Obituaries
Elda L. Draper
Jul 28, 2014
Elda Lorraine (Larsen) Draper, age 82, of Sidney, NE died Monday afternoon, July 28, 2014 at the Golden Living Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, August 4, 2014 in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor David Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.In lieu of flowers a memorial may be made to Holy Trinity...
Lamila Nielson
Jul 23, 2014
Lamila Nielson, 82, of Sidney, Nebraska died early Wednesday morning, July 23, 2014 at home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, July 28, 2014 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor David Hall of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Czechoslovakian Cemetery. Cremation has taken place and there will be...
Francis J. Butterfield
Jul 1, 2014
Francis J. Butterfield, 93 and a longtime Sidney resident died Tuesday evening, July 1, 2014 at the Tabitha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.Private family graveside services are planned.Memorials have been established to Hillsdale College or Tabitha Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Francis James Butterfield, the son of Millard E. and Margaret C. (Payne) Butterfield was born November 2, 1920 in...
Dorothy Sweet
Jun 24, 2014
Dorothy Sweet, 84, of Sidney and formerly from Oshkosh, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, NE. Cremation has taken place and burial is planned for a later date in Stuart, NE.Dorothy was born July 17, 1929 in Sioux City, IA to LeRoy and Vera Bartlett. She graduated from Stuart High School in 1946...
Elva (Davison) Lostroh
Jun 13, 2014
Elva Lostroh, 100 of Sidney, Nebraska died Friday morning, June 13, 2014 at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, June 19, 2014 in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating. A private family burial will be Friday morning in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Imperial, Nebraska.Memorials have been...
Holli (Podkonyak) Fessler
Jun 9, 2014
Holli Ann Fessler, 54, of Omaha, ended her four and a half year courageous battle with ovarian cancer on June 9, 2014. Graveside service and celebration of life will be held at Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen on Friday, June 27 at 11 AM. Rev. Duane Dunwoody will officiate. A luncheon will follow at the Lewellen Community Center.Memorials may be...
Shirley Flohr
Jun 7, 2014
Shirley Flohr, 73 of Sidney, NE passed away early Saturday morning, June 7, 2014 at Sidney Regional Medical Center.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, June 13, 2014 in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor David Hall officiating. Services will conclude at the church with cremation to follow.Memorials have been established to the Cheyenne County Community Center...
Winifred Soper
Jun 5, 2014
Winifred Soper, 90, of Scottsbluff and formerly of Oshkosh, went peacefully to her Heavenly Home on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at the Western Nebraska Veterans’ Home in Scottsbluff.Burial has taken place in the Nebraska Veterans’ Cemetery At Alliance and a memorial service is planned for a later date at the Western Nebraska Veterans’ Home.Memorials to the family can be sent...
Sheila Christofferson
May 30, 2014
Sheila Mae (Fortner) Christofferson, 63, of rural Lodgepole, NE, went to be with her Heavenly Father May 30, 2014 while in her husband’s arms at her home after a long tough battle with lung cancer.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday June 7, 2014 at the Evangelical Free Church, 2763 11th Ave., in Sidney, NE with Pastors Melvin...
Floyd "Joe" Emerson
May 28, 2014
Floyd “Joe” Emerson, 81, a longtime resident of Lisco Nebraska passed away late Wednesday afternoon, May 28, 2014 at the VA Hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming with his loving family at his side.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday the 4th day of June 2014 at the Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh Nebraska with Father Mike McDonald officiating....
Boyd W. Aden
May 25, 2014
Boyd W. Aden, 86 of Chappell, Nebraska was called to his eternal home on Sunday morning, May 25, 2014 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday May 31, 2014 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery.In lieu of flowers...
Clara B. Miles
May 23, 2014
Clara Miles, 97 of Chappell, Nebraska entered her eternal rest on Friday afternoon, May 23, 2014 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, May 30, 2014 in the Chappell United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:00 PM...
Janice L. Easterly
May 20, 2014
Janice Lorene Easterly, formerly of Lorenzo, Nebraska died Tuesday evening, May 20, 2014, at Highline Place in Littleton, CO. She was 83.Funeral services will be Saturday, May 24 at 10:00 AM at the Peetz United Methodist Church in Peetz, Colorado with Rev. Jody Harless officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney.Visitation will be Friday May 23 from 2:00-7:00...
Jack Robinson
May 18, 2014
Jack M Robinson, 93, of Norfolk, Nebraska and formerly of Oshkosh, passed away Sunday morning, May 18, 2014 at the Norfolk Veteran's Home in Norfolk.****A grave side memorial service with military honors for Jack Robinson will be held at the Oshkosh Cemetery at 4 pm on Friday June 6, 2014. Immediately following the service Jack’s family and friends invite you...
Debbie Grothe
May 16, 2014
Debbie Jo Grothe, 57, of Lemoyne, NE, passed away Friday May 16, 2014 at the Ogallala Memorial Hospital in Ogallala, NE. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Ogallala with Father Bryan Ernest officiating. Burial of the ashes will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at...
Michael "Mike" McKee
May 11, 2014
Michael McKee, 76, of Oshkosh passed away on Sunday morning, May 11, 2014 at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte.Cremation has taken place and per his wishes, the family will be having a “celebration of life” gathering at his home in Oshkosh during Memorial Day weekend.Memorials are suggested in Mike's name to a local charity of your...
Darwin Higgins
May 9, 2014
Darwin Eugene Higgins (known to most as Higg) was born on December 23, 1929 in Arcadia, Nebraska to William and Ruby (Matheson) Higgins. He passed away at the age of 84 on May 9th, 2014 in Oshkosh, Nebraska. At the age of 5, Higg and family moved to Comstock, Nebraska where he attended high school. After high school, Higg attended...
Carol Olson
Apr 26, 2014
Carol Olson, 52 of Sidney, Nebraska died early Saturday morning, April 26, 2014 at Sidney Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, May 2, 2014 in the Evangelical Free Church in Sidney with Pastor Scott Bloomquist of the Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from...
Donald Collins
Apr 17, 2014
Donald “Salty” Collins, 81, Broadwater, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11:00 am, Wednesday, April 23 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Oshkosh, Nebraska with PMA Ann Bairn and Brenda Tophoj officiating. Burial will be a private family service at a later date.
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Wilbert Higuchi
Apr 13, 2014
Wilbert Higuchi, 83 of Sidney, Nebraska died Sunday afternoon, April 13, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Sidney.
Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home.
A time of remembrance and sharing will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday April 19, 2014 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. Services will conclude...