Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Dennis H. Newth
Jun 28, 2018
DENNIS HAROLD NEWTH, (76), Las Cruces, NM, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Dennis was born November 25, 1941 to Harold and Evelyn (Witthuhn) Newth. He grew up on the family farm near Venango, Nebraska. He graduated from Venango High School in 1960. He married in 1961 and raised his 3 children in the Denver...
Arnold F. Schellhorn
Jun 17, 2018
ARNOLD F. SCHELLHORN, 90 of Grant, died Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. Arnold was born February 10, 1928, to Henry and Dora Weiss at Gladstone, NE. He was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Gladstone, NE. He attended the country Grace Lutheran Church School District 50 for grade school and Fairbury High School....
Kayla M. Scherbarth
Jun 2, 2018
KAYLA MAE SCHERBARTH, 1 of Elsie, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Kayla was born on March 28, 2017. She is the daughter of Whitney Olson and Kurt Scherbarth. She was taken from us too soon at the age of 1 year 2 months. She loved her brothers (Matthew and Tyrel) and sister...
Dorothy A. Meyer
May 30, 2018
DOROTHY MEYER, 101, of Grant, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Linden Court in North Platte. Dorothy was born February 3, 1917, at Nebo, Illinois to Otho and Olive (Harlow) Turnbaugh. She spent her childhood on the family farm, where she developed an early fondness for walking and sewing. Dorothy learned about her Lord at a very young age...
Millard "Glen" Stanek
May 17, 2018
My name was Millard Glen Stanek --- my journey here on earth came to a close on May 17, 2018. For the last 50 plus years I lived just south of Elsie NE on the farm originally homesteaded by my great grandfather. I was the third generation to farm on this land. I was born in Imperial NE - May...
Gertrude Hundhausen
May 6, 2018
GERTRUDE HUNDHAUSEN, 95 of Grant, NE, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2018 at her home. Gertrude was born on Sept. 17, 1922 in Denver, Colorado (where her mother had gone for special medical attention) to Christopher C. Lyon and Lorna Buckland Lyon, the third in the second C.C. Lyon family. She joined brothers Gerald, 3 1/2, and Robert, 8, at...
Vern Woodmancy
Apr 8, 2018
VERN H. WOODMANCY, 81, of Grant, passed away April 8, 2018, at Perkins County Community Hospital in Grant. Vern was born July 18, 1936, in Holyoke, Colorado to John and Edith Woodmancy. He graduated from Phillips County High School with the class of 1955. In December of 1955, Vern entered the U.S. Army, where he served the majority of his...
Dorothy O. Law
Mar 25, 2018
Dorothy O. Law, 92, of Wallace, NE, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at CHI St Francis Hospital in Grand Island, NE. Dorothy was born May 3, 1925, to Julius and Edith Teichert in Pingree, ID. The family moved to Cokeville, WY when she was 8, then to Stapleton, NE, where she attended high school her senior year, graduating when she...
Marion E. Oellermann
Mar 17, 2018
MARION E. OELLERMANN, 90, of Grant, passed away March 17, 2018, at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. Marion was born January 3, 1928, the oldest of three daughters born to Herbert and Esther (Mosel) Boehmer. Marion was baptized at the farm home northwest of Grant as an infant and was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Ogallala....
Connie Jo Taylor
Feb 13, 2018
CONNIE JO (LARSEN) TAYLOR, 66 of Grant, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Connie was born August 4, 1951, at Sutherland, Nebraska to Keith and Betty (Shuey) Larsen. She attended rural school in Perkins County before graduating from Grant High School with the class of 1968. Connie attended nursing school in Denver where...
Nancy C. Myler
Jan 16, 2018
NANCY C. MYLER, 81 formerly of Madrid, passed away January 16, 2018 at Aurora, Colorado. Nancy was born November 28, 1936 in Kansas to John and Dova Baessler. She graduated high school on May 13, 1955 in Laverne, Oklahoma. On August 18, 1956, Nancy married Robert Myler in Denver, Colorado. She and Robert lived in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico,...
Doris M. Frerichs
Jan 4, 2018
DORIS MAY FRERICHS, 95 of Grant, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at the Golden Our's Convalescent Home in Grant. Doris was born April 30, 1922, south of Aurora, Nebraska to Homer and Gertrude (Thornton) Stout as the fifth of eleven children. At the age of four, Doris and her family moved to Perkins County, eventually settling 15 miles south...
Harvey Harms
Jan 1, 2018
Harvey Harms, 89 of Madrid, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018, at the Imperial Manor in Imperial. Harvey was born March 23, 1928, on the family farm north of Grainton, NE to William and Mae (Wilbur) Harms. He graduated from Grainton High School with the class of 1946. In 1948, Harvey entered the US Army where he served as a...
Margie E. Rowley
Jan 1, 2018
MARGIE ELNOR ROWLEY, 92 of Grant, passed away Monday, January 1, 2018 at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Margie was born December 6, 1925 to James and Elma (Miller) Clark on the family farm in Chase County northwest of Imperial. Growing up on a farm she learned the meaning of hard work doing all the jobs to keep the...
David Ballenger
Dec 25, 2017
DAVID BALLENGER, 69 of Elsie, passed away Monday, December 25, 2017, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. David was born February 14, 1948, in Callaway, Nebraska to Carl and Loma (Longmore) Ballenger. He attended school in Callaway briefly, before his family moved to Overton, where he graduated from high school. David attended college in Omaha before being drafted into...
Kelly Adamson
Dec 19, 2017
KELLY ADAMSON, 56 of Grant, passed away December 19, 2017, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Kelly was born September 22, 1961, in Alliance, NE to Gary and Karen (Sherlock) Piihl. She graduated from Alliance High School. Following high school, Kelly attended nursing school in Alliance. She subsequently worked as an LPN at the nursing home in town. Kelly...
Erna Rae Lee
Dec 16, 2017
Erna Rae Lee, 83 of Madrid, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Erna Rae was born April 28, 1934 in Madrid, NE to Charles and Evelyn (Tickle) Erlewine. She graduated from Madrid High School in just three years, with the highest GPA in her class. Erna Rae went on to attend McCook Community...
Dr. Paul Bottom
Dec 16, 2017
DR. PAUL BOTTOM, 82 of Grant, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017, at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Paul was born on June 14, 1935, in Wichita, Kansas, the second of three sons of Virgil E. Bottom and Thelma (Scott) Bottom. The family moved to Fort Collins, CO. WWII took the family to the east coast. Following the...
Larry Niblack
Dec 13, 2017
LARRY NIBLACK, 66 of Madrid, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at his home. Larry was born January 6, 1951, in Benkelman, Nebraska to Emery L. and Louise A. (Swartz) Niblack. He graduated from Benkelman High School in 1969. In 1972, Larry entered the U.S. Navy. Following his discharge in 1976, he married Gloria J. Ferguson at St. Augustine, Florida....
Glenn Taubenheim
Dec 12, 2017
GLENN TAUBENHEIM, 66 of Grant, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at his home. Glenn was born May 19, 1951, in Kearney, Nebraska to Lee and Rosemary (Jeffers) Taubenheim. He graduated from Amherst High School with the class of 1969. On September 25, 1971, Glenn married Bonnie Hadwiger at Amherst. The couple made their home in Amherst briefly, before moving...
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