Obituary Listing

Aug 27, 2019

Billy Floyd Covert was born on December 27, 1941, in York, Nebraska to Floyd and Anna (Hromas) Covert and passed away on August 27, 2019, in Lincoln at the age of 77 years and 8 months.

Bill grew up in the York and Geneva areas where he attended school. In January of 1959,...

Aug 18, 2019

Kenneth Lee White "KW" was born on June 13, 1943, in David City , Nebraska to Burton Eugene and Una Maude (Sleight) White and passed away on August 18, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 76 years, 2 months and 5 days.  Ken attended rural school District #31 and was a 1960 graduate...

Aug 14, 2019

Laura Emma Daehling passed away as one of the oldest residents of Seward County on August 14, 2019 at the age of 107 years, 4 months, 2 days. Laura was born in Seward County, Nebraska on April 12, 1912 to Benhard and Caroline (Brandt) Priess. She was raised on a farm near Malcolm, Nebraska with her four...

Aug 9, 2019

Elwin E. Haynes was born on July 15, 1928, in Page, Nebraska to Roy and Winnie (Wood) Haynes and passed away on August 9, 2019 at the age of 91 years and 25 days. Elwin grew up in Page and graduated from Page High School with the Class of 1946.

Elwin farmed with...

Aug 7, 2019

Family services will be held at a later date.

Aug 5, 2019

Norma Jean Duer was born on October 23, 1937, near Staplehurst, Nebraska. She was the youngest of seven children to Howard and Barbara (Wolff) Graham and passed away on August 5, 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 81 years, 9 months and 13 days. Norma was raised on the family farm with her six siblings...

Aug 2, 2019

Dwayne Daniel Jakub was born on December 22, 1954, in David City, to Pete and Verna (Sedlak) Jakub and passed away on August 2, 2019, near Dwight at the age of 64 years, 7 months and 11 days.

Dwayne grew up on the family farm near Dwight where he attended Assumption Catholic School...

Aug 1, 2019

Benjamin Lawrence Sheppard III was born on February 9, 1936, in Sarasota, FL, to Benjamin Lawrence II and Ethel Mary (Naglee) Sheppard and passed away on August 1, 2019, in David City, NE at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 11 days.

Ben graduated high school in Collingswood, New Jersey with...

Jul 25, 2019

George Myron DeBoer was born on November 6, 1928, in Elwood, Nebraska to George M. and Effie (Dyer) DeBoer and passed away on July 25, 2019 at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 19 days.

George grew up in Elwood where he attended school and later graduated from Hastings High School...

Jul 24, 2019

Robert Edward (Bob) Scott was born on March 18, 1938, in Cordova, Nebraska to Jens and Margaret (Petersen) Scott and passed away on July 24, 2019, in Lincoln at the age of 81 years, 4 months and 6 days.

Robert was baptized on April 17, 1938, and confirmed on April 6, 1952, at...

Jul 22, 2019

Arlene Marie Kastl was born on May 11, 1928, in Ulysses, Nebraska to James and Carrie (Rerucha) Moravec and passed away on July 22, 2019, in Seward at the age of 91 years, 2 months and 11 days. Arlene was raised on the family farm and attended school in Ulysses, graduating with the Class of 1946. After...

Jul 18, 2019

Alvin James Semin was born on March 28, 1942, in David City, Nebraska to Edmond and Lydia (Sloup) Semin and passed away on July 18, 2019 at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 20 days. Al grew up in the Ulysses area on the family farm and attended Ulysses High School where he graduated with...

Jul 14, 2019

Mary Kay Cihal was born on July 12, 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska to John and Mary Rose (Puetz) Hanus and passed away on July 14, 2019 in Dwight, Nebraska at the age of 78 years and 2 days.  Kay grew up on the family farm in the Bellwood area where she attended Marietta School through eleventh grade. ...

Jul 9, 2019

Velma (Dowding) Struthers was born December 22, 1920, in Seward, Nebraska, to Floyd Dowding and Agnes (Zeleny) Dowding. Her parents' first baby, Raymond, died at birth; Velma, born the year women got the right to vote, grew up with her older brother Bob and younger siblings Betty, Don and Dick.

They were children...

Jul 9, 2019

Donald E. Soukup was born to Edward and Lucille (Bruner) Soukup on January 3, 1930.  He was the oldest of four children.

During his childhood he attended District #45, a rural school, for eight years.  It was about six miles southwest of Brainard.  He attended Dwight Assumption Parochial School his high school freshman...

Jul 7, 2019

Jerry Loren Cain was born on April 6, 1957, in Seward, Nebraska to Loren Ernest and Betty Jean (Mika) Cain and passed away on July 7, 2019 in Grand Island, Nebraska at the age of 62 years, 3 months and 1 day.

Jerry grew up in Utica and graduated from Centennial High School...

Jul 4, 2019

CoraLynn Ruth (Fosler) Malmberg was born to Harry Dale Fosler and Marian Margaret (Ramsay) Fosler on February 1, 1954 at Seward Memorial Hospital. At just two days old, she earned the name "Corky" after her mother's roommate called her a "corker" for crawling out of her shirt multiple times (a corker is defined as "an excellent or astonishing person...

Jul 1, 2019

Dorothy Marie Kotera was born on April 11, 1930, in Dwight, Nebraska to James and Lillian (Pelan) Pavel and passed away peacefully surrounded by her family in Wahoo, Nebraska on July 1, 2019 at the age of 89 years, 2 months and 20 days. Dorothy grew up on farm near Dwight where she attended Country School District #73 and...

Jun 30, 2019

Cheryl Marie Mueller was born on October 19, 1961, in Livermore, CA, to Ernest and Vlasta (Vodicka) Pallat and passed away on June 30, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family and friends at the age of 57 years, 8 months and 11 days.

The family moved to the Seward and Butler...

Jun 26, 2019

Cleora C. Heidtbrink was born on November 11, 1933, in Greenwood, Nebraska to Herbert Melvin and Florence Cleoria (DeuPree) Carnes and left this world for her heavenly home on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at the age of 85 years, 7 months and 15 days. She was baptized on May 24, 1938 where Jesus washed away all her...