Ogallala, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ogallala, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Jerry E Ward
Oct 20, 2020
JERRY E. WARD, 87 of Gothenburg, formerly of Arthur, passed away October 20, 2020, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. Jerry was born on October 20, 1933, at Arthur, Nebraska, to Floyd and Juliette (Moody) Ward. He graduated from Arthur High School. Jerry entered the U.S. Army after high school and subsequently served in Korea. His 16-month service brought him to...
Beatrice Estrada
Oct 10, 2020
BEATRICE ESTRADA, 87 of North Platte, passed away on October 10, 2020, at her home. Beatrice was born May 7, 1933, at Taos, New Mexico, to Juan and Esmeralda (Santistevan) Ortega. She attended school in Taos. On April 27, 1958, Beatrice married Julian Estrada, and the couple made their home in Juarez, Mexico, before moving to Brule, Nebraska, in 1961....
Dianne Borm
Oct 8, 2020
DIANNE BORM, 74 of Ogallala, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020, at Indian Hill Manor in Ogallala. Dianne was born May 23, 1946, at Northfield, Minnesota, to Manford and Alma (Hillestad) Wilbur. She attended school in Minnesota. On September 4, 1982, Dianne married Bill Borm at Sidney. The couple made their home in Sidney, and eventually Lodgepole for over 25...
Christopher Gibson
Oct 7, 2020
Christopher Gibson, of Ogallala, passed away on October 7, 2020, at his home. Christopher was born March 26, 1979, at Denver, Colorado, to David and Diane (Pierce) Gibson. He graduated from Ogallala High School with the class of 1997. Christopher started his working career pumping gas at Armstrong's before going to work as a cook at Front Street, which he...
Richard K Docekal
Oct 1, 2020
RICHARD KENT DOCEKAL, 68 of Ogallala, passed away on October 1, 2020, at Ogallala Community Hospital. Richard was born October 27, 1951 in Omaha, Nebraska; the eldest and only son of Anton and Wilma (Palm) Docekal. He graduated from Central High School and attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Education...
Lois Dunwoody
Sep 30, 2020
LOIS DUNWOODY, 76 of Keystone, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at her home in Keystone. Lois was born August 29, 1944, at Ogallala, Nebraska, to Philip and Lenore Crouse. The family moved to a farm north of Flats, Nebraska, in McPherson County when she was a baby, later moving to Arthur in the summer of 1946. Lois accepted Jesus...
Linda Skinner
Sep 16, 2020
LINDA D. SKINNER, of Lemoyne, passed away September 16, 2020, at her home. Linda was born July 1, 1946, at Denver, Colorado, to Fred and Lillian Murrell. She graduated from North High School in Denver. On February 26, 1973, Linda married Don Skinner, and the couple made their home in Denver. Linda worked in computer data entry for the Denver...
Dayton Armstrong
Aug 17, 2020
DAYTON ARMSTRONG, 75 of Ogallala, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020, at Perkins County Community Hospital in Grant. Dayton was born February 19, 1945, at Ogallala, Nebraska to J. Raymond and Lottie M. (Branz) Armstrong. Dayton graduated from Brule High School with the class of 1963. On August 1, 1964, Dayton married Jeanine Myers, and the couple made their home...
Karren L. Elmshaeuser
Aug 14, 2020
KARREN L. ELMSHAEUSER, 79 of Ogallala, passed away Friday, August 14, 2020, at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Karren was born August 2, 1941, at Julesburg, Colorado, to Matthew and Violet (Wilson) Schmitt. She graduated from Perkins County High School in Grant, NE with the class of 1959. After graduation, she attended Central Business College in Denver, CO...
Betty A. Cooper
Aug 4, 2020
Betty A. Cooper, 75, formerly of Ogallala, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, after a 15-year battle with breast cancer in the Avow Hospice Center in Naples, Florida. Betty was born on February 11, 1945, at Broken Bow, to Ivan and Lucielle (Mills) Barrett. She attended school in a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and graduated from Broken...
