Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Matt Greenwood
Oct 5, 2024
Matthew Vernon Greenwood, 62, of Grant, passed away on October 5, 2024, at the Perkins County Hospital.
Matt was born on March 17, 1962, in Florence, Oregon, to La Verne Otis Greenwood and Betty Carolyn Rayl. He was raised on the West Coast, where he attended Reedsport Union High School, and later moved to Billings, Montana, where he attended West...
Kurt Payne
Oct 5, 2024
Kurt Edwin Payne was born to Lester and Jeanne Payne on March 2, 1943, in Champaign, Illinois, and entered the gates of heaven on October 5, 2024. Kurt was a dedicated son, brother, husband, father, uncle and friend who touched the lives of many with his warmth and kindness.
He is survived by Karen Payne, his wife and devoted partner of...
Jackie Broeder
Oct 5, 2024
Jackie Broeder, 71, of Grant, NE, passed away at home on October 5, 2024.
Jackie was born and raised on March 1, 1953, in North Platte, NE, to Jearld M. and Betty Ruth (George) Smolik. She graduated with the Class of 1972 from North Platte High School.
On July 23, 1973, Jackie married Stephen "Steve" E. Broeder in Wichita, Kansas. Together, Steve...
John Heath Lovenburg
Sep 30, 2024
John H. Lovenburg, 55, of Enders, Nebraska, passed away on September 30, 2024. John was a dedicated and hardworking man whose life was marked by service, family, and a passion for mechanics and the outdoors. Visitation will be held at Bullock-long Funeral Home in Grant from 10-11 A.M. on Monday, October 7, 2024, with graveside services taking place the same...
Gerald L. Werner
Sep 23, 2024
A quiet man has left this world of pain and turmoil for that of an exceedingly better one of joy and celebration. Gerald Lee Werner, born November 1, 1926, departed this earthly life on September 23, 2024, in Grant, Nebraska.
He was a man of determined conviction that anything was worth doing correctly, a man of great humor mixed with...
Todd Allen Schumer
Sep 21, 2024
Todd Allen Schumer, age 54, of Wallace, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at The Birch in Sutherland.
Todd was born on March 18, 1970, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Leonard and Coleen (LaLonde) Schumer. He graduated from Wallace High School in 1988 and earned an associate's degree in Colorado Springs.
Following his education, Todd moved to Ogallala, where he...
Marietta Perlinger
Sep 8, 2024
Marietta Marilyn Perlinger was born August 1, 1937, the 13th child and youngest born to John and Maggie (Kowalski) Mazankowski at the rural Litchfield family farm in Sherman County, Nebraska.
Marietta attended the Scott Center, District 63, School in Rural Sherman County starting at the age of 4. She graduated from Litchfield High School in 1953 at the age of 15...
Clyde Allan Barry
Aug 9, 2024
Clyde Allan Barry, 89, of Venango, passed away on August 9, 2024, at the Regent Park Nursing Home in Holyoke.
Clyde was born April 7, 1935, in Ovid, Colorado, to Wilbur and Susan (Keime) Barry. He graduated from Sedgwick High School with the class of 1954.
On July 19, 1956, Clyde married Shirley E. Henni at her parents' home in Venango....
Bobbie Tickle
Aug 3, 2024
Bobbie Jean Daiss Tickle, 73, passed away peacefully at home on August 3, 2024, in Laguna Woods, CA.
Born in Imperial, NE, on July 10, 1951, Bobbie was the youngest of Obert and Margaret Daiss's four children. She grew up on the family farm south of Grant, NE, and attended school in Grant where she met the love of her life,...
Gene Harbeson
Aug 2, 2024
Willard Gene Harbeson, 87, passed away on August 2, 2024, at the Perkins County Community Hospital in Grant, Nebraska.
Gene was born on January 19, 1937, in Madrid, Nebraska, to Archie Willard and Esther Naomi (Hanson) Harbeson.
