OBITUARIES

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

Bonnie Bennett

Bonnie Bennett

Apr 27, 2019

     Bonita “Bonnie” Bennett January 23, 1942 - April 27, 2019. And what a life she lived between those two dates. She was born to Otis “Dode” and Dorothy Royle McMahan and was greeted by two sisters, Margaret “Patty” and Marlene. At age two, her mother passed away and Esther Royle helped to raise the sisters and eventually married their father....

Terry (Azbill) Muzdeka

Terry (Azbill) Muzdeka

Apr 27, 2019

Terry Ellen “Azbill” Muzdeka was born February 29. 1948 in Phoenix AZ to George David Azbill and Nethel Wingo Azbill. In 1965, at 17, she married Charles Edward Searles in Overton NV, where she became a mother to Pamela in 1966 and Ginger in 1969. At 21 years old, as a single mother of two and moved to Las Vegas...

Rex McCullough

Rex McCullough

Apr 25, 2019

Rex A McCullough 88, died April 25, 2019, at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney, NE. Services will be 2:00 pm Thursday, May 9th, 2019, at the Berean Church City Campus 604 S H St Broken Bow NE. Burial will be in the Ansley Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation will be on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, from 5:00 to...

Frank Andrew Keller

Frank Andrew Keller

Apr 22, 2019

Frank Andrew Keller

May 12, 1952 - April 22, 2019

Frank Andrew Keller, age 66, of Hyannis passed away peacefully on Monday, April 22nd, 2019, at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Mullen. Frank was born May 12th, 1952, in Alliance to Oren and Maisie (Albright) Keller. He was a 1971 graduate of Hyannis High School. Frank was united in marriage...

Barbara Jean Gibbons

Barbara Jean Gibbons

Apr 20, 2019

Barbara J. Gibbons

Comstock, NE Resident, 82

 

Barbara Jean Gibbons (Erickson) was born July 7th, 1936, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Dr. George T. Erickson and Minerva D. Erickson (Worthman). With her family at her side, Barbara passed away at Saint John’s nursing home in Kearney, Nebraska on April 20, 2019 at the age of 82 years.  In the...

Mark Slagle

Mark Slagle

Apr 19, 2019

Funeral services for Mark Slagle, 58 of Sargent, NE will be held at the Sargent Public School gymnasium April 27, 2019, at 10 am with burial at the Gates cemetery and a final “bull sale lunch” following the service at the Sargent Community Center. Visitation will be at the school on Friday, April 26th from 5-7pm.

Mark Wade Slagle was...

William Victor Dunn

William Victor Dunn

Apr 18, 2019

     William Victor Dunn (Bill) was born June 9, 1931, at Dunning Nebraska, to Percy L and Ethel R (Warren) Dunn, the first of three sons. His family lived near Purdum, Nebraska where they engaged in ranching. Bill attended rural school in Blaine County through his sophomore year and then lived with his Aunt and Uncle in Oshkosh where he graduated...

Donna Rae Johnson

Donna Rae Johnson

Apr 17, 2019

Donna Rae Lucas Johnson age 82, of Grand Island, formerly of Mason City, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at the Lakeview Care and Rehabilitation Center in Grand Island.

A celebration of life service will be Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mason City, NE with Rev. Roger McDermott officiating. Burial will follow...

Reba Darlene Amm

Reba Darlene Amm

Apr 17, 2019

Reba Amm age 77, of Litchfield and formerly of Custer County died April 17, 2019, at the St. Luke’s Care Home in Kearney.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 22, 2019, at 10:30 AM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Broken Bow with Father Jim Hunt officiating.  Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.  Govier Brothers...

Robert "Bob" H. Walker Jr.

Robert "Bob" H. Walker Jr.

Apr 12, 2019

                Robert H. Walker, Jr., 87, of Kearney formerly of Custer County, died Friday, April 12, 2019, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.

            Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Callaway with Pastors Shannon Williams and Jerry Schwarz officiating.  Burial will be in the Merna Cemetery with Military...

