Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
James Lavern Mcchesney
Nov 18, 2015
James L. McChesney, age 85, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on November 18, 2015. Jim was born on September 13, 1930 in Lebanon, NE, to Percy and Eunice (Evans) McChesney. He served in the US Navy from 1951-1954 aboard the USS Curtiss after graduating High School in Indianola in 1948. He worked for...
Marie Dahlkoetter
Nov 11, 2015
MARIE DAHLKOETTER, 94 of Lexington, formerly of Grant, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Lexington, NE. Marie was born August 25, 1921 at Table, Nebraska to Guy and Ethel (Hill) Clark. She graduated from Gothenburg High School with the class of 1939. Marie worked at a munitions plant during WWII. On June 25, 1943, Marie married Melvin E. Dahlkoetter...
Virginia M. Hastings
Nov 10, 2015
Virginia Minnie Wilbur Hastings, of Elsie, lived a glorious 100 years, dying on November 10, 2015 at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. She was born September 12, 1915 to Chauncey and Ricki Harms Wilbur on a farm near Belgrade, Nebraska. She lived with her parents, 5 brothers and one sister in eastern Nebraska. When she was 13 years old...
Elvera I Seiler
Nov 5, 2015
Elvera “Vera” Seiler, age 95 of Lincoln, long time Grant resident, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Bryan LGH East. Vera was born August 9, 1920 at Grainton, Nebraska to Chris and Hulda (Johnson) Jensen. Vera attended rural school in the Madrid area. On September 17, 1939, Vera married William Seiler at the Seiler family residence at Madrid. The...
Angela Joy Deaver
Oct 23, 2015
Angela Joy (Wendell) Deaver was born February 3, 1987 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Jack and Michelle Wendell of Dickens. Angela attended elementary school in Wallace, where she was known as a sweet and quiet girl who loved to read. On the farm where she grew up, her love of animals was apparent, as she was always toting around a kitten...
Wayne S. Melton
Oct 15, 2015
Wayne Sigal Melton, age 67 of Wallace, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 at his rural home near Wallace. Wayne was born May 3, 1948 at North Platte, Nebraska to Don and Veva (Washburn) Melton. He grew up on the Melton Ranch southeast of Wallace. He graduated from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. He went into the...
Michelle L. Wendell
Oct 13, 2015
Michelle Lynn (Holaway) Wendell was born on Sept 10, 1955 in Grant, Nebraska to Jack and Donna Holaway. She graduated from Perkins County High School in 1973, where she was an outstanding athlete and a good student. Her talents shown particularly bright on the track, where she was an excellent hurdler, sprinter and long jumper. Her talents for the visual...
Myrna Lee
Oct 12, 2015
Myrna Lee, 87 of Hay Springs, passed away at Pioneer Manor on October 12, 2015. Myrna was born on October 22, 1927 to Edgar and Pearl (Mickels) Price at Madrid, Nebraska, the youngest of six children. She married Robert Lee on February 10, 1945 and to them seven children were born, Rickie who died at birth, Linda Bradfield of Alliance,...
Marcella Jean Witzki
Oct 7, 2015
MARCELLA WITZKI, 82 of Venango, NE, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at her home in Venango. Marcella was born May 29, 1933 at Venango, Nebraska to Julian and Frieda (Dudden) Ogden. She graduated from Venango High School with the class of 1950. Marcella had worked at Goodalls and TRW in Ogallala before moving to Billings, MT to work for...
Steven B. Anderson
Oct 2, 2015
STEVEN B. ANDERSON, 68, of Omaha, NE, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 in Omaha. Steve is survived by his wife, Jan; daughter, Stefanie (Troy ) Fink; son Bundy James; granddaughter, Ava Fink; brother, Lane (Kerri) of Ogallala; two sisters, Janet (Paul) Heinrich of Paxton and Julie (Chuck) Loper of Springdale, Arkansas; sister-in-law, Jo (Duane) Talich of Sidney; and two...
Gary D. Schneider
Sep 30, 2015
Mr. Gary D. Schneider, of Bay City and Paxton, Nebraska, passed away following a lengthy illness Wednesday September 30, 2015 at his residence with his loving wife at his side after spending his final hours being comforted by his family. Gary was 77 years old. The son of the late Glenn and Violet (Seigrist) Schneider, he was born on December...
Hope Minyard
Sep 26, 2015
Hope Minyard, age 92 of Sutherland, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Sutherland Care Center. Hope was born November 23, 1922 at Weatherford, Oklahoma to William and Opal (Brown) Mericle. Hope graduated from Weatherford High School. On September 16, 1940, she married James "Jim" Minyard at Clinton, Oklahoma. While Jim served in WWII, Hope worked as a welder...
Klinton Schlake
Sep 23, 2015
Klinton Ervin “Klint” Schlake passed away unexpectedly at the age of 79, September 23, 2015, at Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley after suffering complications from a broken hip, diabetes, and pneumonia. Born October 2, 1935 to Ervin and Anna Schlake in Big Springs, Nebraska, Klint was welcomed by his parents, and two sisters. His outgoing personality, kindness and realism...
Karen K. Thurin
Sep 15, 2015
Karen Kay Nelson Thurin was born November 19, 1941, at Palisade, Nebraska, to Floyd and Lavona Nelson. While Karen was an infant, her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where they lived for four years. In March 1945 the Nelson family returned to Palisade, Nebraska. Karen graduated from Palisade High School and from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a degree in...
Rodney Walrod
Sep 10, 2015
Rodney Everett Walrod was born on July 30, 1958 at Grant Nebraska. He was the youngest of 6 children born to Everett and Elaine Cox Walrod. Rod spent his early years on a farm northwest of Grant. When he was 10 years old the family moved into Grant. He attended school in Grant and later he received his G.E.D. Rod...
James "Mike" Templeton
Sep 8, 2015
James R. Templeton, known as Mike to friends and family passed away at home September 8, 2015. Mike was born March 16,1933, the third child of William and Delphine Templeton, at home on Verbeck Island in the Allegheny River near Warren, PA. He grew up there, going to elementary school in Stoneham, PA and High School in Warren, PA. He...
Roma L. Strawder
Sep 5, 2015
Roma Strawder, age 72 of Wallace, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Aurora, CO. Roma was born November 2, 1942 at San Antonio, TX to Don and Veva (Washburn) Melton. Following her father's military service, they returned to Melton Ranch southeast of Wallace. Roma graduated from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. While attending school in Curtis,...
Larry L. Larsen
Aug 19, 2015
Larry L. Larsen, 72, of Burnet, Texas died August 19th, 2015 at St David's Hospital, Georgetown, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1942, in Perkins County Nebraska, to Lawrence William and Florence Belle Phair Mickels. Following his graduation from Grant High School in 1960, Larry served in the US Air Force until his honorable discharge in 1964. He later...
Michael D. Kosmicki
Aug 15, 2015
MICHAEL D. KOSMICKI, 57 of Grant, NE, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the Perkins County Community Hospital. Mike was born January 5, 1958 at Grant, NE to Adolph and Violet (Hastings) Kosmicki. He farmed and ranched on the family farm south of Madrid for many years. He was married to Penny Jenkins (Lee) on January 6, 1979 and...
Shirley V. Aylward
Aug 10, 2015
Shirley V. Aylward, age 79 of Dickens, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at Loveland, CO. Shirley was born July 18, 1936 at Wallace, NE, to Freeman and Virginia (Smith) McConnell. She graduated from Wallace High School in 1954 and went on to attend Kearney State Teachers College. Shirley taught school south of Grainton and Dickens for a couple of...
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