OBITUARIES

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

Charles Sargent

Charles Sargent

Feb 8, 2018

Broken Bow, Ne- Charles Sargent age 90 of Broken Bow died Thursday February 8, 2018 at the Broken Bow Care and Rehabilitation in Broken Bow. Memorial services will be held on Monday February 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the Berean Bible Church in Broken Bow with Pastor Tyce Jensen officiating.  A private family inurnment will be in the New...

Wilma Brandt

Wilma Brandt

Feb 7, 2018

Brandt, Wilma Darlene July 4, 1926 – February 7, 2018 Wilma Brandt, age 91, of Westerville, Ne. died February 7th, 2018 at the home of her son Lonnie and Brenda Brandt. Funeral services will be held at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow at 10:00 a.m. Monday February 12, 2018 with Pastors Stacey Erstrom, Mark Stones, and Mel Shepherd officiating. ...

Larry Schaffert

Larry Schaffert

Feb 3, 2018

Larry Dale Schaffert.

August 7, 1940 – February 3, 2018

Age 77 years ~ 5 months ~ 25 days

Born to Glen and Arlene (Larson) Schaffert in Maywood, Nebraska, Larry grew up on a small farm north of North Platte and attended Block School. In 1945, he welcomed a little sister, Carol Ann. He had fond memories of growing...

Teresa Wehling

Teresa Wehling

Feb 3, 2018

Teresa Alma (Roes) Wehling, age 96, of Broken Bow passed away on February 3, 2018 at Brookestone View nursing home in Broken Bow, NE.   Teresa was born to William and Minnie (Gasseling) Roes on February 2, 1922.  She was delivered by her father in a rock house he had built west of Canton, NE.  Teresa spent her childhood in the...

Viona Sandoz

Viona Sandoz

Feb 2, 2018

Viona Sandoz of Taylor, Nebraska went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, February 2nd.  She was born at her parent’s home place on March 8th, 1932, the youngest of 11 children.   Viona loved her 6 children and their  spouses,  and 25 grandchildren with all of her heart.  She loved to sing to them and share the love...

Bennie Rex Ferguson

Bennie Rex Ferguson

Jan 31, 2018

Bennie Rex Ferguson age 74, passed away January 31. 2018 in Ashland, Nebraska. Memorial services for Bennie will be May 18, 2018, at 10:00 am in the Govier Brothers Chapel with Pastor Ryan Findley officiating. Inurnment will be at the Ansley Cemetery in Ansley, Nebraska. Govier Brothers are in charge of arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.govierbrothers.com Bennie...

Harriet McKenney

Harriet McKenney

Jan 27, 2018

Broken Bow, NE  Harriet M. McKenney age 89 of Broken Bow died Saturday January 27, 2018 at the Broken Bow Care and Rehabilitation in Broken Bow. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday January 31, 2018 at 10:00 AM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow with Pastor Todd Karges officiating.  Burial will be at 3:00 PM at the Newport...

Wanda Eileen Smith

Wanda Eileen Smith

Jan 27, 2018

Wanda E. Smith, 94, formerly of Mullen, NE; passed away on January 27, 2018, at Sutherland Care Center.  Wanda was born on May 22, 1923, to Clifford L. and Leona (Knight) Middaugh in Cody, NE.  She attended a country school and then school in Whitman, NE before graduating from Gordon High School in 1940.  After graduating she taught home school...

Lila Williams

Lila Williams

Jan 26, 2018

   During the early morning hours of June 23, 1919, in the Sandhills north of Dunning, Nebraska, Lila Ruth Brolyer was born to Oliver Goldsmith Brolyer and Bertha May Shackelford Brolyer.    Later, that same summer, Lila, her parents and older siblings, Edwin and Margaret moved from her birthplace, the frame home of former Nebraska governor Samuel R. McKelvie, to a newly...

Steve Holcomb

Steve Holcomb

Jan 25, 2018

Johnson Lake, NE- Steve Holcomb age 73 of Johnson Lake formerly of Broken Bow passed away on Thursday January 25, 2018 at the Lexington Regional Medical Center in Lexington.

