Local Obituaries
Lola June Debban
Mar 1, 2022
Lola June Debban, age 86, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on December 7, 1935 at Holbrook, Nebraska to Ernest & Marie (Noltensmeier) Boyd. She graduated high school from Arapahoe High School with the Class of 1953. She married Eugene Stagemeyer in 1955 and to...
Doris Irene (Reigle) Uphoff
Dec 8, 2021
Doris Irene (Reigle) Uphoff, age 81, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at her home. She was born August 7, 1940, to Ray and Myrtle Reigle in Cherry County, Nebraska. Doris always preferred the outdoors so she spent her childhood helping her parents with ranching chores and animal care. During high school she was very active...
Brenda Kay Perry
Nov 12, 2021
Brenda Kay Perry, age 64, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021 at home. She was born on October 26th, 1957 in Sutherland, Nebraska to Eugene & Lola (Boyd) Stagemeyer. She attended school at Holbrook High School and graduated with the class of 1976. She married William A. Perry II in August of 1993 at the Chapel...
Manda “Gail” Leggott-Willson
Nov 3, 2021
Manda “Gail” Leggott-Willson, 91, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska. Gail was born on a farm south of Elwood, Nebraska, on January 15, 1930, the third child of Oren and Inez (Whisler) McKenzie. She grew up in Elwood, Nebraska, was baptized at the Elwood First Christian Church, attended Elwood Public School and...
John Edward Holdiman
Oct 28, 2021
John Edward Holdiman, age 76, of Eustis, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at the Fillmore County Hospital in Geneva, Nebraska. He was born on June 7th, 1945 in Bozeman, Montana to Edward Elias Hiram & Bernice Ella (Russell) Holdiman. John had many hobbies in his life and loved to do family ancestry to dig up relatives from...
Robert A. Schneider
Oct 23, 2021
Robert A. Schneider, age 88, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. He was the youngest child of William A. and Louise M. (Siekjost) Schneider and born on the family farm in Frontier County, Nebraska on August 24th, 1933. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church...
Cindy Ray Schutz
Oct 20, 2021
Cindy Ray Schutz, age 69, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in Fremont, Nebraska at Methodist Fremont Health. The oldest of three children, Cindy was born August 22nd, 1952 to Harold (Chuck) and Bilva (Schultz) Hueftle of Eustis, NE. Cindy grew up in and graduated from Eustis. After graduation, she attended college at Nebraska Wesleyan until...
Donald George Sarr
Oct 6, 2021
Donald George Sarr, age 91, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at his home in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on November 2, 1929 in Lexington, Nebraska to Ray and Ola (Wilson) Sarr. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served for 3 years. After his service, he worked as a lineman until 1986 when he...
Jeneel Kay Evans
Aug 31, 2021
Jeneel Kay Evans, age 72, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at Lexington Regional Hospital in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born on May 15, 1949 at Holdrege, Nebraska to Bernard and Ruth (Swanson) Schmidt. Kay grew up in Holdrege and attended school there. After her schooling, she worked at the Arapahoe Country Club, at Arapahoe, Nebraska....
Donald Bryce Debban
Jul 9, 2021
Donald Bryce Debban, age 92, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Friday, July 9, 2021, at Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on February 13, 1929 on the family farm in Frontier County, Nebraska to George and Emilie (Linke) Debban. Although Don had no formal high school qualification, degrees or accolades; he was witty and sharp. The...
Ronald Dean Leggott
Jun 2, 2021
Ronald Dean Leggott, age 71 of Doniphan, Nebraska, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at St. Francis CHI Hospital, Grand Island, Nebraska due to cardia arrest. He was born on October 19, 1950 in Lexington, Nebraska to Sherle and Beth (Leggott) Leggott. Ron worked alongside his dad on the family farm while growing up....
Brenda Marie Pretzer
Jan 27, 2021
Brenda Marie Pretzer, age 76, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege after a three-year battle with cancer. She was born on October 6, 1944 to Arthur and Marie (Putnam) Pretzer, Brenda was the oldest of five children. She attended public school in Wakefield, NE and graduated from Wayne State College,...
Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta
Jan 4, 2021
Mary Nell (Semroska) Huerta, age 84, of Cozad, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska surrounded by her 6 children. Nellie was born in Crawford, Nebraska on January 16, 1936 to Richard and Barbara (Serres) Semroska. She grew up in Sioux County on the family ranch near Harrison. After the death...
Carolyn Sue Brand
Jan 1, 2021
Carolyn Sue Brand, age 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 1, 2021 due to complications from the COVID virus at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on June 19, 1941 in Lexington, Nebraska to Ray and Ola (Wilson) Sarr. She married her high school sweetheart, Jim Walston, in 1957. To this union three children were born....
Owen Willis Brainard
Dec 31, 2020
Owen Willis Brainard, 95, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at the Elwood Care Home. He was born on April 7, 1925, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Willis and Florence Brainard. He grew up in Lincoln and was an active Boy Scout, earning his Eagle Scout Award. He enjoyed spending summers on the family ranch outside of...
Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn
Dec 22, 2020
Grace “Vonney” Evon Freeborn, age 84, of Elwood, Nebraska left this world and stepped into Heaven to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, along with family and friends waiting for her on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska She was born on October 11, 1936 to Gracie Elizabeth (Paylor) and Buford Clyde Freeborn in...
Jeffrey David Schutz
Dec 1, 2020
Jeffrey David Schutz, age 51, of Grand Island, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 8, 1969 at Lexington, Nebraska to Merlyn Dean and Janice Kay (Bailey) Schutz. Jeff was baptized as an infant at Our...
Marvin Eugene Pape
Oct 21, 2020
Marvin Eugene Pape, age 85, of Elwood, Nebraska died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, in Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on February 17, 1935 in Firth, Nebraska to Edwin and Harmina (Kallemeyn) Pape. Marvin grew up in Firth, and earned an accounting degree from the Lincoln School of Commerce. He worked as an accountant most of his life at various...
Michael Eugene Stagemeyer
Sep 18, 2020
Michael Eugene Stagemeyer, age 65, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Friday, September 18, 2020, at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on January 20, 1955 in McCook, Nebraska to Eugene & Lola (Boyd) Stagemeyer. He was born premature at the Catholic Hospital in McCook and was named by the Sister’s. He grew up in Paxton, Nebraska and...
Sherle Ray Schwenninger
Sep 16, 2020
Sherle Ray Schwenninger, age 69, died at his home in New York City, New York, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. He was born at Elwood, Nebraska, in the Maternity Hospital owned by his Great-aunt Ella Seiz to Ivan and Pansy (Mills) Schwenninger on February 19, 1951. He attended his first year of school at Rural District 54 west of Elwood...
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