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Local obituaries for the Broken Bow, Arnold, & Mullen, NE areas
Jim Hoblyn
Oct 29, 2024
Jim Hoblyn of Ansley passed away peacefully at CHI Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska on October 29, 2024.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 10:30 AM at the Ansley Community Church in Ansley, NE. Burial will follow in the Ansley Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Ansley Fire & Rescue. A visitation will be held on Friday, November...
Dale Svoboda
Oct 26, 2024
Dale (Buster) Arden Svoboda passed away on October 26, 2024, at his daughter’s home near Lexington, NE at the age of 88. Dale was born February 26, 1936, to James Sr. and Margaret (Walkowiak) Svoboda, in rural Garfield County, the 3rd of 11 children, 4 sons and 7 daughters. Dale graduated from Ord High School in 1953, and married Elaine...
Logan Eberle
Oct 26, 2024
Mason City, NE- Logan Joseph Eberle age 19 of Mason City died Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow from injuries in an automobile accident.
Memorial services for Logan will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024, at 10:30 AM at the Mason City Baptist Church in Mason City with Pastor Scott Harvey...
Beverly Scheer
Oct 25, 2024
Beverly Mae (Fink) Scheer was born in Broken Bow Nebraska on February 12, 1934 to parents Arnold and Frances (Robson) Fink of Elsmere.
Beverly grew up loving the outdoors and helping on the ranch. Her favorite horse was a gentle black and white tobiano quarter horse mare, named “Daisy Bell”. She spent many hours in the saddle and was always excited...
Marjorie Ash
Oct 24, 2024
Marjorie Ash age 94 formerly of Arcadia, NE passed away October 24, 2024, at the Rose Lane Home in Loup City, NE.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 2:00 pm at the Methodist Church in Arcadia, NE. Burial will follow in the Somerford Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Arcadia Fire Department. A visitation will be held...
Leonard Daake
Oct 22, 2024
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at Berean Bible Church in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Merna Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Merna. A visitation will be held on Friday, October 25th from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, with the family greeting 5:00 to 7:00...
Carl Bumgarner
Oct 17, 2024
Carl Bumgarner age 83 formerly of Merna, NE peacefully passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Brookestone View surrounded by his family.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 10:00 AM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Broken Bow Cemetery with Military Honors. Memorials are suggested to the Broken...
Irene (Olson) Ohmberger
Oct 15, 2024
Irene Olson Ohmberger age 96 of Broken Bow, NE passed away October 15, 2024, at Primrose in Grand Island, NE.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow, NE. Burial will follow in the Merna Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Merna Cemetery. A visitation will be held...
Yvonne Cox
Oct 12, 2024
Yvonne Marie Giles Cox passed away Saturday, October 11, 2024, at the Callaway Good Life Center, surrounded by her loving family.
Yvonne was born June 25, 1938, to Everett and Ida Giles. She grew up on the Giles Ranch near Elsmere. She attended elementary schools in the Elsmere and Cottonwood areas on Goosecreek, she graduated from Halsey High School.
June 10, 1956,...
Ginny Gardner
Oct 11, 2024
Virginia Carole Gardner
October 27, 1941 — October 11, 2024
Virginia C. Gardner, 82, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Friday, October 11, 2024, in her birthplace community of Callaway, Nebraska.
Virginia (Ginny) was born on October 27, 1941. She was one of seven children born to parents John and Maxine (Shipley Moore) Reinhard. Ginny graduated from Callaway High School with the class of...
Tom Clements
Oct 6, 2024
Thomas Clements age 53 of Oconto, NE passed away October 6, 2024, at his home in Oconto, NE.
No services will be held at this time
Mary Paul
Oct 2, 2024
Mary Esther (Ducker) Paul, a long-time resident of Broken Bow, Nebraska, passed away on October 2, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa after a long battle with dementia. She was the beloved daughter of Ellen Louise Yeager and Lloyd Howard Ducker, born April 24, 1947, in Clinton, Iowa. Although her life began and ended in Iowa, she was a Nebraska...
Viola (Brandt) Schroeder
Oct 1, 2024
Minden, NE – Viola (Brandt) Schroeder age 72 of Minden, NE passed away on October 1, 2024, at her home in Minden, NE.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 10:00 AM at the Gibbon Baptist Church in Gibbon, NE with Reverend Taylor Shippy officiating. The Burial will follow at approximately 12:30 PM in the Box Elder...
Larry K. Strasburg
Sep 15, 2024
Larry K. Strasburg, 88, formerly of Arnold, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2024, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell.
Cremation was held and a private inurnment was in the Arnold Cemetery.
Govier Brothers Mortuary of Arnold was entrusted with the arrangements.
Arlene Franzen
Sep 14, 2024
Arlene Franzen, 90, of Broken Bow passed away Saturday, September 14, 2024, at Brookestone View in Broken Bow.
Arlene was born on June 29, 1934, in Valley County to Hans Andrew and Cora Anne (Greenland) Schmidt. She grew up and received her education in Arcadia and graduated from high school there. Arlene was united in marriage to Richard Franzen on May...
Lanny Weverka
Sep 13, 2024
Lanny Emanuel Weverka, 86, of Sargent, Nebraska peacefully passed away Friday, September 13th at home, surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer.
Lanny and his wife, Janie, began their journey in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where they owned and operated Ski View Lodge. They later moved to Denver, where Lanny worked as a supervisor for General Finance. His career...
Emily Kelley
Sep 12, 2024
Emily (Weverka) Kelley
3/21/1926 – 9/12/2024
Emily E. Kelley, age 98, of Sargent, was born on March 21, 1926, to Martin and Emma (Polak) Weverka. She was born at home on the farm and was named Baby Weverka on her birth certificate. Emily was the youngest of five siblings: Julius, Emanuel, and twins William and Wilma.
She walked to a country school until...
Maurice Andre
Sep 10, 2024
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arnold. The burial will be in the Sand Valley Cemetery near Callaway. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the St. Agnes Catholic Church or Arnold Volunteer Fire and Rescue. A visitation and time to greet family will be...
David Childers
Sep 10, 2024
Ansley, NE- David Childers age 81 of Ansley died September 10, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
David George Childers was born October 1, 1942, in Valentine, Nebraska. He was the youngest of three children born to Amos Robert "Bob" and Mary Elizabeth "Maribeth" (McMurtrey) Childers. David's formative years were spent on the Erba and Muriel McMurtrey Ranch in...
Rick Nielsen
Sep 9, 2024
Rick Nielsen age 59 of Randolph, NE passed away September 9, 2024, at the Colonial Manor in Randolph, NE.
Rick was born to Kenneth and Aletha Imogene “Jean” (McNulty) Nielsen on November 28, 1964, at the Broken Bow Community Hospital in Broken Bow, NE. Ken and Jean divorced in 1967, Ken married Olive (Mills) Turner in 1968, blending their families.
Rick attended...
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