Obituaries

Jan 24, 2018

Barbara Jo Burk, age 64, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on December 26, 1953 at Omaha, Nebraska. She was raised by Dale and Virginia (Leonard) Walston. She was raised at Lexington, Nebraska and graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1971. She was...

Dec 28, 2017

Dean Lavene Houlden, age 81 of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Fort Morgan, Colorado. He was born on February 20, 1936 to Clyde and Mary (Hansen) Houlden in Elwood, Nebraska. He was baptized as an infant at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Smithfield, Nebraska and was confirmed into the Lutheran faith on November 27, 1955...

Dec 21, 2017

Robert “Bob” Lowell Salisbury, 98, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, December 21, 2017, in Lexington. Bob was born September 19, 1919, in rural Gosper County to Guy and Emma (Dreher) Salisbury. The family moved to the farm three miles northwest of Elwood in 1926. He was a 1936 graduate of Elwood High School and then joined the Civilian Conservation Corps...

Dec 1, 2017

Joseph Conrad Huerta, age 90, of Cozad, Nebraska passed away on Friday, December 1st, 2017 at the Cozad Community Hospital in Cozad, Nebraska. J. Conrad Huerta was born in Kansas City, Kansas on February 19, 1927 to Manuela (Ledesma) and Pasqual Huerta. The family moved to the Valley of Mitchell/Scottsbluff Nebraska while he was a child. He graduated from Mitchell...

Nov 26, 2017

Norma J. Foss, age 80, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born November 19, 1937 to Earl and Ruth (Dunlap) Randolph in Oxford, Nebraska. She grew up in Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1955. On January 11, 1959 she married Donald Foss at Salem...

Oct 24, 2017

Dorothy Elaine Salisbury, age 85, died on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, from complications from strokes associated with brain bleeds. She was born to Guy and Edith Salisbury on July 30, 1932 at the family farm in rural Elwood Nebraska. She was welcomed by her step-sister Mildred Salisbury Delp and her step-brother Robert Salisbury. After attending a one room country school,...

Oct 20, 2017

Daniel P. Epp, age 57, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away Friday, October 20, 2017 at CHI St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska. She was born January 1, 1960 to Herbert & Evelyn (Burkhart) Epp at Garden City, Kansas. He attended high school in Garden City, Kansas. Following his schooling, he worked in the oil fields and meat packing plant...

Oct 14, 2017

Marian McElhaney Brainard, age 89, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on March 31, 1928 in Plainview, Nebraska, to Eldridge and Harriett Jane (Robertson) McElhaney. She graduated from Benson High School in 1945. Marian achieved her Bachelor’s degree in 1949 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While...

Sep 5, 2017

Leland V. Robb, age 85, of Smithfield, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at his home. He was born November 21, 1931 to Vernon and Myrtle (Chadwick) Robb at Lexington, Nebraska. Leland grew up on the family farm near Smithfield. He attended and graduated from Smithfield High School. After working a couple of years, he enlisted in the U.S....

Jul 23, 2017

Dorothy Elizabeth (Hansen) Fiene, age 79, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born April 24, 1938 to Otto Herbert Hansen and Elizabeth (DeBoer) Hansen at the family home in Elwood, Nebraska. She was baptized in May 1938 in the Methodist Church in Elwood. She attended grade school and high school...

Jun 10, 2017

Donald John Foss, age 90, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on February 13, 1927 to John Charles and Hilda (Pfeiffer) Foss on the family farm in Gosper County, Nebraska. Don grew up on the farm and graduated from Elwood High School. After his schooling, he...

Feb 11, 2017

Robert Joe Bellamy, age 79, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Cozad Community Hospital, in Cozad, Nebraska. Joe was born on May 19, 1937 on the family farm in Moorefield, Nebraska to Raymond and Hazel (Coker) Bellamy. Joe grew up on the family farm attending country school through the 7th grade and continued through high...

Feb 9, 2017

Gayle M. Cooksley, age 86, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on December 11, 1930 at Grand Island, Nebraska to Paul J. and Beulah (Van Horn) Michaud. The family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where Gayle spent her school years. She helped with family paper routes and...

Jan 25, 2017

Milford I. Noble, age 70, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at his home. He was born on August 9, 1946, at Lexington, Nebraska to Marcus E. and Lena S. (Schwartz) Noble. He grew up in Lexington and attended school at Lexington High School, graduating with the class of 1965. After school, he joined the U.S. Army...

Jan 10, 2017

Elwood, Nebraska George L. Marquardt, age 88, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at his home. He was born on February 20, 1928, to John Henry and Anna (Foss) Marquardt, southwest of Elwood, Nebraska with George Clark the attending doctor. George grew up on the family farm southwest of Elwood 7 miles. He attended school at...

Dec 30, 2016

Marjorie May Schutz, age 81, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016, at the Elwood Care Center. She was born on January 5, 1935, to William and Theckla (Jorges) Schultz, in Eustis, Nebraska. She was baptized in February of 1935 and confirmed on April 2, 1950 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Eustis, Nebraska. She attended rural...

Nov 28, 2016

Marvin Lee Brand, age 68, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away Monday, November 28, 2016, at his home. He was born November 19, 1948, in Elwood, Nebraska to Ward and LaVilla Brand. He grew up in Elwood and attended Elwood High School. He then enlisted into the U.S. Army and served his country in Vietnam. After the service he worked as...

Oct 19, 2016

Eugene L. Kipp, age 62, of Bertrand, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born January 20, 1954, to Neil and Lucille E. (Kahler) Kipp. Eugene grew up in Bertrand and graduated from Bertrand High School with the class of 1973. He married Virginia Ditson in 1978, and to this...

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