Local Obituaries
John Edward Remmenga
Feb 19, 2023
John Edward Remmenga, age 76, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at Bergan- Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born on October 13, 1946, to John & M. Maxine (Dyer) Remmenga at Elwood, Nebraska. He lived his entire life in the Elwood community. He attended the Elwood Public School, graduating with the Class of 1964....
Theone Lurae (Maaske) Winkler
Dec 18, 2022
Theone LuRae (Maaske) Winkler was born on April 21, 1929, in Phelps County, Nebraska, the youngest of two children born to Alton and Alma (Helms) Maaske. She was baptized in infancy at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bertrand. She passed away on Sunday, December 18th, 2022 in Omaha, Nebraska. Theone received her elementary education in rural schools in Phelps and...
Eleanor Christine Schneider Nott
Nov 14, 2022
Eleanor Christine Schneider Nott peacefully passed into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father at the age of 95, on Tuesday, November 14, 2022 at Holdrege Memorial Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born April 1, 1927, in Holbrook, Nebraska, to William and Louise (Siekjost) Schneider. Eleanor grew up south of Eustis, graduating with the Elwood High School class of...
Ronald Oborne Scharf Sr.
Oct 28, 2022
Ronald Oborne Scharf Sr., age 80, passed away early morning on Friday, October 28th, 2022 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska surrounded by loved ones. He was born on September 30th 1942 to parents Lloyd Ensel and Dorothy May (Nelson) Scharf in Hermiston Oregon. As a young child the family moved to Curtis, Nebraska where he attended school...
Brenda J. West
Oct 16, 2022
Brenda J. West, age 75, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Sunday, October 16th, 2022, at her home. She was born December 9th, 1946, at Fullerton, California to James & Bernice (DeWitt) Netherland. She grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and attended school at Scottsbluff High School. After her schooling, she married David L. West on April 10, 1964, at Scottsbluff,...
Mary Lynne Gydesen
Sep 24, 2022
Mary Lynne Gydesen, age 61, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at the Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born February 9th, 1961, to Donald & Mary (Phillips) Gruber, in Barstow, California. Being an only child, she was included in every activity with her parents. She was the bullet lady when they went hunting for...
Melvin Carl Uphoff
Jul 10, 2022
Melvin Carl Uphoff, age 85, passed away at home in Elwood, Nebraska, on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Known for his funny stories and rain amount posts on Facebook, his kindness and generosity, and his love for family, friends, and animals Mel will be missed by all who knew him. He was born January 16, 1937 to Carl and Beth (Chapman)...
David L. West
Jul 9, 2022
David L. West, age 77, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on July 9th, 2022, at the Kearney Regional Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska. He was born November 28th, 1944, to Clyde & Louise (Coker) West, Los Angeles, California. David grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and attended school at Scottsbluff High School thru the 10th grade. He would then attend Nebraska Christian School...
Rodney Roy Gilliland
Jun 15, 2022
Rodney Roy Gilliland, age 74, of Smithfield, Nebraska, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at Bryan Medical Center East Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. He fought a long battle with heart disease. He was born on January 27th, 1948 in Curtis, Nebraska to Edward Howard and Ardis (Nutt) Gilliland. Rod attended high school at USNA in...
Muriel Claire Kotschwar
Jun 8, 2022
Muriel Claire Kotschwar, age 89, of Farnam, Nebraska, passed away on June 8th, 2022, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. She was born March 29th, 1933, to Henry & Hester (Carman) Gewecke, northwest of Farnam, Nebraska. She graduated from Farnam High School in 1950. Attended grades 1-3 at a rural school north of Ingham NE, grades 4 -12 in...
Diana Lynne Krumme
May 28, 2022
Diana Lynne Krumme, age 66, bravely fought and lost her two-year battle with ovarian cancer on Saturday, May 28, 2022. At the time of her death Diana was living in the Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek, NE. Diana was born October 20, 1955 in Hastings, NE to George and Meredith E. (Pittenger) Tilson. She was one of 5...
Darren D Krull
Apr 7, 2022
Darren D Krull, age 54, of Elwood, NE, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022, while in the line of duty serving his community. He was born to Gary & Glenda (Wells) Krull on December 19, 1967, in Hastings, Nebraska. Darren grew up in Glenvil, Nebraska and graduated from Sandy Creek High School in 1986 and joined the Glenvil Fire Department....
Roger Dean Lauhead
Apr 6, 2022
Roger Dean Lauhead, age 75, of Wauneta, Nebraska died the week of April 6, 2022 at his home. He was born August 21, 1946 at Gosper County, Nebraska to Beryl & Elizabeth (Ford) Lauhead. Roger attended Elwood Public School and was very active in athletics. He excelled at track, basketball and football. He farmed south of Elwood for several years...
Lola June Debban
Mar 1, 2022
Lola June Debban, age 86, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on December 7, 1935 at Holbrook, Nebraska to Ernest & Marie (Noltensmeier) Boyd. She graduated high school from Arapahoe High School with the Class of 1953. She married Eugene Stagemeyer in 1955 and to...
Doris Irene (Reigle) Uphoff
Dec 8, 2021
Doris Irene (Reigle) Uphoff, age 81, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at her home. She was born August 7, 1940, to Ray and Myrtle Reigle in Cherry County, Nebraska. Doris always preferred the outdoors so she spent her childhood helping her parents with ranching chores and animal care. During high school she was very active...
Brenda Kay Perry
Nov 12, 2021
Brenda Kay Perry, age 64, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021 at home. She was born on October 26th, 1957 in Sutherland, Nebraska to Eugene & Lola (Boyd) Stagemeyer. She attended school at Holbrook High School and graduated with the class of 1976. She married William A. Perry II in August of 1993 at the Chapel...
Manda “Gail” Leggott-Willson
Nov 3, 2021
Manda “Gail” Leggott-Willson, 91, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska. Gail was born on a farm south of Elwood, Nebraska, on January 15, 1930, the third child of Oren and Inez (Whisler) McKenzie. She grew up in Elwood, Nebraska, was baptized at the Elwood First Christian Church, attended Elwood Public School and...
John Edward Holdiman
Oct 28, 2021
John Edward Holdiman, age 76, of Eustis, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at the Fillmore County Hospital in Geneva, Nebraska. He was born on June 7th, 1945 in Bozeman, Montana to Edward Elias Hiram & Bernice Ella (Russell) Holdiman. John had many hobbies in his life and loved to do family ancestry to dig up relatives from...
Robert A. Schneider
Oct 23, 2021
Robert A. Schneider, age 88, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. He was the youngest child of William A. and Louise M. (Siekjost) Schneider and born on the family farm in Frontier County, Nebraska on August 24th, 1933. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church...
Cindy Ray Schutz
Oct 20, 2021
Cindy Ray Schutz, age 69, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in Fremont, Nebraska at Methodist Fremont Health. The oldest of three children, Cindy was born August 22nd, 1952 to Harold (Chuck) and Bilva (Schultz) Hueftle of Eustis, NE. Cindy grew up in and graduated from Eustis. After graduation, she attended college at Nebraska Wesleyan until...
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