Obituary Listing

Jul 16, 2019

Franklin Kenneth (Ken) Reiser, son of Leo E. Reiser and Agnes L. (Liewer) Reiser was born January 27, 1943, at his parents' home 3 ½ miles SE of Butte, NE. He was the 6th child out of 8 children blessed to this union. Ken was baptized and confirmed at S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Butte, NE. He passed...

Jul 12, 2019

Mass of Christian Burial for Helen Higgins, age 86, of Naper, NE will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10:30 AM at the Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Butte, NE. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Naper, NE. There will be a prayer service on Wednesday at 7:00 PM at the...

Jul 3, 2019

Dennis Dean (Butch) Lubbers was born September 18, 1939 in Burke, South Dakota in the Burke Hospital, he was the only one of six children born in the Hospital. Dennis attended a one room country school four miles east of Burke. He graduated from Burke High School in 1958. Dennis married Myrtle Odenbach May 25, 1963. He was a...

Jun 27, 2019

Harry was born at Fairfax, SD, the fourth son born of John and Emelia (Wolf) Odenbach on November 19, 1923. He was baptized in the Hope Congregational Church in Fairfax. He grew up with siblings Edmond, Benjamin, and Betty Mae. The ranch and farm life of the South Dakota prairie was the teaching tool his parents educated him with....

Jun 18, 2019

Sylvia Agnes (Opbroek) Hausmann was born November 30, 1920 to Henry and Margaret (Ritz) Opbroek. She passed away on June 18, 2019. Sylvia was born on the family farm east of Fairfax, S.D. and was the 9th of 14 children in Henry and Margaret's family. As a young girl, she attended Star Valley School and graduated from the eighth...

Jun 12, 2019

Having lived a very full and active life, Mildred Engelmeyer was called to be with the Lord on June 12, 2019. She passed away at the Burke Community Hospital at the age of 96 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days. Until the very last she was living by herself, driving wherever she pleased, doing most everything she...

May 25, 2019

Lyle "Red" Wayne Fuhrer was born near Bonesteel, SD on September 20, 1927. He was the ninth of eleven children born to Herman and Lucy (Brunemier) Fuhrer. He died May 25, 2019 at the Butte Nursing Home at the age of 91 years.

Lyle attended Naper Public School into the 8th grade. He quit school to work...

May 15, 2019

Mary Jane Smith, 84, of Lucas, SD passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at her home near Lucas, SD.  Funeral service will be held on Monday, May 20 th , 2019 at 11:00AM at the Lucas Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the Lucas Cemetery.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to funeral service on Monday....

May 14, 2019

Frances Lorraine Peppel was born May 2, 1938 at home near Brocksburg, Nebraska to John William and Ada Lura (Brown) Higgins and she died May 14, 2019 at the Avera Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory, South Dakota at the age of 81 years.

Lorraine was the youngest of four children. She attended rural school District #1,...

May 2, 2019

Gary Eugene Delzer was born March 10, 1955 at Gregory, South Dakota to Fred Arnold and Doris (Krallman) Delzer and died at this home May, 2, 2019 in Norfolk, Nebraska at the age of 64 years.

While in high school, Gary worked for Dean and Ruth Stedman at the Rosebud Photo Shop in Gregory. It was there...

Apr 19, 2019

Margaret Hitchcock, 91, of Gregory, SD passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Gregory Hospital in Gregory, SD. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 1:00PM at the United Methodist Church in Burke, SD. Burial will follow at the Spotted Tail Cemetery in Jamison, NE. A visitation will be held on Thursday, April...

Apr 17, 2019

Marleen Glee Tatum was born October 16, 1944 at Fairfax, South Dakota to William Edward and Vearnetta Helena (Cue) Trautman and she died April 17, 2019 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 74 years.

Marleen was the fourth of ten children. She graduated from Fairfax High School in 1963 where she...

Apr 9, 2019

Gus Daniel Koenig was born February 22, 2019 in Yankton, SD to Daniel and Katie Koenig. He weighed 9 pounds 7 ounces and was 22 inches long. Shortly after birth, he was flown to the Avera NICU in Sioux Falls, SD., where he was later diagnosed with rare cases of Hirschsprung Disease and Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome. On March...

Apr 2, 2019

Donald Dwayne Baldwin was born May 24, 1926 at Bonesteel, South Dakota to Rubin and Frieda (Schroeder) Baldwin. He died April 2, 2019 at the Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska at the age of 92 years.

Don grew to manhood on the family farm south of Bonesteel and attended country school. He graduated from Bonesteel High...

Mar 21, 2019

Ruth E. (Ashley) Jones, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend was born September 25, 1924 to C.W. And Nina (Baker) Ashley on a farm south of Dallas, SD. She was the youngest of five children, Florence, Wilford, Allen, and Lowell. In 1931 the family moved to the Dixon area.

Ruth attended country school through eighth grade, most...

Mar 15, 2019

Amanda Leona Camin Schochenmaier was born March 1, 1915 at the family farm in Naper, Nebraska. She was the oldest of eight children born to John and Emma (Bettcher) Camin.

As a young girl, Amanda and her siblings walked to a country school. German was the only language Amanda knew at that time. She learned to speak...

Mar 9, 2019

Helen Elizabeth Hoppe was born October 7, 1929 at Rosebud South Dakota to Jacob and Lena (Martin) Smith. She went to her heavenly home on Saturday, March 9, 2019. She died at the Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell, South Dakota at the age of 89 years.

Helen was united in marriage to Melvin Hoppe on March 18,...

Mar 9, 2019

Pierre Solman LaPointe Jr. "Maka Kahomni" was born on August 21, 1950 at Mother of Grace hospital in Gregory, SD to Pierre and Josephine (Andrews) LaPointe Sr. Pierre started his spiritual journey to eternal rest on March 9, 2019 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls at the age of 68 years 7 months with his loving family and...

Mar 9, 2019

Nancy Marie Turney was born on November 17, 1942 in Burke, South Dakota. She was the third child of Dello Halsted and Marie Doris (Reetz) Turney. Her Turney and Reetz grandparents were homesteading pioneers in Gregory County.

Farm life was the focus of her childhood. She attended a one-room rural school in Tripp County, where her Mother...

Mar 1, 2019

Robert Harrison Connell, Jr. was born August 7, 1928 at home in eastern Keya Paha County, Nebraska to R.  Harrison Connell, Sr. and Ada (Winter) Connell.  He passed away March 1, 2019, at Brookestone View Skilled Nursing facility, Broken Bow, Nebraska.

As a young boy, Robert became known as Bob, attended rural school, started high school at...