Karen Senyard
Aug 3, 2020
KAREN SENYARD, 69 of Ogallala, NE, passed away Monday, August 3, 2020, at Denver Hospice. Karen was born March 27, 1951, at Brule, Nebraska, to Raymond and Lottie (Branz) Armstrong. She attended school in Brule before graduating from Perkins County High School with the class of 1969. Karen went on to attend Western Nebraska Technical College in Sidney. On January...
Fern Fricke
Jul 24, 2020
FERN FRICKE, 90 of Ogallala, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020, at her daughter's home in Ogallala. Arrangements are pending at the Prairie Hills Funeral Home. Fern was born March 6, 1930, at Arnold, Nebraska, to Emery Paul and Violet (Bartholomew) Alexander. She attended school in Arnold. In 1946, Fern married Roland Richards. Their union was blessed with two children,...
Al Sipley Sr.
Jul 16, 2020
ALLEN V. SIPLEY SR. 73 of Ogallala, passed away July 16, 2020, at his home. Al was born November 20, 1946, at Andover Township, Newton, New Jersey, to Clarence E. and Gladys C. (Insco) Sipley Sr. as one of six children. Al's mother died before he was two, and as such, his grandparents and siblings largely took care of him...
Wanda J. Mercer
Jul 16, 2020
WANDA J. MERCER, 88 of Ogallala, passed away July 16, 2020, at the Indian Hills Manor. Wanda was born December 30, 1931, in Pryor, Oklahoma, to Loren C. and Alma D. (Phillips) Robinette. Before the family moved to Perkins County, she attended elementary school in Big Springs. At the age of eighteen, Wanda married Robert Steinwart. Their union was blessed...
Harold Leroy Devoe
Jun 12, 2020
HAROLD L. DEVOE, 79 of Ogallala, passed away Friday, June 12, 2020, at Perkins County Health Services in Grant. Harold was born December 28, 1940, at Ogallala, Nebraska to Harold and Darlene (Johnson) DeVoe. He graduated from Ogallala High School. Harold worked at the post office in Ogallala before going to work for Reiselman Sign Company. On August 26, 1962,...
Delia Marie Jimenez
Jun 3, 2020
DELIA MARIE JIMENEZ, 90, of Big Springs, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. She was born December 24, 1929, at Oakwood, TX. The daughter of Trinidad and Ester (Arellano) Diaz. The Diaz family came from TX to the Julesburg, CO area where Delia attended elementary school. The family then moved to a farm southeast...
Donald Lee Sheldon
May 30, 2020
Donald Sheldon, 66 of Ogallala, formerly of Brule, passed away at his home. Don was born June 13, 1953, at Lewellen, Nebraska, to Stanley and Clemitina (Palu) Sheldon. He graduated from Brule High School. Don made his home in Brule for most of his life, where he worked in farming and primarily in carpentry. Don was a hard worker and...
William R Boerder
May 14, 2020
William Rudolph (Bill) Boerder died on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the age of 90 years old. He'd been under hospice care at the Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons in Aurora, Colorado, for almost a year. The son of Frank J. Boerder and Julia A. Wolfe, he started his life in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 22, 1929, and spent...
Leila Gay Casados
May 8, 2020
LEILA GAY CASADOS, 59 of Ogallala, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 at the Ogallala Community Hospital. There are no services planned at this time. Prairie Hills Funeral Home of Ogallala assisted the Casados family with cremation.
Dave Enfield
May 7, 2020
DAVE C. ENFIELD, 74 of Grant, passed away May 7, 2020, at his home north of Grant. Dave was born August 26, 1945, at Bethesda, Maryland, to Lawrence Edgar and Irene Marion (Shaw) Enfield. The family moved to Arthur, Nebraska, where Dave spent his youth, eventually graduating from Arthur High School. Dave moved to Colorado after high school, where he...
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