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Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly
Feb 20, 2009
Verna Verona Woodward Weatherly, 103, of Tucson, Arizona, died Friday, February 20, 2009, in Tucson. She was born January 24, 1906, in the Milldale community near Callaway, Nebraska, to Jess and Rosetta Woodward. The Woodward family land rushed in 1880, by Jason Woodward, Verna’s grandpa. Verna’s great-great-grandma was Annie Ortenta Kneeland, part Indian, she was married to J. Elisha Woodward....
Cecil William Wempen
Feb 18, 2009
Cecil W. Wempen, 78, of Overton, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born May 21, 1930, on the family farm south of Sumner, Nebraska, to Henry William and Martha (Baker) Wempen. Cecil was united in marriage to Beverly Rutledge on May 22, 1953, at Lexington, Nebraska. Two children were blessed to...
Helen Stuckey Barrett
Feb 16, 2009
Helen Stuckey Barrett was born September 3, 1905, to George Edgar and Marjorie (Campbell) Stuckey in Broken Bow, Nebraska. For the first 10 years of her life she lived on a ranch with her parents and two younger brothers, attending nearby Burr Oak School in Custer County. In 1915, the family moved to Lexington, where her mother died shortly after...
Kathleen Ann Hendricks
Feb 15, 2009
Kathleen Ann (Kathy) Hendricks, 61, of Lexington, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2009, surrounded by her loving family at the home of her parents. She was born August 26, 1947, at Callaway, Nebraska, to Rollie Kenneth and Ruth Renee (Aikin) Hendricks. Kathy grew up in Callaway until she was in the 5th grade, when the family moved to Lexington. She...
Fred E. Allen
Feb 14, 2009
Fred E. Allen, 85, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born June 19, 1923, at Cozad, Nebraska, to Glen R. and Lena M. (Battreall) Allen. Fred grew up on a farm and graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1941. He was united in marriage to Verna...
Georgia (Jo) Marie Pitkin
Feb 9, 2009
Georgia Marie (Hansen) Pitkin, 85, of Callaway, Nebraska, died Monday, February 9, 2009, at the Callaway Good Samaritan Center in Callaway. She was born November 10, 1923, at Milldale, 12 miles northwest of Callaway. She was the seventh in a family of nine children of George and Maria (Klug) Hansen. She received her education at local rural schools through the...
Gerald Lester "Gerry" Carttar
Feb 8, 2009
Gerald L. “Gerry” Carttar, 84, of Harvard, Nebraska, formerly of Johnson Lake, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Harvard Rest Haven in Harvard. He was born May 13, 1924, at Wichita, Kansas, to Eugene A. and Ethel G. (Naden) Carttar. Gerald grew up in the Wichita area where he graduated from Wichita High School East. He was united in marriage...
C. Marie (Nichol) Morgan
Feb 1, 2009
C. Marie (Nichol) Morgan, 84, of Sumner, Nebraska, died Sunday, February 1, 2009, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born January 7, 1925, to John Thomas Nichol and Thelma (Finley) Nichol near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She attended grade school in the small village of Welling, and high school at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, graduating in 1941. After high school...
Betty June (Brown) Sells
Jan 27, 2009
Betty J. (Brown) Sells, 77, of Kearney, formerly of Lexington, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born February 23, 1931, in Oquawka, Illinois to Glen and Natrona (Morris) Parsons. On December 18, 1948, she married Clifford Allen Brown in Gladstone, Illinois. He preceded her in death. From this union six children were born....
Ramona Munoz
Jan 26, 2009
Ramona “Granny” Munoz, 87, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, January 26, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born September 6, 1921, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Martin and Lena (Villarruel) Alvarado. Ramona was united in marriage to Salvador Munoz on November 17, 1949, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She moved to Lexington in 1960. She enjoyed cooking, doing ceramics,...
Bonnie Marie Porter
Jan 23, 2009
Bonnie Marie Porter, 77, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, January 23, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born on July 4, 1931, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Frank and Marie (Hess) Daiss. Bonnie was confirmed and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington. Bonnie graduated from Lexington High School and then went on to graduate from Kearney...
Jonathan James Murray
Jan 19, 2009
Jonathan James Murray, 29, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Monday, January 19, 2009, at his home in Lexington. He was born March 22, 1979, at Rock Springs, Wyoming, to James and Karen (Pawleska) Murray. Jonathan grew up in the Rock Springs and Green River, Wyoming area and graduated from Green River High School in 1998. Jonathan was united in marriage to...
Maxine Evelyn Carlson
Jan 16, 2009
Maxine Evelyn (Mrs. Donald) Carlson, 82, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at Golden Living Care Center in Cozad, Nebraska. She was born July 14, 1926, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Lewis Henry and Eva Mae (Dillman) Lange. Maxine grew up in Lexington and lived here most of her life. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1944, and...
Rodney Dwayne Bamrick
Jan 15, 2009
Rodney D. Bamrick, 57, of Kearney, Nebraska, died Thursday, January 15, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney following a bout with cancer. He was just diagnosed shortly before Christmas. He was born July 19, 1951, at Lexington, Nebraska, to Robert D. and Clarice (Eby) Bamrick. Rod grew up at rural Overton, where he attended school and graduated from Overton...
Froilan Torres Varela
Jan 13, 2009
Froilan Torres Varela, 51, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. He was born September 18, 1957, at Penjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico, to Marciano Torres Tapia and Maria Dolores Varela. Froilan was united in marriage to Sofia Leon on May 5, 1984, in Mexico. The family moved to the United States approximately 17 years ago...
Michael Eugene Livingston
Jan 13, 2009
Michael Eugene Livingston, 49, of Juniata, Nebraska, died tragically in a vehicle accident on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, near Sutton, Nebraska, in rural Clay County. He was born October 6, 1959, at Fremont, Nebraska, to Earnie and Delores (Spencer) Livingston. Michael grew up and went to school at Fremont and then moved with his family to Oconto, where he graduated...
Yvonne Alice Warren
Jan 10, 2009
Yvonne Alice Warren, 79, of Johnson Lake, near Elwood, Nebraska, died Saturday, January 10, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born October 7, 1929, at Cozad, Nebraska, to Charles and Alice (Haines) Rakestraw. Yvonne attended school at Cozad until her junior year when the family moved to Wolbach, Nebraska. She graduated from Wolbach High School...
Lois Elizabeth Huff
Dec 27, 2008
Lois E. Huff, 90, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, December 27, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born March 1, 1918, at Amherst, Nebraska, to Trever and Lindsay (Patterson) Williams. Lois grew up in the Eddyville area and graduated from Eddyville High School with the class of 1937. She was united in marriage to Gerald Weaver...
Annetta Marie Marsh
Dec 13, 2008
Annetta Marie Marsh, 84, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was born March 27, 1924, at Callaway, Nebraska, to George and Minnie (Reed) Klein. Annetta moved to Lexington when she was 2 years old and has lived here ever since. She attended school at Lexington. Annetta was a stay-at-home mom...
Marie Ann Lauby
Dec 13, 2008
Marie Ann Lauby, 56, of Lexington, Nebraska, died suddenly Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. She was born May 20, 1952, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Burt and Gladys (Pemperton) Mooney. Marie attended school in Michigan and moved to Lexington in 1974, to be near family. She was united in marriage to Thomas Lauby on April 23,...
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