Local Obituaries
Thomas Lee White
Mar 24, 2024
Thomas Lee White, age 79, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska three days after his 79th birthday. He was born on March 21, 1945 in Westmoreland, Kansas to Harold and Doris (Fairchild) White. Tom served in the United States Navy with his brother Wayne on the USS Chemung. He was honorably discharged, and...
Peggy J. Mak
Feb 24, 2024
Peggy J. Mak, 87, of Elwood, Nebraska went to be with her Lord Saturday, February 24, 2024 at the Elwood Care Center. The family will receive friends between 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2024 at Elwood Funeral Home, 302 Smith Ave. Peggy Joyce McGraw was born October 9, 1936 in Rural Gosper County, Nebraska to Charles “Chick” and...
Kevin Joseph Brungardt
Jan 6, 2024
Kevin Joseph Brungardt, age 63, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at his home near Lexington, Nebraska. He was born on January 24th, 1960, at Garden City, Kansas. It is believed that Kevin was born with a fishing pole in one hand and a shotgun in the other. His love for hunting and fishing was a...
Renelda Ann Wenburg
Dec 13, 2023
ReNelda Ann Wenburg, age 95, of Cozad, Nebraska, died Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at Pathfinders Assisted Living in Fremont, Nebraska. She was born May 10, 1928, in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, to Frances Marie “Hazel” Langan and Joseph Henry Boesch. She was the oldest of 7 children. The Boesch family moved to Cozad, Nebraska, in 1942. ReNelda graduated from Cozad High...
Lloydelle Bellamy
Dec 6, 2023
Lloydelle Bellamy, age 85, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at Lexington Regional Hospital, Lexington, Nebraska. Lloydelle was cherished as Joe's wife, the loving mother of Randy, Brian, and Kevin, and affectionately known as Grandma 'Delle to many. She was extremely devoted to family and friends and maintained many friendships from high school and kept up...
Lola Irene Debban
Mar 13, 2023
Lola Irene Debban, age 91, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2023, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on March 27, 1933, at Elwood, Nebraska to Otto and Elizabeth (DeBoer) Hansen. She was raised in Elwood, and was baptized on March 24, 1940 at Elwood Methodist Church. She attended school and graduated from...
Melva Ruth Hughbanks
Mar 1, 2023
Melva Ruth Hughbanks, age 103, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born to James and Alice (Musser) Pierce on April 11, 1919 on a farm north of Overton, Nebraska. She was the 5th child of 7 children. She graduated from Overton High School in 1937. After graduating, she...
John Edward Remmenga
Feb 19, 2023
John Edward Remmenga, age 76, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at Bergan- Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born on October 13, 1946, to John & M. Maxine (Dyer) Remmenga at Elwood, Nebraska. He lived his entire life in the Elwood community. He attended the Elwood Public School, graduating with the Class of 1964....
Theone Lurae (Maaske) Winkler
Dec 18, 2022
Theone LuRae (Maaske) Winkler was born on April 21, 1929, in Phelps County, Nebraska, the youngest of two children born to Alton and Alma (Helms) Maaske. She was baptized in infancy at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bertrand. She passed away on Sunday, December 18th, 2022 in Omaha, Nebraska. Theone received her elementary education in rural schools in Phelps and...
Eleanor Christine Schneider Nott
Nov 14, 2022
Eleanor Christine Schneider Nott peacefully passed into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father at the age of 95, on Tuesday, November 14, 2022 at Holdrege Memorial Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born April 1, 1927, in Holbrook, Nebraska, to William and Louise (Siekjost) Schneider. Eleanor grew up south of Eustis, graduating with the Elwood High School class of...
Ronald Oborne Scharf Sr.
Oct 28, 2022
Ronald Oborne Scharf Sr., age 80, passed away early morning on Friday, October 28th, 2022 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska surrounded by loved ones. He was born on September 30th 1942 to parents Lloyd Ensel and Dorothy May (Nelson) Scharf in Hermiston Oregon. As a young child the family moved to Curtis, Nebraska where he attended school...
Brenda J. West
Oct 16, 2022
Brenda J. West, age 75, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, October 16th, 2022, at her home. She was born December 9th, 1946, at Fullerton, California to James & Bernice (DeWitt) Netherland. She grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and attended school at Scottsbluff High School. After her schooling, she married David L. West on April 10, 1964, at Scottsbluff,...
Mary Lynne Gydesen
Sep 24, 2022
Mary Lynne Gydesen, age 61, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at the Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born February 9th, 1961, to Donald & Mary (Phillips) Gruber, in Barstow, California. Being an only child, she was included in every activity with her parents. She was the bullet lady when they went hunting for...
Melvin Carl Uphoff
Jul 10, 2022
Melvin Carl Uphoff, age 85, passed away at home in Elwood, Nebraska, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Known for his funny stories and rain amount posts on Facebook, his kindness and generosity, and his love for family, friends, and animals Mel will be missed by all who knew him. He was born January 16, 1937 to Carl and Beth (Chapman)...
David L. West
Jul 9, 2022
David L. West, age 77, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on July 9th, 2022, at the Kearney Regional Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska. He was born November 28th, 1944, to Clyde & Louise (Coker) West, Los Angeles, California. David grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and attended school at Scottsbluff High School thru the 10th grade. He would then attend Nebraska Christian School...
Rodney Roy Gilliland
Jun 15, 2022
Rodney Roy Gilliland, age 74, of Smithfield, Nebraska, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at Bryan Medical Center East Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. He fought a long battle with heart disease. He was born on January 27th, 1948 in Curtis, Nebraska to Edward Howard and Ardis (Nutt) Gilliland. Rod attended high school at USNA in...
Muriel Claire Kotschwar
Jun 8, 2022
Muriel Claire Kotschwar, age 89, of Farnam, Nebraska, passed away on June 8th, 2022, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born March 29th, 1933, to Henry & Hester (Carman) Gewecke, northwest of Farnam, Nebraska. She graduated from Farnam High School in 1950. Attended grades 1-3 at a rural school north of Ingham NE, grades 4 -12 in...
Diana Lynne Krumme
May 28, 2022
Diana Lynne Krumme, age 66, bravely fought and lost her two-year battle with ovarian cancer on Saturday, May 28, 2022. At the time of her death Diana was living in the Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek, NE. Diana was born October 20, 1955 in Hastings, NE to George and Meredith E. (Pittenger) Tilson. She was one of 5...
Darren D Krull
Apr 7, 2022
Darren D Krull, age 54, of Elwood, NE, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022, while in the line of duty serving his community. He was born to Gary & Glenda (Wells) Krull on December 19, 1967, in Hastings, Nebraska. Darren grew up in Glenvil, Nebraska and graduated from Sandy Creek High School in 1986 and joined the Glenvil Fire Department....
Roger Dean Lauhead
Apr 6, 2022
Roger Dean Lauhead, age 75, of Wauneta, Nebraska died the week of April 6, 2022 at his home. He was born August 21, 1946 at Gosper County, Nebraska to Beryl & Elizabeth (Ford) Lauhead. Roger attended Elwood Public School and was very active in athletics. He excelled at track, basketball and football. He farmed south of Elwood for several years...
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