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Jean M. Benjamin
May 22, 2016
Jean M. Benjamin, 80, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016, on her birthday, at Cozad Community Health System. She was born May 22, 1936, in Lexington, Nebraska, to Arthur and Marie (Buchholz) Westmeyer. She was a lifetime resident of Lexington, graduating from Lexington High School with the class of 1954. She then went on to further her...
Edna Grayce Wiley
May 22, 2016
Edna Grayce Wiley, 99, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community. She was born June 19, 1916, in Sumner, Nebraska to Jim and Carrie (Simpson) McGinnis. She was a graduate of Sumner High School. Grayce was united in marriage to John Wiley on January 3, 1935, in Lexington. Three children were blessed to...
Gregorio "Greg" Franco Salcido
May 19, 2016
Gregorio “Greg” Franco Salcido, 60, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016, at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born May 25, 1955, in Emilio, Carranza, Mexico, to Martin Salcido and Lucila Franco. Franco was united in marriage to Brenda Bromlow on January 21, 1991, in Elkhart, Kansas. The family moved to Overton in 1998,...
Keith Lavern Rittgarn
May 17, 2016
Keith Lavern Rittgarn, 69, of Gordon, Nebraska, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at home by Gordon, Nebraska. He was born to Robert & Kathryn (Arbuckle) Rittgarn on November 24, 1946 in Lexington, Nebraska. He was joined over the years by younger siblings Karen, Ken, and Kevin. He attended school and graduated high school in Elwood, Nebraska. After...
William A. Chamberlin
May 17, 2016
William A. Chamberlin, 71, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Lexington Regional Health Center. He was born October 30, 1944, in Evanston, Illinois, to Clarence Albert and Elizabeth (Newenham) Chamberlin. Bill grew up in Illinois and graduated from Blue Island High School in Blue Island, Illinois. He then went on to further his education, and graduate...
Susan Arlene Maurstad
May 14, 2016
Susan Arlene Maurstad, 62, of Loveland, Colorado, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016, following a sudden cardiac arrest at her home in Loveland. She was born October 9, 1953, to William and Arlene (Knapple) Giesler in Lexington, Nebraska. Having lost their mother at birth Susie, and twin, Sarah, spent their early childhood in the loving care of grandparents, Ed and...
Dorothy E. Foster
May 10, 2016
Dorothy E. Foster, 96, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. She was born April 9, 1920, in Smithfield, Nebraska, to Vernon and Lula (Robb) Way. She attended school and graduated from Smithfield High School with the class of 1938. She was united in marriage to Orval L. Foster on October...
Constantino Velasquez
May 9, 2016
Constantino Velasquez, 75, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016, at his home in Lexington with his family by his side. He was born April 12, 1941, in Honduras, to Sixto and Pastora (Cruz) Velasquez. He attended school in Honduras. He was united in marriage to Alba Estella Martinez in Honduras. Five children were blessed to this union....
David D. Cranford
May 5, 2016
David D. Cranford, 89, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. He was born October 31, 1926 in David City, Nebraska, to Earl and May (Tichacek) Cranford. He lived his early years in Linwood, Nebraska before moving with his family to Lexington, Nebraska in 1935. He graduated from Lexington High School...
Neva Gail Gerard
Apr 30, 2016
Neva Gail Gerard, 78, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community. She was born February 10, 1938, in Nemaha, Nebraska, to Floyd and Martha (Smith) Wallace. Neva lived in Sutton, Nebraska, where she worked as a Medication Aid at the nursing home. Neva was united in marriage to Richard Gerard on January 5,...
Frederick J. Dickerson
Apr 20, 2016
Frederick J. Dickerson, 91, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Cozad. He was born August 7, 1924, in Livonia, Missouri, to John Frederick and Pearl (Henry) Dickerson. He grew up and attended school in Meade, Kansas, graduating from Meade High School with the class of 1942. He then went on to further...
Monty R. Birnie
Apr 19, 2016
Monty R. Birnie, 58, of Callaway, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Callaway District Hospital. Monty was born August 5, 1957, in Callaway, Nebraska, to Lon and Dorothy “Joan” (Struempler) Birnie. He attended school in Callaway and graduated from Callaway High School in 1976. He then went on to Western Bible College for 2 years near Denver. After...
Stuart Crawford
Apr 18, 2016
Stuart Crawford, 56, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016, at the VA Hospital Hospice in Cheyenne, Wyoming, following a long battle with cancer. Stuart was born May 8, 1959, in Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia, to Gary and Barbara (Steffen) Crawford. Stuart spent his early years moving about with his family in the Navy, served in...
Dennis James Hines
Apr 14, 2016
Dennis James Hines, 58, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016, from a work related accident in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Mid-American Recycling Center. Dennis was born November 4, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois to James and Fay (Stovall) Hines. He grew up in Chicago, graduating from Hirsch Metropolitan High School in 1975. Dennis moved to Lexington in May of...
Kerry Kent Anderson
Apr 2, 2016
Kerry Kent Anderson, 78, of rural Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016, in flight from a wonderful vacation in Hawaii, landing at the airport in San Francisco, and taken to Burlingame, California. Kerry was born October 31, 1937, in Lexington, Nebraska, to Harlan and Florence (Bacon) Anderson. He started school at District #15 south of Lexington, where his...
Jesse Joe Pankowski
Apr 1, 2016
Jesse Joe Pankowski, 27, of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, formerly of Ainsworth, Nebraska, passed away Friday, April 1, 2016, at his aunt’s home at Johnson Lake. Jesse was born July 3, 1988, in Ainsworth, Nebraska, to Douglas and Cathryn (Junod) Pankowski. He was confirmed and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Ainsworth. He was a 2007 graduate of Ainsworth...
Dick A. Herbert
Mar 16, 2016
Dick A. Herbert, 57, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Cozad, Nebraska, following a short battle with colon cancer. He was born September 24, 1958, in Oxford, Nebraska, to Harvey and Margaret (Breinig) Herbert. He was a 1976 graduate of Arapahoe High School. Dick was united in marriage to Deb Ferguson on...
Michelle R. Ripp
Mar 12, 2016
Michelle R. Ripp, 51, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. She was born February 6, 1965, in Winfield, Kansas, to Billy and JoAnne (Schroeder) Holomek. She moved with her family as a young girl to Nebraska, where they settled in St. Libory, Nebraska. She was a 1983 graduate of St....
Lois Marie Bennett
Mar 11, 2016
Lois Marie Bennett, 60, of Oconto, Nebraska, passed away Friday, March 11, 2016, at CHI Health Good Samaritan-Kearney, Nebraska. She was born July 19, 1955, to William and Minnie (Ropers) Hanson. She was born while Minnie was in labor and crossing the bridge going into Callaway. She graduated from Oconto High School in 1973 and from Kearney State College on...
Marilyn A. Rose
Mar 11, 2016
Marilyn A. Rose, 82, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Friday, March 11, 2016, at Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. She was born August 21, 1933, in Cozad, Nebraska, to Leslie and Dorothy (Johnson) Delap. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1951. Marilyn furthered her education at Nebraska Christian College in Norfolk, Nebraska in 1952. At age 70, she...
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