OBITUARIES

Clara Erixson

Nov 8, 2020

God calls home Clara Irene (Weckwerth) Erixson, 83, of Crawford, NE, after a short fight with Covid-19 and other complications on Sunday, November 8, 2020.

Clara was born in Hot Springs, SD on August 12, 1937 to Walter and Mabel (Meier) Weckwerth. Clara lived with her railroad family in SD, WY and NE. After Clara graduated from...

Jeannette Gabel

Nov 7, 2020

Jeannette Gabel, 60, of Hay Springs, NE passed suddenly after a short but fierce battle with cancer. She was born in Carson City, NV, grew up in Chadron, NE, and also lived in Sidney, NE and Hay Springs, NE – where combined, she worked as a nurse for over 45 years. Jeannette was always humorously honest, an unapologetic over-sharer,...

Elizabeth Johnson

Nov 5, 2020

Beth Johnson passed away on November 5, 2020 after a week in the hospital fighting COVID-19. Beth made Chadron home in 2009 when her former wife, Pam Newberg, took a position in library science at Chadron State College. Beth loved the Chadron community and participated actively in many organizations. It was her wish to stay in Chadron where she was lovingly cared...

Lester Thayer

Nov 4, 2020

Lester James Thayer, 78, of Merriman, Nebraska, passed away on November 4, 2020 after a short illness.

He was born to parents James Eli Thayer and Maude Mae Swick, on August 19, 1942 in Newport, Nebraska, the fifth of six children.

Lester married Verla Clausen on April 17, 1961 in Rushville, NE. To this union six children were born: Verlene, Verna, LeAnn, Leslie, Cassie, and Malena.  For the majority of their marriage they lived in...

Ilene Kubo

Nov 2, 2020

Ilene Harriet (Preble) Kubo

Funeral services for Ilene H. Kubo will be held on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska with Dr. Russ Seger officiating. Burial will follow at Hay Springs City Cemetery in Hay Springs, Nebraska. A visitation will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 5-8 PM...

Carole Dailey

Oct 31, 2020

Carole June (Huber) Dailey passed away quickly and peacefully on Saturday October 31, 2020.

Carole was born in the year 1926 in Elkhart, Indiana. During WW2, Carole met and married Joseph B. (Ben) Dailey, Jr. who was in the U.S. Navy. Carole was a “Rosie the Riveter” during the war working in a military radio and communications...

Joann Anderson

Oct 27, 2020

Joann Anderson

Barbara Joann, eldest daughter of Paul Sydow and Lizzie Wilson Sydow was born February 25, 1935 at the home of her cousin Carrie and Louis Reeves at Whiteclay, Nebraska. She passed away at her home in Rushville, on October 27, 2020.

Her family lived at Oglala, SD, where she started school in September...

Joyce Tiensvold

Oct 27, 2020

Joyce Tiensvold was born on November 7, 1934 in Rushville, Nebraska, to Ed & Fern Bolek, where they lived on the farm around 2 miles east of Rushville. Joyce passed away on October 27, 2020 in Reno, Nevada.

She completed her schooling in Rushville and married her high school sweetheart LeRoy Tiensvold in 1952 and they had...

Sandra Krueger

Oct 26, 2020

Sandra Krueger, of Crawford, NE, passed away on October 26, 2020 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Sandra was born on May 13, 1951 in Crawford, Nebraska to Dwayne and Dorothy (Blaisdel) Krueger.

Services for Sandra will be held at a later date.

Almetta Wohlers-Richardson

Oct 25, 2020

Almetta Richardson

Almetta Agnes (Wallace) Wohlers-Richardson, age 88, of Crawford, NE passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020.

Almetta was born near Edgemont, SD on August 25, 1932, to Merritt C. and Agnes (Van Dewater) Wallace. She was one year old when the family moved to their Indian Creek Ranch.

Almetta attended Dist....

Clayton Tallon

Oct 24, 2020

Clayton Tallon passed away peacefully at Pioneer Manor on October 24, 2020. Clayton was born on October 17, 1932 to Thomas and Katie (Skoda) in Rushville, NE.

Clayton was raised on the ranch 12 miles north of Rushville by his grandparents Charlie and Bessie Skoda. He attended the Craven Creek School and rode his horse 5 miles...

Garret Peterson

Oct 24, 2020

A memorial service for Garret Peterson will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska.

Garret Allen Peterson, 77, of Crawford, Nebraska, passed away October 24, 2020 in Dawes County, NE. Garret was born Jan 14, 1943 to Harold Carl Allen and Aldyth Dokter Peterson at his maternal grandparent’s home...

Gabriel (Gabe) Blanford

Oct 23, 2020

Gabriel (Gabe) James Blanford, 17, of Chadron, Ne, was freed of his earthly burdens after a life long battle with Trichothiodystrophy (TTD). Gabe was born August 2, 2003 in Denver, Co to Angie Flesner and Jason Blanford, and passed in the comfort of his home surrounded by family in the early morning of October 23, 2020.

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Ron Meints

Oct 22, 2020

Ron Meints passed away on October 22, 2020 in Chadron,          Nebraska. Funeral services for Ron Meints will be held on Monday, October 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska with Dr. Russ Seger officiating. Committal service will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Pickrell,...

Paul Empson

Oct 18, 2020

Paul D. Empson

Paul D. Empson of Chadron, who served as a District Court judge in northwest Nebraska for nearly 27 years, died at his home early Sunday morning, October 18, 2020, with his wife and daughter nearby.  He was 79. A memorial service will be Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Chadron Berean Church. ...

Mark Walker Jr

Oct 15, 2020

An obituary is not available at this time for Mark Walker Jr. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Phillip Biernacki

Oct 14, 2020

Funeral services for Phillip Biernacki will be held on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chadron, Nebraska with Bishop Margetts officiating. A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, Nebraska.

Phillip passed...

Jessie Coon

Oct 13, 2020

Jessie Carroll Owens was born December 9, 1935 in Corbin, Kentucky to Alpha Roberts Owens and Manning Owens. She grew up with two sisters, Laura Jane, and Mary Joyce.  Later the family moved to Pond Creek, Oklahoma.

On August 22, 1951 Jessie married the love of her life, Thomas Jackson (Jack) Coon in Enid, Oklahoma.  The two...

Sharon Jancik

Oct 9, 2020

In Memory of

Sharon Rose (Stiehl) Jancik

March 14, 1937 – October 9, 2020

Hay Springs, NE

Funeral services for Sharon “Susie” Rose Jancik will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 1:30 PM at the Hay Springs United Methodist Church in Hay Springs, Nebraska with Pastor Paul Smith officiating. A...

Dolores Melton Bieber

Oct 7, 2020

Dolores A Cassedy Melton Bieber, 93, was born December 1, 1926, 7 miles north of Gordon to Patrick H Cassedy and Anna Clara Eucks Cassedy.  She passed from this life on October 7, 2020 at the Ponderosa Villa in Crawford NE.

Dolores attended a one room school house, north of Gordon and attended High School at Assumption...