Obituaries

L. Gerane Drewes

Published by admin on Fri, 09/24/2021 - 2:13pm

L. Gerane (Germer) Drewes, 92 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021 at The Kensington in Beatrice. She was born on July 27, 1929 in Beatrice to Arthur and Grace (Sykes) Germer. Gerane grew up on a farm near Plymouth and moved to Beatrice in 1990. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1946 and later in life, earned an associate’s and bachelor’s degree from Peru State College.

Lyle Graff

Published by admin on Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:29am

Lyle G.

Carl L. Wineinger

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 1:16pm

Carl L. Wineinger 92, Hollenberg, died Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at the Washington County Hospital

Russell Novotny

Published by admin on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 2:46pm
Russell Novotny passed away on September 8, 2021, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida at the age of 55.
He was born July 27, 1966, in Fairbury, the son of Sandy Novotny. He and his brother were raised by their grandparents in Endicott and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1985.
He married Kim Day in 1990. They resided in Utah. They later divorced.
In 1997, he married Rhonda Cartwright. With this marriage he gained a daughter, Shaye. They then had another daughter Adreah. They later divorced.

Richard Strunk

Published by admin on Mon, 09/20/2021 - 9:01am
Richard R. Strunk passed away September 14, 2021 at the Jefferson Community Health and Life hospital in Fairbury, Nebraska at the age of 70 years.  He was born December 16, 1950 to Emil and Hilda (Hueske) Strunk in Steele City, Nebraska.  Richard attended District 4 country school and Fairbury Jr-Sr Highschool.  In 1975 he married Carol Hermann.  To this union they had two children.

Correena Dee “Cori” Ewald,

Published by admin on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 3:21pm

Correena Dee “Cori” Ewald, age 52 of Fairbury went home to Heaven on September 16, 2021 at Bryan Medical Center West. She was born in Beatrice on January 27, 1969 to David and Maureen (Danforth) Ewald. Cori was a graduate of Southern High School in Wymore. She was a member of Region V Services where she had many friends that she considered her family. She loved having pancakes at Griffey’s Steakhouse in Fairbury every weekend and enjoyed traveling. She was a huge fan of Elvis Presley – especially Joseph Hall’s impersonation of him.

Jay Frye

Published by admin on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 7:19am

Duane Raney

Published by admin on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 7:19am

Duane Lyle Raney, 84 of Alexandria, NE (formerly of Osborne, KS) passed away September 12, 2021, at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, NE. Duane grew up on a farm in Osborne County Kansas and completed grades 1 through 12 in the Osborne School System.

                Duane enlisted in the United States Army in 1955 and was stationed in France, Switzerland and in the U.S. In 1957, Duane left the Army and had four children: David Lynn, Connie Joanne, Tammy Dee, and Kevin Duane.

Dean Hahn

Published by admin on Mon, 09/13/2021 - 7:04am

Charline Bambauer

Published by admin on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 12:53pm

Charline E. Bambauer was born on March 27, 1928, to Charles and Edna Bambauer. She departed this life on September 9, 2021.  Charline lived her life in Fairbury at the family home on Elm Street.

During her early years she was a dedicated Girl Scout and spent many hours at the Girl Scout cabin and Camp Jefferson.  She received about eighty percent of the badges authorized by the Scouts.

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