Obituaries

Grant, Nebraska Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas

Vernon N. Mailand

Vernon N. Mailand

Mar 14, 2016

VERNON N. MAILAND, 90 of Grant, passed away Monday March 14, 2016 at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Vernon was born October 27, 1925 in Seward County, Nebraska to John and Erna (Buehrer) Mailand. Vernon was the oldest of 2 children, and grew up north of Grant. He attended country school, before graduating from Perkins County High School. In...

Dennis Schilling

Dennis Schilling

Mar 1, 2016

DENNIS M. SCHILLING, age 73 of Venango, passed away Tuesday March 1, 2016 at the Sedgwick County Hospital in Julesburg. Dennis was born February 14, 1943 southwest of Grant to Adolph and Gertie (Albrecht) Schilling. Dennis was baptized at the Zion Lutheran Church in Grant and graduated with the Venango High School class of 1961. On March 24, 1961, Dennis...

Katheryn J. Brown

Katheryn J. Brown

Feb 26, 2016

KATHERYN J. BROWN, 97 of Grant, NE, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Katheryn Jane Beachell Brown was bom August 24, 1918 in rural Perkins County. She was the youngest of seven children bom to William Alber and Alice Leona Degler Beachell. She attended grade school the little country school that is still...

Linda Toews

Linda Toews

Feb 22, 2016

LINDA TOEWS, 72 of Madrid, NE, passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 at the Perkins County Hospital. Linda was born March 29, 1943 in McPherson County, Kansas to Aaron and Hannah (Koehn) Becker. She attended school in Vernon County, Missouri. On February 4, 1962, Linda was united in marriage to Walter Toews at Rich Hill, Missouri. The couple resided in...

Joseph G. Ross

Joseph G. Ross

Feb 22, 2016

Joe Ross was born on March 9th, 1943 at North Platte Nebraska. He was the only child born to Glenn and Laura Henner Ross. Joe grew up on the family farm northeast of Madrid where he attended country school. He later attended Madrid Public Schools where he graduated with the class of 1962. Growing up on the farm he enjoyed...

Art E. Forney

Art E. Forney

Feb 11, 2016

ARTHUR E. FORNEY, age 89 of Madrid, passed away February 11, 2016 at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Art was born January 5, 1927 at Moorcroft, Wyoming to David and Helen (White) Forney. He attended school in Moorcroft. On March 17, 1947, Art married Frances Peek at Broadus, Montana. Five sons were born to this union. The family...

Betty M. Peterson

Betty M. Peterson

Jan 28, 2016

BETTY M. PETERSON, 92, of Grant, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant. Betty was born September 11, 1923 at Douglas, Wyoming to E.R. and Martha (Werner) McNaughton. Betty graduated from Chappell High School as the Valedictorian of her class, and attended Mary Lanning Nursing School in Hastings. Betty worked as a nurse...

Burle L. Newth

Burle L. Newth

Jan 9, 2016

BURLE L. NEWTH, age 95 of Venango, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home. Burle was born January 13,1920 in a sod house south of Venango, near the Perkins County line. He was the youngest son, one of seven children born to Dave and Myrtle (Chaney) Newth. He moved at the age of 1 to...

Adrian Gasseling

Adrian Gasseling

Dec 24, 2015

Adrian Gasseling, 74 of Grainton, passed away December 24, 2015 at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Adrian was born November 10, 1941 at Alliance, Nebraska to Marcus B. and Agnes A. (Hovarka) Gasseling. He graduated from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis in 1959. On October 27, 1962, Adrian married Marion Abbott at Hay Springs, Nebraska. Their...

Jackie Mickels

Jackie Mickels

Dec 17, 2015

JACKIE MICKELS, 82, formerly of Madrid, NE, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015 at the Comfort Care Home in Newton, KS. Jackie was born at home April 17, 1933 near Dalhart, Texas. On March 25, 1951 she married Donald Mickels. Jackie was preceded in death by her husband, Don, and her daughter, Bonnie. Survivors include daughters Kim (Dave) Kroeker of...

Lyle D. Holaway

Lyle D. Holaway

Dec 10, 2015

Lyle Douglas Holaway, Son of Cliff and Clara Holaway, was born in Grant, NE on December 1, 1937. He was the youngest of four brothers, and was raised in a farming family. He helped with the farming of crops and raising of sheep. He grew up in Grant and graduated from Perkins County High School in 1955. He attended the...

Gerald Leroy Klug

Gerald Leroy Klug

Dec 6, 2015

JERRY KLUG of Venango, NE, passed away Sunday, December 6th, 2015 at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, he was 74. Jerry was born on February 13th, 1941 in Ovid, Colorado to John and Helen (Frank) Klug. He graduated from Lorenzo High School in 1960. He married his bride of 54 years, Geraldine Maahs, on August 20th, 1961 in Julesburg, CO....

Kenneth W. Erickson

Kenneth W. Erickson

Dec 3, 2015

Kenneth Wayne Erickson, 90, of Wallace, died December 3, 2015 at the North Platte Care Center, surrounded by his family. Kenneth was born September 15, 1925 at the family homestead south of Wallace to E. Albin and Ilo (Ferrell) Erickson. Kenneth attended school in Wallace where he graduated in 1943. Kenneth was married to Bonnie Hise on January 3, 1945...

Harold L. Sexton

Harold L. Sexton

Nov 27, 2015

Harold Lavern Sexton was born on June 12, 1930, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He was the oldest of four children born to Albert “Earl” and Loretta “Zelma” (Detty) Sexton. The family moved to Hayes County, Nebraska, when Harold was five. He attended school in and around Hayes Center and Dickens through his sophomore year, Wallace for his junior year, and...

James Lavern Mcchesney

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

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

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

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

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

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...