Obituaries

Tamela K. Cumbie

Tamela K. Cumbie

May 18, 2012

Tamela Cumbie, 50 of Sidney died late Friday evening, May 18, 2012 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, May 24, 2012 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney with Pastor Pete Morgan of the First Christian Church officiating. Friends may call from 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 Wednesday at the...

Helen Wellsandt

Helen Wellsandt

May 13, 2012

Helen (Haskell) Wellsandt entered into final rest on May 13, 2012 at the age of 98, at the home of her granddaughter, Sharon Curless, in Pine Bluffs, WY. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Chappell...

Clifford Skarka

Clifford Skarka

May 12, 2012

Cliff Skarka, 90 of Sidney, Nebraska died Saturday morning, May 12th, at the Sidney Regional Medical Center.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, May 19, 2012 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Leonard Suhr of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery.Friends may call from 3:00 P.m. to 7:00...

Mary A. Taylor

Mary A. Taylor

May 1, 2012

Mary Taylor, 89 of Sidney, Nebraska died Tuesday afternoon, May 1, 2012 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, May 5, 2012 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. Cremation will follow with inurnment in the Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be held one hour before the service. Memorials have...

Jean N. Skarka

Jean N. Skarka

Apr 21, 2012

Jean Skarka, 84 of Sidney, Nebraska died Saturday afternoon, April 21, 2012 at the Memorial Health Center in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday April 26 2012 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Reverend Leonard Suhr officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. with...

Judy Kuehn

Judy Kuehn

Apr 11, 2012

Judith Rose (Rankin) Kuehn, age 72, died Wednesday evening, April 11, 2012 at her home in Sidney.Funeral services will be held at 2:30 P.M., Monday, April 16, 2012 in the St. Paul’s Lutheran in Sidney with Pastors Bradley Heinecke and Ted Bourret officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery.Memorials have been established to the Great Plains Chapter of the...

Nyla M Geisman

Nyla M Geisman

Apr 11, 2012

Nyla M. Geisman, 78, of Longmont passed away April 11, 2012 at her home. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Lewellen with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Graag officiating. Burial will follow at the Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen. Visitation will be held before services at the church.Nyla...

Harold L Allen

Harold L Allen

Apr 10, 2012

Harold L. Allen, 91, of Oshkosh, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 10, 2012 at his home in Oshkosh. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the United Methodist Church in Oshkosh with Pastor Ray Weinerman officiating. Masonic Rites will be held at the church. Inurnment will follow at the Oshkosh City Cemetery...

Lucille Wiegand

Lucille Wiegand

Apr 9, 2012

Lucille Wiegand, 73 of Sidney, Nebraska died Monday morning, April 9, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, April 14, 2012 in the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church in Sidney with the Rev. Dixie Anders officiating. Services will conclude at the church. In lieu of flowers memorials have been established...

Vera (Hornicek) Gillham

Vera (Hornicek) Gillham

Apr 5, 2012

Vera (Hornicek) Gillham, 87 of Lodgepole died Thursday morning, April 5, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, April 13, 2012 in the Lodgepole United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Inurnment will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday in the Czechoslovakian Cemetery south of Sunol. Cremation has taken...

Vernele R. Lessig

Vernele R. Lessig

Apr 1, 2012

Vernele Lessig, 94 of Lincoln, Nebraska and a former Sidney and Gurley resident passed away Sunday morning, April 1, 2012 in Lincoln. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in the First Christian Church in Sidney with Pastor Eric Alm of the Parish of the Plains officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials...

Claude "CJ" Livingston

Claude "CJ" Livingston

Mar 31, 2012

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Good Friday at Ash Creek Cemetery in Lewellen, Nebraska. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Craig’s Girls account at Kanza Bank in Anthony and may be sent in care of the...

Eula Fern Brown

Eula Fern Brown

Mar 20, 2012

Funeral services for Eula Fern Brown will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 24 at Calvary Baptist Church in Sidney with Pastors Darren Willett and Justin Steimer officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery.A memorial has been established to Grace Baptist Fellowship (Marked Christian Challenge), to assist the college outreach ministry at Chadron State College that Eula Fern...

Madeline F. Saint

Madeline F. Saint

Mar 20, 2012

Madeline Saint, 90, of Oshkosh, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 20, 2012 at the Garden County Health Services Hospital in Oshkosh. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday March 23, 2012 at the United Methodist Church in Oshkosh with Pastor Ray Weinerman officiating. Burial will follow at the Kowanda Cemetery south of Oshkosh.Visitation will be held at the...

Dean O. Beebe, Sr.

Dean O. Beebe, Sr.

Mar 10, 2012

Dean Beebe, Sr. 81 of Kearney, Nebraska and a former Kimball and Sidney resident died Saturday evening, March 10, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Graveside inurnment services with military rites will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 17, 2012 in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney with Pastor Thomas Hyde of the First United Methodist Church officiating....

Mardelle Clark

Mardelle Clark

Mar 9, 2012

Mardelle Clark, 77 of Chappell, Nebraska died Friday evening, March 9, 2012 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 13, 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 at...

Helen Potts

Helen Potts

Mar 6, 2012

Helen Potts, 90, of Oshkosh, passed away Tuesday morning, March 6, 2012 at the Garden County Health Services Nursing Home in Oshkosh. Graveside Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen with Pastor Lynn Lutz officiating. Cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation at the funeral...

Thomas Ring

Thomas Ring

Mar 6, 2012

Thomas “Tom” Ring, 70, of Oshkosh, passed away Tuesday morning, March 6, 2012 at the University Of Colorado Hospital in Denver after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday March 10, 2012 at the United Methodist Church in Oshkosh with Pastor Ray Weinerman officiating. Burial will follow at the Oshkosh City Cemetery.Visitation will be held...

Francis L. Hull

Francis L. Hull

Mar 5, 2012

Francis Hull, 82 of Cheyenne, Wyoming and a former Dix and Sidney resident died Monday evening, March 5, 2012 at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 9, 2012 in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with the Rev. Thomas Hyde officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell...

Amber L. Wilson

Amber L. Wilson

Mar 1, 2012

Amber Wilson, 31 of Sidney, Nebraska passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012 at her home in Sidney. Cremation has taken place and no local services are planned. Inurnment will take place at a later date in North Carolina. A memorial has been established to the Night of Hope Cancer Walk. Amber Lynn Wilson, the daughter of Richard A. and Eva...