OBITUARIES

May 10, 2022

Wanda Arlene Wedekind Kreitman passed from this life into eternal life on 10 May, 2022. She died in her own home after a long battle with Parkinson Disease. She was a servant of Lord Jesus Christ for 99 years. Her life started on a farm near Newman Grove, Nebraska on January 23, 1923. Her parents were Henry Wedekind and...

May 9, 2022

Bernice Francis Mueller, 90, passed away on May 9, 2022, at the Monument Hospice House in Rapid City, SD.

Bernice was born in Overton, NE, to Frank and Anna Slattery on March 6, 1932. She graduated from Bennett County High School in 1950 and completed her nursing school in Rapid City, SD at St. John’s Hospital in...

May 8, 2022

Cal Coomes passed away May 8, 2022 at his home in Chadron, Nebraska.

Funeral services will be Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, NE.

Burial will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Rushville, NE at 1:00 PM.

A memorial has been established for the Chadron Volunteer Fire...

May 8, 2022

Private Family Services for Jean Drinkwalter of Crawford, Nebraska will be held Friday, May 13, 2022 at 3:00 PM at Crawford City Cemetery in Crawford, Nebraska. Visitation will be held Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 6:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Crawford, Nebraska.

Jean Drinkwalter was born on May 6th, 1925 in Ainsworth, NE to...

May 6, 2022

A Celebration of Life for Janet Adams of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:00 PM at United Methodist Church in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, May 16, 2022 from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska.

May 6, 2022

Perry Allen Beguin was born to Hank and Aggie Beguin in Rushville, Nebraska on April 25, 1946.  He went to be with the Lord and his son Brent on May 6, 2022.  He grew up on the Beguin ranch 20 miles south of Rushville and was the youngest of four boys, Blake, Blayne, and Jerry.  He loved the Sandhills...

May 3, 2022

Shirley (Vollentine) Dohring gained her angel wings May 3, 2022, while hospitalized at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Shirley was born April 12, 1940, to Bernadine (Warnke) and Woodrow “Pick” Vollentine at Gordon, Nebraska. She obtained her early education in Gordon and graduated from Gordon High School in 1957. She attended business college in Rapid City,...

May 2, 2022

Memorial services with military honors for 84-year old Jack Rollison of Chadron, NE, are Sat, May 21, 2022 at 1:00 at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron

Everyone is invited after the service to Jack’s Sweet Tooth Dessert Bar at the Chadron Senior Center.

A memorial to create a college fund for Jack’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren has...

May 1, 2022

William “Bill” Junge passed away May 1, 2022, at Gordon Memorial Hospital. Bill was born November 19, 1925, in Crofton, NE, to William and Clarice (Gilbertson) Junge, and was the only son of seven children. His family moved to South Dakota and Bill left the family farm near Patricia at a very young age and scratched out a living...

Apr 26, 2022

Joy Jacynth Heath passed peacefully into the loving arms of her Savior on April 26, 2022, at Creighton, Nebraska at the age of 93. She was born August 11, 1928, in Omaha, Nebraska to Niels and Petra Katrina (Katherine) Quist. Joy lost her father at 6 years old and her mother at age 21. Her parents were...

Apr 26, 2022

Leta Marx passed away on April 26, 2022 at her home on Marx Mountain.

Leta Leotis Dreyer was born on July 31, 1932, at home east of Rushville, Nebraska.  She was the third child of Bernard Christian Jacob (Jake) and Iva Leah Margaret (Bare) Dreyer.  The family later moved to the Bare farm south of Rushville.   She...

Apr 26, 2022

Funeral Services for Keith Zimmerman of Harrison, Nebraska will be held Monday, May 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM at The United Methodist Church in Harrison, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Bodarc Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, May 2, 2022 at 9:30 AM at United Methodist Church in Harrison, Nebraska. A luncheon will be held Monday, May 2,...

Apr 25, 2022

Paul James Anderson was born on January 27, 1960, at the Rushville Hospital in Rushville, Nebraska, to Donald Anderson and Joann (Sydow) Anderson. As a young boy the family lived in Merriman, Nebraska, then in 1966 they moved to the Prokop Ranch southwest of Rushville, until Paul started high school. His father then started work on the Conrad Bauer...

Apr 21, 2022

Alicia Marie May-Stolley, 50, died at home after a bout with stomach cancer on April 21, 2022. Alicia was the daughter of Richard (Dick) May and Sharlene (Black Bear) May. She was born on March 09, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois.

Alicia graduated High School from Bennett County High School in Martin, South Dakota in 1990. She later...

Apr 18, 2022

Funeral Services for Jim Nordstrom of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Friday, April 22, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska. Visitations will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska.

James...

Apr 14, 2022

Martha Louise Woodhouse, 84 passed away April 14th, 2022, at Gordon Countryside care. She was born July 24th, 1937 in Gordon, Nebraska to Frank Norton Grooms and Gona Abilene (Hanson) Grooms. She was the youngest of 11 children. Martha had polio in 1940 and lived with disabilities her whole life.

Martha grew up at Wounded Knee South Dakota. After...

Apr 13, 2022

Funeral Services for Marjorie Schumacher of Chadron, Nebraska will be held Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska. Burial will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron, Nebraska.

Marjorie May Schumacher passed away on April 13, 2022 at Ponderosa Villa in Crawford, NE at the age of 93.

Apr 12, 2022

Samuel Pedrick Jr., 100, passed away April 12, 2022 at Fort Meade Medical Center in South Dakota. Sam, the son of Samuel and Alma Pedrick, was born April 13, 1921 in Penngrove, New Jersey.

Sam was a WWII Veteran. He was stationed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska as a K-9 trainer, it was there in Crawford that he...

Apr 9, 2022

Polly Ann Swayne was born to Milton and Joan Sundin in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on January 1, 1956. At the time of her birth, the family was living on a farm near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. In March of that year, the family moved to Nebraska. It was on a wheat farm in Banner County that Polly and her three sisters grew...

Apr 8, 2022

Donald Gordon Gilman, 90, died peacefully at home with family by his side on April 8th, 2022. He was born December 17th, 1931 in Mexico, Missouri to Norma Emma Hebrank and Gordon Webb Gilman along with his brother, Dale Gilman. Upon completion of High School, he joined the Air Force to serve in the Korean War. He was assigned...