Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
William L "Bill" Sullivan
Sep 28, 2021
Bill Sullivan, 94, passed away September 28, 2021. He was a lifelong resident of Wallace, Nebraska, until he moved to retirement living in Imperial in 2020. He lived his life in the warm community of a small town, where he took joy in knowing others and being known very well. He was born November 7, 1926, at his grandparents' farm...
Mildred Keleman
Sep 27, 2021
MILDRED KELEMAN, 59, of Grant, NE, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Millie was born in Germany to Melvin Earl and Beatrice (Machholz) Jahnke. She attended school in California. As a girl, Millie moved between California and Hawaii, where she had lived with her sister, Dee. In 1988, Millie married William Keleman, and...
Carole Gardner
Sep 22, 2021
Carole Gardner, 86, of Wallace, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at her home in Wallace. Carole was born April 7, 1935, at Denver, Colorado to Francis and Dixie (Mansfield) LaLonde. She attended school in the Denver Area. On April 5,1957, Carole married Lawrence E. Gardner. The couple made their home in the Denver area until 2002 when they moved...
Roberta M Russell
Sep 20, 2021
Roberta Russell entered her eternal rest on her 84th birthday, September 20, 2021. Born September 20, 1937, to Robert & Leota Johnson, they made their home north of Elsie. On December 8, 1955, she married Duane Russell, and they had four daughters, Carol (Rick) Eiserman of Prescott, AZ; Donna (Denny) Richards of Sun City West, AZ; Linda (Craig) Schriner of...
Gladys Tharp
Sep 15, 2021
Gladys Irene Tharp was called to the Lord on September 15, 2021, at the Golden Hours Convalescent Home. Gladys was born on April 13, 1920, to Elmer and Hazel Kent in Imperial, NE. She was married to Charles Tharp on October 9, 1938. During their 66 years of marriage, they went to dances, played cards, went golfing, traveled, and went...
David Hilferty
Sep 5, 2021
David Hilferty, 76, of Madrid, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. David was born October 8, 1944, at Grant, Nebraska, to Charles and Helen (Andersen) Hilferty. He graduated from Madrid High School with the class of 1963, where he was a stand-out athlete. David graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with...
Lucille M. Erlewine
Aug 22, 2021
Lucille Mae (Manning) Erlewine, 94, passed away August 22, 2021, at Life Care Center of Stonegate in Parker, Colorado, while under hospice care. She was born on October 15, 1926, in Central City, Nebraska, to Leroy and Faye Manning. She shared her childhood home on the farm five miles southwest of Central City with her younger sister, Rosemary, and first...
John Logsdon
Aug 9, 2021
John Logsdon, 75, passed away at the Perkins County hospital on August 9, 2021, surrounded by family. John Douglas Logsdon was born to Wayne and Lillian (Gengenbach) Logsdon at the Colglazier Hospital in Grant on May 15, 1946. He was baptized in Zion Lutheran Church and grew up on the Logsdon farm 2 miles west, and 5 miles south of...
John R. Potts
Jul 31, 2021
JOHN ROZELL POTTS, 70 of Grant, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, at home. John was born April 25, 1951, at Omaha, to Dr. L.C. and Royce (Walters) Potts. He graduated from Grant High School with the class of 1969. He went on to attend college in Denver and Sterling earning money as a promising door to door accordion salesman....
Wilma Deford
Jul 31, 2021
Wilma Mary Teresa (Otterstein) DeFord, 97, of Grant, Neb., passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Wilma was born February 3, 1924 at Plattsmouth, Neb., to Richard and Mary (Bulin) Otterstein. At the age of seven Wilma lost her mother to Tuberculosis. Her mother's death was very hard on her and her brothers. In...
Donald Hansen
Jul 19, 2021
Donald "Don" Hansen of Grant, NE passed away surrounded by family on July 19, 2021 at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, NE at the age of 86. Don was born in Filley, NE to Charles and Mildred (Cornelius) Hansen on June 5 th 1935. When he was 5 years old he moved to Beatrice, NE with his mother and sisters,...
Frances Jean Reed
Jul 17, 2021
Frances Jean Reed, 86, of Juniata, NE, formally of Grant, passed away on July 17, 2021, at Mary Lanning Health Center in Hastings. Frances was born June 18, 1935, at Ogallala, Nebraska, the sixth of seven children to Floyd A. and Anna C. (Schmeidel) Kuskie. The family resided northwest of Grant, and Frances attended District #43 rural school. She graduated...
Catherine "Kay" Larsen
Jul 15, 2021
Catherine "Kay" (Mather) Larsen passed away on July 15, 2021, at her home. Kay was born on May 3, 1936 to Richard Mather and Ada (Potter) Mather in Plummer, Idaho. As a toddler, she moved to Imperial, Nebraska and then to the family farm near Lamar, Nebraska, where she lived with her family including her maternal grandmother Minnie and her...
Hazel Gimeson
Jul 15, 2021
Hazel Gimeson, 84, of Grant, NE, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Hazel was born May 1, 1937 at Almena Kansas, the third of four children to Elisa F. and Mayme A. (Picraux) Courtain. When Hazel was five, the family moved to Oxford, NE and she lost her mother at age 8, she...
Eris Lee
Jul 15, 2021
Eris Virginia Lee was born on December 28th, 1923 to parents Henry and Mada (Hand) Beck in Omaha Nebraska. Eris was surrounded by family as she peacefully left this earth on July 15, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa Oklahoma. Eris was spindly in stature and missed school often because she was a sick child. While small in physique,...
Jeremy Deaver
Jul 2, 2021
Jeremy was born on July 18, 1974, in Ogallala, NE, the youngest child of David and Kathleen Deaver. He passed away July 2, 2021, in Grant, Nebraska. Jeremy grew up on the farm west of Madrid and enjoyed working beside his father, learning the art of raising animals and crops. He attended Perkins County High School in Grant and graduated...
Glenn Paul Nutt
Jun 29, 2021
GLENN P. NUTT, of Elsie, passed away June 29, 2021, at his home south of Elsie. Glenn was born February 19, 1951, at Grant, Nebraska, to Marion and Freda (Linnemeyer) Nutt. He attended school at Elsie before working with his dad and brother on the family farm, which had been established in the 1800s. Glenn spent a few years working...
Vicki M Baumgartner
Jun 18, 2021
Vicki was born March 19, 1949, at Grant, Nebraska, to Ralph Irving and Roma Florence (Morton) Daigger. She graduated from Madrid High School with the class of 1967. She later attended Park Business College in Denver, Colorado. On December 28, 1968, Vicki married Gary Baumgartner. The couple resided in Denver, and their union was blessed with two children, Tye and...
Michael D. Wyatt
May 30, 2021
MICHAEL D. WYATT, 71, of Grant, NE, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Centennial Park in North Platte, NE. Mike was born October 18, 1949, at Sutherland, Nebraska, to Floyd "Dean" and Lorna (Miller) Wyatt. When he was young, the family moved to a rural area which is modern-day Thornton, CO. He graduated from Mapleton High School in 1967...
Ted L. Evans
May 25, 2021
On November 11, 1946, Ted Lecortus Evans was born to Fredrick Smith and Marjorie Jean Evans in Lincoln, Nebraska. When Ted was three, the Evans family made the move back to Wallace, where Fred's family had long family ties. Ted's middle name comes from his great-grandfather Philanderous Lecortus Harper, who was known for his generosity, and so was Ted. Ted...
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