Obituaries
David Lee Elliott
Aug 27, 2015
David Elliott, 59, entered into rest on August 27, 2015 peacefully at his home in Chappell, Nebraska.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, September 3, 2015 in the Chappell Cemetery with military rites provided by the Chappell VFW Post #7002, American Legion Post #217 and the Nebraska Army National Guard Honor Guard. David Lee Elliott was born in...
Jep Paulsen
Aug 26, 2015
Jep McKinley Paulsen was born on the evening of June 16, 2014, at Presbyterian St. Luke's in Denver, CO. After struggling with multi organ issues- primarily lung prematurity and damage - Jep gently passed to be with the Lord on August 26, 2015, at Children's Hospital in Aurora, CO. A public visitation is scheduled from 12:00 to 3:00 on Tuesday,...
Roger Gray
Aug 18, 2015
Roger K Gray, 72, of Oshkosh passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, August 18, 2015 at his home. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 24, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Oshkosh with Pastor Jeniffer Brand officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation at the...
Dan Pursley
Jul 27, 2015
Dan Pursley, 73 a Gurley, Nebraska resident since 2001, passed away early Monday morning, July 27, 2015 at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. Cremation has taken place and services will be planned and announced at a later date. Dan was born February 26, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Orville and Nell (Stout) Pursley....
Donna M. Johnson
Jul 18, 2015
Donna Mae Johnson, 76 of Potter, Nebraska died Saturday afternoon, July 18, 2015 at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, July 27, 2015 in the Prairie West ELCA/UMC Church in Potter with Pastor Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. Burial will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00...
Lenard Stichka
Jul 14, 2015
Lenard Stichka, 61 of Brighton, Colorado and a former Sidney and Bridgeport resident died Tuesday afternoon, July 14, 2015 at the DaVita Brighton Dialysis Center in Brighton.Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in the Bridgeport Church of Christ with Pastor Jonathan Seng officiating. Services will conclude at the church with inurnment to be held...
Virgil Ring
Jul 12, 2015
Virgil R Ring 87 died peacefully with family by his side on Sunday July 12, 2015 at Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, NE.Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday July 16, 2015 at Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh with Brenda Tophoj, PMA officiating. Military honors will be provided at the funeral home. Interment will be held at...
Gerald Brestel
Jul 10, 2015
Gerald Brestel, 93 of Bend, Oregon and a longtime Sidney resident passed into Eternal life on Friday, July 10, 2015 in Bend. His life will be remembered and celebrated with services on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 10:30 AM in the Evangelical Free Church in Sidney. Inurnment will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole, Nebraska. Memorial gifts...
Kenneth A. Kurz
Jul 4, 2015
Kenneth Kurz, 65 of rural Sidney, Nebraska died Saturday evening, July 4, 2015 at his home south of Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. Services will conclude at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation or to Prostate Cancer research....
Larry W. Rahe
Jun 27, 2015
Larry Wayne Rahe, 81 of Chappell, NE passed away on June 27th at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, NE with family at his side. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, July 3, 2015 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Gary Rahe officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. Visitation will be from...
Leif Christiansen, Sr.
Jun 26, 2015
Leif Normann Christiansen, Sr., beloved husband, father, and grandfather, 69, of Oshkosh passed away at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala, NE after a 7 month long battle with lung cancer.Cremation has taken place and a memorial services will be held at a later date in California.A memorial has been established in Leif’s name to the Oshkosh Library or to...
Donna Rae Johnson
Jun 25, 2015
Donna Rae Johnson, 75, of Sidney, Nebraska went to be with her LORD JESUS on June 25, 2015 at her home in Sidney.Visitation will be from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in the Evangelical Free Church in Sidney with Pastor Doug...
Kermit Nelson
Jun 23, 2015
Kermit Nelson, 97 of Dalton, Nebraska passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, June 23, 2015 at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care in Sidney, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, June 27, 2015 in the United Church of the Plains, Trinity site in Dalton with Pastor Eric Alm officiating. Burial with military rites will follow in the...
Maxine Elizabeth Howerter
Jun 16, 2015
Maxine Howerter, 93, passed away after a short illness, on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2015. She passed at Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell, NE. She had lived there for the past 3 ½ years. Visitation will be Monday, June 22, 2015 from 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the Holechek Funeral Home in Chappell, with Funeral services...
Ruth Bartling
Jun 12, 2015
Ruth Bartling, 78 of Lodgepole, Nebraska passed away Friday morning, June 12, 2015 at her home north of Lodgepole. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in the Lion’s Den in Chappell with Pastor Brent DeJong of Grace Community Fellowship officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. Memorials have been...
JoLettah M. Brestel
Jun 7, 2015
JoLettah May Brestel, 90 of Chappell, Nebraska entered into rest Sunday morning, June 7, 2015 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, Nebraska. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday June 18, 2015 in the United Methodist Church in Chappell with Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating....
Ellen M. Lessman
Jun 1, 2015
Ellen Lessman, 74 of rural Broadwater, Nebraska died Monday morning, June 1, 2015 at her home north of Dalton.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, June 5, 2015 in the Salem Lutheran Church in Gurley with Pastor Ted Bourret officiating. Burial will follow in the Dalton Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to the Salem Lutheran...
Zach Berch
May 19, 2015
Zachary J. Berch, 63, of Hyannis passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015 at his home. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Broadwater with Ann Bairn, PMA officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Rosehill Cemetery near Broadwater. Cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation at...
Mildred "Millie" Lobner
May 13, 2015
Mildred "Millie" Lobner, 93, of Lewellen passed away early Wednesday morning, May 13, 2015 at the Waterford at Wilderness Hills in Lincoln.Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 22, 2015 at Grace Lutheran Church in Lewellen with Pastor Jeniffer Brand and Vonnie Brown officiating. Inurnment will be in the Fairview Cemetery north of Lewellen at a...
Merle D. Mick
Apr 30, 2015
Merle Mick, 90 of Chappell, Nebraska died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at the Sedgwick County Hospital in Julesburg, Colorado.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, October 16, 2015 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Bradley Heinecke of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sidney officiating. Services will conclude at the church with...