Gene grew up in Elsie, attended the Elsie grade school then the Elsie High School. After graduating in 1954, he enlisted in the US Navy...
Virginia Hixon
Jul 23, 2024
Virginia O. (Woods) Hixon of Grant, NE, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at the Imperial Nursing Home in Imperial, NE, at the age of 101 years. Virginia was born on January 13, 1923, to Guy and Mary Edith (Leetch) Woods in Blue Hill, NE Virginia was the middle of five children. The family later moved to the...
Lloyd Eugene Marquardt
Jul 22, 2024
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On Monday, July 22, 2024, Lloyd Eugene Marguardt, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away in Holyoke, CO at the age of 91. Lloyd grew up in Hastings NE, graduating from Hastings High School in 1950. After graduating, he found himself working at the Carter Hotel where he met his wife of 71 years. Lloyd joined the Air Force May...
Norma Mayer
Jul 15, 2024
Norma Jean (Shunk) Mayer, 86, of Grant, passed away on July 15, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Norma was born on March 5, 1938, in Shelby, NE, to Lester and Miriam (Kruse) Shunk.
Norma grew up in the Rising City and Columbus, Nebraska area and attended schools in Rising City and Columbus. She graduated from Columbus High School in 1955 and subsequently...
Norma Jean Cochran
Jun 23, 2024
Norma Jean (Kramer) Cochran, 97, was born July 11, 1926, in Holyoke, CO, to Anna and Robert Kramer. She was the youngest of 13 children, ten boys, followed by three daughters. Jean departed this life on June 23, 2024, in Akron, CO, just shy of her 98th birthday. She was surrounded by her three loving daughters.
In 1943, Jean graduated from...
John Lee
Jun 13, 2024
Paul John Lee ("John"), of Madrid, Nebraska, passed away on June 13, 2024, at Chase County Hospital in Imperial Nebraska at the age of 97-a life well lived.
John was born in Perkins County, Nebraska, on November 14, 1926, to Rue and Della (Costin) Lee Jr. He was the fifth born of six children. John attended Madrid High School and graduated...
Shirley Rhiley
Jun 8, 2024
Shirley Marie Rhiley, 71, of Ogallala, passed away on June 8, 2024, at Kearney Regional Medical Center.
Shirley (Reynolds) Rhiley was born on September 2, 1952, in Benkelman, NE to Ralph and Maxine Reynolds of Grant. She was the second of four children. The family moved to Grant during Elementary school years. Shirley graduated from Grant High School with the class...
Rose Barry
Jun 8, 2024
Rose Barry, 92, longtime Grant resident, passed away on June 8, 2024, at the Independence House at Coddington of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Rose was born on February 24, 1932, in Grant, Nebraska, to Christian "Chris" Gengenbach Jr. and Anna Schurr. She was the eighth of nine children. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church on July 10, 1932 and confirmed on June...
Willa Jean Gregg
May 18, 2024
Willa Jean Gregg, 71, of Grant, passed away on May 18, 2024, at the Perkins County Hospital.
Jean was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 9, 1952, to Wilfred Henderson and Gertrude Wattier.
Jean married Russ Gregg on June 29, 1996, and were happily married until death did they part.
Jean's career spanned various fields, from being a legal secretary for several...
John Culver
May 16, 2024
John E. Culver, 79, died May 16, 2024, at Linden Court in North Platte, Nebraska.
John was born on December 16, 1944, in Ogallala, Nebraska, to Keith and Margaret (Allen) Culver. He graduated from Elsie High School in 1963 and served in the U.S. Army during the early Vietnam era. After 18 months, he returned home to help on the family...
Christine D. Poppe
May 3, 2024
Christine Dale Poppe, 74, of Grant, Nebraska, passed away on May 3, 2024, at Ogallala Community Hospital surrounded by family.
Christine was born on September 29, 1949, in Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Robert D. and Betty J. (Alexander) Enarson. She attended schools in Topeka, Kansas, and Red Oak, Iowa, where she met and married her first husband Dale Myers...



