Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Esteline Lucille Waterman
Aug 2, 2020
ESTELINE LUCILLE WATERMAN, 91 of Grant, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020, at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Esteline was born June 16, 1929 in Madrid, NE to Ardell and Anna Viola (Silvrants) Lovenburg. Esteline grew up in Perkins County. On January 22, 1950, she married Kenneth Waterman in Grant. They were blessed with six children, Donna, Eugene,...
Helen Johnson
Aug 2, 2020
HELEN JOHNSON, 92 of Grant, former longtime Brule resident, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020, at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Helen was born March 9, 1928, west of Brule, to Dick and Thelma (Dressler) Harms. She was Baptized on April 9, 1928, and Confirmed on May 2, 1942, both at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brule. She...
Keith E. Nelson
Aug 1, 2020
KEITH E. NELSON, 88 of Grant, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020, at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Keith was born July 28, 1932, in Perkins County, Nebraska, to Frank and Helen (Kennicutt) Nelson. He grew up on a farm South of Elsie and graduated from Elsie High School. In 1953, Keith enlisted in the US Army, where...
Lillie Mastre
Jul 31, 2020
LILLIE MASTRE, 92 of Grant, NE, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020, at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Lillie was born May 1, 1928, at Copeland, Kansas, to Edward and Minnie Unruh. She attended school in Kansas. On November 14, 1948, Lillie married Cyril Mastre, and their union was blessed with eight children. The couple made their home in...
Delores J. Davis
Jul 30, 2020
DELORES J. DAVIS, 83 of Grant, NE, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Delores was born November 23, 1936, at Nodaway, Missouri to Franklin W. and Ruth (Stinnette) Miller. Delores enjoyed fishing, sewing, crocheting, crafting, owls, and horses. She had a creative mind and an eye for the beautiful, whether it was found...
Loneta L. Olvey
Jul 21, 2020
LONETA L. OLVEY, 80 of Alliance, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at the Highland Park Care Center in Alliance, NE Loneta was born December 14, 1939, in Perkins County, Nebraska, to Carl and Gertrude (Pankonin) Mosel. She graduated from Grant High School with the class of 1957. On June 20, 1959, Loneta was united in marriage to Merrill "Ollie"...
Greg Vapenik
Jun 7, 2020
Greg Vapenik, 62, a husband, father and farmer of rural Hayes County, was called to his home in heaven on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Greg was born December 9, 1957, to Leslie and Alice (Kaiser) Vapenik. He was raised alongside his older brother, Daniel, on a farm in northwest Hayes County, Nebraska. He attended a one-room schoolhouse through the sixth...
James Dale Trusty
May 30, 2020
James "Jim" D. Trusty, 70 of Wallace, NE, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020, at Denver Health in Denver, CO. Jim was born April 9, 1950, in Sutherland, Nebraska, to Floyd and Esther (Harms) Trusty. He graduated from Wallace High School, class of 1968. In August of 1968, Jim was inducted into active duty service with the U.S. Air Force...
Robbie Besarick
May 27, 2020
Robbie Besarick was born Robin Sue White on March 19, 1961, in Sioux Falls, S. D., to Horace Stewart White (lpswich, S.D.) and Beverly Jean (Olson, Vermillion, S. D.). She was the fourth of four children, following Linda (1947), Roger (1948), and Ronald (1954-1962). She attended elementary school in Sioux Falls, but in her early teens moved to Aptos, CA,...
Harvey Lovenburg
May 26, 2020
HARVEY D. LOVENBURG, 92 of Grant, former longtime Madrid resident, passed away May 26, 2020, at Perkins County Health Services in Grant. Harvey was born June 29, 1927, at Madrid, Nebraska, to Ed and Isabelle (Kelso) Lovenburg. He attended school in Madrid. In 1945, Harvey married Rosalie Bates. The couple farmed in Perkins County their entire married lives, primarily south...
Norma L Watkins
Apr 25, 2020
Norma Lucille Newman Watkins, age 100, a child of God by faith, died peacefully in her sleep on April 25th, 2020 in Houston, Texas. She was born on December 8, 1919, in Holyoke, Colorado, to Jefferson Joseph Newman and Beulah Reed Newman. With her older sister, Doris, the family soon moved to Palisade, Nebraska. As a child she was a...
Jean Sanderson
Mar 24, 2020
Jean "Jeannie" Marie (Hanson) Sanderson, 79, of Littleton Colorado, formerly from Wallace Nebraska, passed away on March 24, 2020. Jean passed peacefully in her home with her loving family by her side. Jean was born on February 17, 1941, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Lester Hanson and Muriel (Sykes) Hanson of Wallace, Nebraska. Her parents owned the Wallace Lumber Company...
Wilma Strawder
Mar 23, 2020
Wilma Elaine Strawder, 91, formerly of North Platte and Wallace, passed away March 23, 2020 at Tabitha in Crete, Nebraska. Wilma was born Aug. 19, 1928 to Daniel B. and Frances (Workman) McNeel, in North Platte, Nebraska. She was raised on a ranch northwest of North Platte, attended a one-room school through the 8th grade, and graduated from North Platte...
Nicole White
Mar 23, 2020
Nicole Kristen Vidlak White, 50 of Roscoe, NE, left this Earth to be with God on Monday, March 23, 2020, at the Ogallala Community Hospital, due to metastatic malignant melanoma. Nicole would like to be remembered as a person who embraced life to the fullest, with extreme curiosity as a life-long learner, who loved people unconditionally. She felt that her...
Andrea Dilsaver
Mar 20, 2020
ANDREA DILSAVER, 38 of Grant, passed away March 20, 2020, at her home in Grant. Andrea was born on January 13, 1982, at Grant, Nebraska, to Bob and Anita Cummings. She graduated from Wallace High School with the class of 2000. Andrea went on to attend the Dental Hygienist program at Hastings CCC, before going to work for Dr. Swan...
James Roy Aldrich
Mar 5, 2020
JAMES ROY ALDRICH, 66 of Madrid, NE, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Madrid. Arrangements are pending at the Bullock-Long Funeral Home of Grant.
Russ Gregg
Mar 1, 2020
RUSS GREGG, 75 of Grant, passed away March 1, 2020, at his home west of Grant. Russ was born August 26, 1944, at Pipestone, Minnesota, to Russell and Doris (Henry) Gregg. He grew up on a ranch in Rockerville, South Dakota, where he learned to ride at the tender age of four. Russ graduated from high school in Rapid City,...
George Dietlein
Feb 19, 2020
George Dietlein, 55 of Grant, Nebraska passed away February 19, 2020 at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. George was born May 26, 1964 in Oshkosh, Nebraska to Ev and Marjory (Kosmicki) Dietlein. He attended grade-school at the country school house on the Dietlein family ranch, north of Oshkosh before graduating from Oshkosh High School with the class of 1982....
Stanley R Loeffler
Feb 19, 2020
STANLEY R LOEFFLER, 81 of Grant, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Stanley Ronald Loeffler was born on November 9, 1938 in Rocky Ford, Colorado, to Henry Reinholdt Loeffler and Elma (Maier) Loeffler. Stan grew up on farms in the Arkansas Valley and the Cheraw, CO areas. He graduated from Cheraw High School...
Timothy Steinwart
Jan 22, 2020
TIMOTHY R. STEINWART, 63 of Madrid, passed away January 22, 2020, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Tim was born March 16, 1956, at Bainbridge, Maryland, to Donald L. and Laura A. (Cary) Steinwart. He graduated from Wheatland High School in Madrid, Nebraska. On September 14, 1975, Tim married Cynthia Ogg. The couple made their home in Lexington for...



