Ogallala, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ogallala, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Edward D Steenburg
Dec 7, 2025
The Honorable Edward D. Steenburg passed away on December 7, 2025, at his daughter's home in Lincoln, surrounded by his family, following a courageous battle with cancer.
Ed was born on January 15, 1953 in Aurora, Nebraska to Dr. Edmund A. (Ned) and Patricia J. (McArthur) Steenburg. He grew up as one of five siblings in a warm and loving home,...
Max A. Towell Jr.
Dec 3, 2025
MAX A. TOWELL JR., 72, of Ogallala, passed away December 3, 2025, at his home.
Max was born December 25, 1952, in Madisonville, Kentucky, to Max Alfred Sr. and Viola (Kirk) Towell. He grew up in South Dakota, and in 1968, Max and his family moved to Ogallala, where he graduated from Ogallala High School. He later attended York College.
Max married...
Jessica Noteboom
Nov 25, 2025
JESSICA ELAINE NOTEBOOM, 57, of Ogallala, passed away November 25, 2025, at her home south of Ogallala.
Jessica was born August 20, 1968, in Aurora, Illinois, to James Edward Hart Sr. and Doris "Jean" Simpson. She grew up in Dacono, Colorado, and graduated from Frederick High School.
Jessica worked hard throughout her life. She held several factory jobs and worked for...
Eunice I. Warner
Oct 15, 2025
EUNICE I. WARNER, 93, of Kearney, passed away October 15, 2025, at Homestead Assisted Living in Kearney.
Eunice was born on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1931, in rural Gosper County, Nebraska, to Lester and Nellie (Puls) Bowers. She grew up on the family farm near Holbrook, where her father farmed with horses for many years, eventually being the last to adopt...
Seth A. Sample
Oct 9, 2025
Seth Alton Sample, 38, of Arthur, Nebraska, passed away unexpectedly on October 9, 2025, at the Ogallala Community Hospital.
Seth was born on March 2, 1987, in Alliance, Nebraska. In 1991, he and his family moved to Arthur, Nebraska, where he grew up and built many lifelong friendships. He graduated from Arthur County High School with the Class of 2005.
Seth...
Robert Wayne Liggett
Oct 9, 2025
ROBERT LIGGETT, of Ogallala, passed away October 9, 2025, at Great Plains Health in North Platte.
Robert was born in Ogallala, Nebraska, to Harold and Betty (Hudson) Liggett. He attended school in Ogallala and spent much of his life in the area.
Robert had a great sense of humor and was ornery in the best of ways, always ready with a joke...
Hazel Crandell
Sep 23, 2025
Hazel Luella Crandell, 84, of Brule, Nebraska, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at her home in Brule.
Hazel was born in February 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Samuel Roland Robinson and Virginia Bessie (Williams) Robinson. She completed her high school education in the Kansas City area.
On May 11, 1962, Hazel married Robert Lee Crandell Sr....
Raymond V. Perlinger
Sep 17, 2025
Raymond Vincent Perlinger, 96, of North Platte, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at Stone Hearth Estates in Gothenburg.
Ray was born on December 28, 1928, in Paxton to Joseph and Theresa P. (Neuberger) Perlinger. Ray grew up in Paxton, where he attended rural school.
In his early twenties, Ray answered the call to serve his country in the...
Marcia Lake
Aug 4, 2025
Marcia M. Lake, 59, of Ogallala, passed away on August 4, 2025, at her childhood home in Ogallala, surrounded by her family after a battle with cancer.
Marcia Marie Lake was born on November 28, 1965, in Grant, Nebraska, to Eldon Ray and Genice (Culver) Adams.
In 1985, Marcia married Cecil E. Lake, and they were blessed with three children, Dany,...
Barbara Clark
Jun 29, 2025
Barbara Clark, 83, of Campbell, Nebraska, and formerly of Lake McConaughy and Dacono, Colorado, passed away on June 29, 2025, at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Franklin, Nebraska.
Barbara was born on March 18, 1942, in Missouri, the daughter of Ivan and Margaret Geer. Her family moved to Denver, Colorado, when she was young. Barbara began working at Gates Rubber Company, where...
