OBITUARIES

Feb 22, 2024

Feb 19, 2024

Virginia Ann Jones Obituary



Virginia Ann Jones, age 95, passed away peacefully at Keystone Retirement Home in Omaha, NE on February 19, 2024.

Virginia was born December 29, 1928, to parents Iverene and Ray Kane in Jackson, IL. After graduating high school and technical college, Virginia moved to Hastings, NE where she met and married Jerry Jones. They moved to Chadron, NE...

Feb 19, 2024

Judy Lee (Dollison) Hawthorne was born on May 19, 1947 in Hot Springs, SD to John Earl and Doris Mary (Rogers) Dollison. She grew up in Newcastle, WY with her brothers Fred, Rollie and Mike. She was an active member of the Methodist Church where she served as a Sunday School teacher and participated in the Youth Fellowship. Judy spent...

Feb 17, 2024

Thomas M. (Tom) Julius

Services for Tom Julius will be Saturday, February 24th at 2:00 p.m. at Christ Community Church in Crawford, 710 6th Street. Visitation without family present will be Friday, February 23rd from 5-7 pm at Chamberlain Chapel-Crawford, NE.

Thomas M. (Tom) Julius, 66, of Crawford, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Chadron Community...

Feb 15, 2024

Nancy Lee Nissen Deselms, 93, died Thursday, February 15th at the Regent Park Nursing Home in Holyoke, Colorado.

Nancy was born May 28, 1930, in Oxford, Nebraska to William J. and Bernice (Rhynalds) Nissen. She graduated from Oxford High School, Oxford, Nebraska in 1948 and married her high school sweetheart Don Deselms in 1952. She attended Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska...

Feb 13, 2024

Beth Kime Obituary

 

Beth Ann (Woods) Kime, 73, of rural Gordon, NE passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and a recent hemorrhagic stroke.  

Beth was born on November 8, 1950, to Vearl and Hazel (Lipe) Woods in St. Paul, Nebraska.  She attended a rural elementary school and then attended St. Paul High School....

Feb 12, 2024

Obituary

Dorothy Darlene Huckfeldt-Thieman- Unverzagt

Dorothy was born on July 16,1920, in Gasper County, Nebraska near Eustis and Elwood to Orvin and Katie Huckfeldt. The Huckfeldt’s farmed with horses and raised cattle and hogs. Dorothy and brother Melvyn picked up corn cobs at night to start fires in the wood burning stoves. In 1929, Orvin and Melvyn went to Wyoming to homestead...

Feb 8, 2024

Ellee Amber Ferebee gave the initial impression of being incredibly shy and introverted. Like a butterfly, she could stay a comfortable distance from people and surroundings until she was ready to land. When she landed, she did so with passion, confidence and joy. She was very aware of the essence of Ellee and did not waiver from who she was....

Feb 8, 2024

Janis Maxine Goetzinger passed away peacefully on February 8, 2024. Jan was born on March 23, 1936, in Alliance, Nebraska to Samuel J. Sr. and Clara O. (Leu) Kline. She had one younger brother, Sam Kline. Jr. Sam and Jan were raised and nurtured among a swell of aunts, uncles and cousins who all resided on Potash Avenue in Alliance. 

 Jan...

Feb 7, 2024

Corraine Joanne (Jacobs) Letcher, 89, passed away peacefully February 7, 2024 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, NE.

Corraine was born to Floyd and Helen (Reimann) Jacobs on October 27, 1934 south of Hay Springs, NE. She was the oldest of two daughters. Throughout her life, she never lived more than 10 miles away from her birthplace. During her school...

Feb 7, 2024

Harlan J. Tyndall, 88, of Rapid City, SD and formerly of Alliance and Chadron, Ne passed away. 

peacefully on Feb. 8th, 2024 surrounded by his loved ones in Rapid City, SD.

Harlan was born in Rosebud, SD on Feb. 15, 1935 to Jack and Dorothy Tyndall. Harlan joined

his two older sisters Vurene and Vera in the home and later became the proud...

Jan 30, 2024

James W. "Bill" Phelps, 97, of Crawford, Nebraska passed away at Chadron Community Hospital on January 30, 2024.

Bill was born in Bellevue, Nebraska on November 18, 1926 to John Orwen Phelps and Signe Emelia (Peterson) Phelps. He was a veteran of the US Navy having served from 1944 to 1946. Bill graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Iowa...

Jan 28, 2024

Jan 27, 2024

Loren Keith McMillan passed away January 27, 2024, at Gordon Memorial Hospital at the age of 88.   Loren was born May 3, 1935, in a sod house near Milburn, NE to James and Stella (Peg) McMillan.  He joined older brother Ted, sister Roberta followed two years later.

At the young age of 7 he had his first job haying for...

Jan 24, 2024

Jan 24, 2024

Danny “Boone” Stetson Danny “Boone” Stetson, age 76, died on January 24, 2024 at Monument Health, Rapid City, SD. He was born in Crawford, Nebraska on September 23, 1947, the second of six brothers, to Cleo and Wanda (Christensen) Stetson. Danny graduated from Crawford High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969. Danny held...

Jan 24, 2024

Karyl Marie Saxton was born on December 20th, 1939, she was the youngest of three children to Glen and Mabel (Burkitt) Kendrick. She graduated from Crawford high school in 1958. Also in 1958, she married Jack Riggs. She had four kids: Rusty, Serita, Kim and Ty. In 1990, Karyl had married Oren Saxton, and then got to travel all over...

Jan 21, 2024

Deanna Scherbarth Ferguson of Hay Springs, NE passed away January 21, 2024.Deanna was born in Rushville, NE on February 22, 1952. She grew up and attended school in the Hay Springs area. After college she worked as a draftsman in Colorado Springs, CO and Scottsbluff, NE.Deanna loved deep sea fishing and hunting for wild hogs in Texas. She also loved...

Jan 21, 2024

Jan 19, 2024

Dennis was drafted into the United States Army.  He did, his basic training at Fort Louise, WA., near Seattle.  Dennis completed advanced infantry training.  He was then sent to Fort Benning, GA., for more training to become an infantry instructor.  He then was at Fort Ord, Calif., where he was sergeant, seeing troops through their advanced infantry training, which was...