Scott Lee Bleick
Sep 25, 2026
Scott Lee Bleick, 59, of Beatrice, Nebraska, passed away peacefully at his home on September 25, 2026. Born on July 28, 1967, Scott was a devoted husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, and friend who will be remembered for his love of family, his kind heart, and the many lives he touched throughout the years.
Scott found great joy in spending time...
Eva Josephine Durflinger
Sep 24, 2026
Eva Josephine Durflinger, 97, passed away on September 24, 2026. She was born on March 25, 1929, in Williams, Thayer County, Nebraska, to George M. Otten and Edna Velma Gaston Otten. She grew up on farms around Williams, Gladstone, and Alexandria, Nebraska.
After the passing of her mother in 1942, Eva helped raise her four younger siblings, Dale, Mable, Mary, and...
Roy Dale Oliver
Sep 21, 2026
Roy Dale Oliver, 74 of Fairbury, passed away September 21, 2026, surrounded by loved ones. He was born October 2, 1951, to Burnice and Christina Oliver in Waynesville, MO, where he grew up with 10 other siblings. During his childhood he attended many schools until he quit in the 11th grade to go to work. He then proudly joined the...
Katherine "Sally" Sevelta Krause
Sep 17, 2026
Katherine Sevelta "Sally" Krause, 91 of Brownwood, TX, passed away September 17, 2026 at Oak Ridge Manor in Brownwood. Sally was born October 8, 1934 in Jansen, NE to John and Katherine (Paradise) Koop.
Waldo Jeremy Goossen
Sep 15, 2026
Waldo Jeremy Goossen was born on September 26, 1963 in Harvey County, Kansas. His dramatic entrance into this world at nearly 100 miles per hour in a 1963 Plymouth Savoy set the tone for his unconventional story, much of which unfolded in a cross-cultural context. Waldo loved the witty side of life, he loved people, and he loved Jesus.
Waldo’s exposure...
Arlene Mae Ebke
Sep 12, 2026
Arlene Mae (Nun) Ebke, daughter of Gustav J. Nun and Lydia (Nedza) Nun, was born October 7, 1931 at home near Ohiowa, Nebraska. She died at her home near Daykin, Nebraska on September 12, 2026. Her spirit and mind were willing to continue on, but her physical body was unable.
Arlene’s family attended St John Lutheran Church in Ohiowa, where she...
Lois Louise Gentzler
Sep 10, 2026
Lois Louise Gentzler, 95, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 10, 2026, in Fairbury, Nebraska. Born to Walter and Beulah McCoy on February 21, 1931, in Osborne County, Kansas. She called herself a Kansas farm girl and always loved riding in the countryside to check up on crops in the fields.
Lois married Gerald “Gene” Gentzler on November 23,...
Arvid M. Monson
Sep 8, 2026
Dr. Arvid Monroe Monson passed away peacefully on September 8, 2026 at his home in Fairbury, Nebraska at the age of 88 years.
Arvid was born on February 9, 1938 to Alvin and Irene (Noble) Monson in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. He grew up helping his parents on the farm while he attended school in Pine River from where he graduated in...
Elva Mae Smith
Sep 6, 2026
Elva Mae Smith passed away peacefully on September 6, 2026, leaving behind a life marked by determination, service, hard work, and devotion to her family and community.
Elva overcame rickets at an early age, demonstrating the strength and perseverance that would become hallmarks of her life. While in high school, she was a drum major for the VFW Drum and Bugle...
Kevin Charles Booker
Sep 2, 2026
On September 2, 2026, Heaven gained another Angel, Kevin Charles Booker. Kevin was born February 21, 1961, to William Fredrick Booker and Janice Ruth (Wolff) in Rochester, MN, and graduated high School from Cresco High in Cresco, Iowa in 1979. He continued his education by graduating from the Des Moines Police Academy.
He spent his life in the service of many...