Victoria Alire
Jun 28, 2025
Victoria Christine Marie Alire, 35, of Ogallala, Nebraska, passed away June 28, 2025, at her home.
Victoria was born on February 25, 1990, in Alamosa, Colorado, to Frances Lytle and Ronald Alires.
Throughout her life, she was surrounded by the love of not only her parents but also her stepmother, Anita, and her stepfather, the late Rocky Lytle, who both held...
Arianna Joyce Lambert
Jun 27, 2025
Arianna Moe, 14, of Ogallala, passed away on June 27, 2025, surrounded by her loving family at home. Visitation will be from 1-5 P.M. on Monday, June 30, at Prairie Hills Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will be held at New Hope Church in Ogallala on Tuesday, July, at 10:30 A.M. with Matt Waitley and Beau Wood officiating. Memorials...
Donna Kucera
Jun 24, 2025
Donna (Pankonin) Kucera was born January 16, 1949, during the blizzard of '49, to her parents Alfred and Leora (Schoff) Pankonin. Donna graduated from Grant High School in 1967. She was married to Donald Lee Kucera until his passing on March 24, 2007. She resided at their home West of Grant until she had to be moved to Indian Hills...
Bernard J. Reiselman
Jun 24, 2025
Bernard J. (BJ) Reiselman passed away on June 24, 2025, at The Maples at Centennial Park Nursing Home in North Platte, NE, just a few days before his 100th birthday.
He was born on July 4, 1925, in Oconto, NE, to Ben and Edith Reiselman, and he always remembered hearing his mom teasing him about being born on the 4th and...
Kerri Barent
Jun 21, 2025
Kerri Jo (Eichner) Barent
June 19, 1960 - June 21, 2025
In moms' true fashion, this was written under the light of the moon!
Kerri Jo Barent, 65, passed away unexpectedly in Amarillo, Texas. Kerri was born June 19,
1960 in Ogallala, Nebraska to Lavern and Connie Eichner. Older brother, Kim welcomed her
home.
Kerri grew up in Ogallala, graduating from high school in 1978. She...
Douglas Edward Nelson
Jun 11, 2025
Douglas E. Nelson, 62, of Fort Lupton, Colorado, and formerly of Ogallala, passed away on June 11, 2025, as the result of a semi tractor-trailer accident in Weld County, Colorado.
Doug was born on December 25, 1962, in Ogallala, Nebraska, the son of Robert Dwayne and Frances Joan Nelson. He joined older brother, Brent and two years later his brother Scott...
Kassie Hernandez-Willis
Jun 10, 2025
Kassie Hernandez Willis, 20, of Ogallala, passed away unexpectedly at her home on June 10, 2025.
Kassie was born on September 15, 2004, in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of Alvaro A. Hernandez, Liz Willis, and Fernando Macias. She graduated with the Ogallala High School Class of 2023.
Kassie worked at Front Street as a hostess, bartender, and server, where she had been...
Doris Hickam
Jun 2, 2025
DORIS I. HICKAM, 93, of Ogallala, passed away June 2, 2025, at Wel-Life in Ogallala.
Doris was born February 26, 1932, in Las Animas, Colorado, to Richard Coleman and Lydia Vey "Lida" (Crain) Moore. She married Kenneth E. Hickam on March 6, 1950, in Raton, New Mexico. The couple was blessed with three children: Kendall, Marsha, and Cheri.
Ken and Doris spent...
Jerry L Steward
May 20, 2025
JERRY LEIGH STEWARD, 86, of Ogallala, passed away May 20, 2025, at Great Plains Health in North Platte.
Jerry was born August 10, 1938, in Arthur, Nebraska, to Ralph "Shorty" and Emma (Morrell) Robb. She grew up in the Sandhills and graduated from Arthur High School.
On March 21, 1959, Jerry married Wayne Steward in Ogallala. The couple made their home there...
Zachary Evans
May 16, 2025
ZACHARY "ZACH" "Z" "ZMJ" EVANS, 39, of Kearney, passed away Friday, May 16, 2025, in Kearney, Nebraska.
Zach was born February 2, 1986, at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, Nebraska, to Tony and Sally (Clouse) Evans. As an infant, Zach endured seizures which caused him to have special needs but he embraced every day with joy and appreciation. He never forgot...
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