Obituaries
LaVon Kahl
Aug 2, 2013
LaVon Kahl, 72 of Sidney, NE passed away August 2, 2013 at the Northern Colorado Long Term Critical Care Hospital, Johnston, CO.Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday August 24, 2013 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Dalton Cemetery.Memorials may be made in care of the...
Wayne Russell
Jul 31, 2013
Wayne E. Russell of Gurley, Nebraska passed away at his home on July 31, 2013. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, August 5, 2013 in the United Church of the Plains, Trinity site in Dalton, Nebraska with Pastors Leon “Bud” Gillespie and Eric Alm officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Dalton Cemetery. Cremation has taken place and...
Walter "Walt" Queen
Jul 29, 2013
Walter Mathew Queen, 88, of Scottsbluff and formerly of Lisco, went to meet his Lord at his home in Scottsbluff on Monday morning, July 29, 2013 with his wife and two daughters by his side.Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday Aug. 1, 2013 at the Lisco Presbyterian Church with Pastor Duane Dunwoody officiating. Burial will follow in...
Cecil Isler
Jul 21, 2013
Cecil E Isler, 91, of Oshkosh passed away on Sunday afternoon, July 21, 2013 at the Garden County Hospital in Oshkosh, Nebraska. At Cecil’s request, cremation was held and there will be a memorial service on August 10, 2013 in Wheatland, New Mexico. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his name to the Wounded Warriors Project.Holechek Funeral...
Randy L. Leach
Jul 13, 2013
Randy Leach, 56 of Chappell, Nebraska died late Saturday afternoon, July 13, 2013 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, July 20, 2013 at the Chappell Fire Hall. Cremation has been held and there is no visitation.Memorials have been established to the family.Randy Lou Leach the second son of Ervin...
Margaret M. Ehmke
Jul 10, 2013
Margaret Ehmke, 92, the daughter of one of Cheyenne County’s pioneer families passed away Wednesday evening, July 10, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Bradley Heinecke officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials have been...
Bud Rankin
Jul 7, 2013
Bud Rankin, 81 of Lodgepole, Nebraska passed away Sunday evening, July 7, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, Nebraska.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday July 11, 2013 in the United Methodist Church in Lodgepole with Pastors Ezekiel Koech and Leonard Suhr officiating. Military graveside services will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of...
Robert Aden
Jul 1, 2013
Robert “Bob” G. Aden, 90 of Chappell was called to his eternal home on Monday afternoon, July 1, 2013 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, July 6, 2013 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. Visitation will...
Tanya Ballew
Jun 19, 2013
Tanya Ballew, 60 of Chappell, Nebraska and formerly of Longmont, Colorado died late Wednesday evening, June 19, 2013 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, Nebraska. Cremation has take place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. The family is planning a memorial service with Pastor Sarah Cordray to be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 25, 2013...
Doreen Jensen
Jun 15, 2013
Doreen Jensen, 91, of Oshkosh, died Saturday afternoon, June 15, 2013 at the Garden County Health Services Nursing Home in Oshkosh. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 21, 2013, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Oshkosh with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. Interment will follow at 1:30 p.m. in the Oshkosh City Cemetery. Visitation will be held...
Maureen Castle
Jun 14, 2013
Maureen Castle, age 91 of Chappell, Nebraska lost her battle with cancer on Friday morning, June 14, 2013 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell, where she was under the care of hospice. A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in the Chappell Cemetery with the Rev. Ezekiel Koech officiating. Cremation has...
John Kahrs
Jun 9, 2013
John Kahrs, 86 of Lodgepole, Nebraska died late Sunday evening, June 9, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Sidney, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, June 13, 2013 in the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Lodgepole with Wayne Fraass, P.M.A officiating. Burial with military rites will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole....
Karen Fecht
Jun 3, 2013
Karen Fecht passed away June 3, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 58. Memorial services will be held Saturday June 22 at 4pm at the United Church of the Plains, Trinity in Dalton, Nebraska. Inurnment will follow in the Dalton cemetery. Memorials in Karen’s name have been established at Casa de los Ninos, www.casadelosninos.org and the Crazy Horse...
Benny Hochman
May 29, 2013
Benny Hochman, 89 of Sidney, Nebraska passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, May 29, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 1, 2013 in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with the Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, May...
John Stasch
May 29, 2013
John Stasch, 86 of Sidney, Nebraska died Wednesday evening, May 29, 2013 at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 P.M., Saturday, June 1, 2013 in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with the Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating. Inurnment will be in the Valentine Cemetery at Valentine, Nebraska at a later date. In...
Shirley Gortemaker
May 22, 2013
Shirley Gortemaker, 82, of Oshkosh, passed away Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013, at the Garden County Health Services in Oshkosh. Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2013, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Oshkosh with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church or to the...
Russell L. Olson
May 7, 2013
Russell Olson, 88 of Lodgepole Nebraska died Tuesday evening, May 7, 2013 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, May 11, 2013 in the Lodgepole United Methodist Church with Pastors Ezekiel Koech and Sara Cordray officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. Memorials have been...
Delores O. Devine
May 4, 2013
Delores Devine, 87 of Lisco, Nebraska died Saturday evening, May 4, 2013 at her home in Lisco. Memorial services were held at the Notre Dame Catholic Church in Lakewood, Colorado on Monday, May 13, 2013 with inurnment of the cremains at Fort Logan National Cemetery following the services. A memorial mass will be held at St. Gall’s Catholic Church in...
Douglas W. Thompson
Apr 30, 2013
Douglas Thompson, 50 of Chappell, Nebraska died Tuesday, April 30, 2012 at his home in Chappell. Cremation has taken place and no formal services are planned. Douglas Wayne Thompson, the son of Ronald E. and Beverly Anne (Clemens) Thompson was born September 4, 1962 in Grant, Nebraska. He grew up and attended school in Wallace, Nebraska. After high school he...
Ronald "Ron" Champion
Apr 24, 2013
Ronald "Ron" Champion, 68, of Oshkosh passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday afternoon, April 24, 2013.Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013 at the Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh with Pastor Duane Dunwoody officiating. Private family scattering of the ashes will be held at a later date.Following Ron's wishes he was cremated and...