OBITUARIES

Aug 9, 2024

Betty Louise (Gold) Staal age 95, passed away August 9, 2024, at Crestview Care Center in Chadron, NE.

Betty was born June 27, 1929, in Burchard, NE to Carl and Vergie Gold. Betty attended Chadron High School with the class of 1948. Betty started working at an early age as a waitress, working in many of the cafes throughout Chadron. While...

Aug 8, 2024

Violet Mae (Huckins) Coon, 94, made her heavenly journey on August 8th, 2024, after a long and fulfilling life. She was born June 15th, 1930, to Gina (Swanson) and Joseph Hial Huckins on a farm located in Dawes County, near Hay Springs, NE.

 At the age of two, her family moved to a farm three miles east of Rushville, NE. They...

Aug 7, 2024

Robert Duane Hanlon, or “Butch,” passed away at his home on August 7, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was 77 years old. Born on July 17, 1947, in Alliance, Nebraska, Robert was a beloved family man, physician, and musician whose life was filled with passion and service.

Butch’s experience of being hospitalized as a young child at University of Nebraska Medical...

Aug 6, 2024

Aug 4, 2024

Melvin WooddenSeptember 14, 1938 – August 4, 2024Melvin Pervis Woodden was born on September 14, 1938, in Gordon, Nebraska, to Roy L. and Clara E. (Fancher) Woodden. He grew up on the family ranch in Manderson, SD, alongside his sister Betty and brothers Mickey, Merle, Tim, and Tom. Life on the ranch was busy with school, chores, and helping out...

Jul 29, 2024

Brianna Topil, 34, passed away on June 29, 2024, surrounded by loved ones in Lincoln, NE. She was born in Tacoma, WA on November 28, 1989 and moved with her family to Gordon, NE when she was five years old.Although Brianna’s time with us was far too short, she lived a full life with people she loved and spent most...

Jul 27, 2024

Loice Jay Bartlett passed away 7/27/24 at home. He was born in Riverview Nebraska, to Fritz and Ida (Gordon) Bartlett the fourth of eleven children.

Loice didn't have much of an education, he started working at 13 or 14 years old to help support the family mostly ranching and haying in the Sandhills, working his way towards Chadron.

He met his wife...

Jul 16, 2024

Judy Kay Porch was born May 22, 1941, in Gordon, Nebraska, to Fred and Josephine (Petrik) Williams. Judy shared her birthday with twin sister Joyce Franzen. Older sister Iris McCue was delighted to have two babies to play with instead of just one.

Judy grew up on a farm northeast of Martin, South Dakota, and attended the Three Stars Country School...

Jul 13, 2024

Delbert Frank Kudrna “Smiley” was born June 28, 1943 to Frank and Christine Kudrna of rural Dawes county Nebraska. He went to the Lord on July 13, 2024 at age 81. Smiley graduated from Hay Springs High School in 1961. He served in the Army before moving to Valentine Ne in the early 1970’s. In November 1973, he married Betty...

Jul 12, 2024

 Marilyn Lois Brown was born September 4, 1945, in Rushville, NE, to Gail and Lennis Brown. She was welcomed by an older brother Merritt and then joined 1 1/2 years later by a brother Curt. The family lived in Gordon, NE.

  Marilyn started kindergarten in September of 1950 at the old school house. She graduated in May of 1963 from...

Jul 3, 2024

Ronald Joseph Miller, RJ, died the morning of July 3, 2024 from complications of cancer. He was born July 8, 1946 in Watertown South Dakota. Ron was the second child of six born to Glenn Wilcox Miller and Harriet Roby Miller. He attended Immaculate Conception School, Watertown High School, class of 1964, and University of South Dakota where he received...

Jun 28, 2024

It is with great sadness that the family of Dixie Anglin announces her passing. On Friday, June 28th 2024, at the young age of 66. Dixie passed away peacefully at her home after being placed on hospice a short time prior after many years of fighting congestive heart failure. Dixie was born November 17, 1957.

Dixie is loved and survived by...

Jun 13, 2024

Constance (Connie) Goodwin Slattery, 90, of Martin, passed away Thursday June 13, 2024 in Martin, SD at the Bennet County Hospital. Connie was born September 2, 1933 in Watertown, SD, to parents Albert Clive Moorehouse and Florence McDonald-Moorhouse. Connie grew up in White River, SD until her high school years when the family moved to Martin. Connie graduated from Bennett...

Jun 7, 2024

Terry Lee Steinacher, Sept. 1, 1943-June 7, 2024.

Preceded in death by parents Norman and Ethel (Chasdek) Steinacher. Survived by his sister Carole (Dawn) Steinacher, cousins and good friends, Jim Miller and Taylor Morava. Terry graduated from Milligan High School in 1961, received Bachelor and Masters degrees in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and a PhD in Archaeology...

Jun 4, 2024

     Gerald C. Letcher age 92 passed away peacefully Tuesday June 4, with his children Jared and Gwen by his side. He was born October 19, 1931 South of Hay Springs by the Niobrara River to Charles and Elsie ( Peters) Letcher. He married Myrgle White on September 10, 1958 Sharing three children: Vincent Brian, Gwen Elene and Jared...

Jun 2, 2024

Frances Lane Marsh, better known as Cindy, passed away peacefully in her sleep June 2nd, 2024 at Crestview Care Center in Chadron Nebraska, due to liver cancer. 

 

Cindy was born July 11th, 1946, to Herbert Eugene Morley and Frances Lane Jenkins. She had three brothers…Patrick, Roy and Ralph. Her parents and all three brothers predeceased her, as did her husband of...

May 31, 2024

Funeral services for Mildred (Millie) Wasserburger will be held beginning with a Vigil Service (Rosary) at 7:00 pm on Friday, June 14, 2024, and Funeral Mass at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at the Church of the Nativity in Harrison, Nebraska, with Father Arul Innaiah officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Harrison. Millie passed away in...

May 30, 2024

Douglas Dean Johnson was born June 29, 1930 on the home place eighteen miles South East of Chadron to Carl and Elma Johnson, He was the only boy with three doting sisters Shirley, Carleen and Phylis. From a young age Doug learned to work hard from sunup to sundown for his father and he passed this work ethic on to...

May 27, 2024

Elwood Landreth passed away peacefully, May 27, 2024 at Pioneer Manor, Nursing Home and Haysprings, NEElwood was a rancher for half of his life. He loved horses and cattle, he broke and trained his horse, Babe. She was quite a challenge for him, but in the end he won. He was married to Sharon Hardin at that time. They had...

May 26, 2024

Mark Alan Deines was born July 20, 1964 in Sidney, Nebraska to Leland and Margaret Luella (Stowell) Deines. He died on May 26, 2024 at the age of 59. Thanks to community support he was home and surrounded by loved ones at the time of his passing. Mark spent the first year of his life in a hospital in Lincoln, NE...