OBITUARIES

Apr 26, 2019

A memorial has been established for St. Jude's Hospital. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE  69337.

Apr 25, 2019

Charles Gregory Walgren was born on January 1st, 1954 to Delmer and Peggy Walgren in Gordon, Nebraska.  He passed away at the age of 65 on April 25,, 2019 in Rapid City Regional Hospital.  Greg was raised in Hay Springs, Nebraska, graduating high school in 1972.  His love of sports led him to participate in football, basketball, and baseball. ...

Apr 24, 2019

Donna passed away peacefully at Crest View Care Center in the early morning hours of April 24, 2019. Donna Jean was born to George (Bud) Moss and Bess (Drullinger) Moss. She met and married the love of her life Odey Gregory in December 1951. To this union were born two daughters, Deana Kay and Pamela Jean. Of all the...

Apr 21, 2019

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

Apr 19, 2019

David Dean Hatch was born in Gordon, Nebraska, on August 22, 1945, to Earnest and Mildred Hatch. He passed away April 19, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was the eighth child of nine. He spent his early childhood at the family farm helping out with the cows and sheep. He and some siblings rode horseback to the...

Apr 19, 2019

Jimmy Lee York 72 of Martin, South Dakota passed away April 19, 2019 at the Bennett County Hospital. Jimmy was born on August 27,1946 in Bayard Nebraska, the son of Lloyd Dale and Wilma Irene York, he was the oldest of 5 children. He spent his younger years in Bayard and later moved to Chadron, NE before moving to...

Apr 17, 2019

Luella Cozad passed away on April 17, 2019, at Rapid City, SD. She was born on September 21, 1924, to Rudolph and Ida Bruhn. Luella grew up on a farm in the vicinity of Schleswig, Iowa, and graduated from Schleswig High School. She attended and received a baccalaureate degree at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and also received...

Apr 17, 2019

Claude J. Lewis, 97 yrs, of Crawford, NE passed to his heavenly family April 17, 2019 at the Ponderosa Villa in Crawford. Claude was born to Claude D. and Mamie Jane (Weatherford) Lewis, the third of 9 children. He was born in Pittsylvania County, VA at the family home where his family had lived for decades. Claude worked in the...

Apr 13, 2019

Shirley Elaine Koons was born November 1, 1942 in Canon City, CO, to Gerald Allen Koons and Alta Irene Cathcart Koons.

The family moved to Las Vegas, NM in 1943, where Shirley’s dad worked for the Santa Fe railroad. She went all through school in Las Vegas.

Shirley’s love of animals started at a young...

Apr 13, 2019

Keith Hamilton “Bud” Roberts, 100, passed away April 13, 2019 following a short illness. He was born December 29, 1918 on the family farm 7 miles east of Gordon, Nebraska.  Bud attended country grade school at Sudan and graduated Gordon High School in 1936.   He farmed and ranched with his father and brother Jack until he retired.  As farmers,...

Apr 11, 2019

Gerald (Jerry) Traphagan was born March 25, 1950 to Gerald Elwood and Irene (Pickrel) Traphagan at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook, NE. Jerry attended McCook Public Schools, graduating in 1968. During his childhood he participated in various sports and became a lifelong St. Louis Cardinal Baseball, University of Nebraska, hunting and fishing fan. In high school he was a...

Apr 11, 2019

Neal was born on Friday, January 12, 1923 in Gordon, Nebraska.   He died on Thursday evening April 11, 2019 at the Gordon Memorial Hospital.  He was exactly 96 years, 2 months and 20 days old. His parents were Ren and Esther Hull Green. He began his education at the Minor Ranch School located South of Gordon. At the age of 8 he moved...

Apr 5, 2019

Nels Wayne Engebretsen, 76 died unexpectedly April 5th, 2019 at his home in Chadron, Nebraska. He was born December 21, 1942 at Lusk, Wyoming, the son of Floyd and Wanda Engebretsen.  During his years of growing up on the Engebretsen Ranch he was in 4-H, and in high school he was a member of FFA. In later years, he belonged...

Apr 4, 2019

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

Mar 31, 2019

Adelaide Florille (Hansen) Walther was born on November 11, 1917 in Quick, NE to M. Peter Hansen and Georgia (Cramer) Hansen.  She died on March 31, 2019 at the Pioneer Manor in Hay Springs at the age of 101 years.

She grew up on the family farm in Frontier County north of McCook, NE.  The family all...

Mar 27, 2019

Dorothy Jane (Warnke) Turnbull Janssen was born in Petersburg, Nebraska to Emil Earnest Warnke and Magdalena “Lena” Katrina Dohse on July 11, 1922. She was the 5th of 6 children. Dorothy lived and loved in a 250-mile radius of Nebraska her whole life. She died on March 27, 2019, in Hay Springs, Nebraska.

Dorothy lived a very...

Mar 24, 2019

Harley N. Jensen, 94, of Hay Springs, Nebraska passed away on March 24, 2019 at the Western Nebraska Veteran’s Home in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  He was born on October 24, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska to Harold and Agnes Jensen.

A visitation, open to the public will be held on Friday, March 29, 2019 at Chamberlain Drabbels Mortuary in...

Mar 22, 2019

Donna Jean Alcorn

February 26, 1928 to March 22, 2019

Memorial services will be held at St. Peters Lutheran Church on April 6, 2019, at 10:30 AM. Burial will be at the Mirage Flats Community Cemetery and lunch at the church will follow.

Donna Jean Kuskie was born February 26, 1928, the eighth...

Mar 14, 2019

Evelyn Marie (Fleishman) Reed was born at the Bootjer Hospital in Crawford on June 20, 1926, to Walter and Catherine Fleishman of Belmont.  She was raised, along with her sisters and brother, on the Fleishman farm southwest of Belmont.  She attended the Belmont School through 10th grade and graduated from Crawford High School in 1943. After high school, Evelyn...

Mar 13, 2019

Richard Hollis Bates was born in Clayton, New Mexico on June 29, 1964 to Tommy Wayne and Dora Lee Bates.  He was the youngest of three boys.

He is survived by his mother Dora lee and two older brothers Gene and Tommy Jr.  He is also survived by three nieces, two nephews, nine great nieces, five great...