Services will be held on Monday January 29, 2018 at 2:30 PM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.  Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery.  Govier Brothers Mortuary...

Eunice Ritenour

Eunice Ritenour

Jan 23, 2018

Funeral services for Eunice Ritenour  age 96, will be held on Saturday January 27, 2018 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Mullen with Pastor Insung Kim officiating.  Burial will be in the Cedarview Cemetery at Mullen.  Mullen Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be held on Friday, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at...

Loren Lovell Treffer

Loren Lovell Treffer

Jan 21, 2018

Strength has many faces, and all of them came together in Loren Lovell Treffer. The strength of his body, mind and spirit shaped a life of stewardship and love. That life ended Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at his home near Broken Bow. But his memory will continue to inspire generations of his loved ones.

Loren was born June 1, 1932,...

Eugenia "Jean" Hovie

Eugenia "Jean" Hovie

Jan 21, 2018

Grand Island, NE-  Eugenia Ann “Jean” Hovie died January 21, 2018 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Eugenia was born on May 12, 1922 at Loup City, NE to Frank and Anna (Maciejewski) Janulewicz.  At the age of six, Jean’s family moved to a farm eight miles southwest of Comstock.  Jean spent eight years attending the Spring...

Steve Poland

Steve Poland

Jan 20, 2018

Broken Bow, NE - Steve Poland age 59 of Broken Bow passed away January 20, 2018 at his home in Broken Bow. Memorial services will be held on Thursday January 25, 2018 at 10:30 AM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow with Pastor Dean Hanson officiating. Inurnment will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery.  Govier Brothers Mortuary is in...

Thurman "Ole" Licking

Thurman "Ole" Licking

Jan 13, 2018

Mullen, NE - Thurman “Ole” Licking age 90 of Mullen formerly of Seneca, died Saturday January 13, 2018 at the Pioneer Memorial Health Center in Mullen. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday January 17, 2018 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the Seneca Auditorium at Seneca, NE.  A visitation will be held on Tuesday January 16, 2:00 PM to...

Dorothy Squier

Dorothy Squier

Jan 12, 2018

Dorothy P. Squier, age 96, of Broken Bow, Ne died Friday January 12, 2018 at the Regional Hospital in Kearney, Ne.   Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 17, 2018 at 10 a.m. in the Evangelical Free Church in Broken Bow, Ne with Pastor Tim Peterson officiating.  Burial will be in the Gates Cemetery.  Visitation will be Tuesday January 16th...

Althea Ferguson

Althea Ferguson

Jan 12, 2018

Peoria, AZ Althea Ferguson age 93 of Broken Bow, NE passed away peacefully in her sleep to be with our Lord on  Friday January 12, 2018 in Peoria, AZ. Althea was born on February 23, 1924 in Custer County, NE to Charles and Thelma (Ross) Sargent.  After Althea took Normal Training, she worked as a school teacher during World War...

Betty Naber

Betty Naber

Jan 10, 2018

Betty Jane Naber, 91, passed away January 10th, 2018 in Chandler, AZ.   Betty was born on October 20, 1926 in Burwell, Nebraska to David and Della (Hodgson) Boag.  She married Albert Conard and to this union were born two children, Carol and Kay. After divorcing, she moved to Grand Island and Lincoln, Nebraska where she worked at Woolworths.  In 1957,...

Allen D Hendrickson

Allen D Hendrickson

Jan 10, 2018

Allen D. Hendrickson, age 80, of Broken Bow, Ne died Wednesday January 10, 2018 at the Broken Bow Care and Rehabilitation Center.  Allen D. Hendrickson of Broken Bow, Nebraska, was born August 15, 1937, the oldest child of Wallace and Emma (Peterson) Hendrickson in rural Broken Bow, Nebraska.   He grew up in the Swiss Valley Community and attended the Swiss...

Cindy White

Cindy White

Jan 8, 2018

Lincoln, NE- Cindy White age 59 of Lincoln formerly of Broken Bow died Monday January 8, 2018 at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. Funeral services will be held on Saturday January 13, 2018 at 10:30 AM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow with Pastor Bob Gannon officiating.  Burial will be in the Broken Bow Cemetery.  A visitation will...