Obituaries
Edna Mcconnell
Jan 11, 2014
Edna McConnell, 98 of Sidney, Nebraska died Saturday morning, January 11, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, January 16, 2014 in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor David Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Dalton Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Holy Trinity Lutheran...
Paul Trum
Jan 8, 2014
Paul Trum, 86, expired on January 8, 2014 at his home near Lewellen, NE. He was born on April 1, 1927 in Sterling, CO to Ernest Leo and Angela Pauline (Eich) Trum. He attended Franklin and St Anthony’s School until the 10th grade then worked at Ray Lewis’s service station until he was drafted into the Army in 1945. He...
Stephen J. Kahl
Jan 4, 2014
Stephen John Kahl, 55 and a Sidney native died suddenly of natural causes at his apartment in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, January 4, 2014. A Memorial Mass of Resurrection will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, February 22, 2014 in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Art Faesser officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials...
Stephen Kahl
Jan 4, 2014
Stephen John Kahl, 55 and a Sidney native died suddenly of natural causes at his apartment in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, January 4, 2014. A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney on February 22, 2014. Service details and a complete obituary will be published in mid February prior to the service. Holechek Funeral Home...
Wanda Hartley
Jan 2, 2014
Wanda Hartley, 80, of Oshkosh passed away early Thursday morning, January 2, 2014 at the Garden County Health Services Nursing Home in Oshkosh.Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at a later date.Holechek Funeral Home and Cremations in Oshkosh is serving the Hartley family.Family and friends may sign the guest book and leave condolences online at...
Jessica Schwartz
Jan 2, 2014
Jessica Schwartz, 24, of Oshkosh and Julesburg passed away Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the Sedgwick County Health Center in Julesburg. Memorial services are tentatively planned for March at the Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh. Service details will be posted when available. Jessica Jean Schwartz was born on September 28, 1989 in Ogallala, NE to David Schwartz and Lana Saunders....
Dayton Cheleen
Dec 26, 2013
A. Dayton Cheleen, 79, of Chappell, NE passed away December 26, 2013 at the Miller Memorial Nursing Home in Chappell, NE. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. MST Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Berea Lutheran Church northeast of Chappell with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. He will be buried at the Berea Cemetery military rites by the V.F.W. Post...
Jim Robinson
Dec 15, 2013
Jim Robinson, 79 of Sidney, Nebraska, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother died early Sunday morning December 15th at the Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care with his wife and family by his side. The family will greet friends beginning at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, December 19th at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with a Celebration of Life service to...
Dale D. Bruns
Dec 14, 2013
Dale Bruns 89 of Chappell, Nebraska died at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Saturday morning, Dec 14, 2013.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, December 21 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. He will be interred in the Chappell cemetery next to the love of his life, Marie. Following...
Donald L. Moore
Dec 7, 2013
Donald L. Moore, 93 of Gurley, Nebraska, formerly of Gering passed away December 7th at the Sidney Regional Medical Center, after suffering a stroke on Thanksgiving eve.Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 12, 2013 in the First Christian Church in Sidney with Pastor Mark Zalesky officiating. Inurnment with military rites will be in the West Lawn...
Dewayne D. Phelps
Dec 5, 2013
World War II veteran Dewayne Phelps, 95 of Sidney, Nebraska died Thursday morning, December 5, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 11, 2013 in the Trinity Lutheran Church, South Divide south of Sidney with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery with military...
Ione Loyd
Dec 5, 2013
Ione Loyd, 99, of Oshkosh passed away Thursday evening, December 5, 2013 at the Garden County Health Services Nursing Home in Oshkosh.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Oshkosh United Methodist Church with Pastor Ray Weinerman officiating. Burial will follow in the Arthur Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. in Arthur, Nebraska.Visitation will be held...
James B. High
Nov 29, 2013
Jim High, 99 of Denver, Colorado and a longtime Dalton resident died late Friday evening, November 29, 2013 at the Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado. Memorial services will be held on Jim’s 100th birthday, Friday, February 7, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. in the United Church of the Plains, Trinity site with Pastor Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Inurnment with...
Robert Eugene Scripter, Jr.
Nov 28, 2013
Robert Scripter, Jr, 58, of Oshkosh and Minatare passed away early Thursday morning, November 28, 2013 at his home in Minatare.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh with Pastor Lynn Lutz officiating. Burial will follow in the Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen.Cremation has taken place and there...
Elmer Rasmussen
Nov 25, 2013
Elmer Rasmussen, 80, of Oshkosh passed away early Monday morning, November 25, 2013 at the Garden County Health Services Hospital in Oshkosh.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh with Pastors Lynn Lutz and Jim Nichols officiating. Burial will follow in the Ash Creek Cemetery near Lewellen.Visitation will...
Evelyn Maxine Queen
Nov 23, 2013
Evelyn Maxine Queen, 86, of Lisco passed away on Saturday morning, November 23, 2013 at her home in Lisco.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Lisco Presbyterian Church with Pastor Duane Dunwoody officiating. Burial will be in the Lisco Memorial Cemetery.Visitation will be held one hour before services at the church.Holechek Funeral Home...
Sophia Marie Nielsen
Nov 23, 2013
Marie Nielsen, 89, of Potter, Nebraska passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, Nebraska.Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. Saturday, November 30, 2013 in the Prairie West Church in Potter, NE with Rev. Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. Burial will follow in the Potter Cemetery.Memorials have been established to the Potter Historical Foundation and...
Frank R. Valla, Jr.
Nov 22, 2013
Frank R. Valla, Jr., 81 of Lodgepole, Nebraska died Friday afternoon, November 22, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, Nebraska. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 27, 2013 in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Chappell with Father Michael McDonald officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north...
Alice E. Higgins
Nov 22, 2013
Alice Higgins, 101 of Chappell, Nebraska died Friday morning, November 22, 2013 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, December 5, 2013 in the Chappell United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ezekiel Koech and Pastor Rod Wright officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. A...
Verna Olsen
Nov 22, 2013
Verna Olsen, 79, of Oshkosh passed away on Friday morning, November 22, 2013 at the Garden County Health Services Nursing Home in Oshkosh.Cremation has taken place and private family services will be held at a later date.Holechek Funeral Home and Cremations in Oshkosh is serving the Olsen family.Family and friends may sign the guest book and leave condolences online at...