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Local obituaries for the Broken Bow, Arnold, & Mullen, NE areas

Jerry "Bob" Johnson

Jerry "Bob" Johnson

Dec 1, 2019

Jerry “Bob” E. Johnson age 82, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the Rose Lane Home in Loup City, NE.

Bob was born July 5, 1937 in Valentine or J F Naskaheb near the South Dakota boarder on his grandparent’s ranch to Henry and Edna (Fike) Johnson. Bob the oldest child of four, two sisters Jeanie and Janice and...

Marilyn L. Anderson

Marilyn L. Anderson

Nov 28, 2019

Dunning, NE - Marilyn Anderson age 70 of Dunning, died Thursday November 28, 2019 at her home in Dunning. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 2, 2019 at 3:00 PM at the Sandhills High School Gymnasium at Dunning, NE with Pastor Mark Sievering officiating.  Burial will be in the Dunning Cemetery.  A visitation will be held on Sunday...

Hazel Sheets

Hazel Sheets

Nov 28, 2019

     Hazel Flyr Sheets was born May 9, 1921 in Long Pine, NE to Wilke Henry and Anna Margaret (Lammers) Flyr, the 9th of 11 children. Raised on a farm near Long Pine, she graduated from Long Pine High School in 1938. She became a country school teacher at age 17, so some of her students were nearly as old as...

Larry Arthur Yarrington

Larry Arthur Yarrington

Nov 26, 2019

Larry Arthur Yarrington passed into heaven on November 26, 2019 at the age of 82 in Castroville, TX.

He was born on October 2, 1937 in Arnold, NE. Larry was raised in the Arnold area, attended the country school north of Arnold and graduated from Arnold High School in 1955. He then enlisted in the United States Army and served...

Phyllis M Winter

Phyllis M Winter

Nov 21, 2019

Obituary for Phyllis M. Winter

June 22, 1923 - Nov. 21, 2019

Phyllis passed away in Elkhorn, NE on November 21, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew, and Maggie (Beals) Molley and her husband, Virgil Winter.

Survived by her brother, Bernard Duane Molley (Joyce), nieces Andrea (Andy) Borchers and Melinda Molley and great-nieces, Annie, and Abbey...

Tom Prentice

Tom Prentice

Nov 20, 2019

 

Mullen, NE- Thomas “Tom” Prentice age 93 of Mullen died November 20, 2019 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Mullen. 

Funeral services will be held on Monday November 25, 2019 at 11:00 AM MDT at the Sandhills Community Bible Church at Mullen with Pastor Bob Teters officiating.  Burial will be in the Cedarview Cemetery at Mullen with...

Shirley Jean Mattox

Shirley Jean Mattox

Nov 19, 2019

Shirley Jean Mattox was born July 26, 1936 on a farmstead near Berwyn, Nebraska to Leo and Wauneta (Jones) Neidt.  She married her high school sweetheart Cecil Mattox on September 16, 1953.  She graduated from Broken Bow High School the following May 1954 while Cecil was serving in the Army in Korea.  She attended beauty school in Grand Island after...

Milrae Eloise Horn

Milrae Eloise Horn

Nov 15, 2019

Milrae E. Horn age 88, of rural Broken Bow died Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Jennie Melham Medical Center in Broken Bow after a lengthy battle with dementia.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Burr Oak Church, south of Broken Bow.  Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery.  A...

Karl Floyd Marten

Karl Floyd Marten

Nov 13, 2019

Karl F. Marten was born May 2nd, 1943 to Herman (Fred) and Ruthanna (Johnson) Marten in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Fred and Ruthanna moved Karl and his three siblings to Purdum, Nebraska where Karl attended school and graduated from Halsey High in 1961.

Karl married Melva Ryman in 1966 to which two children were born. Karl and Melva lived in Hastings...

Ruth L. Blauvelt

Ruth L. Blauvelt

Nov 12, 2019

Ruth Lenore Blauvelt

December 9, 1911 ~ November 12, 2019

Ruth Lenore (Harrell) Blauvelt daughter of Lewis and Cordelia Harrell was born on December 9, 1911 at Norway, Nebraska and passed away on November 12, 2019, 27 days short of her 108th birthday, in her daughter's home surrounded by family.

