Obituaries

Elberne E. Luehrs

Elberne E. Luehrs

Jan 17, 2013

Elberne Elmer Luehrs, 93, beloved father, was called home by his Lord on Thursday, January 17th at the Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care Facility in Sidney, NE. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 21st at 10:30 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating. Burial with military services will follow at the...

Jean Griffiths

Jean Griffiths

Jan 15, 2013

Mila Jean Griffiths, 85 of Sidney passed away Tuesday morning, January 15, 2013 at Memorial Health Center, Extended Care in Sidney.Graveside inurnment services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, July 1, 2013 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The First United Methodist Church or Activities Department at Memorial Health Center...

Jeanette Geller Pritts

Jeanette Geller Pritts

Jan 10, 2013

Jeanette Geller Pritts, 78 of Guide Rock, Nebraska and formerly of Dalton died late Thursday evening, January 10, 2013 at the Blue Hill Care Center in Blue Hill, Nebraska. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in the United Church of the Plains, Presbyterian site in Dalton with Pastors Eric Ahlm and Matthew Froeschle officiating....

Marvin Dean Hoppmann

Marvin Dean Hoppmann

Jan 10, 2013

Marvin Dean Hoppmann, 79 of Goldsboro, North Carolina and a former Chappell area resident died Thursday, January 10, 2013 in Goldsboro. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 19, 2013 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery with military rites provided by the U.S. Air...

Gertrude (Trudy) Kanter

Gertrude (Trudy) Kanter

Jan 6, 2013

Gertrude (Trudy) Ellen Kanter, 80, of Cumberland Foreside, Maine died on January 6, 2013.Memorial services for Trudy Kanter will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, October 11, 2013 in the Berea Lutheran Church northeast of Chappell with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Berea Cemetery.Memorials have been established to the Berea Lutheran Church.She was born on July...

Anna Naylor

Anna Naylor

Dec 31, 2012

Anna Naylor, 98 of Sacramento, California and former Chappell resident died December 31, 2012 at the Ashbury Park Nursing Home in Sacramento. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 11, 2013 in the Chappell Cemetery with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. There is no visitation at the funeral home. Ann was born on November 1, 1914 to Henry...

June Erb

June Erb

Dec 24, 2012

June Erb, 78, of Oshkosh and Chappell, passed away Monday morning, December 24, 2012 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Cremation will take place following the services and private family burial of the...

Doris E. Ewing

Doris E. Ewing

Dec 21, 2012

Doris Eileen Ewing, 85, of El Dorado Hills, California and a former Lodgepole area resident passed away December 21, 2012 in El Dorado Hills. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, January 4, 2013 in the Mennonite Cemetery east of Chappell with Wayne Fraass, P.M.A. officiating.There is no visitation at the funeral home.Doris was born in Chappell, Nebraska...

Joseph Jack Lechman

Joseph Jack Lechman

Dec 19, 2012

Joseph Jack Lechman, 89 of Chappell, Nebraska died early Wednesday morning, December 19, 2012 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 22, 2012 in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Chappell with Father Steven Deaver officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. The Rosary service will...

Ernestine Vance

Ernestine Vance

Dec 17, 2012

Ernestine Vance, 96 of Chappell, Nebraska died early Monday morning, December 17, 2012 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Memorials services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, December 21, 2012 in the Chappell United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Chappell Cemetery. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation...

Teresa M. Myers

Teresa M. Myers

Dec 11, 2012

Teresa Myers, 64 of Sidney, Nebraska died Tuesday evening, December 11, 2012 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, December 28, 2012 in the Holechek Funeral home in Sidney with Pastor Pete Morgan officiating. Inurnment will be held on January 4, 2013 in the Greenwood Cemetery at York,...

Dorothy S. Hokom

Dorothy S. Hokom

Dec 8, 2012

Dorothy Hokom, 100 of Lodgepole, Nebraska died Saturday morning, December 8, 2012 at her home in Lodgepole. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, December 13, 2012 in the Lodgepole United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. In lieu of flowers memorials have been established to...

Lenhart B. Schobert

Lenhart B. Schobert

Dec 2, 2012

Lenhart Schobert, 88 of Sidney, Nebraska died Sunday morning, December 2, 2012 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Graveside inurnment services will be held at 11:30 A.M., Monday, July 1, 2013 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. A reception will follow at the First United Methodist Church. Memorials have been designated to the First United Methodist Church in...

Richard L. Paulsen

Richard L. Paulsen

Dec 1, 2012

Richard Paulsen, 40 of rural Oshkosh, Nebraska died early Saturday morning, December 1, 2012 at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney from injuries suffered in an automobile accident north of Chappell. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in the Chappell United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Berea...

Melvin Kechley

Melvin Kechley

Nov 30, 2012

Melvin Kechley, 90, of Oshkosh, died Friday morning, November 30, 2012, at his home in Oshkosh. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Berea Lutheran Church south of Oshkosh with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. Interment will follow in the Berea Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m....

Carol Wertz

Carol Wertz

Nov 29, 2012

Carol Jean Wertz, age 91 of Chappell, Nebraska died Thursday morning, November 29, 2012 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell, Nebraska.Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 10, 2012 at the Chappell United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Inurment will follow at the Chappell Cemetery in the Wertz family plot. Cremation has...

Clara C. Dickinson

Clara C. Dickinson

Nov 25, 2012

Clara Dickinson, 89 of Lodgepole, Nebraska died early Sunday morning, November 25, 2012 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, November 30, 2012 in the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Lodgepole with Wayne Fraass, P.M.A. officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. Memorials have...

Brayden Lee Doty

Brayden Lee Doty

Nov 22, 2012

Brayden Lee Doty, infant son of Kaitlyn Doty and Tevis Brown died Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colorado.Cremation has taken place with services planned at a later date. Service detail will be announced prior to the services.Holechek Funeral Home and Cremations in Chappell is serving the Doty family.

Opal Frahm

Opal Frahm

Nov 22, 2012

***NOTE CHANGE OF SERVICE DATE*** Opal Frahm, 97, of Oshkosh, after several small strokes, passed away in her sleep, Thursday afternoon, November 22, 2012, at the Garden County Health Services Nursing Home in Oshkosh. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Oshkosh City Cemetery with Keith and Joyce Hudiburgh officiating. There will...

Dorwin Reimers

Dorwin Reimers

Nov 21, 2012

Dorwin Howard Reimers, 68 of Dalton, NE died surrounded by his family at home Wednesday morning, November 21, 2012.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday November 26, 2012 at United Church of the Plains, Trinity site in Dalton with the Rev. Dixie Voss Anders and Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in the Dalton Cemetery.Memorials may be...