Obituaries
Madelyn Rochlitz
Apr 18, 2011
Madelyn Norma (Nelson) Rochlitz, 87, of Big Springs, died Monday, April 18, 2011, at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 23, 2011 at United Methodist Church in Big Springs with Pastor Joy Savage officiating. Private family burial will be later. Cremation was held and there will be no visitation at...
Virginia Smith
Apr 18, 2011
Virginia Belle (Tolle) Smith, of Bridgeport, left us on April 18th, 2011 at the Morrill County Community Hospital at the age of 97 years, 10 months, and 26 days. A service honoring her life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the Church of Christ in Bridgeport with Pastor Jonathan Seng officiating. Inurnment will be held...
Ralph W. Yoder
Apr 13, 2011
Ralph Yoder, 90 of Brule, Nebraska and a former Chappell resident died Wednesday morning, April 13, 2011 at the Ogallala Community Hospital in Ogallala, Nebraska.Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M., Saturday, April 16, 2011 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Chappell, Nebraska with Pastor Art Roth officiating. Burial will follow in the Mennonite Cemetery east of Chappell.A memorial...
Gerald "Jerry" Dennis
Apr 11, 2011
GERALD (Jerry) DENNIS died Monday, April 11, 2011 in Oshkosh. He was 76 years old. His sister, Sondra, Denver; his brother, Jim (Lan), Calif.; his nieces; Allison Lobato-Brunko (Wesley), Denver, Therese Shepherd (Kerry)Phoenix, Monica Stamper (Kirk),Denver, in addition, Jerry has a niece, Jeannie, Corpus Christi, TX., and a nephew, Jim Dennis, CA. We all mourn his death. He was born...
Neal Fornander
Apr 9, 2011
Neal Fornander, 94 of Chappell, Nebraska completed his life journey Saturday morning, April 9, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center in Sidney. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in the Berea Lutheran Church northeast of Chappell with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. Burial will follow in the Berea Cemetery. Memorials in Neal’s...
Barbara "Barb" Moffat
Apr 8, 2011
Barbara “Barb” Moffat, 61, of Oshkosh, Nebraska passed away Friday, April 8, 2011 in Oshkosh, Nebraska. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church with Father Neal Nollette officiating. Rosary service will be at 7:00 P.M. Monday evening at the church. Burial will follow in the Oshkosh City Cemetery.A...
Alvin (Al) Narjes
Apr 5, 2011
Alvin Narjes, 88 of Sidney, Nebraska died early Tuesday morning, April 5, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center, Extended Care in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 8, 2011 in the Trinity Lutheran Church, South Divide with Pastor Daniel Larson officiating. Burial will follow in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials have been established to The...
William M. Holz
Apr 3, 2011
William (Bill) Holz, 95 of Sidney died early Sunday evening, April 3, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, April 9, 2011 in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Eric Meissner officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the education...
Norreen "Beany" Barker
Mar 27, 2011
Norreen “Beany” Barker, 46 of Sidney, Nebraska died Sunday morning, March 27, 2011 at her home in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, March 31, 2011 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Douglas Peirce of the Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the...
Patsy Draper
Mar 25, 2011
Patsy Draper, 85 of Dalton, Nebraska died early Friday morning, March 25, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 30, 2011 in the United Church of the Plains, Presbyterian site in Dalton with Pastors Leon “Bud” Gillespie and Donna Herman officiating. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in...
Jim Dotson
Mar 22, 2011
Jim Dotson, 83 of Lodgepole, Nebraska passed away early Tuesday morning, March 22, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center, Extended Care in Sidney. Jim fought a noble battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 25, 2011 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Thomas Hyde officiating. Burial will follow in the...
Ilene F. Rahe
Mar 21, 2011
Ilene Rahe, 80 of Chappell, Nebraska died late Monday afternoon, March 21, 2011 at the Sedgwick County Nursing Home in Julesburg, Colorado. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, March 26, 2011 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell with Pastors Daniel Larson and Gary...
Wilma L. Ross
Mar 21, 2011
Wilma L. Ross, 89, of Merino, Colorado and a former Sidney resident died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Sterling, Colorado. The family will be greeting friends for a time of remembrance between 4:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. Memorials have been established to any Veteran’s Organization or the Donor’s...
Sidney A. Diffendaffer
Mar 18, 2011
Sidney Diffendaffer, 84 of Lodgepole, Nebraska died Friday morning, March 18, 2011 at the Denver Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Denver, Colorado. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, March 24, 2011 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney, Nebraska with Pastor Joe Gremore and Rev. Anne Jernberg of the Calvary Baptist Church of Denver officiating. Burial with...
Carter J. Vogler
Mar 14, 2011
Carter Vogler, 85 of Sidney, Nebraska passed away Monday morning, March 14, 2011 at the Village at Regional West in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday March 18, 2011 in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Art Faesser officiating. Rosary service will be at 7:00 P.M. Thursday evening at the church....
Mary Elizabeth Touney
Mar 10, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Touney was born to death, free from sin, to be one of God’s children on March 10, 2011. Cremation has been chosen and no further services are scheduled at this time. A memorial has been established in Mary Elizabeth’s name. Mary Elizabeth is the daughter of Scott and Sherry (Cabela) Touney. She is survived by her two brothers,...
Russell D. Stutzman
Feb 28, 2011
Russell D.Stutzman, 85, of Chappell, Nebraska, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 28, 2011 at the Sedgwick County Health Services in Julesburg, Colorado.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, March 4, 2011 in the Chappell United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery with military honors.Memorials have been established to the...
Larry W. Folkerts
Feb 27, 2011
Larry Folkerts, 71 of rural Lodgepole, Nebraska died Sunday morning, February 27, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in the Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church east of Gurley with Pastor Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in the Weyerts Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church....
Donald K. Hays
Feb 26, 2011
Donald Hays, 88 of Sidney, Nebraska died early Saturday morning, February 26, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center, Extended Care in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Bradley Heinecke officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery with military rites. Memorials have been...
Naomi Frances Clary
Feb 24, 2011
Naomi Frances Clary, 96, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Cheyenne. Naomi left behind a spirit of love and caring for her family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 3, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Lewellen with Pastor Ray Weinerman officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot at Ash...