Ruth grew up on her parent’s homestead and attended a...

Miller Kelley Heller

Miller Kelley Heller

Nov 10, 2019

Miller Kelley Heller was born August 21, 1921 and passed away November 10, 2019 at the age of 98. His parents Edver and Katherine (Kelley) Heller were homesteaders in Blaine County and eventually owned the Pine Ridge Ranch where Miller resided until April 2017, when he was admitted to the Brookestone View care center in Broken Bow, Nebraska.

Miller met...

Pete Murphy

Pete Murphy

Nov 9, 2019

Pete Murphy age 85, passed away November 9th 2019 at Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, Nebraska.   

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 12, 2019 at 10:30 AM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Broken Bow with Father Jim Hunt officiating.  Burial will be at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery at Giltner, NE at...

Joanne Johnson

Joanne Johnson

Nov 9, 2019

Joanne Rutledge (O’Brien) Johnson passed away surrounded by her family. She was raised up on eagle’s wings Saturday, November 9th, 2019.

Joanne was born on January 30th, 1948, to Claude and Betty Lou O’Brien in Alliance, Nebraska. She grew up with her five siblings on her family’s ranch southwest of Mullen, Nebraska.

On April 1st, 1972, Joanne married Gary Johnson....

Shirley Elaine Reynolds

Shirley Elaine Reynolds

Nov 5, 2019

Shirley Elaine Reynolds age 82, of Litchfield, NE died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at her home with family.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at the Christian Church in Litchfield with Duane Osnes and Dave Faris officiating. Burial will be at the Litchfield Cemetery following services. Memorials are suggested to the Fellowship of...

Hazelle M Finney

Hazelle M Finney

Nov 4, 2019

Mullen, NE – Hazelle M. Finney age 103 of Mullen formerly of Seneca, died November 4, 2019, at the Pioneer Memorial Care Home in Mullen.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 11:00 AM (Central Time) at the United Church of Christ in Thedford with Pastor Les Parmenter officiating.  Interment will be at the Seneca Cemetery. ...

Roger A Bayne

Roger A Bayne

Oct 29, 2019

Roger A. Bayne age 68 of Broken Bow, NE passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Brookestone View in Broken Bow, NE.

Roger was born in Kearney on October 1, 1951 to Harold C. and Doris H. (Cohn) Bayne. He and his family lived in Kearney, NE and later they moved to Broken Bow, where he graduated from High School,...

Laurel June Poland

Laurel June Poland

Oct 28, 2019

Laurel June Poland, 96, a resident of Sargent, NE, who lived in Lincoln, NE, the last three years, passed from this life on October 28, 2019 in Lincoln after a brief illness.

Laurel was born on June 21, 1923 near Enders, NE, to Leon and Ina (Douglass) Hust. She was the second of three daughters and grew up on a...

Sue Faye Johnson

Sue Faye Johnson

Oct 27, 2019

Sue Faye Johnson passed peacefully at her home in Dunning, NE October 27, 2019, at the age of 67.

Sue was born on November 21, 1951 in Burwell, NE to Floyd and Beth (Sanford) Britton. Sue graduated from Burwell High School. She met and married Eugene E. Johnson on May 28, 1971. To this union two daughters were born, Teresa...

Elaine Olson

Elaine Olson

Oct 24, 2019

Anselmo, NE- Elaine Olson, age 81 of Anselmo died October 24, 2019 at her home near Anselmo.

Funeral services will be held on Monday October 28, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow with Pastor Bill Williams officiating.  Burial will be in the Merna Cemetery.  A visitation will be held on Sunday 1:00 PM to...

Maude Roberts

Maude Roberts

Oct 20, 2019

Maude Roberts, age 94 of Ansley, was called to heaven on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at the Rose Lane Nursing Home in Loup City, Nebraska.

Maude was born October 3, 1925 in Litchfield, Nebraska to Roy and Ethel (Doty) Lucas.  She graduated from Litchfield High School.  Maude married the love of her life, Archie Roberts, on August 1, 1943 in...

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