Camilla L. Rosener
Aug 12, 2026
CAMILLA ROSENER
Camilla Leona Marie Reinsch Rosener died peacefully on August 12, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Born in Shickley, Nebraska on December 5,1928, she was 97 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents Ernest Reinsch and Florence Jacque Reinsch, her siblings Evelyn Reinsch Dorman, William Reinsch, Francis (Tanny) Reinsch and Ronald Reinsch, her first husband Robert Dale Rosener...
Bruce Stanton
Aug 8, 2026
Harold Bruce Stanton of Fairbury was born May 12, 1934, to Harold J. and Vera V. (Barnes) Stanton at the family home in Morrowville, Kansas. He passed away on August 8, 2026, at the age of 92.
Bruce attended school in Morrowville and learned the value of hard work early in life. Starting at nine years old, he spent the first...
Mary Ann Sasse
Aug 7, 2026
Mary Ann Sasse was born on January 6, 1945, in Beatrice, Nebraska, to Elmer Paul Malchow & Mildred (Krebs) Malchow. She passed away on August 7, 2026, at Gardenside Long Term Care in Fairbury, at the age of 81.
Mary grew up in Diller and attended school in Diller until her junior year. She then moved with her parents to Fremont...
Marilyn Jean Snyder
Jul 31, 2026
MARILYN JEAN SNYDER of rural Fairbury died July 31st, 2026 at the age of 92. She was born September 15, 1933 to Chester Olin and Addie Marie Wagoner Iverson at Fairbury, Nebraska.
She graduated from Fairbury High School in 1951. She graduated from Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing in 1954 and worked at the Fairbury Clinic and Jefferson County Hospital,...
Victoria Lou Parry
Jul 29, 2026
Victoria Lou Meredith Parry, born January 15, 1943, in Fairbury, NE, went home to her Lord and loving husband David Parry, peacefully on July 29, 2026. She was 83 years old.
Vicky continued her family’s tradition and was a great cosmetologist following in her mom’s (Luella Wilson) and Aunt Bonnie (LaVon Napier) footsteps, for most of her life.
She married her husband...
Jon "Steve" Black
Jul 25, 2026
Jon ‘Steve’ Black, 83, of Fairbury, NE, passed July 25, 2026.
Steve was born on December 25, 1942 in Fairbury, NE to Clarence F. Black Sr. and Mildred G. Feith Black.
He graduated from Fairbury High School in 1960 and went on to proudly serve in the U.S. Army as a Military Policeman.
He married Shirley Siebe Hunt on April 4, 1986. From...
Lowell D. Buchli
Jul 19, 2026
Lowell Dee Buchli passed away surrounded by his loving family at the Heritage Care Center on July 19th in Fairbury, Nebraska, at the age of 90 years, 8 months, 19 days. Lowell was born on November 20, 1935, three minutes before his identical twin brother, Jewell, in Fairbury, to Paul and Grace Buchli. He was baptized and remained a lifelong...
Tammy M. Howey
Jul 17, 2026
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Tammy Marie Howey (Oliver). Tammy was born on a very cold winter day, December 26th of 1965 at the Lynch Clinic in Fairbury, Ne. Tammy was 60 years and 7 mos. at the time of her passing on July 17, 2026 at JCHL while sleeping. Her family and friends...
Susan Scott Hansmire Ellsbury
Jun 22, 2026
SUSAN SCOTT HANSMIRE ELLSBURY, 78, of Fairbury, passed away peacefully on Monday June 22, in Omaha.
She was born to Dr. Floyd and Ruth (Harvey) Hansmire on November 13, 1947 in Lincoln. She graduated from Fairbury High School in 1966. She then attended college at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, majoring in French and participated in the Experiment in International...
Shelley Lynne Bartling
Jun 21, 2026
Shelley Lynne (Boyd) Bartling was born February 6, 1950 in Fairbury, NE. and died after a short stay at Gardenside Care Center in Fairbury on June 21, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease and an extremely rare auto immune disease, Stiff Man Syndrome. The courage and fortitude she displayed the last years of her life was the grand finale to...