Velma "Vickie" Roselle Grint

Velma "Vickie" Roselle Grint

Apr 10, 2019

VELMA "VICKIE" (CROFT) GRINT

February 4, 1937 - April 10, 2019

Velma "Vickie" Roselle Grint, age 82, a resident of Sargent, Nebraska died Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Jennie M, Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, NE. She had currently been residing at Quality Senior Villages in Broken Bow, NE for the past 3 years.

Vickie was born on...

John Clark Russell

John Clark Russell

Apr 7, 2019

John Clark Russell, D.D.S., 66 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln. He was born on October 24, 1952, in Grand Island to Marshall and Patricia (Carmine) Russell. John graduated from Broken Bow High School and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Nebraska in 1977. John...

Jimmie Lee Applegarth

Jimmie Lee Applegarth

Apr 7, 2019

     Jimmie Lee Applegarth passed away at home in Hyannis on April 7th, 2019. Jim was born on December 8, 1937, in Hyannis, NE to Grace Louise (Taylor) and William Theodore Applegarth.

     After graduation from Hyannis High School in 1956, Jim joined the Navy. October 29, 1960, he married Sharon Sue Hunzicker at the Episcopal Church in Alliance, NE. They made...

Jerry Lee Sawyer

Jerry Lee Sawyer

Apr 6, 2019

Jerry Lee Sawyer, 82, of North Platte, Nebraska died April 6, 2019, at the Great Plains Health Center in North Platte, NE.  He was born September 26, 1936, to Skeet and Tom Sawyer at Sargent, Nebraska.  Jerry grew up on the Sawyer Ranch in Loup County near Brewster, NE and graduated from Taylor High School.  He graduated from Kearney State...

Charleen Ruel Edelman

Charleen Ruel Edelman

Apr 2, 2019

Charleen Ruel Edelman age 87, of Mullen, NE passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, from battling cancer.

Charleen R. Edelman was born on October 14, 1931, to Charles and Leta Butler in their home in Mullen, NE. Charleen grew up in Mullen.

Charleen married Stan Hampton and had four children, Linda, Richard, John, Earleen, and later divorced.

In 1954, Charleen...

Alvin "John" Eichelberger

Alvin "John" Eichelberger

Mar 29, 2019

Alvin J. “John” Eichelberger, age 86 passed peacefully on Friday, March 29th, 2019, in Broken Bow, Ne.  

Funeral Services will be held Friday, April 5th, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Church of God in Broken Bow with Govier Brothers Mortuary in charge of arrangements. 

John is survived by his son Randal Troy (Rebel) of Belvue, Kansas, brother...

Albert & Margie Liptrap

Albert & Margie Liptrap

Mar 27, 2019

Memorial graveside services for Albert L. and Margie K. Liptrap of Whitman, NE, will be June 25, 2019, at 10:30 AM MST in the Cedarview Cemetery in Mullen, NE with Pastor Insung Kim officiating.

Margie K. (Anthony) Liptrap age 72, passed away Friday, January 18, 2019 in Alliance, NE.

Margie was born August 14, 1946, in Mullen, NE to Hank...

Arlene Fenske-Bergstrom

Arlene Fenske-Bergstrom

Mar 26, 2019

Our loving mother, Arlene Fenske Bergstrom, went to join the Lord on March 26th, 2019. She was born May 5th, 1932, to Guy and Hazel Armstrong in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was raised in Broken Bow and attended Broken Bow Schools where she graduated with the class of 1950. She then attended and graduated from Wesleyan University in Lincoln.  She took...

Agatha S Forsyth

Agatha S Forsyth

Mar 25, 2019

Agatha S. Forsyth was born June 1941, to George L. Schenck and Jane Debevoise Schenck. She passed away on 25 March 2019, from complications of pneumonia and cancer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska where she was lovingly treated by the staff. She was surrounded by her loving family.

 Agatha spent her youth between Tenafly and Bay Head, NJ...