, 2022

Jack D Billings, 83, died peacefully on September 29, 2022 in Barrington, IL.

He was born March 28, 1939 in Winner, South Dakota. Son of Robert Forth Billings and Wilma (Spidel) Billings Root. Jack served in the United States Navy for 3.5 years aboard the USS Steinaker DDR #863. Always a rebel, he enlisted under false pretenses...

Sep 28, 2022

Gerald S. Blonien, 94, of Hay Springs, Nebraska, passed away on Sept. 28, 2022 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hay Springs.

Gerald was born on Nov. 9, 1927 to Erwin and Esther Blonien in Moon, Wisconsin. He spent his early childhood in Rudolph, Wisconsin, before his family moved to Hay Springs in 1941.

On...

Sep 25, 2022

Funeral Services for Donald Haden of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska.

Donald Ray Haden, age 94, passed away September 25, 2022 at his home.

Donald was born September...

Sep 25, 2022

Alice Della (Williams) Lux was born on January 12, 1927 at her grandparent’s house near Crawford, Nebraska. She was the third child and only daughter born to Christopher Alvin (Bill) Williams and Ida Della (Pettipiece) Williams. She grew up on the family place 7 ½ miles from Crawford.

She attended school at the nearby District #100, starting...

Sep 25, 2022

A Celebration of Life for Vernon R. Schlichenmayer of Chadron, Nebraska is pending.

Vernon passed away on September 25, 2022 at Country Side Care in Gordon, Nebraska

Mr. Schlichenmayer was born on September 18, 1929 in Burlington, Colorado

He was 93.

A memorial has been established St....

Sep 24, 2022

Funeral Services for Jodi Witte of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held in Greenwood Cemetery.

We are sad to announce the passing of Jodi J. Witte of Chadron NE. She left us peacefully on Sept 24, 2022,...

Sep 16, 2022

Funeral services for 75-year old Linda Darnyll (Nation) Staudenmaier of Harrison, NE will be Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Harrison Bible Church in Harrison.

Following the lunch after Linda’s service we will have a burial for both Jim and Linda at the Montrose Cemetery.

Linda Darnyll Staudenmaier was...

Sep 15, 2022

HAY SPRINGS – Christopher Alexander Speirs, 50 of Hay Springs, NE, died Thursday, September 15, 2022 at his home.

A Celebration of Life will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Hay Springs Methodist Church with Nayda Davis officiating. Burial will be at Hay Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Friday at the...

Sep 13, 2022

Marvin George (Tuck) Buckley was born in rural Sioux County Nebraska on November 7th 1933 to Roy and Ople Buckley. He graduated from Sioux County High school in 1952 and went into the US Army. After spending time in Germany, he received an honorable discharge and came home to marry Margie Sternhagen and start a life of husband, father,...

Sep 7, 2022

Geraldine F. Fickel, 83, passed away on September 7, 2022. She died peacefully in her sleep.

Gerry, as she was known, was so much more than the words that can be used to define her. She had an adventurous, curious spirit that guided her approach to life. Gerry would call herself a wife, mother, grandmother,...